I realize that I'm probably going to be eaten alive, but please, instead of just saying that it sucks, explain why it sucks, and/or how it could be improved. Thank you.

I wanted to get away from the Half-Life 2 logo while maintaining the 'building blocks' element. At the same time, I wanted to simplify it to make it look better at low resolutions, and add in a little color. The result:



And also, a wee 16-pixel version for the thumbnail in Steam:

Again, please give your responses some content so that I can improve this. I just came up with it off the top of my head; it's not intended to be refined yet.

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Something just looks off to me. I can't really put my finger on it.

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proof sol said it

Yeah, Draken was saying the same thing. Something even looks a bit off to me, but I can't figure it out either >.<. Hopefully someone else can see it.

As a shot in the dark, here it is without the block shadows, and with a border:



Edit: My God that border is disgusting.

Also, with half-shadows:



Ew. Well, this isn't working >.>

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its just some boxes. there constructive criticism.

*edit

also overuse of "photoshop" boxes

Arena was banned for this post. - Draken

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11:29 p.m. - ☢ AZgAg: did the fgd was moved?

I think the concept/shape of it looks good. Just the fact it's mostly using primary colours, might be the thing that's causing it to look off. Plus the drop shadow might be a bit too deep.

Might as well critic mine so you're not alone .




Oh and Arena, that joke got kind of old when every one used it for like two weeks straight.

I actually hadn't even thought of that when I made them. Originally they were just unshaded primary colors, but that didn't look very good, and a white background made the top box invisible.

Yeah, I was thinking that, too. The reason it's that deep is so that the colors divide evenly when scaled down to 16x16. Maybe they'd look better if dropped less; let's see...



Ooh, that just might have been it. What do you think?

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black that just is the 195 logo with except its black with blue glow.

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11:29 p.m. - ☢ AZgAg: did the fgd was moved?

Think it's looking better.

basically better than what ever you guys would make ever

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