Utopian Graphic Elements Task

in #utopian-io6 years ago (edited)

01_presentation_thumbnailBanner.png

Repository

e.g. https://github.com/utopian-io/utopian.io

Linked Task Request

https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@utopian.tasks/calling-designers-make-our-blog-gorgeous-and-get-an-upvote-and-bounty

Details

My Proposal (Generic)

02_final_proposal_generic.png

I started by doing the generic banners and I tried to bring some variety using different themes for the banner. Personally I felt that a glowing version will look good and is more likely to attract attention - so I decided to make some glowing variations.

Variations :

  • White - Gradient - Normal (Flat)
  • White - Gradient - Glow
  • Black - Gradient - Normal (Flat)
  • Black - Gradient - Glow

The gradient was made using Utopian main colors :

  • Blue : # 4b7dc0ff
  • Purple : # 9d3393ff

Variations :

03_normal.png

04_glow.png

05_normal.png

06_glow.png

For dividers I also made 2 version :

  • Normal (Flat)
  • Glowing

And I made custom ones for each Banner including Logo , Utopy and Utopian-IO:

  • Logo

utopian_logo_normal.png
utopian_logo_glow.png

  • Utopy

utopy_head_normal.png
utopy_head_glow.png

  • Utopian-IO

utopian_generic_normal.png
utopian_generic_glow.png

  • Utopian Weekly

utopian_weekly_normal.png
utopian_weekly_glow.png

  • Utopian Magazine

utopian_magazine_normal.png
utopian_magazine_glow.png

  • Utopian Update

utopian_update_normal.png
utopian_update_glow.png

  • People Of Utopian

people_of_utopian_normal.png
people_of_utopian_glow.png

  • Open Source Radio Show

open_source_radio_show_normal.png
open_source_radio_show_glow.png

Benefits / Improvements

  • Clean minimal/abstract look.
  • Designs maintain the Utopian color scheme and can grab attention in the feed.
  • Work well in both light and dark theme of Steemit
  • Mockups

    1.png

    2.png

    3.png

    4.png

    Proof of authorship

    Banners were made over a gradient background using Utopian main colors.
    On the main background I started adding some basic lines on the edge - because I knew in the center I would put the text. After that I added some simple geometric forms : square, circle, triangle and added the main holder for text and Utopian Logo. At end I added a 2% blur to most shapes and it was done.

    Banner construction & Inkscape screenshot.

    prof_of_work_gif.gif

    proof_of_work_banners.png

    Because divisors will be used in Utopian posts, I have made them .png taking advantage of transparency. Divisors were made inside a transparent rectangle of 800x50 pixels using the same basic lines.

    Dividers construction & Inkscape screenshot.
    Divider_Construction.png
    proof_of_work_dividers.png

    Tools

    I used Inkscape - Banners and Dividers was worked in separate .svg files.

    Original files

    Font used it's a Sans Serif - Google Free Font - Source Sans Pro.

    Original files can be found in Google Drive.
    I provided .svg , .png , .jpg and .pdf files - with with all Banners presented above and also generic ones.

    Proof of Work Done

    https://github.com/blankrained

    Creative Commons License
    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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    Nice bro.
    Your design is interesting like a war uniform.

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