The time limit isn't really there to exclude anyone, anyway, it's just to provide a bit of urgency.
If I do get picked, I would like to work on something with the others to try to make something final, if possible.
For now, here's just some neat things I got just playing with some colors and a few other things, not anything final. The gold gradient font looks pretty awesome, imo, though the blue one seems to fit better somehow. I'll have to see how it turns out if I get help coming up with a symbol/icon to go with the words. Music notes are definately something that seems needed, I'm just not sure where to have them yet without an iconic figure.
example 1 (My favorite one as a just text logo)
example 2
example 3
example 4
example 5
example 6
I have another idea now, too, using a spectrum analyzer behind it all to represent the music aspect. I might try to get that out before time's up.
EDIT: Here's a sorta mockup of that idea.
edited 11:36 PM EDT July 8, 2008
I would have done more work on this, but I ran out of time. I was gone all weekend, and didn't get back until very late on the 8th (due to transportation problems. One of the tires lost its tread. I'm just glad we didn't have a blow-out...). Tomorrow I will have a little time, but not much. In other words, while it would have been nice to come up with some more ideas, I doubt that even with more time I would have been able to produce much. Maybe, if I have the time tomorrow, I'll submit a "late" entry and see how it turns out. Don't hold your breath on that though, as I don't have any spectacular ideas right now.
Last, DChronos's logos are my personal favorites, in regards to "snazziness"/completeness. However, I still like my original idea. I just think it needs to be cleaned up and refined. Perhaps add some form of "streaming" or musical notes, or something to it... Anyway, as I don't have the skills to do that, it's unlikely that I'll put forth the effort (at this time) to give it the refinement it deserves. Nice work DChronos! Mouser X over and out.
I'll have my decision in a few days.
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It was suggested that using a disk might suggest more towards being cd music, but I think that, since almost all streamed formats are from disk type games, with the other stuff, I think people would get the idea that it's a game disk it's streaming from. Technically, even CDA could be called streaming. P:
But yeah, anyway... I'd still like to collab on the final idea with whoever wins. I was really reluctant to use that PS2 controller or any one thing from a system because it would seem to suggest it's for that system, when in reality, it's for a whole slew of systems. That's one of the reasons I had a hard time trying to come up with some kind of graphic that really hits the spot to show it's for game console music. The game disk is the best thing that works since the logo says vgm. Too bad I didn't have time to illustrate my last idea. Oh well.
edited 7:19 PM EDT July 9, 2008
I appreciate everyone's participation, thank you very much! vgmstream will look slick as a result...
Well, anyway, I'm trying to think about what more to add to the main idea, but I'm running up a blank... especially when it comes to thinking of some kind of iconic thing to be put with the name text. But like I said before, I'd like to get input from everyone and to hear all your ideas and kinda collab on this and make something fitting with everyone that's willing to join in.
The main idea here is the idea of having a nice looking font with the streaming s design like I have a sample of here:
Though the font design doesn't have to be set in stone like it is, or the coloring, I'd like to look and see what you guys can come up with as well, and work with you guys and hcs to come up with the best logo design we can get. I'll take your ideas and work with them on my end as best I can, but it might take some time to get the final design with my schedule being hectic.
If need be, we can use that base design for the moment, though hcs wants me to change the white text to something else.
If you guys really like this design, though, toss me ideas at least for an icon. I'm not looking for something really that is specific to a certain console, since the stream format is across many systems. Ideas I have include a cd/dvd, a music note, things like that... something that would fit showing it's a vg music thing for the game systems that all use disks (hence the cd/dvd).
Well, toss me anything you got and I'll work with it and come up with some mockups!