Utopian Graphic Elements Task

Repository

e.g. https://github.com/utopian-io/utopian.io

Linked Task Request

https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@utopian.tasks/calling-designers-make-our-blog-gorgeous-and-get-an-upvote-and-bounty

Details

My Proposal (Generic)

I started by doing the generic banners and I tried to bring some variety using different themes for the banner. Personally I felt that a glowing version will look good and is more likely to attract attention - so I decided to make some glowing variations.

Variations :

White - Gradient - Normal (Flat)
White - Gradient - Glow
Black - Gradient - Normal (Flat)
Black - Gradient - Glow

The gradient was made using Utopian main colors :

Blue : # 4b7dc0ff
Purple : # 9d3393ff

Variations :

For dividers I also made 2 version :

Normal (Flat)
Glowing

And I made custom ones for each Banner including Logo , Utopy and Utopian-IO:

Logo

Utopy

Utopian-IO

Utopian Weekly

Utopian Magazine

Utopian Update

People Of Utopian

Open Source Radio Show

Benefits / Improvements

Clean minimal/abstract look.

Designs maintain the Utopian color scheme and can grab attention in the feed.

Work well in both light and dark theme of Steemit

Mockups

Proof of authorship

Banners were made over a gradient background using Utopian main colors.
On the main background I started adding some basic lines on the edge - because I knew in the center I would put the text. After that I added some simple geometric forms : square, circle, triangle and added the main holder for text and Utopian Logo. At end I added a 2% blur to most shapes and it was done.

Banner construction & Inkscape screenshot.

Because divisors will be used in Utopian posts, I have made them .png taking advantage of transparency. Divisors were made inside a transparent rectangle of 800x50 pixels using the same basic lines.

Dividers construction & Inkscape screenshot.

Tools

I used Inkscape - Banners and Dividers was worked in separate .svg files.

Original files

Font used it's a Sans Serif - Google Free Font - Source Sans Pro.

Original files can be found in Google Drive.
I provided .svg , .png , .jpg and .pdf files - with with all Banners presented above and also generic ones.