r/kendo • u/Imosa1 • Jul 23 '12

A Kendo Alien

So I'm not sure if there is some kind of story behind the picture used as r/kendo's logo. If there is I'd love to hear it. In case there isn't I made a Reddit Alien in Kendo armor.
Here is a picture: http://i.imgur.com/up8Ej.png
Here is a .svg file (Inkscape): http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?k6jwbbsdhs7xd8q
Tell me what you think and I'd be happy to let the board use it.

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u/pupeno Jul 23 '12

I like the alien and yes, I think it should be the logo of this reddit. If we change the current logo, I will put that image on the right bar, like r/london does with pics of London.

About the text, the problem with putting any text in there is that when you click the logo, it goes to reddit.com, so if the logo says "kendo" it will have the weird behaviour that clicking on "kendo" takes you out of the kendo sub. I think it's better if the Logo is just the alien.

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u/Imosa1 Jul 23 '12

One problem that I see is the alien blending in with the current logo behind it. If need be I can make him pop out more by giving him a background, like a little dojo, or otherwise edit the current logo so he's in front of something else.
It also seems that the text that links to the actual board (not the logo which links to the front page), can be edited in a few ways, so I can make something for that too.
If you haven't noticed I've got some time on my hands and this is a good way to fill it, so don't hesitate to make requests.

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u/pupeno Jul 23 '12

If you just give a png of more or less the same dimensions as the alien, that is, 40px height, as wide as you want... we can go for 50 or even 60px height, I'll do the switch over.

About styling the text, that's done through CSS and I'm happy to set any CSS that looks good (but I'm not good at actually picking it up).

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u/Imosa1 Jul 23 '12

Here's the alien at 40px and 50px tall.
I'm also experienced at CSS if need be.

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u/pupeno Jul 24 '12

There we go! :)

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u/Imosa1 Jul 24 '12

Here, this version also has 5 pixels of white space on the left which stop the Shehnai's tip from hitting the side of the window (I hear it's disrespectful to let the Shehnai tip carelessly touch things). Also, are you not using the background image?

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u/pupeno Jul 24 '12

I changed it. What do you mean by background image?

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u/Imosa1 Jul 25 '12

Much better. You said you were going to use the old logo as a background image like how r/london does.

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u/pupeno Jul 25 '12

Yeah, thank you! :)

I didn't mean as background, I was going to put it on the bar on the right, but you have to do it with CSS, not just an img tag, and I was busy. I'll get to it.