Suggestions for Forum Icons

Dagoth Ur wrote:

I like the idea of:
Communism Section
1. Communism : Marx
2. Communist Lit : Engels
3. CP & tCM : Lenin

Hmm... I think for tCM it needs to be someone more representative of actual fighting. I was thinking more along the lines of Che. He did a little bit of everything.

Or maybe we should just use a generic picture of a revolution?

Dagoth Ur wrote:

Communism Section
1. Communism : Marx
2. Communist Lit : Engels
3. CP & tCM : Lenin

This works for me - Lenin is always the one figure I think of when it comes to emphasis on the Communist Party

Chthonic171 wrote:

Or maybe we should just use a generic picture of a revolution?

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Shigalyov wrote:

This works for me - Lenin is always the one figure I think of when it comes to emphasis on the Communist Party

I love Lenin and his face is appealing to me as an artist (and woman, haha) but I think he's just too overdone. I don't want to do the most obvious thing on ALL of them :/

Are there any good generic October Revolution pics or posters that can be cropped and used? I feel like that would work better than revolutionary leaders.

I guess the thing is that the faces idea was a way of creating a moderate amount of controversy and discussion.

Generic images are probably more likely to be acceptable to everyone though.
I don't know ... do we want discussion or unanimity?
(That's something for the mods to decide I suppose.)

Shigalyov wrote:

I guess the thing is that the faces idea was a way of creating a moderate amount of controversy and discussion.

Unintentionally but it worked out, I guess. Ultimately anyway.

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Generic images are probably more likely to be acceptable to everyone though.

But lame.

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I don't know ... do we want discussion or unanimity?
(That's something for the mods to decide I suppose.)

As the mod of this (previously deader than dead) forum I'd appreciate some damn discussion. Just not a bitch-fest. That I won't let happen.

Where the hell did you find that octopus thing? lol

Someone photoshopped Paul the Soccer Octopus! The other image has been my desktop theme for about 10 years now.

Paul the Soccer Octopus

How is a banner your wallpaper??

I banner-sized it for use a long time ago, then forgot to include it. The original should be here.

Also, Paul the Soccer Octopus.

It's slightly creepy haha.

I'm not sure if it's just for me, but the the only image in the OP which is showing up is Red Daughter's aristocrats.

This was a suggestion for LWHC

Very nice image Shig, but it's kind of hard to make out the action when it gets downsized. Faces are probably the best idea for thumbnails that tiny because they simply survive the downsizing much easier than more abstract images.

Yeah faces are best.

We're just wired to see and recognize faces really easily - even when there isn't one. Unfortunately the identity of the faces is something of a divisive issue. I still think the respective leaders (i.e. Stalin, Mao, Castro ..etc) would suit the various national forums - size being the consideration that it is.

Shigalyov wrote:

We're just wired to see and recognize faces really easily - even when there isn't one.

I know and I find that to be kinda weird and a bit creepy.

Well, it makes sense. It's hard to relate to something that you can't see "eye to eye" with, so we do tend to anthropomorphize objects as well as animals. I mean, an earthworm has no eyes, yet you would hardly see a cartoon version of one in a children's story book being drawn without them. It would be too upsetting to them at that age.

Shigalyov wrote:

I'm not sure if it's just for me, but the the only image in the OP which is showing up is Red Daughter's aristocrats.

Works for me? However, that's the only image that was uploaded on a separate website than the one everyone else has used. If you have an Ad or Script blocker maybe it's not allowing you view things from that site. I'm not sure.

Comrade Gulper wrote:

Very nice image Shig, but it's kind of hard to make out the action when it gets downsized. Faces are probably the best idea for thumbnails that tiny because they simply survive the downsizing much easier than more abstract images.

I am not into using faces for everything. It really just depends on the photo. I'll try to find some other visuals, I'm just not excited to make almost thirty of these every day since no one can agree..

Shigalyov wrote:

This was a suggestion for LWHC

I can see what's happening on the picture smaller pic, but Idk if it's just because I already have seen that bigger picture as reference. I think that would be good for LWHC.

Alternatively, we could use Stakhanov for that one or something that represents the Stakhanovite campaign for LWHC.

For example, this pic:



Or somebody could edit/resize this one:

Chthonic171 wrote:

I am not into using faces for everything. It really just depends on the photo. I'll try to find some other visuals, I'm just not excited to make almost thirty of these every day since no one can agree..

Would it be possible to put DPRK to a vote first before proceeding further? I think we got enough icons to vote for on that one.

Sorry for multiple edits, but seeing the pic that Shig posted suddenly turned on some light bulbs. Just some suggestions. My feelings won't be hurt if no one agrees.

My Photoshop skills are zero. I leave Chthonic in charge of everything, with orders to asplode KW if all else fails.