Stella Fortuna 2954 Banner Design Contest – Combat

Project Brief

How do you make a contest entry for a well-defined artifact like a banner "Ridonculous"? I looked to the vision and scope of this game for inspiration. I felt if I could make something crazy in scope, something to capture the imagination of players, stretch my own talents, my own skills sets then maybe I could achieve something that lived up to the spirit of the Sol Provision Org, Star Citizens and most importantly, the crew of friends I fly and die with inside the PTU.

I had only weeks before designed the Sol Provision Org logo and branding. Within the Org we have divisions, one of which is Combat Arms. Staying on theme and brand, I used the Org's favorite helmet, and the slogan "come and take it" which, while familiar, I felt captured the attitude of our group. We won't mess with you… until we have to.

Making it stretch.

As an artist and designer, I'm new to blender. It can get complicated and confusing to learn. But I was determined to figure out how to drape a giant banner on a screenshot.

Better with friends.

My original concept was to drape the banner on an edited screen shot of a derelict platform somewhere in the Stanton system. But then XENO Threat can a long and we dropped 22 shooters into multiple fire teams assisting everyone in the group move forward together. It was a Ridonculous Org night. I asked my teammates if we could grab some shots for this contest.

Gold Team SOL KILLER Star Citizen Bannermonium

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The Banner

The SOL PROVISION ORG has several military veterans including the ORG CEO Sulyce. If you have ever seen his podcast Beyond the Verse: A Star Citizen Podcast, you will notice the Special Forces artwork on the wall behind his chair. This is a design and common theme in the combat arms professions. I thought this would be the perfect, simple design for the banner. The org has a specific armor set and I chose the helmet from that uniform, the Paladin. Having done the logo and branding, I used the same colors and fonts to stay on brand for the org. Now we have an asset that I can't wait to add to our cargo hangers and inside ships.

About SOL PROVISION

Legend has it, a platform drifted away from the network of Orison in the Crusader system, just outside of the livable layers of gas clouds, its location undisclosed and lost to the general population. Only a select few know of its whereabouts; they say a salvaging expedition of the Stanton-renowned Sol Provision organization stumbled upon it, and had since began growing an economy of a... let's say... less noble venture. If one were to happen by its location, they would be misled into thinking it was abandoned.

However, the trained eye would see the signs and symbols of the Sol Provision branding throughout the dunnage.

Here lies a Speak Easy of Stanton's most rare spirits.

A place that provides provisions for the soul...

Designer: Mustang Six

Typography: Orbitron Black

Software: Abode Illustrator, Photoshop, Aftereffects, Premiere, and Blender.

Screenshot photo credit on "Gold Team" by @CaptainDisowned