A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

Go here.

If it seems logical, I'll turn it into a vector graphic.

So, feedback please.

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

Awesome idea! I love it!

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

Hmhyes... nice Idea! :)

CU
Acridiel

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

Incredibly brilliant, as usual.

/bow

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

A brilliant idea Jel :)

I can propose creating individual pictograms for zorai crafters :)
Would be nice if we finally got the Matis text translated from french aswell...

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

Good idea. ^_^

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abosolutly amazing idea.

Personaly i would prefer something like

Outer Track:

Starting at the top and working clockwise (which is different to yours)

1 = Basic
2 = Fine
3 = Choice
4 = Exellent
5 = Supreme

Inner track
Starting at the top and working clockwise

The Q of the item (similir to yours) in Q10's

For example a Q9 wold have no inner filled, but a Q250 would have all filled.

Mainly becuase most crafters craft to a Q10 range.

however each block represents to the nearest Q10 so a Supreme Q250 would have everything colours in. A choice Q100 would have the 3 outer filled and 10 inner filled.

I really like your idea tho :D

// Anatti

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

Oooh, I love the idea! :)

No, it doesn't exactly seem logical. :p For one I'd put the circle end on the right side. For two I'd only color one outer segment (50+30=80) and not two (100+30=/=80). For three I'd make the inner icons represent either 1 or 5 or 10 Qlt, never 2. But such illogicalities do give the mark an appropriately exotic appearance. :D

Why would it only represent the 1-250 quality though? Why not the basic/fine/choice/exc/sup or the LQ/MQ/HQ?

I am intrigued by how variations of this mark could be made, as I'd fully expect every society to have their own slightly different version of it. For example, like this.

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

Ah, I'm liking how this thread is going now - critique and alternative ideas. :)

That design is very cool, Sidusar, as is the underlying concept of different societies having their own versions.

I don't understand why the circle end should be on the right side? I think of it as an arrow head. That said, "o------- Read me this way!" is really less lucid than "<------- Read me this way!" so maybe the "circle end" should be a trapezoid with the thin end leftmost.

Anatti's idea is more logical than mine, and the graphics Sidusar and I have drawn don't even need to be modified to implement it. So all I did is update the on-image documentation.

Because LQ/MQ/HQ is determined by looking at the item itself. :p

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Well, upon looking at it I saw the circle as an end point, not as something pointing. Kinda like the little bulb at the end of a thermometer.

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

Ooooh, what?
You got it translated already and its french? *LOL*
Could have guessed *headesk*

I´ll ask around to see who´ll translate ;)

CU
Acridiel

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

Ah, I thought of it as a zero point, a beginning. Kind of like the little bulb at the lowest end of a thermometer, yeah. But there's not really a circle end necessary at all, as long as 2 out of 5 outer segments are colored it gets the message across that it's fine. :)

I've been doodling some more variations in bored moments. Like square (Zoraï pictogram style), triangular (bit complicated but Fyros love their triangles) and swirly.

Yeah, true, I was mostly backing Anatti on needing a basic/fine/choice/exc/sup, and the LQ/MQ/HQ was just an afterthought. :p

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I love those designs!

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Swirly is a kind of matis-tryker mixture ;) while the other too racial designs are plain perfect :)

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:)

I thought of the Swirly as a Tryker mark, I just put a Matis 'signature' in there to show it can be mixed up. ;)

While the Zoraï have an obvious thing for squares, the Fyros for triangles, and the Tryker for circles, the Matis don't really seem to have a favorite shape. Maybe for them a more organic version of the pentagon? Or if you want to get really complicated, the flower.

(With a Tryker signature in it, yes. :p)

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

There we go, I'm really liking this one...
Cool work as always! :)

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The Matis *would* make it overly complicated...

Awesome job!

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I like the concept of different designs for the different races... so what might be a example of the different signatures? Would Zorai use a squarish signature for example?

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Good point, they would! So would the Fyros. :p

As for the signatures, I assume they'd be based on what we can find ingame. The Zoraï have their pictograms all over the place, and the Matis have their writing on the wall, so plenty example for those. For the Fyros I only found a few symbols hidden away in a corner, just barely enough to get an idea of their style. And the closest thing to symbols the Tryker seem to have are their swirlies, but they might just be decorative. Then there's three Kami runes too; again just barely enough to get an idea of their style.

(Also, ding 1000 posts :D)

Re: A speculative drawing of a homin craft mark
 

If you're interested in examples of how stylistically depict Homin writing in the "Roman" alphabet (ie this one) then you can probably find some examples in the various subsections of the Goodies page on the mainsite. The webkits have fonts for each race, as well as some examples of ingame writing I think. :)

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The matis designs in game look a lot like "Jugendstil" Art Noveau to me. I can't draw, but maybe something like this or this can be inspirational?

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Hmmm, looks a bit Matis, a bit Fyros. :)

Thanks for the tip Boroshi! Found some Fyros graffiti in the webkit. And Owa pointed out to me there are in fact a few Tryker symbols to be found ingame. I think that's enough to get a pretty good idea of each races' style then. :)