Sintel the logo!
on May 6th, 2010, by Ton
Hi all,
We’re very proud to present Sintel’s movie logo, created by designer Nick Bueltge! We will work with him on a couple of minor tweaks, like for usage in the various cases on shirts, in the film, and for the dvd.
Making this choice wasn’t simple, there were a lot of good proposals. Personally I liked his design for his elegant and very professional styling. The text and logo are slightly feminine and spiritual, which reflects in the film.
Additional good news: trailer is nearly finished… we keep fighting all kinds of nasty technical issues. It’s good on one hand – it improves blender – but it’s also frustrating… hopefully we have it in the weekend for you! We’ll also blog about every detail in making it. 🙂
For everyone who submitted work: THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE DESIGNS, YOU ALL ROCK!
Here’s the thread with all design proposals.
-Ton-
May 6th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
I really liked this logo. It has a nice primitive look to it, which I believe will fit the final movie.
May 6th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Ok, that definitely was one of the best 😀
And I guess, you know, what you do, as you know the whole movie, already. 🙂
May 7th, 2010 at 12:02 am
It’s a good one, but shouldn’t there at least be a hint that there is a canopy on top? To me it looks like a dead tree now.
May 7th, 2010 at 12:04 am
Maybe foliage is a better word
May 7th, 2010 at 12:11 am
Oh no, too bad! this is the right one:
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9505/sintel.png
(top left one)
May 7th, 2010 at 12:55 am
good work nick!
congratulations!!!!
May 7th, 2010 at 1:05 am
I happen to absolutely love Nick’s submission! Congratulations mate!
May 7th, 2010 at 1:16 am
I think the logo fits, and I like to think it’s because I have a better feel for the movie and its tone than others. 😛
May 7th, 2010 at 1:19 am
Oh, I forgot to add, OMFGOORAH! Trailer on the weekend!!!!! 😀
May 7th, 2010 at 2:19 am
Cant wait for trailer! It’ll be awesome 😉
May 7th, 2010 at 3:22 am
I like the text…
nice simple and readable.
I really dislike the tree.
May 7th, 2010 at 4:48 am
Congratulations Nick!^^ – for me as long as simple and readable it’s just a-OK (i’m second that -^0^), i hope the “tweak” that you mean is for the tree, somehow i feel a hollow,emptyness and uncomplete in there,
now trailer’s time! ^0^ (dont forget links for the slow internet speed plz)
May 7th, 2010 at 5:27 am
Doesn’t look like avatar? Man I must be missing something. When I sit back and squint at this image – as one does to evaluate these types of things …
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3475/avatarsintellogo.png
The similarity in aesthetic seems punch you in the face obvious. I don’t really have a problem with that… its just weird that some see it and some don’t I guess.
Oh, and yah, high excitement for the trailer!
May 7th, 2010 at 6:17 am
because this thread has not enough comments, I second this emotion. The logo……..Rocks. Almost as hard as Durian and the Blender Foundation + Ton.
May 7th, 2010 at 6:43 am
Wow. There’s a lot of negativity here! Almost makes me glad mine wasn’t chosen.
Congrats Nick. That’s awesome.
May 7th, 2010 at 8:07 am
reminds me a lot Avatar movie logo on tipography , but is readable. Congrats nick.i have to see integrated on the movie
May 7th, 2010 at 9:05 am
Congratulations!
May 7th, 2010 at 9:46 am
Nice. But I’m a little disturbed by the too obvious symmetry of the tree.
Maybe something can be done to break it a little bit?
May 7th, 2010 at 10:10 am
I like it. The font looks sanskrit inspired. I am surprised at the amount of negative feedback about this..
May 7th, 2010 at 10:19 am
I agree in breaking the symmetry on the tree in the upper part.
Great logo.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:37 am
Congrats Nick.
Competition was fun
Maybe some of the crits can be looked into, especially the constructive ones
Otherwise, the team ultimately knows the story they want to tell, and the design that moves them the best should be trusted to be the right design.
May 7th, 2010 at 10:54 am
I must agree the font does resemble the Avatar one though.
though it shouldnt matter, right?
May 7th, 2010 at 11:23 am
Actually come to think of it.. it look great on the t-shirt from that link.
imagin how it will be on the trailer.
it goes without saying that the rest of the logos were amazing and must have gaven the durian team a hard time when choosing best one.
im excited and cant wait…..
May 7th, 2010 at 11:53 am
The emblem looks like a mushroom cloud. Is this movie about nuclear war?
May 7th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Not my first choice… but it looks great.
May 7th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Definitely a wrong choice, it reminds me of a logo, and those things resemble letters, and if I look closely the upper part is like a tree. There are logos, letters and trees in many movies, can’t you be more creative?
*sarcasm off*
Who cares of Avatar? Sintel will rock! 🙂
And yes, I also like the logo, congrats Nick!
May 7th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
you had some good designs there, nick http://www.nick-bueltge.de/sintel/
May 7th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Wow I can’t believe all this negativity. Makes me wonder if they could have done a better job 😉 and on the avatar thing, the fonts are similar but its not like someone will glance at it quick and think avatar. In my thoughts the tree does look a bit too symmetrical, and that could use a bit of tweaking, but other than that great job. The right one was definitely picked.
May 7th, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Congratulations nick, it’s a nice logo.
My only critic is about the tree, is not so good.. I mean, it lacks foliage!? Where are the leaves gone?
But I think you could have done that to break the horrible tree resemblance with the nuclear mushroom it originally has…
From Deevad:
“Btw, the picture Ton posted in this post is a hack I did over a little picture from Nick Bueltge ( the blue logo over the mountains ) cause I didn’t get the vector file to do my presentation at the Comicon in Naples ”
Are you serious?!
Have you guys really choosen the logo before april the 30?! And let another week logo submission?
And about your conference in Naples, can we see a video of the event? I’ve searched the web but I found nothing as for now…
Thanks 🙂
May 7th, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Hi – thanks a lot for your positive feedback – very nice to read. I’ll keep on working on it in detail – bringing it to a strong, spiritual and functional final version. Once again – thanks 🙂
Best regards, Nick
May 7th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Looks good!
That one also got my eye from all the submissions.
The sintel logo should be a little more extravagant imho though
May 7th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
enter the blog’s COLOSSUS 3D we’re making a feature film with the blender ….. the blog is: http://colossus3d.blogspot.com/
May 7th, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I like this:
SVN commit 3060: Credits for the trailer. (colin)
May 7th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Where ‘s the trailer ?
Why not Debian Stable instead of Ubuntu ? 🙁
May 8th, 2010 at 12:28 am
oh yh the new Ubuntu lucis lynx 10.04 lts is out. better have blender already installed.
May 8th, 2010 at 5:30 am
Good choice!!
(tree of Gondor…xD)
May 8th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Congratulations Nick and The Blender Team. Actually I would have chosen the same as you guys, this one was my prefer, simple but strong.
🙂
May 8th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
@shinobi :
“Are you serious?!
Have you guys really choosen the logo before april the 30?! And let another week logo submission?”
Hi Shinobi 🙂 Not really ‘choosen’ at this date. During my conferences at Comicon it was only the one I choose personally to have a good look in my presentation.
I’m glad the team was also happy with my personal choice a week after.
For the video of the event, still have no news. Surely soon 🙂
May 8th, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Actually I guess which logo they (or the community) would have chosen – the comments would be pretty much the same – because it is very natural that (of a big number of people) some like it an some don’t.
OMG … can’t wait for the trailer anymore…it will be SO awesome
May 8th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
I really like it, and good job to Nick! Don’t let the haters get to you. I do agree about the canopy/leaves being a bit small, but really great, clean design over all. Great job!
May 9th, 2010 at 1:32 am
I hate the tree…. who’s idea was it to put that in the logo anyways?!
Here is a (much)better version:
http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=3187
The simple text can stay, I like it being readable.
May 9th, 2010 at 1:39 am
thanks to wdesigner_br for inspiring me.
my proposed image is a derivative of this one
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4802/ideia02.jpg
May 9th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Thank you, Deevad, keep us informed about conference videos 😉
May 10th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Sintel the lunch box!
Sintel the coloring book!
Sintel the flame thrower!
May 13th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
I too don’t get the tree thingy…I gathered it is a story about Sintel looking for her pet dragon no? The logo does invoke a medieval fantasy vibe, but unless there is an important flora that figures into the story, otherwise my humble opinion is that it does not fit, thematically speaking.
That is of course just my 2 cents and let me say you guys are doing a superb job!
May 21st, 2010 at 3:32 am
Really, it’s too much Avatar! It wouldn’t work!
June 4th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
The tree is a symbol in the film, i think of the city or something similar. Yes there is no important flora in the film, according to what we know, but the symbol occours various times