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A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:42 pm
by katriell
Go here.
If it seems logical, I'll turn it into a vector graphic.
So, feedback please.
Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:49 pm
by kitty157
Awesome idea! I love it!
Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:38 pm
by acridiel
Hmhyes... nice Idea!
CU
Acridiel
Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 12:01 am
by alisa112
Incredibly brilliant, as usual.
/bow
Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:19 am
by komissar
katriell wrote:
So, feedback please.
A brilliant idea Jel
I can propose creating individual pictograms for zorai crafters
Would be nice if we finally got the Matis text translated from french aswell...
Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:39 am
by katriell
komissar wrote:I can propose creating individual pictograms for zorai crafters
Good idea. ^_^
Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:27 am
by ffxjosh
abosolutly amazing idea.
Personaly i would prefer something like
Outer Track:
Starting at the top and working clockwise (which is different to yours)
1 = Basic
2 = Fine
3 = Choice
4 = Exellent
5 = Supreme
Inner track
Starting at the top and working clockwise
The Q of the item (similir to yours) in Q10's
For example a Q9 wold have no inner filled, but a Q250 would have all filled.
Mainly becuase most crafters craft to a Q10 range.
however each block represents to the nearest Q10 so a Supreme Q250 would have everything colours in. A choice Q100 would have the 3 outer filled and 10 inner filled.
I really like your idea tho
// Anatti
Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 1:20 pm
by sidusar
Oooh, I love the idea!
katriell wrote:If it seems logical
No, it doesn't exactly seem logical.
For one I'd put the circle end on the right side. For two I'd only color one outer segment (50+30=80) and not two (100+30=/=80). For three I'd make the inner icons represent either 1 or 5 or 10 Qlt, never 2. But such illogicalities do give the mark an appropriately exotic appearance.
Why would it only represent the 1-250 quality though? Why not the basic/fine/choice/exc/sup or the LQ/MQ/HQ?
I am intrigued by how variations of this mark could be made, as I'd fully expect every society to have their own slightly different version of it. For example,
like this.
Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:04 pm
by katriell
Ah, I'm liking how this thread is going now - critique and alternative ideas.
That design is very cool, Sidusar, as is the underlying concept of different societies having their own versions.
I don't understand why the circle end should be on the right side? I think of it as an arrow head. That said, "o------- Read me this way!" is really less lucid than "<------- Read me this way!" so maybe the "circle end" should be a trapezoid with the thin end leftmost.
Anatti's idea is more logical than mine, and the graphics Sidusar and I have drawn don't even need to be modified to implement it.
So all I did is update the on-image documentation.
sidusar wrote:Why would it only represent the 1-250 quality though? Why not the <snip because it's solved by Anatti> the LQ/MQ/HQ?
Because LQ/MQ/HQ is determined by looking at the item itself.
Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:32 pm
by kitty157
katriell wrote:
I don't understand why the circle end should be on the right side? I think of it as an arrow head. That said, "o------- Read me this way!" is really less lucid than "<------- Read me this way!" so maybe the "circle end" should be a trapezoid with the thin end leftmost.
Well, upon looking at it I saw the circle as an end point, not as something pointing. Kinda like the little bulb at the end of a thermometer.