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I'm kind of the junior partner in this arrangement, but I'm thrilled just to be along for the ride. Far too infrequently do I get to look at awesome up close.
What you see, here, is the official ad for the "Portland in 2016" bid effort to land Westercon 69 for the Rose City, which will appear in the program book for at Westercon 67:
Quite the thing, neh? And I get to say that I contributed.
A precis:
The design suprema here is
Meredith Cook. She has the sharpest design mind I've come across lately and I've found her incredibly inspiring. She's guided the the design effort so far and planted the seed (and did the hard beginning work) that grew into the goodness that is, and is sure to come. The general artistic appearance of that logo comes from her. I contributed a few ideas that serve to give it a little more character; it may or may not be what it is because of the bits I suggested, but it wouldn't have been
at all if it weren't for her.
The base photo, that of that night-time Portland skyline, is my own work (
as I detailed here). By making the bid effort logo circular, Meredith's design has enabled it to be used in the cleverest way … the moon-over-town, lighting and illuminating a sky full of things that we love about Portland, and that sell Portland as
the place for the envisioned Westercon 69. the whole effect is pure visual poetry to me, because as a place for fandom, Portland needs not too much more selling (at least in my personal, fairly smug opinion).
Westercon 67 is taking place in Salt Lake City this next month. That is where the vote will happen;
anyone who wants to support our effort is welcome to do so (there's even a
Pre-opposing contribution option, for those sufficiently perverse).
Portland in 2016 has Facebook and Twitter presences for those of you so inclined:
So, go support. Who knows … you might win a date with a unicorn!*
*Maybe, I guess. I don't know from who, but anything's possible … if you believe!
