Stamp of Authenticity

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1. 26 hello! ranking
2. 1 dakota
3. 1 emblem

13 Responses

1. Pro Bryan Veloso

   There's something my designs have always seemed to lack—life and texture. Always on with the rectangles with some highlights and such. Always on with the text in a line set in Helvetica and nothing at an angle. I have to keep on my toes in this place, it's epically intimidating to be here now. :P

   Behold! It's a stamp on a rebound of the ranking form.

   I kept thinking of how members will be "submitting their rankings." So why not actually give them a form! This is nothing new in the grand scheme of things—I've been inspired by many a designer here on Dribbble when it came to this style—but it's a damn accomplishment for me to see it on something I made.

   Things will change in practice, like that handwriting font, I'll need one that's a bit more legible.

   over 1 year ago

2. Pro Chris Wallace!

   That's nice. I like what you're going for with the stamp, definitely makes it feel "official."

   over 1 year ago

3. Pro Chris J. Davis

   Nice, bringing in some more "real world" bits adds layers of awesomeness to any design.

   In moderation.

   1likes

   over 1 year ago

4. Pro Nacho

   The stamp looks pretty nice, I like that style. And the handwritten typography looks good as well, but I'm sure that there are better fonts around there for that IMO.

   over 1 year ago

5. Pro Bryan Veloso

   Chris & Chris: Thanks. :) I agree with the moderation part completely. I don't think I could go any farther than this.

   Ignacio: Indeed, since this'll be @font-face'd I want something that'll straddle the line between "stylish" handwritten without being too gaudy.

   over 1 year ago

6. Pro Brendan Falkowski

   I would have guessed this was Panic's making. I hear you with the rectangles. Nice work!

   over 1 year ago

7. Pro Anand Sharma

   Looks nice. I'd say the paper lacks some texture and edges compared to the stamp.

   over 1 year ago

8. Pro Chris Wallace!

   My recommendation would be to use Reenie Beanie. Pretty stylish but simple handwritten font.

   over 1 year ago

9. Marty Alchin

   Looks good! As for the font, you might consider trying to make one out of this guy's handwriting.

   over 1 year ago

10. Pro Bryan Veloso

    Thanks guys. :D

    Chris: Thanks, I'll check that out. :)

    Marty: Yeahhh... don't know how my writing would turn out as a font, not even including the fact that I wouldn't know where to start with that.

    over 1 year ago

11. Pro Brian Carroll

    The text written in the handwriting font - is it supposed to change often? Because if it's going to be the same everytime you visit this, I'd say just get someone to actually write it out for you.

    (cue utter disdain for handwriting fonts)

    over 1 year ago

12. Pro Bryan Veloso

    Brian: My cockamamy idea was that the handwritten text would be @font-face'd. At the least, the date you see in the image and a "signature" field containing the ranker's username would be @font-face'd. I'm still really torn as to whether to apply it to that text field, but I left it there so I don't forget to make a decision on it.

    (Believe me, this is a departure for me as well.)

    over 1 year ago

13. Pro Idan Gazit

    I know *exactly* what you mean about being afraid to step out of the comfortable safe world of rectangles and highlights. Many opportunities for FAIL out there.

    This is simply lovely, though.

    over 1 year ago