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Another "creative" SVG request

If you have the interest, I'd like to have a coat of arms of the van Rensselaer family made. I have a few images you can base it off of, and it will be PD-old. It will require some creative input on your part to make it right.

1. File:Rensselaer Stained Glass Round.png
2. File:Van Rensselaer Stained Glass Rectangular 2.jpg
3. File:Van Rensselaer Stained Glass Rectangular.jpg
4. File:VanRensselaerFamilyCrest.png
5. This image too

The crest of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute uses the coat of arms in the upper portion, which you can steal elements from. The finished crest includes the urn and flame above it, which you can read about here (bottom of page) (and which you can see in most of the images listed above - you'll have to use creative skill on that one :)). I would advise going with the shape of the shield being like Fig 4 in this image, but with flares added to the top. Steal the shape from another coat of arms SVG if you want. RPI's version (#5 above) makes the bottom right quadrant blue lines with a white background whereas the stained glass in #s 1, 2, and 3 make it black lines with a gold background. Can you make a version with both? Any questions, let me know and thanks in advance! wadester16 21:02, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Addendum: for the stars, use an octagram, rather than the lazy star-of-david like shape used by RPI on its crest, which I don't believe is correct. For the cross, use the cross moline. The cross used on the RPI crest, with the curled ends is definitely not right and just lazy on their part. wadester16 21:34, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

 Question:  : Is there already one in existence that I need to make it resemble to, or do I just randomly create one with the sources you provided? ZooFari 00:52, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Not that I've found. You'll have to randomly create one. That is if you're interested in doing so, of course. :-) wadester16 00:56, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

This is a good shape to start with, just add the flares on top like #8 in this. wadester16 01:14, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Okay. Still a little confused though. I got the basic COA template with the curved top as you mentioned above. What next? Do you want flames and what example from the sources above do you want me to use? ZooFari 01:25, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Steal the SVG elements and colors from the RPI crest (save for the stars, as I said above). But in the end, make the COA look like this. You can use such elements as this for the flame, though it would be better if you could add some orange and yellow to make it look at least a bit more real. As for the basket, it looks like you may have to make something yourself. Went through the categories at Commons but didn't see anything similar to what we need (for the basket I'm going by this for the inspiration). I'll keep looking though. wadester16 01:30, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Looks like that multicolored chord under the basket of fire is also a common element. Couldn't find a drawing, but something like this will work if you can get the outline. Use the same red color as the COA itself. wadester16 01:41, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

Okay. I'll finish this when I get my full attention to it. ZooFari 22:57, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

No rush; good luck with your wikibreak. wadester16 23:27, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

It was no wikibreak, it was a nightmare. I was diagnosed with the immunodeficiency syndrome but later turned out to be a false positive (oh what a relief). I now have my attention to your request. I might have it done either today or tomorrow! :-) ZooFari 23:55, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Wowow. That's scary. wadester16 23:59, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Hey, do you mind if I cross out some of your posts as an indication that I've fulfilled those requests? I feel loopy today. ZooFari 01:04, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

It's your talk page; you can do what you want. :-) wadester16 04:29, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

I've started the COA like this. We'll go from there. Let me know the changes I need to make to the body of the COA. Meanwhile, I'll work on the top portion. ZooFari 01:03, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Looks good so far. Top left quadrant is done. Top right, rotate the stars so the points point up and down. Also, make them look like they do in this, with lines splitting the points and a shadow effect similar to the featured star. Bottom left, bring the crown rows further apart (maybe the crowns can be stretch vertically without looking bad?). Bottom right, make the lines thicker and further apart; something closer to what's shown in this. Oh and make the background of the three quadrants white, not transparent. Otherwise, great start! wadester16 01:50, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Actually, cross in the top left should be white. wadester16 01:51, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Okay, let me go over at FPC and take care of some things first. ZooFari 21:54, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Made some changes. Will do the rest offline. ZooFari 14:47, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Looking good; blue stripes should be sent to back, so they don't overflow the outer border. Can you pull the two rows of crowns further from each other? upstateNYer_{formerly wadester16} 17:37, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

 Done and  Fixed. Is that enough for the crowns or do you want them more spread? I stretched the crown vertically, as you suggested above, to make them fit. I can resize or stretch if you want them more spread. As for the stars, I'm going to have to look into that and see if I'm going to have to do it manually or by tool. Other than that, and the top portion, is everything else okay? ZooFari 18:32, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Let's stretch them vertically a bit and separate the two crowns on top from the one below a bit so they don't look so cramped. Otherwise, looks good. upstateNYer_{formerly wadester16} 19:17, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

 Done. Is that OK? ZooFari 19:21, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

I've also added the basket with flames. It's not completed but I want to know if the shape is alright. I'm not so good with braids and ropes, but I might be able to texturize it somehow. ZooFari 04:28, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Yea, I know what you mean; forget the flame and basket. It just seems too much and we can do without. The rest looks pretty good. Would you be able to move the blue stripes and the crowns down a little bit? They don't look centered in their quadrants. upstateNYer_{formerly wadester16} 06:30, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Is that better? That's what auto-align wants. Looks like the stars are all we need, right? Any effects, gradients, or shadows that you would like me to add? Colors? ZooFari 14:53, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Can you send the shape between the stars to the back? Looks like it's on top other shapes. Other than that, just the stars. Looks great. upstateNYer_{formerly wadester16} 04:21, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Done! Hehe, I found an easy way of doing 3D stars. Experimenting really pays off! Is that the type of shadowing effect you wanted for the stars? Also the shape between the stars was just an illusion of intersecting borders. Fixed now. Also, would you help me fill in a description and some categories for it? ZooFari 00:58, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Stars look awesome! Thank you once again! upstateNYer_{formerly wadester16} 02:56, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Btw, this easily passes the test of originality and is based on a combined assessment of multiple variations of the CoA, meaning you have the rights to this image. If you'd like, you can license it under CC if you want. Up to you though. upstateNYer_{formerly wadester16} 03:00, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Hi, No response

Hi! We haven't talked to each other for days. Saw my reply to your query about accessing IRC? If not see my 2009 archive. Better come to IRC so that we may talk to each other more frequently. And I haven't talked to you as I have no queries. Looks like I have graduated! --Srinivas 14:25, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Okay, at least come now. I am there, --Srinivas 15:06, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, ZooFari. You have new messages at Srinivas's talk page.
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Removing Nonsense

Could you explain this [1] edit to First Flight High School? I'm trying to WP:AGF the creator and recent editor of this article, by trying to help have it cleaned up. Thanks -- ^{▒ՅցႽ∅շշ▒} | _℡ 01:35, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, I was trying to remove this edit, but I must have been edit conflicted or something. Sorry, ZooFari 01:38, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey, we all make mistakes. Not to worry! -- ^{▒ՅցႽ∅շշ▒} | _℡ 01:40, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

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