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[DG_Now]

I figured people would get a kick out of this:

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This is another page from DC's official style guide, but with an added little bonus for all us graphic designers out there--the Pantone color swatches to be used for each character!

Back when I worked at an art studio that produced merchandise for Marvel, Dark Horse, MTV, and other companies, I don't remember ever getting any official colors to use--for the most part we were left to our own devices...

[Lee.]

Good find, DG.

[CoryB]

I tend to not post very much (been coming here since about 2000, and I don't feel I have a lot to add, but I sure have learned a lot about logos, jerseys and sports from this great board), but it's cool to find other people on this board have the same DC interests I have.  I visit the Aquaman Shrine daily, and I have my own very limited DC Animated website dcugalleries.ca (hasn't been updated in way too long).  I even tried doing a version of hockey players in that style, but I have to find them.  If you want some more of the 80's guides, check out http://www.comicartcommunity.com/ under José Luis García-López.  There are a lot listed there.

I'm a lifelong DC fan (since I got my Mom's comics when I was 4 years old in 1974), and it's nice to see my comic geekiness is not limited to comic sites

[ColorWerx]

CoryB, on March 21, 2011 - 00:00, said:

I tend to not post very much (been coming here since about 2000, and I don't feel I have a lot to add, but I sure have learned a lot about logos, jerseys and sports from this great board), but it's cool to find other people on this board have the same DC interests I have.  I visit the Aquaman Shrine daily, and I have my own very limited DC Animated website dcugalleries.ca (hasn't been updated in way too long).  I even tried doing a version of hockey players in that style, but I have to find them.  If you want some more of the 80's guides, check out http://www.comicartcommunity.com/ under José Luis García-López.  There are a lot listed there.

I'm a lifelong DC fan (since I got my Mom's comics when I was 4 years old in 1974), and it's nice to see my comic geekiness is not limited to comic sites

Very interesting.  I haven't seen those, but will be adding them to my color database (!).

I'm also a huge Aquaman fan (I go back to the '60s Superman-Aquaman Hour cartoon) and am also a frequent visitor to the Aquaman Shrine.

[CoryB]

ColorWerx, on March 21, 2011 - 08:52, said:

Very interesting.  I haven't seen those, but will be adding them to my color database (!).

I'm also a huge Aquaman fan (I go back to the '60s Superman-Aquaman Hour cartoon) and am also a frequent visitor to the Aquaman Shrine.

Super Friends and reruns of the Superman-Aquaman Hour also helped.  Being Canadian I didn't get them until we got cable in 1975 at my house, then my world opened up

I am really liking Aquaman's return from "lameness".  If you use the Super Friends version of ANY character, they were all bad. Aquaman was just a good target...