Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:27:41 -0500
From: Sam Lubell <samlubell at verizon.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Changing the rocket...What's up?
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

I like the yellow and the smoothing, but am a little concerned that the
lettering is small even at the large size here and probably would be
unreadable at the smaller size for webpage and newsletter/stationary use.

At 04:23 PM 2/26/2005, Ernest wrote:
>I did a rough blend of the colors on the rocket from Gayle's last (with a
>more muted yellow) and think this shows how the current logo could be
>smoothed out. I rather like this logo, and still think an enhanced version
>(just a little more work on text and shadows) would be fine until we decide
>on a new one.
>
>See it at: www.e357.net\storyimages\el-wsfa3.gif
>
>Ernest Lilley
>
>Home/Office: 703 371 0226
>EJ: 757 581 4146
>email: elilley at mindspring.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ecf [mailto:ecfield at comcast.net]
>Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 1:17 PM
>To: WSFA members
>Subject: [WSFA] Re: Changing the rocket...What's up?
>
>Steve Smith wrote:
>
> >ecf wrote:
> >
> >>I just created a quick image to share.  You can find it at the top of
> >>this page:
> >>
> >>http://home.comcast.net/~ecfield/myspace.html
> >>
> >>It is a medium-resolution image.  The high res version, for printing is
> >>about three times that size.
> >>
> >>Comments welcome, of course.
> >>
> >>Stan
> >>
> >
> >A good start.  Thanks.
> >
> >Coupla things:
> >
> >* The placement of the dome and SS1 is off.  This composition gives me
> >9/11 flashbacks.
> >
> >* Rocket should be going up instead of down.
> >
> >* Many companies (I dunno about Rutan) are incredibly fussy about images
> >of their products.  If we want to use SS1 (I'd recommend against, for
> >the same reasons that Ernest gives), we'd have to get permission.
> >
> >* For use as a logo, it'd have to be reduced to a line drawing.  No big
> >deal.
> >
>Thanks for the feedback.
>
>The one thing that really caught me by surprise with this pic is that
>several people have commented that it reminded them of 9/11.  I never
>thought of it, nor noticed it.  I'll yank it in the next 24 hrs.
>
>Anyways, it did what it was supposed to and started some discussion.
>Now, how about some samples from others?  I know this organization has
>some really creative people.  Let's see some more pics.
>
>BTW - Now that I have some time over the weekend.  If anyone has created
>an image and they want to share with the group, but don't have webspace
>themselves, just email it to me with instructions on how you wish it
>displayed.  I'll be happy to put up a sample gallery for the rest of
>WSFA to comment. My email can handle images up to 10 Mb, but I would
>recommend JPG or GIF files of 1Mb or less for web display.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Stan