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This is the evolution of The Red Knight Entertainment Logo. Although the logo went through dozens of variations and overhauls I only list notable edits that stand out and intended to use.

A short history: Red Knight Entertainment came about when me and a friend were talking late one night the summer after I graduated highschool. We were engaging in a conversation about a video game we liked and what we would do to make it better etc. We got on such a kick that our inflated egos entertained the idea we could make video games ourselves.

Well shit, you need a company name to make games. So after some quick pondering and recognizing our likes for fantasy I tossed the name Red Knight out there and decided my company would be Red Knight Entertainment. I figured the black knight had been done to death and the white knight was just not hitting me visually. So the Red Knight it was. My friends production company would be Hobo Soft featuring a bum holding a switch blade.

Of course we ended up just playing games and not making them and Red Knight Entertainment was a fanciful dream.

It was during my short time at college where I first created the RKE Logo. In a computer design course we got to make our own font, mock up ads and finally a company logo. That was my favourite as the logo could be made for anything we wanted.

Of course leaning to fantasy immediately I decided to make the RKE Logo. I actually designed the logo directly in Illustrator 6 without any sketches or art to go by. This is probably why the 1st figure is so poorly done in regards to the knight on the horse.

I recieved a A for my logo but for some reason never got my original print back. I probably got an A for effort as my teacher probably took pitty on my gimp knight melting into the horses back. After that course wrapped up I considered taking more college courses but I really hated school so said screw it after half a year of night time courses.

Click here to see my school project in all its original very scary glory

Unlike the sihlouette above the project doesn't look as bad.

TWO

The revision of the logo was done the day after I got graded on my project. I set about fixing the knight, revising the logo all round.

I made adjustments to the knights size on the horse, placing him sitting properly, I decked out the base of the logo making it more war like with dangerous spikes around, then the knight was spiked up a bit to make him more menacing.

The Red Knights sword was then played with in a seperate Illustrator file so i could focus on nothing but making a sword with all the little curves I wanted.

As for the horse, he was rounded out a bit in the hind quarters, shortened overall in length a bit, genitalia was added to the horse, thus providing the gender of the horse. Knocked the moon out as the placement didnt seem quite right.

Sucks, I would have rather turned in this logo instead of the 1st one. But thats what I get for being lazy with the 1st logo.

THREE

The 3rd revision added a bit to his armor etc. His helm was redone, less traditional knight, more killer knight. Then the knights body was worked on in the chest area providing a more armoured sharper knights chest.

Also the horse was extensively armoured, as he needed crushing power in a fight. The most noticeable modification was of course the knights sword which I was so happy with I thought it wouldnt change.

It was interesting, in that after doing the third revision which was decently substantial I began to think that someday I would make something of this silly company I had created. I started writing down game notes for things I wanted to create.

FOUR

4th incarnation. The horse was further armoured, spikes on knees, sharper armour all round on hind quarters and front and even leg armour thrown into the fray. A more defined saddle was seated upon the horse, and the knights helmet was detailed into a crouching wind swept dragon.

One of the more visible features of this revision is the logos base, this timed revised with broken weapons, and the still attached hand to its once proud owners sword. The sword is actually the Red Knight's Sword from my 1st logo.

FIVE

Almost there! Basically I was pretty happy with the logo by now and this was the detail phase.

I started by going over the entire shape of the logo adding details as I passed. The horses hooves were corrected, fine detail, hair and spikes strewn about. The saddle was formed a bit more, the head horn was edited to represent more a amour horn instead of a natural horn.

The knight was given a extensive thrice over, sharpening his muscles, rounding out the shoulder pads, adding slightly more character to the helmet on the top and face, and fully decking out his gauntlet.

The sword was rehauled extensively providing a thicker base above the guard and some slight reworked details and a pommel blade.

In a final pass the logos base was put on steroids enlarging the axe and making it look meaner, adding arrow shafts stuck about with one so carefully hanging broken. Grass blades twisting all which ways under the furious war torn winds and the final return of the moon which gives us this oh so perfect silouhette.

I considered the moon heavily for a bit and was about 50/50 on it when I decided that it would be cool to tribute the original and keep it in.

SIX

Still somethin a bit off, specially the moon, i added some leaves spread throughout, moved the moon back up as it seemed better centered and balanced the knights arm going back, redid the knights sword a bit, made the horse physically bigger and the base a bit also, made the red knights boot a little bigger and that was a wrap.

Everything all round was slightly edited and made slightly more detailed. Kinda hard to see here but on the bigger versions it really makes a difference.

This ends the 1st evolutionary phase of the Red Knight as his story goes. Basically, some time after his creation, he comes to a important fight and a major one at that in his quest. during the fight his horse dies and he realizes several weakneses of which he must rid himself after the fight. This leads to him getting a major upgrade. next--->

click here for jabborwocky of his fight in which his horse dies and also a few pics.

LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN

This is the knight on his new steed. As you can visibly see he no longer rides what is generally thought of as a horse. After the fight in which his horse died he released the serious need for a war upgrade. going back to his represenitive in the council, he demanded changes and got them in spades.

New to this logo revisions. The sword has once again been redone from top to bottom. still the same feel overall but trust me, if you see the old and new next to eachother in large scale the differences are everywhere not to mention the sword is sheathed in this one as it is really the last weapon generally to be used.

The "Were-Horses" armor is largely the same with a few improvements and alterations to fit the new frame. The tail of the "horse" is very different now, circled in rather then flaring out. Also you can see the horses front legs are no longer quite horsy. While the legs blend in with the rest of the horses body the new front legs might be thought of as a griffons front legs minus the mass of feathers and bird scales and are again heavily armored on the fronts.

Other minor revisions include a tattered cloak on the knight, his left shoulder pad re-done, saddle cloth hanging down from the horse, more grass on the base, a series of the Red Knights weapons which include (visible) throwing daggers, lance, sword (sheathed) and axe. and of course a fully re-done horse from the ground up. Then in the back the moon was slightly redone to make it almost full circ then spiralled graphics were added to the inside of the moon to up its overall detail.

The spear/lance completed the logo adding some momentum. At first I had the spear set more forward which was fine in silhouette pictures but for the logo itself I had to center the spear otherwise the logo was not balanced left to right.

This is the standing RKE official company logo. Other red knight pictures i do will evolve the knight before I draw him in the fantasy world in which he dwells.

Click here to see my business invoice that I used from about mid 98' to 01'

ONE FOR THE ROAD

As you can see above the knight is under work again with several ideas being run through. Also he hath no horsie anymore. All part of the massive story cinching together in late night dreams. Tons of alternate silhouettes exist that I use to make desktops with.

Am I done? Hell no. When I actually draw the Red Knight I'm sure he will come out slightly different then he is now and then I will remake his silhouette to truly represent his final fully drawn out detail. But for now this is as close as its going to get. In the meantime I have to draw up all the rest of the knights of the sect with the red knight being last. sigh.......... someday........... Probably once my fantasy world Red Reign gets underway to a decent degree then the knights will come rolling out. But thats in the faaaaar off future.