It's time for people in the community to step forward with some some creative ideas for the 2013 Awards badges we will be handing out once we make our picks. This is a bit of art that the winners can stick on their websites to proudly proclaim their victory. It's also a bit of advertising for us! Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

https://www.radiorivendell.com/forum/19/3360/44/

So. Any ideas?

Updated 14 October 2013 (14:36)

Yes, get those ideas flowing! We also need to consider the badges to be able to be well presented even though they could be pretty small.

C'mon folks! Barring your help, we'll be recycling last year's badges and crudely scrubbing out the years in MS Paint!

Just concepting here, (btw I suck at layer work in gimp)

http://imgjug.com/i/o6n

Updated 15 November 2013 (00:48)

I think a badge would need to be a little simpler. We're going to need to smack a bunch of words on top of it. Who are the two figures in the background?

Halidir, Eowyn, yes I get that it needs to be svg clipart style For simple concepting I just stacked some photo images from google image search Lol total time invested, 14minutes XD

Posted by c0c0c0I think a badge would need to be a little simpler. We're going to need to smack a bunch of words on top of it.

Not only this, but also keep in mind it will be scaled down! When I made previous year badge, I weren't too happy about the badge size (it was too big).

To help you on the design, I think we should list what should or could be on the badge.

1. "Radio Rivendell" logo. It's a must.

2. Something that states it is an award. The receiver of the award should be willing to put it as something he (she) can boast about. Just a fancy icon is not enough, the badge should be praising it's receiver as much as possible.

- I put "1st" and I think it's far too weak

- "award", "best", "winner" are some words to think about, like in "The best singer award winner" sentence.

3. The year (2013) - IMHO it's not needed if the badge will change from year to year.

4. Category - again, not needed as the receiver knows what category he (she) falls in. So does his (her) audience.

What do you think?

Posted by Etherlord3. The year (2013) - IMHO it's not needed if the badge will change from year to year.

I'm mostly on board with your requirements. Except I think the year is *always* necessary because the viewer will probably not be aware that the icon changes every year. And I'm not even sure that it will. Depends upon how much progress we make here.

Also, rather than words, I'd prefer symbology to denote "winner". A gold star, a mountain peak, something like that. Words will work, too, but we already have to sue a LOT of them for the category.

Posted by c0c0c0.....Also, rather than words, I'd prefer symbology to denote "winner". A gold star, a mountain peak, something like that. ......

So something like three towers. An Orthanc, a Cirith Ungol, a Barad-dûr ..... ?

Posted by Alanar RaskinnSo something like three towers. An Orthanc, a Cirith Ungol, a Barad-dûr ..... ?

Keep in mind this badge is not for RR, it's for artists that may have nothing in common with Middle-earth.

A crown, a star, gold trumpets, a dais, a cup etc. or something visualizing the text (e.g. "2013 fantasy voice diamond" and a diamond in background)

Of course some accent of Middle-earth would be nice, but not a symbol recognizable only for LOTR fans.

Updated 15 November 2013 (22:49)

A crown seems like a brilliant idea, representing a crowning achievement (1st place) Something like a "tabard" to represent being in elite company (less than first) Yeah you're much more in tune with this than I , good work

Posted by Alanar RaskinnYeah you're much more in tune with this than I , good work

I hope you don't give up! I unfortunately can't make a new badge, I would probably need a week to come up with something, and nowadays I don't even have a single day for my hobbies (one of which is contributing to RR).

I can change the year on the old badge, but as I said, it's not perfect.

Updated 17 November 2013 (00:30)

Posted by c0c0c0...I think the year is *always* necessary because the viewer will probably not be aware that the icon changes every year. And I'm not even sure that it will.

I was thinking that a visitor wouldn't care for the year. I mean, I go to Priscilla's site, see a badge: "Best singer of the year" and I don't really care what year it is - it's not that it's easier to win in some years and harder in others - I won't think "Ha! She probably won in 2009, it was pretty easy back then!".

The winner could put info on his site for what year it is, or he could put a tool-tip with extended description. Or we would give winners HTML codes with tool-tips already prepared. Alternatively, the year could be there as a very small text, out of main, important elements of the badge.

I think the year might be important to people who have won it in several years.

more concept testing, scribbling, don't mind me (I still suck at layer work)

pennant - http://imgjug.com/i/oBY

shield - http://imgjug.com/i/oBd

I vote or the shield option.

I like the shield, too. But without the swords. I think they just look too busy.

Has someone already done this work for us?

http://pixabay.com/en/award-trophy-laurel-wreath-laurels-41585/

public domain license and many formats plus SVG ?

I love the idea with a crown as an extra symbol or something. Oh and a tabard... and shields... Aagh, yeah this is difficult

having a difficult time doing anything useful by snagging google image searches

assets I've snagged from google images => http://imgjug.com/i/o4Z

we need someone with actual skill at art and skill at inkscape for these things

(not some "snapshot hack" ) lol