Masthead for Zine

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Masthead for Zine

Creating a separate topic for this. Past posts on subject are as follows:

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Next task: Logo / masthead for the cover page. We're looking for something near professional grade if possible, and in color. (see the masthead at: http://www.firewall-darkcast.com/theeye ) To avoid copyright issues we need to avoid reusing the Lady's symbol if we can, and certainly avoid collages of professional work.

A good masthead would include the name, some sort of visual element to imply a logo concept, and be longer than it is tall (if it's on a cover it has to leave plenty of room below it for cover or content tables). This will also determine the overall visual tone of the 'zine - cooler colors / warmer colors, etc etc.

Detailed spec: color, 300dpi or greater, jpg, png, psd or bmp. Gifs don't handle the translation to PDF well. Please note any fonts used so they can be reused for other elements throughout the 'zine. Ditto color choices or texture elements used. (Basically, a psd file with all that information in your layers is going to be your best bet so we can develop further visual elements.)

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The Lady's face is the obvious choice to signal something as "PLANESCAPE," but avoiding it is probably for the best, sadly.

We could use a torus/ring/circle, though, like Sigil's shape and the Great Ring. Or a doorway / portal. Or a kind of celtic knot-ish maze kind of thing. Or one of the hole-in-the-middle Sigilian coins. Thoughts? Other ideas?

Also, we're avoiding the Lady's face, but should we use the exocet font? I'm leaning toward yes.

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Re: Masthead for Zine

Thinking about this, can we have a torus atop a spire? Or even a portal with bladed edges?

thoughts?

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Re: Masthead for Zine

I'm no good with logo designs and such, but I think for something called the Planewalker's Codex, the open door with a portal inside it would be the most logical choice.

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I like the "portal with bladed edges."

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