Well that's uglier!

I prefer it myself.. it fits much better with the rest of the page than the picture of a pipe on a white background.

I'm glad you appreciate my design skills...

The intent of that was to more or less 'rough in' a logo idea, see how it looks on site. I'm not totally sold on it either, yet I am not quite sure what I want to do for the logo yet.

If you have some ideas, or want to submit a logo, I am open to any suggestions.

I don't know if I can ask Graphic Design for any more favors but under the circumstances I will over extend my welcome.

Fume in pace, ckr

The solution is simple.

LOGO CONTEST!

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Lars Wiberg aka slartie
http://southend.dk/ - http://southend.dk/g...

I just put one together...that is really similar in theme to the one up there now, but with a dunhill pipe, etc.  but i am still having troubles uploading images.  I keep getting invalid filename...if you know how to fix this let me know...I have tried both Safari and Firefox, but neither is working.
Cheers,
Josh

are you trying to upload to?

I opened a free account at photobucket.com and link to it.   

Fume in pace, ckr

So I have a new logo that you can take a look at...tell me if you like it...
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www.uoregon.edu/~jsohn/files
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the file is called "mpc"... and you can download it as a jpg file or a psd file...depending on which you want...
Cheers,
Josh

you will have to copy and paste that link...because links don't ever become active in my posts...(because I always forget to use firefox instead of safari)
Cheers,
Josh

Excellent job, the background is easy on the eye yet accents the pipe, community rests on the desk line and its one classy pipe.  Is it yours?

Fume in pace, ckr

I wish that I owned that pipe...it is just a bunch of fancy photoshop work that makes it look like it is smoking and in a space etc.
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I was just trying to come up with something tat felt a little more fancy and pleasing to the eyes, but still said something about the feeling of home and comfort that you would expect to find in a community.
Cheers,
Josh

come across the nailgun, cuz you hit it right on the head.

Fume in pace, ckr

Thanks!...I guess that means that going to school is doing some good...because other people are seeing the things that I want them to see.
Cheers,
Josh

That's a really cool logo, Josh.

I played around with some logo ideas last night, but nothing worth while came up.

Nice work!

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Lars Wiberg aka slartie
http://southend.dk/ - http://southend.dk/g...

I had fun making it...I know what you mean though about nothing worth while coming up...I have days where i will be working on a design...and I will get nowhere.  Then sometime the next week, I will blaze through the design and get everything done in just a couple of hours.  Design is like that...i think we must work subconsciously or something because otherwise I can't explain it.
Cheers,
Josh

ok, trying the new logo on for size. How does it look for you guys?

I think Josh should get 25 points, he is such a lagger. 

Fume in pace, ckr

Somehow the text in the logo seems a bit tame compared to the rest. Maybe Josh could whip up some spiffy styling to the text?

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Lars Wiberg aka slartie
http://southend.dk/ - http://southend.dk/g...

Holy cow thats a sweet logo!  Damn, I'd love to own that pipe!  Way cool.  Nice job.

Rick Piatt

with me.

 My PS doesn't have a lot of fonts to choose from. Now off to the Depot 

Fume in pace, ckr

yeah the text was pretty bad...arial...but I didn't intend for it to go up on the site that way...haha...I put a new version of it in my file server...
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http://www.uoregon.edu/~jsohn/files/
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both as a psd and a jpg titled mpc
Cheers,
Josh

but I think the text should be scaled down a bit on the length and brought in from the grey edges.  IMHO  

Fume in pace, ckr

now that I look at it again...I think I like the font you chose better...regardless mine would need to come in and not be so crunched
Cheers,
Josh

unstreatch that logo. 

Fume in pace, ckr

but we are gonna drive Brian to drinking. 

Fume in pace, ckr

did you somehow link to the file on my server?...because I replaced it with a new file of the same name...and if you did link directly to it...tell me how you did it!...becaus that means I can put images in my posts!...as far as unstretching the logo...I saved over my old file...so I have no idea how to get it back.
Cheers,
Josh

haha...no really though...it is tough to be finniky when you yourself aren't doing the work...
Cheers,
Josh

Already there... Went out for a nice pipe smoke w/ my wife, brother-in-law, and a glass of Raspberry Rum. Escudo in a GBD (not sure of the model)

Josh - when you mentioned you made a new version, I just re-downloaded it, and uploaded the new version to the site. You should be able to put images into your posts. If it is still a pain, or not particularly intuitive right now, well, I still plan to redo it.

Of course, that has been on the back burner for months now, along with the contest I intend to launch....

I think this is great. The creativity is flowing :)

Now we just need an 88 x 31 pixel "button" logo for our blogs/whatnot.

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Lars Wiberg aka slartie
http://southend.dk/ - http://southend.dk/g...

Don't know how I missed this question.  Possibly because it is a mid-topic reply.  Yes I did link to the picture on your server.

I think at one point I tried [img] tags and it did not work.  I then went to the FAQ and tried it on Netscape, inconsistant results and it was painful so I tried it in IE, piece of cake.  Just like the FAQ.

You take the address

http://www.uoregon.edu/~jsohn/files/mpc.jpg

and you click that tree icon right above this editor box, and some window should appear requesting the URL and other stuff. So ya paste the text into the URL, then I set it to left and voila! picture.

With Photobucket

h ttp : //s186.photobucket.com/directory/?action=view&current=No16-02.jpg

You need to remove the "?action=view&current=" so it looks like below

h ttp : //s186.photobucket.com/directory/No16-02.jpg

Best of Luck,

Love posts with pictures.

Fume in Pace, ckr