how about a typography battle?

[megatron]

Yo kirupstaz,

Have you guys ever had a typography battle? Would go somthing like this... we choose a word or phrase and then illustrate it using both typography and design skillz in either vector, raster, or vector/raster. For example we could take the word "complex" and then produce illustrations that are complex or illustrate the actual word "complex" in a complex kind of way.

sound good?

[megatron]

Allright then so no one cares about this. Well I did one anyway just to motivate you people. Its not all about "web" and "flash"... so you can find my version in the link below. It illustrates the word "simple":

http://www.pottsco.com.au/test123/_private/cv/simple.gif

so there it is... will anyone reply now

[pom]

Wow, that's very nice, megatron :love:
But did you actually make that font? :o

[lostinbeta]

I would join in... but I SUCK at typography, so I am not going to join in.

And that image is awesome man.

[megatron]

If your talking about the rounded white word that says "simple", of course I made it, after all I am a graphic designer. As for the bitmap font at the bottom, I didnt make that, it is just for communication purposes.

If you like that then heres another one for you guys:

http://www.pottsco.com.au/test123/_private/files_2/resources/print/desktop/red_piece.jpg

see if you can work out what that says...

oh and is anyone keen on doing this battle or will I battle myself?

[eyeinfinitude]

very cool megatron, but a lot of us here suck at typography, it's not one of our strong points so you go on a head and knock yourself out...hahah j/k Some brave soul might come a long and battle you, just wait. =)

[megatron]

ahh man,

come on, its not about winning or losing. just having fun and seeing what kind of creative things we can come up with.

It would be cool to see how different people around the world percieve certain words, and how they would illustrate them.

anyway,

heres a font I did:

http://www.pottsco.com.au/test123/_private/images/radio.jpg

http://www.pottsco.com.au/test123/_private/images/font.gif

and heres a 3d word that says "heat":

http://www.pottsco.com.au/test123/_private/images/heat.jpg

anyway... its time to try somthing new for everyone hey. I didnt realize these forums were so flash and web orientated, I thought they might include a little bit more design in them. Ahh well I might have to keep looking for somwhere to fit in :*(

[lostinbeta]

The design section just started booming up not too long ago, so we don't have many experts here.

Stick around.. teach us a few things ;)

[eyeinfinitude]

Each of us here have our strong points and our weak points, you for one, have a strong point for typography judging by the stuff you just displayed. There are many awesome designers here that you obviously haven't met yet so don't think that there aren't any good designers here cause I'll tell you now, I've seen a lot better stuff than yours posted here, no offense of course. Just browse through the Drawing and Design section and you'll see what I mean, if you dig deep enough you'll see there's some amazing work posted in the past.

[megatron]

okay then so if any of them are reading this. lets actually start on this battle then. I am keen to see other peoples stuff. Often you get sick of seeing your own stuff all the time.

I need new blood for inspiration.

by the way have you guys seen this dudes stuff:

tetsoo (http://www.tetsoo.com)

its really cool. *even better than me electro geekazoid*

Yea maybe it did seem a bit show offy of me to post all that crap. So whos in?

[eyeinfinitude]

yeah I've seen that site, almost all of the sites hosted by MT are excellent.

[alethos]

Whadya use to make your fonts, megatron? I really like the first thing you posted!

-Al

[DigitalVex]

im in the mood for a battle.. eventhough you'll prolly swollow me whole, i dont give a care. but im down to battle. meet u at the coral at sunrise. partna

[pom]

Yep, I'd like to know how you make your fonts too :)

And that site... :crazy: :crazy: Very whoswe-esque :)

*faints*

[senocular]

ilyaslamasse!!!


:faints:

[cdr1986]

megatron what type of typo battle would you like, if you would post specifically what you want then maybe I will join.

[LoungeActx]

i'll battle you...lay down the rules...i usually use a combo of both traditional design (paper, pencil, exacto knife stuff) with the computer. Here are a couple of my recent works...

They are huge 11" x 11" and I have actual print copies of them. I would have saved them for web but they are way too big.

http://poobah.hartford.edu/jcochran/projects/fella/

There are 3 designs, the project restrictions were that they had to be black and white, but I can work in color also.

So let me know...

[cdr1986]

Well, let see,
We if it is only us two, then what about a week period,
and using scanner, paper, pencil, photoshop, or well any of the major picture editor programs, and also either raster or vector. I think the theme should be on a word. But I will let you think of the word.:-\

[LoungeActx]

ok...hmmm...

word...how bout the word, "evolve"

how bout, digital media..i already have a design project that i'm working on, and i'm too fed up with cutting and pasting...

B]YOU CAN[/B] use images, with type that directly support your interpretation of the word.

YOU MUST incude an explaination of what you were trying to achieve with your work. Clarity counts. :)

TIME PERIOD: 1 Week from Sat. 2.15; 8:00 PM. No Submission after 2.22; 8:00.

Do these sound good and do you have anything else to add? Do we need a mod approval or anything?

[lostinbeta]

Yes, a Mod has to officially declare the rules, but if you all agree upon something then we can do that, but the mod must make it official.

So if everyone agrees with what you said, then those are the rules.

Also, please specify a width and height of the canvas, I am not really sure what a good size would be for typography.

[LoungeActx]

canvas size...for the web...how bout 500x500, .jpg

sound good?

so as soon as we get agreement...let's do it...

oh yeah this is my first battle...is there anything special i have to do when posting my submission?

[lostinbeta]

If your opponents all agree on 500x500, then thats good.


File type never matters :)

And you post your submission on the last day it is due (don't want to give people ideas of what yours looks like before they are done.. that gives them an advantage), you can A) Post it as an attachment or B)upload it to your server and link to it.

[LoungeActx]

rock on. :evil:

[megatron]

holy cow!

Sorry guys for not replying for a few days... I have been disconected from the world for a little while. But Im back now and its awsome to see that the rules have been kinda lay down while ive been gone. SWEET. I love the idea of using the word "evolve". That was really cool. I also agree that 500 x 500 jpg or gif is a nicely rounded size for the battle too.

umm.... thinking of any other rules. Can use Illustrator, Photoshop and hand drawn too. Ultimate goal is to visually reproduce your own interpretation of a word that we will eventually decide on using for the battle.

Oh and for that font I just drew it in Illustrator using the guides for the x height of the letters and the same radius for all the rounded parts of the letters too. I made the stroke really thick and gave it a rounded tip and then turned the stroke into a fill by using one of the functions in illustrator and then just combined all the paths by using the pathfinder (very handy vector tool).

below is another new one I did in the mean time.

http://dryver82.members.easyspace.com/images/piece.jpg

anyway... I am keen for the word evolve if everyone else is! oh and where do we submit and all that... this is my first battle too.

[lostinbeta]

<B>Theme:</B> Typography with the word "Evolve"
<B>Programs:</B> Illustrator, Photoshop, and hand drawn images.
<B>Size:</B> 500x500
<B>Competitors:</B> Megatron, LoungeActx, cdr1986
<B>Date:</B> February 23, 2002 (1 week from today)


^^ NOT YET OFFICIAL ^^

Does everyone agree on this?

[megatron]

i agree

[lostinbeta]

Oh yeah, I forgot to answer your submission question Megatron.

When the due date is up you will post your entry in this thread. You can upload it to your server and post a link to it, or you can attach it to a post if it is small enough to do that.

After entries are submitted and due date is up, I will create new thread that will contain a poll for members to vote on who they think should win.

[LoungeActx]

i'm down

just waiting for one more i suppose:)

[lostinbeta]

Yeah, cdr1986 still needs to agree. I will send him a PM. If I get no reply within the next day the rules will just be official.

[megatron]

are you a mod, lost in beta. do you make it official

[cdr1986]

Sorry something came up, and I won't be able to try this time OK.

[lostinbeta]

Ok, thats fine cdr, sorry you can't participate though.

And yes, I am a mod, so I do make this official :)

Offical Rules thread....

http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15415

It is a sticky in the battle section called "Typography Battle Rules", you can refer to that for them instead of hunting around in this thread for the rules.

[mariofan]

sorry, im new - how do i join a battle?

thanks in advance

[lostinbeta]

Man... I should just start making battles official right off the bat, it seems to be the favorite time to join (right after the battle starts).

I will add you to the list. But keep in mind all rules are finalized already.


I wish you luck :)

[mariofan]

Hey everyone!

Here is my battle piece -

title : evolve

description : typography evolves, then evolves, then evolves......

This has been fun!
Goodluck to all!

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/matt.kenyon/mariofantypebattle.jpg

[lostinbeta]

Awesome, now let's just wait for Megatron to post his entry.


Keep in mind Time Zone differences, so if the day is over for you it may not be for him.

[LoungeActx]

here you go guys...

Evolve. (http://poobah.hartford.edu/jcochran/battle/type.jpg)


Darwin..Evolution...

Mariofan...that's awesome! ;)

[megatron]

holy crap... yours are both great. I am soooo sorry I have not posted yet. I am slack. I will post it in a few hours. I know that I am probably disqualified but I will still post it anyway.

be back soon.

[lostinbeta]

I will allow that few hours (after all, a few hours isn't much) to submit it :)

[megatron]

allright, ive finished... and here it is

ummm.... my reasoning is that: seeing as it is a typo battle and we are using the word "evolve" I decided to use the word evolve. I wanted to mix a little bit of oldskool style typography with newskool type and come up with a juxtaposing style piece of work that would perhaps arrouse your eyeballs. anyway hope you enjoy it and thankyou for everyone participating in the battle I am really happy to see the others...

http://dryver82.members.easyspace.com/images/evolve.jpg

[mariofan]

what a battle! everyones piece's are wicked!!!! the best thing is how each one is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT - yet all fit the title!
we should do this every month megatron / loungeactx!

mariofan

[LoungeActx]

Rock on...all the pieces are amazing...i love both your styles...yeah I'm down with doing this again...hell...i'm down with doing a collaboration with you guys sometime...that would be insanely cool i bet...

:beam: :beam: :beam:

[megatron]

For sure! Definately down with a calaboration. We should try doing an all vector remix of a new project. It would be similar to what rinzen (http://www.rinzen.com) did from Brisbane, Australia. We could get somone to start a new one and then when they're finished they could post the pic and send on the vectors to the next person to remix and just keep it going and going.

nice.

[pom]

Bravo to you all, very nice indeed.

pom :crazy:

[Guig0]

those works are really good =)

Congrats and luck to all. this battle will be tuff, and that is a good thing ;)

[lostinbeta]

Excellent work everyone!!

The poll is now up...

http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16046

[pateucopt]

ok.my first battle.i ussualy don t do this.but i guess i just want to know how it feels :D.i m still workin on it.but not today.
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=26465&stc=1
(http://www.kirupa.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=26465&stc=1)

[simplistik]

ok.my first battle.i ussualy don t do this.but i guess i just want to know how it feels :D.i m still workin on it.but not today.
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=26465&stc=1
(http://www.kirupa.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=26465&stc=1)
:lol: well yea... that's good an all... and if you had posted this 2yrs ago you prolly would've won... but the battle ended 2yrs ago. nice job though.

[pateucopt]

:lol: well yea... that's good an all... and if you had posted this 2yrs ago you prolly would've won... but the battle ended 2yrs ago. nice job though.


lol
didn t saw that:krazy: and it s my second time.i did this once on some forum last year and the last post was from 2003 or smt. :))

[LoungeActx]

good job man...i like it a lot! :thumb:

[kinko]

nice work.

[GW02]

Man, Kirupa's little banner is throwing the whole battle section into turmoil. :lol:

[jmayo86]

Man, Kirupa's little banner is throwing the whole battle section into turmoil. :lol:

Yep xD

Thats howi got here... what is this little banner all about anyway?

[Ψ]

i think its to show peoples work from the past who are usually around the forums...

[Zach-E2]

where can one get started in typography? i'm highly interested, but don't have a clue..

[jmayo86]

just play about with words... ive done work with typeography at college. Jus play about with displaying different letters etc.

[scooterdie]

Haha This is hilarious! It's hard to beleive that all of this was from two years ago. It had me going!

[MichaelxxOA]

this upset me lol, all of this and im trying to figure out why in the world I can't see people's posts ... yeah anyway, I"m going to go re-evaluate my life, take care guys.
-Michael

[nobody]

So if everyone is interested in this typography battle let's hold another one. If I can get at least five or six interested people then I'd be more than happy to set one up. :)

[kiwee]

Yeah, lets do it, cuzz i am interested. Oh, and does it have to be Vector, or can I do a Model?

[nobody]

I don't think it would matter what tools you used as long as your end product was a demonstration of unique typography. No reason to exclude people just because they can't use a certain tool.

[Stratification]

I think it'd be worth doing a contest. I'd love to join in, it'll depend on how swamped I get with work though.

[LoungeActx]

I'm down to go again...:pleased:

[nobody]

Everyone that's interested check out the Typography 2.0 battle. Should be floating right around this thread.

[SPAD3S]

Im in give me a but and ill put one in might not be the best but hey? its somthin XD

[SPAD3S]

actually nvm i tried it and i decided i cant do it right now so maybe next year

[Bashsb]

guys can someone help me out please ( am new in here ) can someone give me a skate layout please, we can deal

[Bashsb]

email me to Bash@abudhabiskaters.com

[Ψ]

kewl you are from Abudhabi. That is my birthplace.

[Pasquale]

Sooo.... is this still going?

[hypermint]

here is a little test project that i worked. i got the final one hanging in my room. it came out really nice large format 20x30...its not much but just a nice to look at.

[Esherido]

that's pretty nice; mind if I put that on my wall?

[hypermint]

that's pretty nice; mind if I put that on my wall?

if you are talking to me yea sure i have no problom if you put that on your wall.

[kupidon71]

:tb: Allright then so no one cares about this. Well I did one anyway just to motivate you people. Its not all about "web" and "flash"... so you can find my version in the link below. It illustrates the word "simple":

http://www.pottsco.com.au/test123/_private/cv/simple.gif

so there it is... will anyone reply now

[evljeenyiss]

Add me pore faver? It is still going on right? And is the word just evolve, or can we use others.

[hybrid101]

wasn't this battle over three years ago?

[kiwee]

AHH!! It Lives!
Run for the hills!!!

[hypermint]

i think the battle is done and in the history books

[stahler]

ahh, "ragdoll" thats the name for what i was talking about. I was having trouble figuring how I would articulate it.

[wes_design]

ahh, "ragdoll" thats the name for what i was talking about. I was having trouble figuring how I would articulate it.

SO how does one start the battle again?
do i just enter a word and an image and ask someone to an interesting challenge:::

do I take a glove and smack someone?-lol

this thread sounded interesting