Poll: Shield design

[Kaiser Ikol II]

I saw a site that had tilted logos, I really liked it, and I tried to copy the style as best I could for the House shields. Now some people are saying they want theirs straight. For design reasons I'd prefer the shields all tilted or all straight, to establish a consistent look. So here's your poll. Annexis isn't in here because I hate the way theirs turned out and I'm going to have to remake it sometime.

[Erik Mortis]

I think part of my issue is compared to Kalir's clean looking shield.. Mortis looks like shit...

[Kaiser Ikol II]

Would you prefer I removed the border and designs from it and just kept the red, the blue, and the skull? I actually like Mortis better than Kalir and only made Kalir as it is because I couldn't find a good border to copy from, but if you prefer it I'll strip it down.

[Erik Mortis]

The mortis one just feel pixilated somehow.. even if it's not.

[Shyriath]

In part, that might be because the skull, at least, IS pixelated... and for that, you have no one to blame but me. I made that skull for the arms of the Line of Mortis, in the good old days when Paint was good enough for computer-based art.

[Kaiser Ikol II]

Really? You made that?
If you can make a better version, I'll add it to the shield.

[Andreas the Wise]

I like the turned design, it looks a lot more professional to me.

[Shyriath]

I've got one made; what format did you need it in?

[Kaiser Ikol II]

Anything. Transparent background would be a plus. And Erik, lemme know if you want that gold border gone.

[Shyriath]

DREAD MORS, BRIEF MORTALS.

[Kaiser Ikol II]

AAAIIIIIEEEEE!

[Kaiser Ikol II]

I have made a new, darker, less cartoony version of the Mortis Shield with Shyriath's new skull and placed it on the forum.

[Erik Mortis]

It'll do... I suppose.

[Elliot Markham]

The skull is great. If I were a Shirerithian citizen, I'd vote for any shield with it on there.

[Kaiser Ikol II]

Thanks, Elliot!

[Ryan]

If you remove the black border from around the outside of the skull it will not pixelate when reduced and placed on the face of the shield. Note that the mountains in Kalir's shield are not pixelated - because they don't have an outlining border. Also convert it to greyscale before resizing it for the shield, since the reduction will tend to mesh the colors are the edges of the black and white, resulting in grey areas. By confining it to greyscale, you won't get the mix of additional colors that make the small skull look screwy.