A New Look for the RPF!

Shylaah said:
I understand your explanation of the two words, craft and fandom, and why you chose them for the tag line. What is derailing it for me is the syntax of Craft the Fandom.

Accepting craft, which is debatable whether and how much people perceive it as feminine, accepting that word for our modus operandi, we build, sew, sculpt, mold, cast, vac form, mill, carve........we craft stuff.....

The word fandom, this is not what we craft.......we craft stuff. Fandom is people. The dictionary definition--"All the fans of a sport, an activity, or a famous person." "The microcosm made up of people who are fans of a fiction genre." We are the fandom and we craft the things we see and love from whatever fantasies we induldge in.

Crafted by Fandom -or- Fandom Crafted -- there you have "people" and "they are making stuff"......which is what we are and what goes on here.....

Craft the Fandom is the same as saying Craft the Audience, Craft the Group, Craft the Community.......just doesn't make any sense to me as English language.

Shylaah
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Actually, the new motto is "Craft YOUR fandom." The implications are much different with the word "your" instead of "the" in between those words. Earlier, I was pretty meh about this motto, but after Art's explanation I really dig it, so I'm gonna try and explain to you what I see from it.

Fandom as a whole has moved past the dictionary definition. "Fanbase" fits the old definition much better. Fandom now means both the fans themselves and what we add to the media we consume. Fandom is the late-night forum arguments, the cosplay contests, the artist alleys selling high quality fan art alongside original works. It's the sum of the people who love a particular work and the things they create to show their love. It's props and action figures and tattoos and novelty t-shirts and your second child's middle name. We are collectively a fanbase, but our interactions with each other, with the creators, and with the film/game/show/book/comic itself form the fandom. In that respect, the new motto is perfect.

Everything on this forum is about fandom. We're all contributing to our various fandoms, from those who make single props for display only and those who make full-fledged cosplay to those who frequent the junkyard and those who argue about spoilers in the Walking Dead thread. We are enriching the culture and changing what was once a consumer product into something else entirely. "Craft your fandom" really encompasses everything I've seen here.

Additionally, I think three words is the perfect length for a motto. Two is way too brief, but more than four is getting into mouthful territories.
 
AAAAaaaaargh - I said I liked it, I didn't write it Aaaarrrgghhhhhh LEAVE ME ALOOOONE!!!!!!!

Creating stuff. There, that's better.

Anyway, like I said before, the logo is pretty versatile - here is a Millenium Falcon version:


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Astrokid248 said:
Actually, the new motto is "Craft YOUR fandom." The implications are much different with the word "your" instead of "the" in between those words. Earlier, I was pretty meh about this motto, but after Art's explanation I really dig it, so I'm gonna try and explain to you what I see from it.

Fandom as a whole has moved past the dictionary definition. "Fanbase" fits the old definition much better. Fandom now means both the fans themselves and what we add to the media we consume. Fandom is the late-night forum arguments, the cosplay contests, the artist alleys selling high quality fan art alongside original works. It's the sum of the people who love a particular work and the things they create to show their love. It's props and action figures and tattoos and novelty t-shirts and your second child's middle name. We are collectively a fanbase, but our interactions with each other, with the creators, and with the film/game/show/book/comic itself form the fandom. In that respect, the new motto is perfect.

Everything on this forum is about fandom. We're all contributing to our various fandoms, from those who make single props for display only and those who make full-fledged cosplay to those who frequent the junkyard and those who argue about spoilers in the Walking Dead thread. We are enriching the culture and changing what was once a consumer product into something else entirely. "Craft your fandom" really encompasses everything I've seen here.

Additionally, I think three words is the perfect length for a motto. Two is way too brief, but more than four is getting into mouthful territories.
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I was getting ready to make a rebuttal, but I think Astrokid nailed it.

To reiterate and add a little more:

"YOUR FANDOM" is very different from "fandom" alone. While I certainly understand "fandom's" dictionary definition, in the context of our tagline, your fandom is the totality of things you are a fan of.... perhaps akin to a kingdom, but instead of a king ruling over his domain, it is all things that you, the fan love and are passionate about.

Now, our tagline could be:

"Draw, build, sculpt, sew, paint, mold, cut, saw, sand, assemble, glue, and create your favorite movie, television, video game, comic book, story, myth, original idea's props, costumes and models"

or:

craft your fandom.

If you need need to see that graphically...

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This was a key design consideration. A lot of people a bemoaning how boring and plain the new logo is, but what they are missing is that it is almost endlessly versatile, as your image demonstrates.

christrom said:
Anyway, like I said before, the logo is pretty versatile - here is a Millenium Falcon version:


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As I and my friends use "fandom" now, I'd say it's closer to "nerdery" or "geeky passion" than it is to "fanbase" which may very well have been the original intention. So I say it's a good fit. As for any implications of women doing needlepoint of kittens (Which is a fine hobby to have) I don't get that at all. To me that is "Arts and Crafts," but "craft" as a verb to me is more closely in line with craftsmanship, or even a more tangible form of "conjure."

And, Art, I think you need your own tagline, how about "Ars Gratis Artis." It just fits...what with your name and all.

-Nick
 
How about something as a tag line that explains both the "RPF" above as well as what the forum is about.... maybe something like:

Replica Prop Forum.
 
Art Andrews said:
but what they are missing is that it is almost endlessly versatile, as your image demonstrates.
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Indeed, people can go on creating their own variations suited to reflect the colors from their favourite fandom.

I hope somebody makes a BTTF version with the orange, yellow and again orange color transition :).
 
Vivek said:
Indeed, people can go on creating their own variations suited to reflect the colors from their favourite fandom.

I hope somebody makes a BTTF version with the orange, yellow and again orange color transition :).
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Oh...you mean like this?

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...I think I may have the new background for my phone.

-Nick
 
pyxl said:
How about something as a tag line that explains both the "RPF" above as well as what the forum is about.... maybe something like:

Replica Prop Forum.
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We purposefully moved away from using the full name almost 3 years ago.
 
Art Andrews said:
"YOUR FANDOM" is very different from "fandom" alone. While I certainly understand "fandom's" dictionary definition, in the context of our tagline, your fandom is the totality of things you are a fan of.... perhaps akin to a kingdom, but instead of a king ruling over his domain, it is all things that you, the fan love and are passionate about.
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Art, perhaps adding some emphasis by making the "your" italic would get the point you illustrate in the quote above across to the masses a little better?

"craft your fandom"

Or you could always use JD's quote from my sig as the tag line. :lol
 
I'm already loving how versatile the new logo is proving to be. The ones christrom and TheNickFox came up with are great.
 
Sure... Just without the Run DMC.

Then I guess it could similar to hundreds or thousands of other logos, in that case, if that was the first thing that came to mind.......:lol

Those 4 bars will allow for many other theme-based variations. More options to add colour.

Art Andrews said:
Like this?

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Vivek said:
I hope somebody makes a BTTF version with the orange, yellow and again orange color transition :).
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Nick beat me to it, but since I was already working on it, here is one at 1920X1080.

I am no graphic designer or artist, but again, I think this is just the tiniest taste of what can be done with this logo and the nearly infinite treatments that can be applied to it.

While you MIGHT be able to jam one of these onto the current logo, you are going to struggle a lot more to make it happen...

For the naysayers, whether you like it or not, are you beginning to see our reasoning?

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Amish Trooper said:
Lets see a NASCAR version. Woo Hoo were turning left...
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It's not perfect, but ask and you shall receive.

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...I was actually unaware that NASCAR had a logo per se. You learn something new every day. :lol

-Nick

EDIT: this one actually fits the NASCAR theme a little more closely. (It's a little rough because I did it so quickly)

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