Black Raven Dragoons

[Grimblast]

That is pretty cool!

[Zancarius]

Turus pointed out it's like Thundercats all over again. Repeat after me:

THUNDERGOONS, HO!

Edit: There are some minor node-related issues that should be corrected. I also have about 3 or 4 more ideas with this one alone, but I think I may have exhausted my creative juices for the better part of the year.

[Grimblast]

I ain't cleaning it up!

[Zancarius]

Here's a version that ties the text together a bit, though there's an issue with the text shape where I cut the raven out. I can't be bothered fixing it.

This also adds some depth.

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I've attached a slightly corrected version of the previous one (not this post) and the "sliced" text logo in SVG format.

Edit: I just realized that Inkscape has an option to select the license. It defaults to "proprietary," so I switched it to the Creative Common's license mentioned on the previous page. I haven't uploaded corrected versions, though.

[Zancarius]

Yay, random wallpapers.

I had to place it in a .zip to circumvent phpBB's propensity to display the images directly even if you don't click "place inline." I suppose it could be changed in the settings, but that'd ruin the point of being able to add images inline!

[Zancarius]

Since it appears that the previous incantations looked too eagle/hawk/falcon like (thanks, Elade!)--and I agree, I wasn't aiming for a falcon, and the previous versions really don't look like what I was aiming for--I've broadened the beak a bit, and I'm fairly impressed with the results. Now, I can't really decide on which version. Here's 4 different variations with the last 3 capturing the S in the logo.

Everything is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.

Candidate #1: Standard logo

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Candidate #2: Captive text

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Candidate #3: Solid left wing detail

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Candidate #4: Open wing detail

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[Grimblast]

I like candidate 2. 3 & 4 makes the raven look like it has a mohawk thing going on, hah!

[Zancarius]

Two other variants, one minus the left wing. I'm leaning more toward the 1-dimensional version without the added depth of the wing.

[Tirian]

I like the two wings, looks more vicious, less 50's car fins.

[Zancarius]

I like the two wings, looks more vicious, less 50's car fins.

All right, try this on for size:

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Includes some increased stylistic effects on the font, a thinner more raven-like "neck," and closer communication with the logotype.

The left wing still makes me uncomfortable.

[Tirian]

I like it.

[Highgrade]

Oh yes indeed.

[Gnomegrenade]

Very nice!!