thanks for your support @deerjay.. Since the many symbols that one associates with a traditional auction like a wooden gavel, a time-limit and such are really not the critical part of modern online week-long auctions, I choose to stay clear of those images. With all do respect to the entries that feature gavels - any many of them are excellent designs - as an 18-year eBay auction buyer-seller I NEVER think of a gavel hammering down on a circular piece of wood! that's like "horse and buggy" symbolism in my humble few. The bidding is open for a full week... peeps can conveniently and without hurry place their best bids and the ending of the auction is just incidental... not a big moment of truth. Of course snipers may disagree with me on this latter point, but i think the SteemBay logo should be a general positive confidence-inspiring image rather than a literal symbol of what a traditional auction represents.
I'd also add that... if I could have spoken with the SteemBay team prior to opening the design contest I would have had two important suggestions:
• Decide upfront whether to use the older Steemit COLORS (dark & light blue) and/or the new light green... or to mandate a completely original and fresh look.
• Decide upfront also whether to invoke existing Steemit logo SHAPES (the typefaces, the new green S shape, the older blue wiggly S line shapes) or to stay clear of these to avoid redundancy.
This is important because you may want to stay clear of too much similarity to current Steemit look.. this would increase the "originality" of the logo and thus the SteemBay service!
Of course these points are moot, if it really doesn't matter how similar Steembay may look to Steemit. Jus' sayin'
We did not want to restrict anything and "let run free" on creativity. This gives us also another point of view, how people think about what we are doing
thanks @dddonnna.. I figured that as a user of SteemBay myself, I'd want to see a simple yet integrated design that won't get tiring or annoying to look at constantly. So less of a "shouting illustration" and more of a easily recognizable image.. slightly corporate but still hip.
I love this one!! Very "streem" lined!!
thanks for your support @deerjay.. Since the many symbols that one associates with a traditional auction like a wooden gavel, a time-limit and such are really not the critical part of modern online week-long auctions, I choose to stay clear of those images. With all do respect to the entries that feature gavels - any many of them are excellent designs - as an 18-year eBay auction buyer-seller I NEVER think of a gavel hammering down on a circular piece of wood! that's like "horse and buggy" symbolism in my humble few. The bidding is open for a full week... peeps can conveniently and without hurry place their best bids and the ending of the auction is just incidental... not a big moment of truth. Of course snipers may disagree with me on this latter point, but i think the SteemBay logo should be a general positive confidence-inspiring image rather than a literal symbol of what a traditional auction represents.
hey very lucid synopsis @orionsbeltbuckle!
I'd also add that... if I could have spoken with the SteemBay team prior to opening the design contest I would have had two important suggestions:
• Decide upfront whether to use the older Steemit COLORS (dark & light blue) and/or the new light green... or to mandate a completely original and fresh look.
• Decide upfront also whether to invoke existing Steemit logo SHAPES (the typefaces, the new green S shape, the older blue wiggly S line shapes) or to stay clear of these to avoid redundancy.
This is important because you may want to stay clear of too much similarity to current Steemit look.. this would increase the "originality" of the logo and thus the SteemBay service!
Of course these points are moot, if it really doesn't matter how similar Steembay may look to Steemit. Jus' sayin'
We did not want to restrict anything and "let run free" on creativity. This gives us also another point of view, how people think about what we are doing
sweet! clean elegant simple...
thanks @dddonnna.. I figured that as a user of SteemBay myself, I'd want to see a simple yet integrated design that won't get tiring or annoying to look at constantly. So less of a "shouting illustration" and more of a easily recognizable image.. slightly corporate but still hip.
makes sense!