Utopian Graphic Elements Task

Repository

e.g. https://github.com/utopian-io/utopian.io

Linked Task Request

https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@utopian.tasks/calling-designers-make-our-blog-gorgeous-and-get-an-upvote-and-bounty

Details

My Proposal (Generic) ![02_final_proposal_generic.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXMPymDPva58tyanZQKs53W7eAdk5T6zSCN8w7yJcTsDR/02_final_proposal_generic.png)

I started by doing the generic banners and I tried to bring some variety using different themes for the banner. Personally I felt that a glowing version will look good and is more likely to attract attention - so I decided to make some glowing variations.

Variations :

White - Gradient - Normal (Flat)
White - Gradient - Glow
Black - Gradient - Normal (Flat)
Black - Gradient - Glow

The gradient was made using Utopian main colors :

Blue : # 4b7dc0ff
Purple : # 9d3393ff

Variations :

For dividers I also made 2 version :

Normal (Flat)
Glowing

And I made custom ones for each Banner including Logo , Utopy and Utopian-IO:

Logo

Utopy

Utopian-IO

Utopian Weekly

Utopian Magazine

Utopian Update

People Of Utopian

Open Source Radio Show

Benefits / Improvements

Clean minimal/abstract look.
Designs maintain the Utopian color scheme and can grab attention in the feed.
Work well in both light and dark theme of Steemit

Mockups

![1.png](https://steemitimages.com/500x500/https://steemitimages.com/DQmQfBQvQeWBzd7H7ke5RJbK5QgVkhPfcwwyaLjAfJbwFgi/1.png)

![2.png](https://steemitimages.com/500x500/https://steemitimages.com/DQmdPXwb792bXj9QmfhQu64SRWg3HpMiX86zxd7Qtirciwe/2.png)

![3.png](https://steemitimages.com/500x500/https://steemitimages.com/DQmQcPTCzxwgJ76E5CKjE4TUNwZqx33z2cWXk3f9RRkGzcP/3.png)

![4.png](https://steemitimages.com/500x500/https://steemitimages.com/DQmY7r82HcnYhtpKvjsbWmS9pLh3ePQ5wx1CSt1V8AzAkhN/4.png)

Proof of authorship

Banners were made over a gradient background using Utopian main colors.
On the main background I started adding some basic lines on the edge - because I knew in the center I would put the text. After that I added some simple geometric forms : square, circle, triangle and added the main holder for text and Utopian Logo. At end I added a 2% blur to most shapes and it was done.

Banner construction & Inkscape screenshot.

![prof_of_work_gif.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQme8AmDpyDaCwckv5JXuFiafEjNM1EPrb2od43tTdfFBZi/prof_of_work_gif.gif)

Because divisors will be used in Utopian posts, I have made them .png taking advantage of transparency. Divisors were made inside a transparent rectangle of 800x50 pixels using the same basic lines.

Dividers construction & Inkscape screenshot.

Tools

I used Inkscape - Banners and Dividers was worked in separate .svg files.

Original files

Font used it's a Sans Serif - Google Free Font - Source Sans Pro.

Original files can be found in Google Drive.
I provided .svg , .png , .jpg and .pdf files - with with all Banners presented above and also generic ones.

Proof of Work Done

https://github.com/blankrained

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.