HamIsland Logo Search!

[W4GPL]

CQ Artists.. CQ Artists.. CQ Artist..

HamIsland is in search of a new logo! Contributions are welcome from everyone! Unfortunately the only compensation we can offer is our extreme gratitude and acknowledgement. :) Some requirements off the top of my head...

- Suitable for print & screen...
- Scalable for logo miniaturization or variants allowing that...
- Preferably in a format easily manipulated by Adobe Photoshop (.psd) or GIMP (.xcf) with unmerged layers.
- Creative Commons licensing or wiliness exclusively and indefinitely license to HamIsland...

I look forward to seeing what you all can come up with. Thanks guys!

[KG4CGC]

Proportions? Dimensions? Must be X wide by X tall etc etc adnauseum and some french word.

[W4GPL]

"Very large" - "high resolution" -- etc. :)

I'd like to have the option to put it on tshirts, hats, coffee mugs, etc.. not for profit, but as a promotional tool at ham fests and what not. So that needs to be pretty big..

If not a single logo, several variants of the same theme.. I'd like to brand the site and have a very specific and unique look.

HamIsland - Amateur Radio's Online Revolution (keep that theme in mind)

[KG4CGC]

Portrait, landscape, banner, one of each, square. Yada yada bla bla.
Well, since you put the pot on the stove, let's see what cooks up.

[KG4CGC]

Sample banner logo.

[NQ6U]

I will get right on it! Whether I come up with anything useful is another story, but I will work on it.

As far as tee shirts et al, I have no problem with you taking a profit on them if the money goes to the site.

[W3MIV]

As far as tee shirts et al, I have no problem with you taking a profit on them if the money goes to the site.

And I will guarantee you at least one sale on a mug, a tee shirt and anything else that your devious mind can contemplate. Carlo: You might think in terms of embroidery as well as print and electronic. Might make a nice design for a golf-style shirt or similar.

Let the game begin, say I. And may the best designer win.

[Happy_Hamer]

try this again

[ki4itv]

Nice.
...and welcome to The Island.:)

[suddenseer]

I second that....nice. I am not much of an artist, but i would love to look at the submissions. I enjoy looking at artist's work. Count me in for a mug, and t-shirt.

[rot]

Be cool to have an official HamIsland Beach chair, with a special pocket for official rules and suggested mixology....oh well count me in on shirts hat and cups. Normally I wear hats backwards and sometimes seek left handed cups..anyhoo..kewlba on the deal.
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[W3MIV]

try this again

I have a lot of experience in this business, having first set out on my journey a half-century ago.

The graphic could work, but including any sort of photograph in the logo will severely limit the applications to which it may be applied. I would suggest keeping a logo purely as a graphic -- it could be combined with a photo for those applications in which such use would be suitable.

[NQ6U]

What Albi said.

[KG4CGC]

What Albi said.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

[W1GUH]

Here I thought the graphic at the top of the page WAS the Ham Island logo.

[KG4CGC]

Here I thought the graphic at the top of the page WAS the Ham Island logo.
I guess it isn't cheap and easy to put on t-shirts and g-strings.
Hey, does QRZ still sell g-strings with their logo on them?

[NQ6U]

Hey, does QRZ still sell g-strings with their logo on them?



Not since they sold out the last of the XXXXL.

[W1GUH]

Not since they sold out the last of the XXXXL.

That's just nasty!!!! ;):ugh:

[NQ6U]

That's just nasty!!!! ;):ugh:

Thank you!

[KG4CGC]

They had banana hammocks with the QRZ logo on them too. I wonder if they authorized that or if the people they dealt with did that for everyone.

[W1GUH]

Did a quick google and couldn't turn up anything. I just KNOW I've seen QRZ bikinis, tho'.

[KG4CGC]

Maybe they don't offer them anymore but a couple of years back they did.

[K7SGJ]

Did a quick google and couldn't turn up anything. I just KNOW I've seen QRZ bikinis, tho'.

They quit selling them when someone sent in a photo of Sue in one.

[K7SGJ]

They had banana hammocks with the QRZ logo on them too. I wonder if they authorized that or if the people they dealt with did that for everyone.

They quit selling them when someone sent in a photo of Sue in one.

[KG4CGC]

That's just sooo wrong on so many levels.
I laughed my ass though. Sorry.

[W1GUH]

That's just sooo wrong on so many levels.
I laughed my ass though. Sorry.

What he said.

[N2NH]

Didn't they have a QRZ jock too? Last I heard, BarBOA bought them all up.

[KG4CGC]

Didn't they have a QRZ jock too? Last I heard, BarBOA bought them all up.
So THAT'S who sent that! Damn! I had no clue why someone would send me one of those. I asked the GF if she ordered it and she said no and started questioning me about online girlfriends.

[NQ6U]

Teh Zed has g-strings and jockstraps, the Island has...IOMH Condoms!

[kc7jty]

I look forward to seeing what you all can come up with. Thanks guys!

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/5750/mikeyp.png

In remembrance of our founder how about this.

[NQ6U]

All you Halicrafters fans should recognize the shape. Having been in the biz for a while, I learned to leave my ego behind when presenting new work to the judges so feel free to make suggestions.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo.png

[KG4CGC]

Nice work, Carl. Very nice.

[ki4itv]

Needs moar knob.:lol:

j/k...........on a more serious note, :clap:

[KC2UGV]

"Very large" - "high resolution" -- etc. :)

I'd like to have the option to put it on tshirts, hats, coffee mugs, etc.. not for profit, but as a promotional tool at ham fests and what not. So that needs to be pretty big..

And... HI QSL card backgrounds :)

[NQ6U]

BTW, my submission was created as a PostScript file so it's resolution-independent and can be scaled up or down to fit either the IOMH signet ring or the the world headquarters building in NYC.

[KG4CGC]

Mine's a post it note.

[NQ6U]

Some minor adjustments made. Fixed a goof in the symmetry, changed the frame color, made it bolder and added a highlight to give it a more three-dimensional look. Also added drop shadowing to the whole thing.


http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-02.png

[KG4CGC]

Mine is more cartoonish. It can be changed, things added or subtracted. Etc.


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/7a4a7289.jpg

[NQ6U]

Mine is more cartoonish.

Maybe, but at least you got the URL right. Here's mine, corrected. D'oh.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-03.png

Also, your palm has...nuts.

[kc7jty]

http://www.bikinialoha.com/bikinialoha_store/store_files/sunbathing_files/10949_big.jpg http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/tomasfoto/tomasfoto0902/tomasfoto090200091/4399671-beautiful-polynesian-woman-in-a-yellow-bikini-smiling-at-a-hawaii-beach.jpg

[NQ6U]

http://www.bikinialoha.com/bikinialoha_store/store_files/sunbathing_files/10949_big.jpg http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/tomasfoto/tomasfoto0902/tomasfoto090200091/4399671-beautiful-polynesian-woman-in-a-yellow-bikini-smiling-at-a-hawaii-beach.jpg

Make a logo out of it.

[Happy_Hamer]

Maybe, but at least you got the URL right. Here's mine, corrected. D'oh.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-03.png

Also, your palm has...nuts.

I like this one

[KG4CGC]

Maybe, but at least you got the URL right. Here's mine, corrected. D'oh.

Also, your palm has...nuts.
Yeah well, if all the dot coms were fonts and nuts, we'd all have a merry f&*king Christmas.
And either of them would look good embroidered. I guess that's how golf shirt people do it. I'm T-shirt guy. I've also been known to don a wife beater from time to time. I tried some of that iron on transfer paper in the printer in 2003. I guess it has come a long way since but you have to iron it just right. Too much and the surrounding glue turns yellow. Too little and it doesn't adhere well.

[NQ6U]

Yeah well, if all the dot coms were fonts and nuts, we'd all have a merry f&*king Christmas.

Right. (What?)


And either of them would look good embroidered. I guess that's how golf shirt people do it. I'm T-shirt guy.

I tried to keep embroidery in mind while I was designing mine. That's why I did it all in flat colors—no gradients or anything. The whole thing could be done with four colors of thread/screen print ink/whatever.

[KG4CGC]

Still Cartoony.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/b1359435.jpg

[kc7jty]

Make a logo out of it.

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[W4GPL]

Some minor adjustments made. Fixed a goof in the symmetry, changed the frame color, made it bolder and added a highlight to give it a more three-dimensional look. Also added drop shadowing to the whole thing.


http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-02.pngDude, I quite like that! :yes: Nice work.

I'm really sparse the next couple of days, but I'll catch you this weekend to talk about it.

[ki4itv]

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/tomasfoto/tomasfoto0902/tomasfoto090200091/4399671-beautiful-polynesian-woman-in-a-yellow-bikini-smiling-at-a-hawaii-beach.jpg

Aaaaaarrrrr! ...and the treasure is marked with an X, just like the map, Captain.

[NQ6U]

Aaaaaarrrrr! ...and the treasure is marked with an X, just like the map, Captain.

Arrrr, that it be, Matey! Time t' get out th' pole an' do me some diggin', it is!

[NQ6U]

Last iteration. Really. I promise.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-final.png

[WØTKX]

That's better. It "pops". But it still kneeeds a KNOB! :neener:

[KG4CGC]

That's better. It "pops". But it still kneeeds a KNOB! :neener:Right where it says 'island.'

[NQ6U]

Okay, here's your stinkin' knob:

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-mit-knob.png

[KG4CGC]

bigger

[ki4itv]

I'm with Chaz...better, but the knobs are obviously bigger on The Island.

[ki4itv]

Don't worry Carl, we're a tough crowd. But our knobs are bigger and our love is strong.
excellent play along, BTW.:cool2:

[NQ6U]

I figured if I'm gonna add a knob, it needs numbers, too:

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-mit-knob-02.png

Numbers were traced from an image of real Halicrafters dial, can be changed to suit.

[KG4CGC]

You must be psychic.

[ki4itv]

Now that's f'ing cool, and I'm still cleaning my smoke.
give me a minute.

[ki4itv]

Yep, very cool.
But, your knob looks flaccid. We probably wish it larger, firmer, and more filling.
Mango diesel has relatively few visually magnifying qualities.
Cheap beer say's 'we love you' though.

[NQ6U]

Yep, very cool.
But, your knob looks flaccid. We probably wish it larger, firmer, and more filling.

This is the The Island of Misfit Hams. We cannot brook any flaccid knobs—those are for Teh Zed.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-mit-big-knob-03.png

[NQ6U]

The numbers needed to be changed.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-mit-knob-und-fu.png

[ki4itv]

Yes, yes, she said.
Now that's a knob we could be proud of...
Kudos, O' keeper of the west coast freakishness.

[ki4itv]

Carl, That's fricken awesome. We seem to bring out the best in those that take the time,...

[ki4itv]

Arrgh. I'm right f'ucked up.

[KG4CGC]

Arrgh. I'm right f'ucked up.Wall leaner.
LOL!
Excellent knob job there, Brother Carl.

[NQ6U]

Excellent knob job there, Brother Carl.

Thanks. I decided that it was a bit cluttered so I simplified the numbers a bit. Notice where it's tuned...

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-mit-big-knob-04.png

[ki4itv]

Wall leaner.
LOL!


I would like to thank everyone for their patience.
Y'all really are too kind, and thanks for entertaining me while I got this out of my system.
This white bread is just about toast.
God Almighty...

[PA5COR]

Knob needs a finger dimple ;)

Sorry, good one :D

[NQ6U]

Knob needs a finger dimple ;)

Sorry, good one :D

Thought about it briefly, Cor, but decided it would just clutter it up.

[PA5COR]

KISS is mostly the best, i agree.
Sorry for my brainfart ;)

[WØTKX]

An old school fluted or scalloped knob maybe? The current one looks like a track ball. But it's getting better with all the input. Maybe lose the drop shadow on the radio bezel, for simplicity?

It's really starting to look nice.

[KG4CGC]

An old school fluted or scalloped knob maybe? The current one looks like a track ball. But it's getting better with all the input. Maybe lose the drop shadow on the radio bezel, for simplicity?

It's really starting to look nice.
The drop shadow is a corporate thing. They don't accept designs without them. It's something that the marketing guys insist on but then again they are the biggest hooker and blow supporters in the country and make up 70% of the hooker and blow GDP.

[NQ6U]

An old school fluted or scalloped knob maybe? The current one looks like a track ball. But it's getting better with all the input. Maybe lose the drop shadow on the radio bezel, for simplicity?

It's really starting to look nice.

Easy to loose the drop shadow, about ten seconds work. A scalloped knob is a little trickier but I will see if I can come up with something.

[KG4CGC]

Easy to loose the drop shadow, about ten seconds work. A scalloped knob is a little trickier but I will see if I can come up with something. Make a pattern with a straight line then find a pleasing way to bend it 180 (semi circle) degrees then duplicate that and flip it.

[KG4CGC]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/b83cf3d6.jpg

[NQ6U]

Make a pattern with a straight line then find a pleasing way to bend it 180 (semi circle) degrees then duplicate that and flip it.

It don't work that way in Adobe Illustrator.

[KG4CGC]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/dbe2376b.jpg

Something like that. Could be improved upon.

[NQ6U]

Turned out not to be as big a problem as I thought it might be thanks to AI's Distort filter. Took a few tries to get it right but here we go. It didn't look right in the old color so I changed it to gray, along with the window frame and switched from a radial gradient to a linear one, which is what I should have used in the first place. I took the numbers off too, they seemed unnecessary.

FYI, I still have all the other iterations saved as-is so it's no big deal to serve up whatever version is decided upon for the final.


http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-scalloped-knob.png

[kf0rt]

I like it!

May I pick a nit? The kerning in the text looks a little off. M & I should be a tad closer together (almost looks like two words).

[NQ6U]

I like it!

May I pick a nit? The kerning in the text looks a little off. M & I should be a tad closer together (almost looks like two words).


That's because it is two words! I can change that easily enough.

[kf0rt]

That's because it is two words! I can change that easily enough.

We talkin' proper noun or URL here? :rofl:

[NQ6U]

We talkin' proper noun or URL here? :rofl:

I wasn't sure how it was going to be presented so I kind of went half way on it. Easy to change it to however it's wanted in the end.

[WØTKX]

TaDaaaa!

That's turned out real nice.

[KG4CGC]

Hamis Land .net

[NQ6U]

I'm wondering if I should lose the tuning scale completely, maybe just go for the cursor. What do all y'all think?

[KG4CGC]

I'm wondering if I should lose the tuning scale completely, maybe just go for the cursor. What do all y'all think?
If you're going to use the scale, do one with several bands stacked over each other.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&xhr=t&q=tuning+dial&cp=11&qe=dHVuaW5nIGRpYWw&qesig=X9VeCeVTzwWfrOHyQ4r6Bg&pkc=AFgZ2tlWC9mQuUZv-ApPztt3oP1q4ywZLXzu8CsmM0MH2nv9ExIdw-9svK8OBirndK8u4qdkdfa-43MU3hIELtO_lZK2nk32qw&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1680&bih=840&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=hallicrafter+tuning+dial&oq=hallicrafter+tuning+dial&aq=f&aqi=&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=10877l14096l0l13l12l0l0l0l1l201l1261l6.5.1l 12&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=4525aada5f578c1&biw=1680&bih=840

[NQ6U]

If you're going to use the scale, do one with several bands stacked over each other.

I started out with it that way but it looked to cluttered. I'm beginning to think it's best to lose it completely, maybe just include the cursor.

[KG4CGC]

I started out with it that way but it looked to cluttered. I'm beginning to think it's best to lose it completely, maybe just include the cursor.
I guess it would depend on how transparent the layer is.

The cursor, indicator, needle, that is a must, yeah?

[WØTKX]

Maybe tweak it so the palm tree(s) become the cursor?

It could be one tree, or a pair of trunks with the space between as the cursor.

Or the moon with clouds could be the cursor, with mirror imaged palm trees on either side.

Or maybe a drink umbrella as a cursor... or a Gretchen Cone?

:lol:

[KG4CGC]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/30feee2e.jpg

[NQ6U]

Okay, this is it for tonight, I'm gettin' burned out.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/island-logo-three-scale.png

[KG4CGC]

Fine job, Carl. :)

[NQ6U]

Fine job, Carl. :)

Thanks.

It's always surprising to me how tiring that sort of work can be. A lot of careful attention to fiddly bits.

[KG4CGC]

titty bits

[NQ6U]

titty bits

I had to draw all them little lines on the scales, you know...

[KG4CGC]

I had to draw all them little lines on the scales, you know...nipples

[NQ6U]

I just can't leave it alone. It's a sickness, I think.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/knob-three-scale-big-text.png

[KG4CGC]

That's it! You've hit it! don't change another thing!
BRAVO!
BRAVO!

[W3MIV]

I just can't leave it alone. It's a sickness, I think.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/knob-three-scale-big-text.png

Excellent job, Carlo. Trouble is, the type won't scale well. Try using the same graphic, but move the type to the right so that it can be enlarged for use on a masthead or similar application. The concept is excellent. You earn a tip of the Albi helmet.

[NQ6U]

Thanks, Albi, I was hoping for your comment as a real graphic design pro.

Could you explain a little further what you mean when you say that the type won't scale? I'm not arguing otherwise, just uncertain what about you're trying to say.

[NQ6U]

Okay, Albi, after a little thought, I can see your point. I think there's a use for more than one iteration of the logo so if Luke prefers, I can send him copies of both.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/IOMHlogotextright.png

[KG4CGC]

It still says Hamis Land.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/d14ac247.jpg


(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/d14ac247.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HOm273MDLc

[rot]

Cool stuff gents!

[WØTKX]

^^^ Wanna buy a teeee shirt sir?

:rofl:

[KG4CGC]

Golf shirt, so he can pop that collar.

[WØTKX]

Extree large collars, for that Elvis look. Or maybe Disco Stu?

http://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.kidzworld.com/article/34476/homer17.jpg?1263596610

[NQ6U]

You know what? I say fuck it to all that fancy stuff. Why not go with a known quantity?

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/tehisland.png

[KG4CGC]

You know what? I say fuck it to all that fancy stuff. Why not go with a known quantity?

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/tehisland.pnghttp://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/bf4916c8.jpg
LOL! NEENUR!

[Happy_Hamer]

Here try this for the background, I suspect it will be to busy though


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[W5RB]

I guess we're tryin' to mainstream a bit , but the whole "misfit " angle is unaddressed . Something square-peg / roundholish . Knurling the knob was a definite plus . Is there room for an umbrella drink somewhere ?

[N8YX]

Here try this for the background, I suspect it will be to busy though


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Do you have a scale which goes to 11?

It would complement this nicely:

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[Happy_Hamer]

Got it from a cool FT Meter project

http://www.mds975.co.uk/Content/amateur_radio_projects.html


Do you have a scale which goes to 11?

It would complement this nicely:

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[WV6Z]

I guess I'm not understanding why the desire to dump that which has always graced the top left corner of the forum page. Lots of great suggestions to be sure, but why the sudden desire for change? I thought we had all started to figure out the impact of what 'change' has done for (to) us. Dah Dah Dah, BOOOOM!!! TISH! ;)

[WV6Z]

Maybe they don't offer them anymore but a couple of years back they did.

Are you sure you guys aren't thinking of all of the Hamsexy coolness that was on Cafe Press back in the day?

[KG4CGC]

Are you sure you guys aren't thinking of all of the Hamsexy coolness that was on Cafe Press back in the day?http://www.cafepress.co.uk/+qrzqslqth_uug_womens_plus_size_vneck_tshir,523085 118

[WV6Z]

Cute...... but this is better and would make a damned fine t-shirt.

[N8YX]

Skypr0n was mo' better. ;)

[W4GPL]

I guess I'm not understanding why the desire to dump that which has always graced the top left corner of the forum page. Lots of great suggestions to be sure, but why the sudden desire for change?I somewhat addressed that. The current logo doesn't scale for multi-purpose use. The licensing of the actual image is unknown. And as we get ready to launch the new site, I wanted something fresh and cool -- something to build a brand around.

[KG4CGC]

I'm always concerned with licensing issues having dealt with trying to do original work for a complete site that was going to compete with Fubar. It never got off the ground but that was because the guy heading the project didn't want to take responsibility for doing any of the grunt work.

[KG4CGC]

http://www.aaaclipart.com/cgi-bin/imagefolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=nature/trees&img=27

Not much to choose from here.

[W3MIV]

Okay, Albi, after a little thought, I can see your point. I think there's a use for more than one iteration of the logo so if Luke prefers, I can send him copies of both.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/knob-three-scale-text-to-rt.png

By George, he got it! Ausgezeichnet! Prima! All of which is to say, "I lahk it!"

[NA4BH]

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[WØTKX]

Don't forget the movie... in "Vermin Vision". :rofl:

http://www.jcrmusicnews.com/components/com_virtuemart/shop_image/product/6858.jpg

[kb2vxa]

Vermin Vision? Makes sense... considering what Teh Zed stinks of us. Nothing spectacular but eh, it has knobs.

[N2NH]

There's been some nice entries so far. Something with simple graphics? This should fit the bill. Bigger size available.

http://i55.tinypic.com/250861d.jpg

[N2NH]

Or this?

http://i56.tinypic.com/k3vjty.jpg

[KG4CGC]

Well if we're still playing ....


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/1d6557bd.jpg

[NA4BH]

What? No G5RV strung between two palm trees? :snicker:

[W5RB]

What? No G5RV strung between two palm trees? :snicker:

Incorporate a hammock and an umbrella into that , and I might go for it ;-)

[W3MIV]

I'll stick with Carl's dial and type.

[KG4CGC]

I'll stick with Carl's dial and type.
It is pretty slick but where's the "Misfit Angst" that we have embraced since the inception of the Island?
Where is sticking it to the man and taking it to the system and proving that we can do what others do, better and with more gusto and bravado?
Why are we here? We're here because we are the Hooligans! We are the outcasts of ham radio as we know it today. We make our own beat and have our own drummer. We are rejects because WE REJECT the conforms set forth elsewhere.
WE ARE MISFITS! HEAR US ROAR! You shant crush the Spirit of the IOMH!

[WØTKX]

Optional campaign ribbons for being banned on QRZ?

[KG4CGC]

Optional campaign ribbons for being banned on QRZ?
Hold your Aerial HIGH, MAN!

[KG4CGC]

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[N2NH]

Optional campaign ribbons for being banned on QRZ?

If you don't include the faux baninnation by BarBOA a year after she was fired as mod, I'd have 4. None were trolls, mostly I just posted stuff they didn't like except for when I channelled the good Doctor/Lawyer and did there what he did here. Once. Got banned for that in a New York Second.

I think a Blue Hawaiian (drink) for each ban would be cool.

[KG4CGC]

If you don't include the faux baninnation by BarBOA a year after she was fired as mod, I'd have 4. None were trolls, mostly I just posted stuff they didn't like except for when I channelled the good Doctor/Lawyer and did there what he did here. Once. Got banned for that in a New York Second.

I think a Blue Hawaiian (drink) for each ban would be cool.http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/5_mixed_drinks.jpg

[N2NH]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/drinks/5_mixed_drinks.jpg

The blue one looks like a Lava-lite. I'll have five bartender and the Rabbi has the tip.

http://i54.tinypic.com/2zgz2ph.jpg

[KG4CGC]

You keep teep, yah komrade?


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/36b829a2.jpg

[N2NH]

You keep teep, yah komrade?


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/36b829a2.jpg

Vhat? You no like? It make veddy goot visor. Handy on sunninke day. Maybe Peggy can help?

[W1GUH]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/30feee2e.jpg

May as well jump into the nit-picking. Where's the marks for the hamband calibration? The ones where you set the main tuning so the calibrated bandspread works?

Certainly you wouldn't be mimicking a cheap receiver without calibrated bandspread?

[KG4CGC]

May as well jump into the nit-picking. Where's the marks for the hamband calibration? The ones where you set the main tuning so the calibrated bandspread works?

Certainly you wouldn't be mimicking a cheap receiver without calibrated bandspread?
How old are you, son?
That's a slide rule. Plobably befro your time.

[W1GUH]

Is that something like a slip stick?

Isn't a slide rule when they only let one person at a time on it?

OK...I'm giddy from the hamfest.

[KG4CGC]

Is that something like a slip stick?

Isn't a slide rule when they only let one person at a time on it?

OK...I'm giddy from the hamfest.Is there room for even ONE if it's the average hamfester?

[KJ3N]

Maybe Peggy can help?

Peggy is being retrained. ;)

[W3WN]

It is pretty slick but where's the "Misfit Angst" that we have embraced since the inception of the Island?
Where is sticking it to the man and taking it to the system and proving that we can do what others do, better and with more gusto and bravado?
Why are we here? We're here because we are the Hooligans! We are the outcasts of ham radio as we know it today. We make our own beat and have our own drummer. We are rejects because WE REJECT the conforms set forth elsewhere.
WE ARE MISFITS! HEAR US ROAR! You shant crush the Spirit of the IOMH!We're outcasts and rejects? Well, okay then.

But somehow, I just can't envision (emulating Helen Reddy) "We are misfits! Hear us roar!" Maybe it's because I recall too well the source of this site's name... I keep thinking of stop-motion-animated elvish dentists... and Burl Ives...

[W3WN]

Okay, Albi, after a little thought, I can see your point. I think there's a use for more than one iteration of the logo so if Luke prefers, I can send him copies of both.

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/knob-three-scale-text-to-rt.pngI like this. It appeals to me.

My only concern would be with the actual palm trees & moonlight/cloud images. To avoid any potential copyright problems, I'd suggest hiring an artist to create something like this, but something original enough to pass muster.

[NQ6U]

I like this. It appeals to me.

My only concern would be with the actual palm trees & moonlight/cloud images. To avoid any potential copyright problems, I'd suggest hiring an artist to create something like this, but something original enough to pass muster.

That's original art by me, copyright is not an issue.

[KG4CGC]

That's original art by me, copyright is not an issue.
Excellent!

[NQ6U]

Excellent!

I should be insulted that he automatically assumed otherwise.

[KG4CGC]

I should be insulted that he automatically assumed otherwise.But you're not because you're such a swell guy.

[NQ6U]

But you're not because you're such a swell guy.

No, I think I will be insulted, just to prove that I'm as big an asshole as anyone else here.

Eff you, Ron!

[W3MIV]

I like this. It appeals to me.

My only concern would be with the actual palm trees & moonlight/cloud images. To avoid any potential copyright problems, I'd suggest hiring an artist to create something like this, but something original enough to pass muster.

Hmmmm. You display surprisingly good taste for a resident of Western PA.

[KG4CGC]

Hmmmm. You display surprisingly good taste for a resident of Western PA.
Now THAT, is an insult!
Wikipedia: That (music) (http://duckduckgo.com/That_(music)) - A thāt (ठाट; थाट; ঠাট; also transliterated as thaat) is a mode in northern Indian or Hindustani music.

[KG4CGC]

what the hell?

[NA4BH]

what the hell?

You noticed it too?

[ki4itv]

It's probably OK. All true artist are moody and take offense easily, usually by defaulting to the negative.
Ron's comment could have also been interpreted as, the artwork was obviously good enough to be automatically mistaken for proven, well tested commercial design ideals.

I thought the logo was very good.

[W3WN]

That's original art by me, copyright is not an issue.Oh! My mistake, my apologies.

You have to understand that one thing we have to ride herd on at work, so to speak, are people who don't think twice about "borrowing" images off the 'net for use in a presentation. Now it's one thing if it's material that's public domain, or that are otherwise made freely available... things get sticky when it's copyrighted, or free use is limited to non-commercial purposes, etc. So I tend to err on the side of caution.

Do you freelance? I have an idea for a "logo" for my club newsletter, but I can't draw a straight line by hand, despite my father's best efforts...

[W3WN]

No, I think I will be insulted, just to prove that I'm as big an asshole as anyone else here.

Eff you, Ron!Didn't you say that on the other side of the record? I'd better check.

... it's ok, he's speaking Zed-eze.

(with apologies to Austin, Berman, Ossman & Proctor)

[W3WN]

Hmmmm. You display surprisingly good taste for a resident of Western PA.That's because I'm a transplant, not a native.

I will never "get" chipped ham (or chipped anything else) or this obsession with putting french fries on sandwiches, tasty as it is.

[NQ6U]

Oh! My mistake, my apologies.

No sweat, Ron, I was just yanking your chain a little bit.


Do you freelance? I have an idea for a "logo" for my club newsletter, but I can't draw a straight line by hand, despite my father's best efforts...

Well, I haven't for years now but I'd be willing to take stab at working something up for you.

[W3WN]

No sweat, Ron, I was just yanking your chain a little bit.



Well, I haven't for years now but I'd be willing to take stab at working something up for you.
Yeah, I saw that as I went down the thread. No worries.

Regarding the artwork (let's call it what it is)...

I'm thinking of something in black & white, color not needed. Thinking on the lines of the classic 'Gil' cartoons, or Otto Eppers W8EA/W2EA drawings for QSL cards (see http://www.arrl.org/otto-eppers-making-waves & http://picasaweb.google.com/w8jyz.Bob/OldQSLCardsOttoEppers#)... and considering that the club's initials are WASH & the newsletter name is The WASHRag...

Imagine a tree on the left side, a line proceeding right, with a caricature housewife hanging laundry on it, or laundry hanging on it and said housewife is stereotypically gossiping along a fence behind with a neighbor. Suddenly, the line (no longer a laundry rope) has a coax feed on it. The line proceeds left (either to another tree, a building, or just into thin air), but the coax feed swings down into the back of a radio on a table (seen from the side?) with a ham yakkin' away at a mike, or pounding brass, or something. Thus playing on the "wash" pun.

That's the general concept. If that's workable (and I'm thinking of a top-of-page masthead or logo), I'll leave the sundry details up to you.

[NQ6U]

I don't think I'm the man for this one, Ron—I'm a lousy cartoonist. Palm trees and clouds are one thing, what you want requires somebody with a different set of skills from mine. I appreciate the offer, though.

[W3WN]

I don't think I'm the man for this one, Ron—I'm a lousy cartoonist. Palm trees and clouds are one thing, what you want requires somebody with a different set of skills from mine. I appreciate the offer, though.OK. Hey, it was a thought.

I regret having lost touch with the artist who designed my 1979 WN3VAW card. Her name is (was) Sally C. Fink, I knew her from Penn State and the SciFi fandom group up there at the time; I met her through her boyfriend/fiance/husband/ex-husband N3CHT. She did some really gorgeous pen-and-ink work, and she was kind enough to do the drawing for me (not for free... of course, the $25 it cost then was a lot more money than $25 today!). She also did artwork for George's card, and for a card for the Penn State club (which I also own -- the artwork that is, well, after all, I paid for it!). Then we drifted apart after she and George moved back to Johnstown, and I lost touch with her, and later, him. Pity. I hope she is doing well, but I haven't heard from her in years.
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I recently scanned the card, and did a little manipulation on the caligraphy, so I'll be able to use it again with W3WN -- after all, it was just a little re-arranging of the letters.

(By the way, the artwork IS copyrighted by me, just in case anyone asks. I really like this card, but I just don't want to see it become another "generic" drawing that someone out there is selling, ya know what I mean?)

[KG4CGC]

These guys wanted a dog with tits but said this was too risque.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/QSLCardFVARC_2copy.jpg

[ad4mg]

These guys wanted a dog with tits but said this was too risque.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c79/bebop5/QSLCardFVARC_2copy.jpg
:lol: LCD monitor spittle here ...

[WØTKX]

Well the knob is pretty cool. Maybe two knobs, strategically placed.

Ham Island url on the left one, your callsign on the right one.
Back of the shirt: "Gretchen's Fan Club", and more Island Ads.

Eh? :mrgreen:

[W5RB]

4349Deleted til I figger out how to resize F$#^&*&^%$$% pic

[NA4BH]

4350

[KG4CGC]

4350Ooooooooooooooooooo!

[NA4BH]

Can you spot the stingray?

4351

[KG4CGC]

Can you spot the stingray?

4351All I see in an alien.

[NA4BH]

All I see in an alien.

He/she is at the 9 o'clock position, slightly off center.

[NA4BH]

4352

[KG4CGC]

He/she is at the 9 o'clock position, slightly off center.That's an alien.

[NQ6U]

Here's the animated knob that didn't work on Facebook:

http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/zz79/gyrogeerloose/knobjob-1.gif

It could be used in the opening credits of the new Island soap opera,

"As The Knob Turns"

[W1GUH]

NSFW!

[KG4CGC]

NSFW!Wa what

[N2NH]

Two more

[NQ6U]

So, what's become of the Island redesign?

[K7SGJ]

Beats me, but I hope it develops soon. I'm wearing my last T Shirt, and it's in shreds. I wish I was artistic instead of autistic.

[NA4BH]

Picture from hotel room in Ponce, Puerto Rico
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6817221678_797e33deb7.jpg

The beach at the Intercontinental Hotel, San Juan Puerto Rico (the Harlem Globtrotters were eating dinner two tables away)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6817229680_4770a31e56.jpg

[K7SGJ]

Picture from hotel room in Ponce, Puerto Rico
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7052/6817221678_797e33deb7.jpg

The beach at the Intercontinental Hotel, San Juan Puerto Rico (the Harlem Globtrotters were eating dinner two tables away)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7188/6817229680_4770a31e56.jpg


It musta been something to watch them pass the food around the table.

[X-Rated]

how bout this one?

5517

[W5GA]

Great pic, but I bet it's copyrighted.

[X-Rated]

5518

This one isn't.

[W3WN]

Here's two to consider, courtesy of Larry 8P9VX / K3VX:
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[VE7DCW]

how bout this one?

5517

The boat name changed to the "SS Misfit" ....... highly appropriate under the circumstances .... it gives you that suitable "Island" feeling!!! :agree:

[WØTKX]

Yea, posing that shot of the S.S. Minnow would be OK, and hilarious though.

I wanna be Gilligan. I got the hat for it. :lol:

[ki4itv]

5518

This one isn't.

Liked this, it was fun!

[K7SGJ]

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5518

This one isn't.


I like it. Lessee here ..........Eye+network+bird, and then girl+pirouette+hock


Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm beats the shit outta me. But


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http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mgcbhDjgwryNUjwStqDU64g/140.jpg


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[X-Rated]

I like it. Lessee here ..........Eye+network+bird, and then girl+pirouette+hock


Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm beats the shit outta me.





Eye - LAN - Dove - Miss - Fit - Ham.

[K7SGJ]

I got it. Just felt like taking it in a "different" direction. But I guess it was the wrong direction.

[X-Rated]

[/URL]


I like it. ***Snip ***


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http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/mgcbhDjgwryNUjwStqDU64g/140.jpg


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Thanks. Eye Soap Medications too! ;)

[W3WN]

Can you spot the stingray?

4351I give up. Where's the car?