Creating a new Logo and intro
by Pixel Pusher
I have been on a hieatis because I have been playing a bunch of wow classic. Also for a while I didn’t have the same equipment for capture but mostly all gaming and free time went into wow. I have since aquired a newer computer to capture and edit on. Capture card still compatible. Most of the living room setup is working. I need to clean the laser on my Gamecube and hope that solves it. Even to just play GB and GBA games on the TV. I might end up in a different route.
I have thought about an intro that I wanted to do but wasn’t sure how to do it. Well with my newer computer I solved it and made it where I thought it was nice and shiny. I was feeling good about the challenge I put on myself and the creative solution. Then I still don’t get any new videos out. I have shared the intro to some family and friends. It was very generous feedback. Over all it is a huge upgrade from the first.
ThenI still didn’t continue working on videos. I really enjoyed working on the graphics but failing to write the scripts. I keep playing wow classic. These days it is wrath of the lych king. I can’t wait for ICC. I have been streaming wow these days. I was glad I spent time on some graphics.
One happy accident was in making the video game collage I had the original soundtracks from each clip. The sounds all together reminded me of the arcades and I like them piled all on top of each other.
have always wanted to have a logo that can also work black and white. So I went back at it and finally feel I sorted out a design problem I was trying to figure out the N in a NP logo. Ok so NP for Nostalgic pixel is not an accident. NP is also Nintendo Power, Nintendo PlayStation and Now Playing. There is an X in Pixel so if it was NPX but that is used already it would be Nintendo PlayStation and XBox I wanted a retro feel with the logo. RGB in the logo has been important as well. I also liked they where similar to subpixels. I like pixels because it can be reference to anything on a screen digitally. so our TV and computer screens are all made of pixels. Pixels are also a type of art in games.
Well I revisited the logo and made a new one. I really like it and I need to make more content to get more use out of it. Funny I think it makes also a great logo in print and I need to figure what printing looks like in 2023. I have enjoyed posting on Instagram but I feel a creative block on what video game content to share. I think it flows more from video projects I work on.
So I took some inspiration from Sal Bass and the WB logo he created in the 70s. I know it is close but I really like it. That logo has some resurgence in use. I feel I created a unique but familiar logo that goes with the nostalgic feel.
I recreated the logo and switched up some fonts. Then I had a internal agitation. I made this cool intro that is built on the old logo and I just redesigned it. I spent all this time figuring out which game and where to capture to get a more red green or blue composition. I loved the old animation studios logo screens and the short into videos HBO would make. It reminds me of visiting my grandmothers. I even wanted to figure out how to use a video watermark or some screen. I really liked this intro but again old now logo.
Last year the James Webb Space Telescope started sending images. It is really amazing to me as what pictures it comes back with. Also Space and looking at the stars is looking at the past. Again nostalgic comes into it for me. Also last year AI really seemed to gain steam. I couldn’t think about how to animate the old log morphing into the new logo. I found morphing apps but most where about human faces. AI to the rescue. I found a website that solved this complex animation. I could solve the simple animation.
I solved it I was able to use the newer intro I made with a video collage and end up with the new logo. I really like how it turned out.
So I have been doing more research on you tube videos. I am noticing that intros seem to really lose viewers. I am even looking at changing up the format a little. I know I have thought of many more episodes on Memory Lane. I’m still trying to convince a friend over to record a new Friend Zone episode. other Nostalgic Pixel prime episodes I am really wanting to get my all time favorites done and fun kid friendly/ quirky Japanese game. Something for my cousins to watch with their kids. They can watch most but I want to talk more quirky games. More puzzle games and beat’m ups and shoot’m ups.
I’m writing this to push everything forward. this site I wanted to work out ideas for videos an just improve my writing skills. videos seems to hit all my creative outlets with the thumbnails and graphics. I have been thinking of revisiting my old videos and do like a commentary track type where I talk more about making it and other thoughts after the video. I could recut the intro and maybe give them like a second life.
All these ideas then I play wow so much. I also have other things I need to spend time on. I’m on a writing block for a next video but I need to get writing so I can finish game capture and finalize a shot list. I also plan to make a new channel trailer after I finish next video but before I publish.
Well this is like an update and where my head is at.
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