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the punisher shit is awful.  not shitting on your talent x-6 but it’s just wrong for the board.  trying too hard to be edgy.  dickbutt is more our speed. 

@Patricio Swayze requested the Danzig icon be reconfigured as a possible brand in the Tapa thread. I've worked on it a little today and came up with the below. Thoughts? I can also look at making banners of this or other elements if there is a need. 

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Edited by SmokeyTheBear

Looks pretty damn good. I sent you a PM. I didn’t necessarily think it should be for this site, I more wanted it for a shirt. Had thought about it years ago but kept putting it off.

40 minutes ago, futureman said:

the punisher shit is awful.  not shitting on your talent x-6 but it’s just wrong for the board.  trying too hard to be edgy.  dickbutt is more our speed. 

Dickbutt definitely more our speed, but probably NWS.  We're more laid back/National Lampoon-type of stuff than angry teens.  I'm not saying the punisher thing is only angry teens (and it's very well-drawn), but that's what it would come across as.

It's not hard to draw a cow/bull, as shown in this image:

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1 hour ago, futureman said:

the punisher shit is awful.  not shitting on your talent x-6 but it’s just wrong for the board.  trying too hard to be edgy.  dickbutt is more our speed. 

No worries. I've expressed my doubts as well. I'll do that more cartoony one and see if people like it. I'm not really emotionally invested in it one way or another. Being a creative for a couple decades disabuses you of the notion that you have to have you heart tied to any one thing.

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1 hour ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

@Patricio Swayze requested the Danzig icon be reconfigured as a possible brand in the Tapa thread. I've worked on it a little today and came up with the below. Thoughts? I can also look at making banners of this or other elements if there is a need. 

eg5R798.png

 

q0mbaGx.png

 

5v7sjpC.png

 

gNufuqe.png

To get rid of that black fringing around the picture, set the layer's opacity setting to "Lighten".

24 minutes ago, Xminus6 said:

To get rid of that black fringing around the picture, set the layer's opacity setting to "Lighten".

I'm using GIMP for the first time to develop this out and there is a bit of a learning curve. Used to PS but dont have it handy on my work computer. I'll do more refining but didn't want to go all out until I know these are actually going to be useful. 

Thanks for the tip though. 

GIMP is a good program. It did take some getting used to, at least for me.

Somebody posted a picture of an actual, angry bull. I kind of liked that. Maybe a surlster can snap a picture of his bull that we could use.

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[mention=98]Patricio Swayze[/mention] requested the Danzig icon be reconfigured as a possible brand in the Tapa thread. I've worked on it a little today and came up with the below. Thoughts? I can also look at making banners of this or other elements if there is a need. 
eg5R798.png
 
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5v7sjpC.png
 
gNufuqe.png



Pass...MS-13 type shit.
On 3/26/2018 at 12:28 PM, HornGrandioso said:

Another Tom Lea work that could be integrated into a banner or something. It was commissioned by the government during the New Deal so I think it's public domain. 

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Take the black longhorn and make him burnt orange and I think we may have something.

As much as I love thujone's logo proposal, I don't think my employer would like it on my desktop too much

I'm not a Longhorn but this is great

 

On 3/25/2018 at 10:57 AM, Mojo Hand said:

Copyrighted, so license fee would have to be paid, but this is one surly fucking horn:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/highland-bull-mike-mann.html

As are these

On 3/27/2018 at 5:10 AM, Xminus6 said:

Inspired by Punisher logo.surlyhorn.jpg?raw=1

 

On 3/27/2018 at 5:16 PM, Xminus6 said:

Maybe something like this.

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On 3/29/2018 at 1:22 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

Looks pretty damn good. I sent you a PM. I didn’t necessarily think it should be for this site, I more wanted it for a shirt. Had thought about it years ago but kept putting it off.

I was checking old dm's before I quit shag and there were several guys that wanted to make shirts out of my avatar but never heard any one actually do it. 

 

 

On 3/29/2018 at 1:17 PM, SmokeyTheBear said:

@Patricio Swayze requested the Danzig icon be reconfigured as a possible brand in the Tapa thread. I've worked on it a little today and came up with the below. Thoughts? I can also look at making banners of this or other elements if there is a need. 

eg5R798.png

 

q0mbaGx.png

 

5v7sjpC.png

 

gNufuqe.png

I like it!

Here's an image that might be useful to work from. Horns need lengthening, could use some orange tint, maybe some "snort" coming out of the nose, a pair of Oakley's. But it's got a good Surly quality about it. Just don't tell anyone in Durham where it came from.

 

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On 3/30/2018 at 1:48 AM, blacklab said:

Take the black longhorn and make him burnt orange and I think we may have something.

As much as I love thujone's logo proposal, I don't think my employer would like it on my desktop too much

Just an early preview. Needs a lot more work with fonts, sizing, placing, colors, exposure, etc..

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That looks outstanding, but I think "Surly Horns" probably needs to be incorporated into the graphic instead of off to a side.  If it's part of the graphic, it can be rendered much more dramatically.

45 minutes ago, bernorange said:

That looks outstanding, but I think "Surly Horns" probably needs to be incorporated into the graphic instead of off to a side.  If it's part of the graphic, it can be rendered much more dramatically.

 

Agreed, but it’s a good fuckin start. 

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5 hours ago, Netzer said:

Just an early preview. Needs a lot more work with fonts, sizing, placing, colors, exposure, etc..

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I’m doing a sketch of that graphic. I’ll finish it up when I get back home from this vacation.

Different font types - serifs, sans serifs, curved. Not too serious about the last one.

#1

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1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

1,3,2

I concur 

4 is ESPN reject 

Can we get it with wing dings?

 

Edit: also are we using the JT or Randy method?

I like number 3. Oh by any chance will it ever be viewable for us phone users not on tapa?

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On 3/29/2018 at 10:45 AM, HoustonHorn said:

And I told you all I'd vouch for Xminus6. He does great work and highly recommend him if you're looking for a logo.

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Did this for me probably 15 years ago.

I’ve communicated with Xminus6 and informed him that I had a few working ideas and illustrations but I’ve been sick as a dog since that correspondence. I’ll try to get them finished out a bit from the pencils either tonight or tomorrow. Great work, everyone.

On 4/19/2018 at 9:12 AM, the idoit said:

I’ve communicated with Xminus6 and informed him that I had a few working ideas and illustrations but I’ve been sick as a dog since that correspondence. I’ll try to get them finished out a bit from the pencils either tonight or tomorrow. Great work, everyone.

Is that an excuse? Put your white hat on and man up. 

I'd go with Thujone's bevo, his permission provided. His MS Paint cartoons have been part of Shaggy.

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[mention=98]Patricio Swayze[/mention] requested the Danzig icon be reconfigured as a possible brand in the Tapa thread. I've worked on it a little today and came up with the below. Thoughts? I can also look at making banners of this or other elements if there is a need. 
eg5R798.png
 
q0mbaGx.png
 
5v7sjpC.png
 
gNufuqe.png
Put me down for an XL if these shirts ever get made.
I'd go with Thujone's bevo, his permission provided. His MS Paint cartoons have been part of Shaggy.
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So awesome. Do miss shaggy up in the corner.
Is that an excuse? Put your white hat on and man up. 


I wish it was an excuse. But since I’ve actually been sick it’s more of a reason. Kinda like rules versus guidelines...
10 hours ago, Netzer said:

I'd go with Thujone's bevo, his permission provided. His MS Paint cartoons have been part of Shaggy.

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Yes!!!

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On 4/21/2018 at 10:48 PM, Netzer said:

I'd go with Thujone's bevo, his permission provided. His MS Paint cartoons have been part of Shaggy.

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this please

On 3/29/2018 at 1:47 AM, Xminus6 said:

Here's a pass.

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Put the “surl” to the left of the logo and the “horns” to the right of the logo. Let the logo be the “Y” in surlyhorns 

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