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Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Ishmayl-Retired on November 19, 2007, 02:20:47 PM
We're counting this as a mini-contest.  This thead is for both the discussion of, and the display of flyers that we can use in upcoming conventions to advertise the Campaign Builders' Guild.  

I'm putting this in the Contest forums, because if we get a few people all working on this, then we'll pick one "final" flyer, and that person will win a prize of his choosing from the cafepress.com Swag.

Cheers!
-Ish
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Darkxarth on November 19, 2007, 02:27:36 PM
Obviously it's got to have a cabbage on it, but probably not the Fiend of the Ninth Cabbage.

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Not a full design, just a couple of thoughts.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Ishmayl-Retired on November 19, 2007, 02:30:29 PM
Good way to start, let's just get a discussion going first, and then hopefully we can throw out a few designs by Christmas time and I can get one chosen and printed up by the first convention, which I believe Nathan said was Jan 14
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Stargate525 on November 19, 2007, 02:41:30 PM
Well I was thinking, we've got some pretty cool badges on the site. I don't know if these flyers will be color or not, but making a mosaic of them to form the CBG logo would be kinda neat.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Lmns Crn on November 19, 2007, 02:48:08 PM
Quote from: Stargate525Well I was thinking, we've got some pretty cool badges on the site. I don't know if these flyers will be color or not, but making a mosaic of them to form the CBG logo would be kinda neat.
Photomosaics are always pretty hot. :yumm:

My first idea involved lots of hands! Hands are reaching in from all the borders of the flyer, as if the flyer were sitting on a table and a bunch of people were gathered around, all drawing on it. They have pencils and protractors and various other bits of drafting equipment, but they're using it to draw mountains and rivers and continents and such, creating a world as a group effort. The whole bit could  have a sketchy sort of feel to it, like da Vinci's blueprints, with lightly-drawn squares and circles as guides.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Poseptune on November 19, 2007, 06:32:56 PM
If you build it they will review...




The CBG Homebrews welcome.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: KeshFerrar on November 19, 2007, 07:22:39 PM
Quote from: IshmaylGood way to start, let's just get a discussion going first, and then hopefully we can throw out a few designs by Christmas time and I can get one chosen and printed up by the first convention, which I believe Nathan said was Jan 14

Yes, I would like them in hand by Jan 14.

I would suggest something catching and eye appealing. How about having a continent or a world map as the background image for the handout? Nothing highly detailed, you're not the Cartographers, but continents and worlds are the meat of the CBG.
 
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Ishmayl-Retired on November 19, 2007, 07:27:40 PM
I may have just the thing... I commissioned a piece from So Keher a loooong time ago for some specific site function, and now it's not being used for that, but we could use it for this - I'll see if I can dig it up.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Higgs Boson on November 19, 2007, 07:35:48 PM
Words made out of dice perhaps? Or you could have an alternating cabbage-[insert something related to D&D here]. Another thought: you could have a background with a collage-thingy of the previous CBGuide covers.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Poseptune on November 20, 2007, 09:36:08 AM
What about a field of stars and in the center a dotted outline of a world. In the middle of the outlined world would say "Your world here". Above it "If you build it, they will review", and below it the logo with "theCBG.org"
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: SDragon on November 20, 2007, 05:49:40 PM
(CBG "world" logo)
"www(dot)theCBG(dot)org"
(Image of a Kobold painting continents on a cabbage)
"where worldbuilding and cabbage come together"
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Higgs Boson on November 20, 2007, 07:11:13 PM
I think Poesidn's is the best, so far.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Ishmayl-Retired on November 20, 2007, 07:46:14 PM
I'm digging the multiple hands, putting together a world or continent, almost like a puzzle
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Atlantis on November 20, 2007, 09:35:37 PM
i waNT THe BADGes mosaic thingY
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Ra-Tiel on November 23, 2007, 05:19:15 PM
Ok, how about this?
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(http://666kb.com/i/ats4ty71dypct0m8i.jpg)
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Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Lmns Crn on November 23, 2007, 05:21:42 PM
Now I'm playing "Name That Badge" with that flyer. :yumm:

It's difficult. :(
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Stargate525 on November 23, 2007, 05:42:40 PM
It doesn't help that they are blurry and cropped, either.

I love the design, and if I may, I'll make a variation...
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Ra-Tiel on November 23, 2007, 05:53:41 PM
The problem is, if you keep the "weave" pattern as background, you somehow have to cut the badges to make them fit. Otherwise you'd have a lot of white in the back with tiny colored blobs (=the badges) on it, which looks sort of unimpressive.

Finally, of course you may work from my first impression. :) If you want, I can post the .pdn file which has the layers still seperated.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Stargate525 on November 23, 2007, 10:05:39 PM
Layers would be good for my idea.

Basically, move the text block to the side, make the entire thing covered with the badges, with the exception of one blank weave space, then have the heading be 'You'll fit right in' or something similar.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Ra-Tiel on November 24, 2007, 02:12:54 AM
Ok, here's (http://www.megaupload.com/de/?d=LBIVOP6J) the pdn file. You'll need Paint.NET (http://getpaint.net) to open it.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: Ishmayl-Retired on November 28, 2007, 02:04:50 PM
Any more thoughts on this?  We still have time, but I want to keep everyone's mind fresh on the subject.
Title: Design a Flyer
Post by: KeshFerrar on January 06, 2008, 01:44:43 PM
Just another poke to see if the community is interested in helping Ish out with this project.