Dr. Martin Rundkvist is a Swedish archaeologist, journal editor, public speaker, chairman of the Swedish Skeptics Society, atheist, lefty liberal, bookworm, and father of two.
Any artists out there? This blog needs a nice masthead banner at the top. I'd like it to feature the following:
- The word Aardvarchaeology
- At least one recognisable aardvark
- Recognisable archaeology stuff, e.g. a square pit, a spoil dump, a sieve, a trowel, a bucket, a folding rule, a metal detector, a surveying instrument on a tripod...
All submissions will be showcased here, and if I get one I decide to use, then its creator will receive a $20 book token and +3 charisma.
Now go play with yer crayons!
5 January. Here's a good one from Rhampton:
11 January. Can anyone beat that?
Comments
I'm rating posts for Coturnix's anthology for the next three days, but, if no one does any thing before the weekend, I'll send a cartoon your direction.
My cartoons look like this:
http://johnmckay.blogspot.com/2006/09/tagged-by-meme-its-been-while-since-i.html
and this:
http://www.howling-pig.com/
The logo, not the post card.
Posted by: John McKay | January 3, 2007 6:18 PM
You want us to combine this
With this
and the word 'aardvark' in letters?
...anf fit it in 756px by 93px ?
Have I mentioned lately that you are out of your mind?
Posted by: Henrik | January 3, 2007 6:56 PM
You should work on getting Aardvarchaeology listed in the Blog index at the scienceblogs.com top page as well.
Posted by: Mustafa Mond, FCD | January 4, 2007 4:36 PM
Yeah, I know. Sb's web designer is away on holiday. I hope he'll fix it on Monday. Meanwhile, the hit counter for Aardvarchaeology is nevertheless beating more than half of the other Sb blogs. Mwahaha!
Posted by: Martin R | January 4, 2007 4:46 PM
Feel free to use this image aardvarchaeology.jpg
Posted by: Rhampton | January 4, 2007 10:18 PM
Hey, man/lady/talented person, that's really cool! A strong contender. Looking at the bitmap, I realise that I may have been overly enthusiastic about the banner's width. Would you like to make a 756 x 50 pixel version as well?
Posted by: Martin R | January 5, 2007 3:20 AM
Oh boy, did I screw-up -- I purposely built a bleed margin into my Photoshop file and then forgot about it. That's why the first image was over-sized. Well, I corrected the error and remade the image to fit the dimensions you initially provided (aardvarchaeology_756x93.jpg). If you still think you need a 756x50 banner, let me know and I'll get to it.
As for my gender, I'll let Brock Sampson of the hilarious Venture Brothers answer that one;
Posted by: Rhampton | January 5, 2007 1:59 PM
Wow, thanks! Silly me, I just assumed the first version was 93 pixels. The new one is exactly the right width. Also improved by the removal of the spotlight on the 'vark's head! Now you can see the ears.
Posted by: Martin R | January 5, 2007 2:05 PM
John and Henrik, sorry for my late reply! I just learned that comments with links stick in the junk filter.
John, your stuff is great, I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
Henrik, as for insanity, you're on my wavelength. I'm sure you can transcend space and time and 756 by 93 pix.
Posted by: Martin R | January 7, 2007 4:59 PM
Wow! That one from Rhampton is really great! Tough one.
Posted by: Henrik | January 12, 2007 5:53 PM