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i thought i'd have a crack at making a 3d openarena logo in blender. i think it turned out ok.
(http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/7617/005he1.th.png) (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=005he1.png)
what do you think?


EDIT - better logo further down.

...........NICE!

Damn,  i wish i could use blender, but i'm too impatient to learn how. :P

trust me, it's a pain to learn, but it pays off in the end.

ok, i'm reasonably happy with the shape now so i've moved on to the lighting and materials stage. i went for a metallic look with two white lights above on either side and a yellow light below.
(http://img03.picoodle.com/img/img03/9/8/19/t_008m_b9eb685.png) (http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/9/8/19/f_008m_b9eb685.png&srv=img03)

it took a little while to render because it's got 6 levels of subsurf, x16 oversampling, mirror raytracing and it's 1400x1200 pixels. turned out ok though.

I like it gj man!

thankyou. not finished yet though, i wasn't happy with the lighting, so i've made this one with four lights.
(http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5571/010wx1.th.png) (http://img514.imageshack.us/my.php?image=010wx1.png)

Really nice work  ;D, I like the second one..

i'm not sure about my modeling. i think the "A" part of the logo could be a bit beefier. anyone agree?

in my opinion I like the way it is, but, why dont you do it and then we compare them. anyway its your logo.. ;D

the ring is kind of thick.

ok, i'll leave the A as it is and slim the ring down a little. do you like the lighting?

yea I like it, keep it in that way

If you have a quick look in this thread (http://www.quakesrc.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5358&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45) you can see example of how it looked like from the start. The lightning is nice, but it could be a little bit brighter, or slightly move the highlights to give it a realistic metal surface. It looks really nice in the thumbnail view, but enlarged view is a bit orange in my opinion.

thanks for the link w1zrd, there were a couple of nice images there. i've got a better idea of what it should look like now. i agree on the lighting, it is a bit dull.

I don't like the lighitng either, then again i'm not a big fan of the 'glossy' post-2004 modern look

what kind of look would you prefer?

Hmm,  I think it's great!
But i have a slight problem with it, but dont know what it is.. :S

make it like iOpenArena please

....Why?

what's iOpenArena?

http://www.google.fi/search?hl=fi&q=iOpenArena&btnG=Google-haku&meta=
What Google doesn't know, doesn't exist...or is that what I am supposed to believe?

i like the logo. my favorite is the 3rd version. I think this should be the new official logo

iOpenArena...

That sounds like something Apple would use so let them deal with that...

i've reworked this and i hope it's looking better.
(http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/4705/gold006yc0.th.png) (http://img260.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gold006yc0.png)
i removed the ring and remade it from scratch. instead of the weird flat, oversized one i now have a rounded one that is closer in thickness to the A.

the material i had been using was way too reflective which was why it needed so many lights. i've used a gold material that has less reflectivity and can be lit with a single light.

i'm not sure about where the ring joins the A, it flares out quite a bit. i might try it with a tighter radius.

right, i've tightened the upper radius where the ring meets the A so that it matches the lower one.
(http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4347/gold008lc1.th.png) (http://img352.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gold008lc1.png)

...and made the diamond slightly narrower and taller so that the line of the upper faces match the line of the A better. i also shifted the light to the centre to make the lighting more symetrical.
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8517/gold010qa8.th.png) (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gold010qa8.png)

i didn't like the central lighting after all, so i've shifted it again.
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8482/gold013aj7.th.png) (http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gold013aj7.png)

its cool...!! but I prefer the lighting stuff  like your second design.. ;D

just an opinion.
 
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i've ditched the single light and gone back to the multiple light setup.
(http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/4856/gold015bp3.th.png) (http://img210.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gold015bp3.png)
the light on the A was a bit brighter than i planned, but i kind of like it.

The highlight is a bit bright (clear white) as it fades to background color a bit to fast. Either add a soft backlight with pale blue (opacity <15) or put a foamfilter around the white. Is it a directional spotlight you've put there? If so, try using a radial light to smooth out the edges it creates.

i'm going to do some more work with the lighting, but if anyone else want's to play with it here (http://www.mediafire.com/?fwxggv22sox) is the blend file.

iopenarena -> shines more and glass like

I would prefer the ring to reach the top of the A.  I see how you are trying to make it like the ring for the quake 3 logo, but it doesn't work in my opinion.  It really makes the whole thing look dumb, but the logo similar to the one on sergei's hand looks really cool.

looks great!:)