GoH Posters - Work In Progress

[Slegengr]

These are looking sweet, Kai!  Now I just hope we will get links to all the builds with the finished posters' builders list (though this might be daunting, unless you already have links from finding the images used), so we can hopefully view more photos for building inspiration!  The lists above in this topic are already a help for finding great inspiration!

The engineer in me likes the linear arrangement of the photos, but the artist in me would like a more random arrangement of photos... not sure which I really like better, but the linear arrangement is already done, so I would probably go with that.

An Avalonian background filler (color like Kaliphlin or MOC like Nocturnus and Mitgardia) might improve it a little bit.

It also might be nice if there was some sort of banner for each poster that included the guild colors.  I know the builds show this pretty well, but a guild color banner next to the guild name on each poster would make this more clear.  (Not necessarily the same shape of banner for each guild)

Thanks for all your hard work on these!

[Kai NRG]

1 hour ago, Slegengr said:

...Now I just hope we will get links to all the builds with the finished posters' builders list (though this might be daunting, unless you already have links from finding the images used), so we can hopefully view more photos for building inspiration! ...

The engineer in me likes the linear arrangement of the photos, but the artist in me would like a more random arrangement of photos...

An Avalonian background filler (color like Kaliphlin or MOC like Nocturnus and Mitgardia) might improve it a little bit.

It also might be nice if there was some sort of banner for each poster that included the guild colors.  I know the builds show this pretty well, but a guild color banner next to the guild name on each poster would make this more clear...

Thanks for you input Slegengr!

You're kidding me. 
A lot of those builds actually I never even saw the topic myself, just got it off Flickr or this thread or something like that.  And lots of the ones I did see the topic to, I would have tons of trouble finding again (I literally went through all 100+ pages of topics, though of course I didn't open every one).  I'll honestly have enough trouble just trying to find the names to one or two I didn't take down the first time around.
So, while that would be really nice, it's just not feasible for me (unless someone else wants to tackle it).  After all if someone wanted to see more by a specific builder he could just look for content on that builder's profile I think.

I tried angling some on the Nocty one, and came to the conclusion that the straight version looked better.

The problem with that for Avalonia is that the white backgrounds of the builds don't align perfectly, and a color background would highlight that.  Avalonia is the one with the least non-white backgrounds for the MOC pictures, so it made sense from that perspective, plus I kind of like the clean look.  And besides, what color would I use? 

The banner concept is a pretty neat idea.  I kind of think, though, that it might be better as a stripe (two stripes actually) on one side of the poster, rather than around the name where there generally isn't space.  I'll make a note of it.

[Slegengr]

28 minutes ago, Kai NRG said:

Thanks for you input Slegengr!

You're kidding me. 
A lot of those builds actually I never even saw the topic myself, just got it off Flickr or this thread or something like that.  And lots of the ones I did see the topic to, I would have tons of trouble finding again (I literally went through all 100+ pages of topics, though of course I didn't open every one).  I'll honestly have enough trouble just trying to find the names to one or two I didn't take down the first time around.
So, while that would be really nice, it's just not feasible for me (unless someone else wants to tackle it).  After all if someone wanted to see more by a specific builder he could just look for content on that builder's profile I think.

I understand that finding the links would be difficult, which is why I considered it a daunting task.  I guess the simplest would be for each builder in the list to include a link to his/her EB profile or image-hosting site profile.  Still a somewhat daunting task... just focus on the poster image, please!

28 minutes ago, Kai NRG said:

I tried angling some on the Nocty one, and came to the conclusion that the straight version looked better.

The linear pattern is good for this, so I do not recommend changing it (especially since you have already finished it).

28 minutes ago, Kai NRG said:

The problem with that for Avalonia is that the white backgrounds of the builds don't align perfectly, and a color background would highlight that.  Avalonia is the one with the least non-white backgrounds for the MOC pictures, so it made sense from that perspective, plus I kind of like the clean look.  And besides, what color would I use? 

The Avalonia background is understandable.  I suspected that the image white backgrounds were the reason for the white poster background, so an overall white background is fine.

28 minutes ago, Kai NRG said:

The banner concept is a pretty neat idea.  I kind of think, though, that it might be better as a stripe (two stripes actually) on one side of the poster, rather than around the name where there generally isn't space.  I'll make a note of it.

The two stripes on one side is a great idea!  I mostly just would like to see the guild colors included on the poster more than just in the MOC images.

Sorry if I seemed demanding with difficult tasks or if I was contradicting your design choices.  I am just making suggestions from my point of view, but I do not know what all you have already gone through in this design or what elements of design were specifically your own choices.  You are free to disregard anything I suggest with no offense taken. 

Edited October 28, 2016 by Slegengr

[Kai NRG]

1 hour ago, Slegengr said:

 I guess the simplest would be for each builder in the list to include a link to his/her EB profile or image-hosting site profile.

Oh, that's a piece of cake.   All I have to do is spell the builder's name right, and put a @ sign.  For instance, @Slegengr.  It should be easy enough to link to the builder's flickr or other website also, if he/she has that linked in his/her profile.

1 hour ago, Slegengr said:

...The two stripes on one side is a great idea!  I mostly just would like to see the guild colors included on the poster more than just in the MOC images...

And yes, that's definitely something that would be good to see, so thanks for the suggestion, I will certainly be acting on it!  In fact, I'm just wondering how come it didn't occur to me sooner!

1 hour ago, Slegengr said:

...Sorry if I seemed demanding with difficult tasks or if I was contradicting your design choices.  I am just making suggestions from my point of view, but I do not know what all you have already gone through in this design or what elements of design were specifically your own choices.  You are free to disregard anything I suggest with no offense taken. 

Nope, that's totally fine, you've made some good points!

[Exetrius]

Splendid work! From the perspective of my own guild, I can say: Nocturnus is represented incredibly well! 

[MassEditor]

Woah, nice work on these! Awesome to see so many classic and newer GoH builds in one place. What are the plans with these posters? (Sorry to ask, I missed that conversation!)

[Kai NRG]

1 hour ago, Exetrius said:

Splendid work! From the perspective of my own guild, I can say: Nocturnus is represented incredibly well! 

Thank you! 

1 hour ago, MassEditor said:

Woah, nice work on these! Awesome to see so many classic and newer GoH builds in one place. What are the plans with these posters? (Sorry to ask, I missed that conversation!)

Thanks ME!  Well, I hope we can get them front-paged, and maybe added to the first post for each guild.  No particular plans other than that I suppose.  Got suggestions?

[Exetrius]

50 minutes ago, Kai NRG said:

Thank you! 

Thanks ME!  Well, I hope we can get them front-paged, and maybe added to the first post for each guild.  No particular plans other than that I suppose.  Got suggestions?

Print them and take them to conventions, naturally! 

[ZCerberus]

ZCerberus' own personal favorites from his collection:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For those looking for ISC's Abyssian MOC, here it is...

 

 

 

And a couple that may come up soon as part of the Next Book Prelude...Only look at your own peril.

 

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[Kai NRG]

2 hours ago, Exetrius said:

Print them and take them to conventions, naturally! 

You guys are welcome to do that, but it's not something I'm gonna be able to pull off anytime soon!

@ZCerberus - Thanks though it would have been nice to have those a month ago.   Might try to work some of them in (I think a couple are already there actually, including Abyssian).  And the coming soons look splendid... can't wait for more pics!!

[BrickCurve]

The posters are looking great!  

My only suggestion to add to @Slegengr would be that it would nice to have the GOH emblem on each poster, or perhaps all four posters could be joined in the middle by the emblem?  It would make it it a large for easy viewing though. 

 

 

Edited October 29, 2016 by BrickCurve

[Kai NRG]

4 hours ago, BrickCurve said:

The posters are looking great!  

My only suggestion to add to @Slegengr would be that it would nice to have the GOH emblem on each poster, or perhaps all four posters could be joined in the middle by the emblem?  It would make it it a large for easy viewing though. 

I'll say! haha  Well, they could perhaps be scaled down for that purpose - though it might become hard to see some of the smaller MOCs in that case.  I'll see how it looks on each poster individually first however.

I was (and am) considering doing a differently formatted poster to provide sort of an overview of the guilds - if I do that, the GoH emblem certainly should go on it!

[en_zoo]

On 28/10/2016 at 5:49 PM, Kai NRG said:

The problem with that for Avalonia is that the white backgrounds of the builds don't align perfectly, and a color background would highlight that.  Avalonia is the one with the least non-white backgrounds for the MOC pictures, so it made sense from that perspective, plus I kind of like the clean look.  And besides, what color would I use? 

Green? Or maybe have leaves around? You know, make it have more of a 'foresty' look? No worries, I'm joking  I wasn't here when those builds were built - it was simply inspiring today going through quite few of them! Thanks for the work, I think the posters look fantastic ^^

[Umbra-Manis]

Those posters look Awesome Kai!

[TitusV]

Looking great Kai! I agree with Slegengr on the Avalonian background, but I akso understand your reasons.

[Blufiji]

Those posters look amazing guys! I'm glad to see that this wasn't thrown by the wayside, just being worked on in secret!!

 

Oh and Z-those hidden builds (particularly the first one) I am definitely excited about.

Edited October 31, 2016 by Blufiji

[Kai NRG]

Thanks everyone!  I'll be putting some of these suggestions into practice.  There's also a little something else in the works though, so it might be a bit before you see an updated version!

[Gunman]

Great Job Kai... I had totally forgotten this...  Amazing effort.