Mattio Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Slightly better version of mine (using the version of markus by "alwightmush") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Wonder if Gecko would have a go? He likes doing the kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Benji Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Ditto. I love this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 my image disappeared, uh oh... back to the drawing board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Benji Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Something like? (as in this one!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 (edited) Edited 17 June, 2011 by Crab Lungs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Crab Lungs two are the best. Keep it simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latter day saint Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Crab Lungs two are the best. Keep it simple. Agree with that. think the pic of Markus in 2nd design could be a bit smaller though, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 I think a gray scale crest instead of the colour one would look good on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 I think a gray scale crest instead of the colour one would look good on that. I don't think it needs the crest. Just the words and image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFCDan Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 I like this one a lot, maybe without the badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Quality. Well played Crab Lungs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 I'm not being funny but those black and white face images make me think of KFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlelat17 Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Some great ideas, particularly like Mattio and Crab Lungs (1st ideas) Think the face is too big in the second one.. Agree with what people have said about keeping it simple. Having said that I agree with the fact that less of his jacket should be used, but at the same time I think the photo of him with the scarf around his neck and his arm aloft waving is iconic. Would leave out the saints crest as well I think - or maybe make it smaller in one corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Jonny Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 I'm not being funny but those black and white face images make me think of KFC. Bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian H. Cope Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Any good?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Would need some work. I used a segment of SaintClark's (?) poem and I know it wouldn't be visible from the stadium, just thought it would be a nice touch and broke it up a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmatt Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Any good?? I was going to ask if someone could show what the silhouette would look like in just white - so thanks! Really like this and Crab Lungs' effort. For me: - the white only silhouette just shades it (pun intended) - I agree Markus' face should be central - "forever a saint" should be the writing (over the top maybe?) - I agree that there should be no logo (but if there is it should be all black and more subtle) All my opinion of course! Well done everyone, especially those who have contributed a design; this is going to be a great tribute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 I agree that the crest and the words Southampton Football Club are unnecessary, and please let's make sure we spell Liebherr correctly! I personally think this effort by Crab Lungs is very good, but CL could you remove the crest and the current writing and just put the words "WE SHALL NEVER FORGET" or "NEVER FORGOTTEN". See how that looks. Good effort people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royce2uk Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 I agree that the crest and the words Southampton Football Club are unnecessary, and please let's make sure we spell Liebherr correctly! I personally think this effort by Crab Lungs is very good, but CL could you remove the crest and the current writing and just put the words "WE SHALL NEVER FORGET" or "NEVER FORGOTTEN". See how that looks. Good effort people. Does anyone else think he looks a bit like Jack Duckworth in that picture tho??? Just a thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo7 Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 I'll have a crack tomo morn if thats not too late... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 (edited) I wonder what would happen if you played around with alwightmush's pics - think they strike athe best balance between capturing Markus familiar wave and not having too much superfluous or distracting detail i.e. the jacket. That picture also has the advantage of including the scarf which has the badge, so there wouldn't be a need to put another on the right, perhaps freeing space for more text on the left (think your font is v.good). But the less text and the more prominent the pic of ML, the better. Edited 17 June, 2011 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Any good?? Probably best image so far imho - would like to see the crest (not necessarily in colour) incorporated and both the image and crest at an angle, with something simple like 'Saint Markus'. Don't like the idea of the words 'thanks' on it - I think that message is kind of obvious really. Without wanting to upset all ye good posters putting ideas up - we really do, as somebody above said, need Gecko Saints help - this is (I believe) the sort of thing he does for a living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Probably best image so far imho - would like to see the crest (not necessarily in colour) incorporated and both the image and crest at an angle, with something simple like 'Saint Markus'. Don't like the idea of the words 'thanks' on it - I think that message is kind of obvious really. Without wanting to upset all ye good posters putting ideas up - we really do, as somebody above said, need Gecko Saints help - this is (I believe) the sort of thing he does for a living. Agree with Micky, on a few counts. Firstly. I think the crest should be there, and converted from full colour to just red and white. Secondly, the words need sorting out. The font on mine was very poor for a start, and the words need to be more resounding, while staying as a short statement. And third; no offence at all taken, a professional designer really needs to get their hands on this. If Gekko can get involved, brilliant. A fair amount of money is being thrown at this; while I think it's great amateurs such as me can throw a few ideas around, it really needs someone who properly knows what they're doing to get involved and give us a polished end product that everyone can be happy with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 best one on here - FACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintj Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 I think this crab lungs/kraken mixture i cobbled together : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 With the badge removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 17 June, 2011 Share Posted 17 June, 2011 My favourite too. A couple of suggestions I'd add are: 1. I don't think the picture of Markus should be touching the top AND bottom of the flag. Looks a bit too 'zoomed in' for want of a better phrase. Like watching a TV when the kids have been f**king with the aspect ratio. Leave a bit of space just above his head. 2. I don't think it needs the badge. It just clutters the flag and doesn't nessy-celery add anything. I think Kracken is p*ssing in the right hedge with that one above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 OK, I'm a web designer by trade and not a graphic (print) designer, but there's a few things that need serious consideration: Have any of these designs been created in Illustrator? A rasterized image won't do at any DPI, it needs to be a scalable vector graphic (unless the flag creators are VERY generous and will re-create the design at the appropriate scale as part of the price). Though some of these layouts look pretty good on a nice flat screen, it's highly unlikely that the flag will be so legible or recognisable when being passed around St. Mary's. Further to the above, the design needs to be bold and feature the minimum number of colours (which is why the red and white background/grayscale Markus idea fits). If there's to be any text it'll need to be pretty large (even relative to the flag size) and possibly will need a stretched height and increased gap between letters. I will do my best to find time to knock a rough design up this weekend, but as I say I'm a Photoshop man so it'll only be useful as a concept, not the finished article. However it could significantly aid with finalising typography etc. as those elements are closer to my forte. One of the biggest problems will be that there's not going to be a photo of Markus in existence with an adequate resolution for printing straight onto a flag. If somebody could step up to the bat and draw a grayscale or black and white vector version based on one of the photos we'd be cooking with gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 FWIW, I think the image in post #79 comes closest so far to what we're looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilippineSaint Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 Something like? Make that a West Ham flag and its Alf Garnett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 With the badge removed. I like the style but hate the wording. It's cheesy. They know we appreciate what he done so don't need to pull out a giant £6,000 flag every few weeks saying "Thank You". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 I like the style but hate the wording. It's cheesy. They know we appreciate what he done so don't need to pull out a giant £6,000 flag every few weeks saying "Thank You". Have to agree. The best image by far but wording needs to be simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 With the badge removed. I like the style but hate the wording. It's cheesy. They know we appreciate what he done so don't need to pull out a giant £6,000 flag every few weeks saying "Thank You". I'd agree best design so far. I like Crab Lungs choice of font and Krakens lay-out but would need to be re-jigged if the dimensions were correct before removing the badge. Maybe (but still a bit cheesy)... SAINT MARKUS WITH US FOREVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 18 June, 2011 Author Share Posted 18 June, 2011 Like some of these. As far as image goes I have the one with markus waving as a high res picture so it may be better to use that, or part of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 Easily the best by a mile - simple effective, and captures his joy and he scarf - seriously no need for words of any kind just get the picture righthttp://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6318/markusliebherr2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank's cousin Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 er that shoudl show: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 er that shoudl show: 3rd time lucky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 18 June, 2011 Author Share Posted 18 June, 2011 this one Frank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Fan CaM Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 I think this crab lungs/kraken mixture i cobbled together : This would be my choice - include the crest - I like the red and white Markus - change words to simply "Forever Saint Markus" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 18 June, 2011 Author Share Posted 18 June, 2011 This would be my choice - include the crest - I like the red and white Markus - change words to simply "Forever Saint Markus" too busy for me, the focus is too much on the crest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 There is no need for a crest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusaldo Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 Lose the saints badge and in my opinion it's perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusaldo Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 Lose the saints badge and in my opinion it's perfect About the design in post #56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 I love the idea, but do not feel it needs a badge on it. It is pretty safe to say that in the Saints end of SMS it is going to be something to do with Saints!! Now lets get working on the In Nigel we trust one while we are at it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 With the badge removed. Nice, I agree with everyone else that we don't need the badge. Makes it look a little amateurish otherwise. We know we're Saints. As we're planning on keeping this flag and taking it for years to come (we are, aren't we?) I also think that removing the "Thank you" would be a good idea... I think we need to take a leaf out of Liverpools book and remember that the simpler the better. Had a quick play with the one above... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustMike Posted 18 June, 2011 Author Share Posted 18 June, 2011 Nice, I agree with everyone else that we don't need the badge. Makes it look a little amateurish otherwise. We know we're Saints. As we're planning on keeping this flag and taking it for years to come (we are, aren't we?) I also think that removing the "Thank you" would be a good idea... I think we need to take a leaf out of Liverpools book and remember that the simpler the better. Had a quick play with the one above... I agree but would prefer to have the "Markus Liebherr Forever a Saint" text as maybe saint Markus is a bit cheesy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23rdSaint Posted 18 June, 2011 Share Posted 18 June, 2011 (edited) Nice, I agree with everyone else that we don't need the badge. Makes it look a little amateurish otherwise. We know we're Saints. As we're planning on keeping this flag and taking it for years to come (we are, aren't we?) I also think that removing the "Thank you" would be a good idea... I think we need to take a leaf out of Liverpools book and remember that the simpler the better. Had a quick play with the one above... Definitely this one. However, I'd personally change the font to solid block form, and maybe just have LIEBHERR written instead. But the simpler the better. We shouldn't complicate it with too much text/imagery. Edited 18 June, 2011 by 23rdSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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