Blog The Internet - BTI - The Symbol, Logo, Graphic!
Well Ryan was the first to do it… Blog The Internet is also known as BTI. Thanks Ryan! You were the fist to abbreviate the site's name! So with that happening, I figured I would create a symbol, graphic, or logo for the site.
I am sure you can tell what that is… if not, then read this post over and over while looking at the image and eventually it will come to you! Anyway what do you think?
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September 15th, 2006 at 8:31 am
Ever since you created this site, I’ve had my link shortcut named BTI.
I want royalties.
The logo looks good, but it is a bit incongruous. Is it a water mirror? If it is, now we’re uncertain as to what the middle character is. If it isn’t, why does the ‘B’ have too many loops, the ‘T’ is whole and the ‘I’ is broken? Might it stand for BTIBI? Or BBTII?
Or is it just a logo for a gothic Christian (talk about a contradiction) site?
Then again, the colors remind of Halloween, which would support the Gothic aspect. Still, that ‘T’ looks like a stylized cross.
Personally, I think the message is far too muddled.
September 15th, 2006 at 11:26 pm
So you like it!
September 16th, 2006 at 12:15 am
No - I keep thinking there are Halloween decorations for sale.
September 16th, 2006 at 12:58 am
Here are a few more colors to choose from… No Halloween here! So the logo looks good, but you don't, personally, like it… you do like it though? I am sure its pretty basic because I used mspaint. Still trying to pull myself away from that program! Anyway, its real easy to modify the color, and didn't intend to create one to compliment Halloween.
BTW royalties will be equally issued out if your next comment contains a screenshot of your bookmarks with BTI shown. LOL!!!
September 16th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
That’s easy…
It isn’t just the colors - it is the font-like imagery itself. It looks far too gothic.
September 16th, 2006 at 8:33 pm
Ha Ha… I knew you would hook me up with a shot! Ok… kudos your way! LOL!!
Vex, I don’t know… maybe I will go painting again and get a new one… but I do like this one… I don’t see it as Gothic looking?
What is Gothic? Really… My teen daughter tells me all the time about Goth kids in school… typically the bad kids…
How would I find a true “Gothic” image to compare it to the one I created? What would I look for, Google image search for ‘gothic image’.
I like the grey on white… but you always get me thinking too much.
September 17th, 2006 at 1:12 am
The look starts with the inverted and bent cross in the middle of the logo - both gothic and/or demonic symbolism.
Add in the appearance of extra loops in the ‘B’ which look like the embellishment commonly found in gothic font embellishment.
Toss forth the daggerlike appearance of the ‘I’ and we have what appears to be some form of gothic or demonic influence; even possibly something subliminal in the intent.
With logos, you want to avoid any possible appearance of anything remotely contrary to your beliefs and/or purpose. Before you think that I am stretching things, think about Proctor & Gamble. You know P&G - you may use one of their toothpaste or anti-perspirant brands. Angie might use one of their hairsprays. You could use household cleaning products they market. The company is not demonic nor gothic, yet the urban legends mills have broiled the company beyond well-done, claiming they fund and support satanic cults. What did P&G do to deserve this hammering of their reputation? Their long standing logo caused people to see things contrary to what the company intended.
To a fundamental believing Christian, this is occultic symbolism. To these folks (me included), the logo pictures the moon with a smiling face and 13 stars, representing the number of satanists in a coven, the negativity of the number 13, and the devilish activities that evildoers commit in the moonlight.
Representatives of Proctor & Gamble had issued disclaimer after disclaimer, assuring the public that none of its executives or employees were satanists, but in 1994, a call to action was issued by alleged Christian fundamentalists demanding that all good Christians boycott all P&G products. According to the manifesto that was widely circulated, the president of P&G had appeared on the Phil Donohue television program on March 15, 1994, and announced without hesitation that he was a satanist. What was even more upsetting to the author of the pronouncement was that the president of P&G had openly declared that he had been using the products of his company to raise money to support his charity, The Church of Satan. Then, defiantly, the president stated that there weren’t enough Christians in all 50 states combined that would make any difference to him or to his company’s profits.
The anonymous author of the declaration that went out over the Internet and in postal mailings titled his piece, “You Can Make a Difference,” and he challenged all Christians to show the president of Proctor & Gamble that he was wrong. They could make a difference by ceasing to buy any P&G products. “Let him know what Christians think of his kind,” the e-mail demanded. “Stop buying his products! Now! Today!”
No president of Proctor & Gamble ever appeared on the Donohue television talk show. No one from the firm has ever claimed to be a satanist or commented on the number of Christians residing in the United States.
The accusations of satanic allegiance and worship levied at Proctor & Gamble are completely fabricated. Yet, in spite of P&G’s legal representatives winning nearly a dozen court decisions declaring that the rumors had no basis in truth, the urban legend about Satan profiting from Proctor & Gamble’s many products continues to rear its horned head.
Why did they ever have that logo? It is difficult to say, with rumors and speculation running rampant even today.
P&G’s new logo:
Image is everything.
September 17th, 2006 at 8:15 pm
One last bit of comment on this.
I took the logo and displayed it to the mother of my children. I asked her what she thought. Her response was “weird.” She then went on to say she wasn’t comfortable with it; that it was too busy and it reminded her of something wrong.
I then showed it to Arianne, who said it looked bad.
Katilynn said it reminded her of the Halloween display at Fry’s (the local Kroger division).
Shea said it was evil.
I then had Sueanne look at the logo directly on this site - she didn’t know where the logo was from initially - and she said it ruins the site. About once a week, she would come to see what we were up to and now she says I shouldn’t be here because there is something very wrong.
As I said - image is everything.
September 18th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
I hear what you are saying. However, the image I created wasn’t created with those intentions. It is art that I created ‘Unknowing’ of any of the information you have posted here. I don’t know what you know… I am just a guy of average smarts!
and don’t spend any time researching the things you do. The image I created was from scratch and without any reference.
But… because of what you have communicated to me, I totally value your opinions as well as your family’s and will be removing the image… as well as a lot of the orangey colors through out the site.
You and your family is the last people I want to offend…
I totally like you as a person and believe that we share a lot of views. Some vary a bit, others don’t. I try to learn as much as I can… some things interest me, others don’t… some are over my head… miles above! LOL!!!
But main point is… you don’t like the image, nor does your family… and I value that totally and have removed it.
September 19th, 2006 at 6:36 am
I never meant to say that you did it with any ill intent. The artistic quality was actually very good. The fact you did it with MS Paint just bowled me over. I can’t even do a simple stick figure with MS Paint.
The final result is what I saw as strangely weird, with no reflection on you. I railed against it because I didn’t want anyone else to have a bad perception.
The same concept could’ve been used, with some minor changes; removing the extra loops in the ‘B’ which would take away the satanic verses element there. Raising the crossbar on the ‘T’ would’ve fixed the problem with that, while also effectively making the ‘I’ appear to be dotted. Raising the entire image would’ve taken the header graphic a bit more out of the transparency, placing a bit more emphasis on the entire graphic. The graphic itself was made more confusing when placed behind the header transparency.
Getting rid of it wasn’t needed. Some fine tuning and tweaking would’ve sufficed.
September 19th, 2006 at 8:35 am
I think after doing the word yesterday on the site (mainly changing the colors (header, text, few others) gives me a good base to build from. I will be putting a small BTI logo against the blue header shortly… the BTI button will be white against the blue… and should look a lot better.
This is a blog site about computers, Internet, and technology and considering that and what you said, orange doesn’t really support that. Blue seems to be better.
Hey!!! are you saying that I kick butt using MSPAINT! Could I win the Ghetto MSPAINT contest? LOL!!!