How could I portray insanity & strangeness in a logo?

Extrarius · 2003-04-10T19:55:09

I''m working on my (personal) website and I''m trying to think of a good way to make the logo radiate a feeling of "insanity" and "strange". I''ve tried using various types of noise in different ways, but for some reason it always ends up feeling like the theme is "chaos" (or sometimes "order") which is not what I want. Any ideas, examples, etc?

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Started by Extrarius February 12, 2003 04:58 PM

44 comments, last by Extrarius 21 years ago

ahw

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April 03, 2003 09:30 AM

I assume you used Noise+Motion Blur for your background ?
A nice texture effect is if you use a *very* big value for the motion blur. You get something that looks like brushed steel, if you choose your colours right and work on the brightness/contrast.

I promise I''ll post an example myself when I get access to Photoshop later today

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April 03, 2003 12:25 PM

quote:Original post by ahw
I assume you used Noise+Motion Blur for your background ?
A nice texture effect is if you use a *very* big value for the motion blur. You get something that looks like brushed steel, if you choose your colours right and work on the brightness/contrast.

Yeah. I used noise + mblur

Btw, i gotta try that suggestion of yours.

iNsAn1tY

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April 03, 2003 12:36 PM

You know a word I associate with insanity? Chaos. The further away you can get from order and civility, the better. Seen Lord of the Rings? When Frodo puts on the ring, chaos takes over. Might be an idea...

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April 05, 2003 05:00 PM

It''s too contrived.

You need a face to properly convey insanity - something like the face Nicholson makes in The Shining:
http://www.art.com/asp/sp.asp?PD=10035083

Just my $.02

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April 08, 2003 12:48 AM

quote:Original post by iNsAn1tY
You know a word I associate with insanity? Chaos. The further away you can get from order and civility, the better. Seen Lord of the Rings? When Frodo puts on the ring, chaos takes over. Might be an idea...[...]

I agree, but I have a hard time having it chaotic and still feel anything like ''insane''. Its hard to find the right balance.

quote:Original post by Joe Bob
It''s too contrived.

You need a face to properly convey insanity - something like the face Nicholson makes in The Shining:
http://www.art.com/asp/sp.asp?PD=10035083[...]

I disagree, and I don''t intend to put a face or any other image from something else in there. If I can''t hand draw it or make it using filters, effects, blending modes, etc I don''t want to put it in.

[edited by - Big Brother on January 1, 1984 12:00:00 AM]

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April 10, 2003 07:55 PM

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