Need help - big Serenity logo by fripp21

What you are needing is either someone to paint the logo onto your boat (plenty of custom painters out there)

I think the decals I sell would work as they are all weather automotive quality vinyl ( let me check with my vinyl sources first never done a boat before!)
the problem with my methods though is it would completely lack the lovely subtle color variations (which is why all my decals are a single color www.texasartcat.com/bluesun.html)

what colors are your sails? any thought to putting serenity on them?

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 1:29 PM

MYCROFTXXX

Artcat81:

Bought several of your decals and put them on the back of my Blue Saturn Vue. I do have one suggestion though. The Blue Sun blue color is lost on the tinted glass of my rear window. It would be nice to have a rectangle of white vinyl behind the logo as seen in several episodes. If I could locate a heavy duty vinyl material in white around here I may purchase a replacement Blue Sun logo and do this myself. Just a suggestion... otherwise I really like your work.

Shiny!

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:27 PM

Thanks.

The sails are white, but also often "upgraded" for newer ones.

The name must be on the hull.

I'll be looking at either hand-painted, or some kind of simplified sticker logo, maybe with the name and a silouette of the rusty disc and the chinese signs.

What are the chinese signs saying anyway?

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Mal... bad... in the latin.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:30 PM

NDRAGE85

i want to put the big "Serenity" emblem on the back of my wheelchair as well.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:29 PM

hey there,

have you considered placing white vinyl behind the blue sun logo?
yes i have but that effectively doubles the price of the decal as is et the prices based on teh amount of vinyl used. its something I can do but have not made available in a massive way.

What are the chinese signs saying anyway?
I know one is tranquility, roughly they translate to serenity.

ok one more question (from me) how large are you wanting it to be?
Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 5:38 PM

THEONETRUEBIX

If you can wait a bit for me to get it together, I can make available the 300 dpi hi-res version that was made available to bloggers via an ftp site when they were invited to the press screenings.

Actually, tell me what format you want it in. They have the source Photoshop file, complete with layers, etc. Or I can dump it to jpg or png.

Oh, do you want the promotional one like the one in this thread, or the one actually painted on the ship itself? I have both.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:35 PM

I am attempting to convert the logo to a vector format for you using Flash ( which has a very very good trace, if it works I'll post it.

'Might have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2006 7:21 PM

well it worked, the edges are a might jaggy and I may fix it (anyone know what that typeface it is?), but it should work pretty well. The file is pretty big, so am disinclined to post it, if'in you want, I can send it to you, just let me know your addy.

'Might have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

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Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:39 AM

ARTCAT81. ok one more question (from me) how large are you wanting it to be?
Fripp21: Quite big, the name/text "SERENITY" would be approximately 0.7-1 meter in length.

THEONETRUEBIX. Waiting and format...
Fripp21: I can wait. The boat will go to the water late April. I'll have a few months for this project. I would love all formats, especially photoshop with the elements in layers etc. I have a friend working in the advertisment business. He will help me and he also have contact with printers etc.

DARTHVEGAS. Vectro format?
Fripp21: I am not sure how to use it, but sure I'll take it.

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Mal... bad... in the latin.

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Thursday, January 19, 2006 2:50 AM

MYCROFTXXX

I'd be VERY interested in your Flash rendition (.fla format of course). BTW, the closest free font that sort of matches the "Serenity" string is Papyrus. This has been discussed in other threads. I downloaded it from somewhere (can't remember where) and it is very reasonably accurate. The best part is I have the ability to "explode" TTF text strings into their constituent components and peform further editing to get it "just right".

A vector version of the Serenity logo has now become my mission!

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Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:08 AM

ok, here is the simplified version of the logo I currently make

I have a few more questions for you
1. what color is your boat?
2. saltwater or fresh or both?

you want a rust tone vinyl correct? my vinyl source is working on getting a rust toned vinyl (or at least teh pricing on it for me )

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

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Thursday, January 19, 2006 4:33 AM

I have a few more questions for you
1. what color is your boat?
2. saltwater or fresh or both?

Fripp21:
1. The hull is grey. Light, light grey, bordeline white ("off-white" is the name?)

2. Saltwater. You do off-shore racing as well as racing on "olympic courses" with this one. Lots of fun.

Thanks for all the help and enthusiasm.

Feels like... a family.

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Mal... bad... in the latin.

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Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:54 PM

Vector based Serenity logo

you got it, my email addy is davidjohn23@comcast.net send me an email and I'll send you the FLA or EPS!

ITs big but it looks pretty good, although I am going to tweak the type

'Might have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

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Friday, January 20, 2006 6:30 AM

ok one more question, would you need one or two?

*attempting to track down a source for rust vinyl*

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

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Saturday, January 21, 2006 9:20 AM

Hi.

I will probably have one one each side of the boat/hull.

I could have it (one name/logo) on the stern, but I think it will be much nicer on the sides of the boat.

Keep flyin', and sailin'

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Mal... bad... in the latin.

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Saturday, January 21, 2006 1:21 PM

I've sent out a couple of logos, I am not sure if anyone has gotten them- its a fairly big file

'Might have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 11:09 AM

ok apparently no vinyl vendors make rust looking vinyl :( i can get rust and even burnt orange but not a rust looking vinyl :(

Any other color choices?
or
if you can supply a pic of your ship or at least of its various paint colors, i can try and find somethign that looks good wtih it

Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse

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Saturday, February 4, 2006 11:57 AM

FLETCH2

Could the person that had the Serenity logo as layers please contact me?

Thanks

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Sunday, February 5, 2006 5:38 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

ArtCat: Try some Texas Orange (Pantone 165C, I believe is the "official" color for UT) vinyl; it's probably as close to rust as you'll find. It definitely exist - I've sold more than a few Texas decals over the years. :)

Also, the closest thing I've found to the typeface used for "SERENITY" on the logo is a font called Papyrus. It's not exact, but it looks like that's what the logo typeface was based on. It looks like it was modified a bit, but nothing too extreme.

Mike

"Kaylee, find that kid that's taking a dirt nap with baby Jesus; we need a hood ornament."

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Sunday, February 5, 2006 6:48 AM