We need pictures for the Logo - historical rulers in profile... Contribute if u can.

[Mark_Everson]

We have some good profiles of statues in the current logo by Dominique (See at bottom of post). However both of the figures are ancient. What we want is a pair of historical ruler figures from different eras, chunks of the world, and ideally gender, in the same medium (statue or oil or whatever) in profile. I have poked around the web with not much success. If anyone out there would like to help out and find a collection of suitable art I would be grateful. You don't have to find both images, even one good one would help us. The ruler, however, should be someone the educated public might recognize. If you find something good, just post it, or a link, here. Some suggestions of good candidates for the rulers are in the Logo thread.

Dominique, any further requirements?

If we get the right set of images (and they must be legal for us to use) Dominique would be able to finish the Logo and use it as a centerpiece on the forthcoming new web site design.

The Logo thread is at:
http://apolyton.net/forums/Forum21/HTML/000060.html

The Logo so far: (Excellent Job, Dominique)


Thanks,
Mark

[Kull]

I love this one! Of course I'm an "ancients" buff, so you'll have to factor that when weighing my opinions.

Some random thoughts:

1) Margaret Thatcher (or Golda Meir) giving Adolph Hitler the evil eye?

2) "Generic" art (i.e. not using recognizable historical figures) depicting a Roman legionnaire staring down a WWII German soldier (nice helmet contrast)

3) I don't want to sound sexist, but how many women are in our target market? 2%? If so, will a cover shot featuring a typical female world leader actually increase sales? Most of them don't look much like Lara Croft!

4) Without thinking about cost issues for a moment , how about one of those laser image covers in which the picture changes when you look at it from a different angle? You know, one view is Pericles vs. Nefertari, tilt, and it's Churchill vs. Hitler!

5) OR, since for now we're only dealing with a Web Site logo, just simulate the tilt effect with a java applet.

[Dominique]

I prefer to not use Java if it's not absolutely necessary - and on 99% of all sites, it's totally redundant. A similar effect could be done by having a GIF animation, but I'm afraid it would eat up too much bandwidth. And Hitler vs. Churchill? Hmmmmmmmmm (anti-nazi reflexes rising...) ...

Anyway, I'd really like to have some female on the logo, too - personally, I think Nofretete (hm, seems to be a German name - I always thought "Nefretari" was some other Egyption queen / princess...) cane pretty well cope with Lara Croft - apart from the latter's "two prominent cahracteristics", maybe, but Nofretete's sadly are not related...

[Rebel]

Folks; I goofed and posted a link on the web thread about Abraham Lincoln so just to be safe will repeat it here.
http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln14.html

Arguments in his favor are also in the other post.

Rebel