Updated OBS Graphics

This is a work in progress, and I can see lots of bits which need tidying, but people have been asking me to post these in a thread of their own, so here goes...

Firstly, these are not meant to replace the OBS graphics with something completely new and different, they're more an evolution of the current and previous games graphics, but taken in a different direction to that which OBS has gone down.

The main points behind the design is to:
- Bring more of the current games' graphic design & branding into the television graphics
- Bring some more colour and excitement into the graphics
- Get rid of the garish swoops and gradients which seem to be the mainstay of the current set
- Come up with a sensible, repeatable, respectful animation scheme (the current set IMHO is a complete mess when it comes to animation)

I first started with this:
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea.jpg

which quickly got updated to this:
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea2.jpg

The colours come from the official brand colours for each of the sports, as seen on the tickets, venues and pictograms. I originally used Century Gothic as it's pretty close to the London 2012 secondary font, but it's use didn't translate too well to the graphics. I forsee that in future games, the header & heading font would reflect the games brand, while the rest of the graphics would stay pretty much the same (or with hints to the branding).

http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea3.jpg
This is that design, layed out in one of the grid / table formats.

New stuff...
I decided the dark grey was a bit too dark, so after some experimentation, we now have:
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea2a.jpg
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea3a.jpg

(I've also expanded the country name text a little in response to AxG's post in the other thread)

Updated weather conditions graphic:
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea4.jpg
I may yet dispense with the heading text, and replace it with icons.

Pre / post coverage billboard
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea6.jpg
The billboards are shown before the official OBS coverage starts (and after it finishes), generally only seen by broadcasters, although it does occaisionally slip to air on the EBU streams.

Generic information strap
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea5.jpg
A wide range of information can be carried on these types of graphics. This is just a rough idea (top two lines as used for real, the third line is the unbroadcast real reason the same shot got left up for 15 minutes during one delay).

Sailing graphics
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea7.jpg
A bit of a mix here - we've got a clock on the right - a marker on the left, and a position table / guide on the mid left. Different elements can be used at different times. This image is more to show the kind of language I'm aiming for - detailed 3D rendered headers, and flat, translucent sufaces for the "body" of the graphics. Simple markers like the "2nd Mark" don't get rendered with the 3D treatment & swoops as they do now.

And that's as far as I've got at the moment... I'll add more as time & enthusiasm allows.

Edit: More images below

Some great updates here!

Alas the 'Sailing graphics' the country codes are not aligned?

But I do like the 'Pre / post coverage billboard'.

I'll have a 99 please.

All of them are (currently) centre aligned. Chosen because of "what happens when you end up with a really long country name next to a really small country name?".

http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-tweek1.jpg

Looking at that though, I think left alignment may be the way forward.

http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea7a.jpg

(Malawi & Iran btw)

Edit:


Here's the real one:
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-real-billboard.jpg

Great work, as I've already said. These look much better than what are on screen but you know that. Also better executed then the computer game approach which are also likeable.

I'd like to see some athlete name lower thirds, scorebox/scorebar and team sheet graphics.

Also some Paralympics equivalents would be good as well.

I'd like to see them too

Looks really professional. I like it. This is how graphics really should be revolutionized.

Brilliant execution, and amazing interpretation of the 2012 branding within the same style as the current graphics. It would have been brilliant to see something like this at this years Olympics.

I really like this, Please Continue.

Also the Secondary Font is Futura.

Absolutely amazing. Best mock I've seen since mdta's BBC Breakfast mock.

Some more graphics for you...

Here's a race on the rowing:
First up - introduce the competitors. Lanes are identified with numbers on a dark background.
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea9.jpg

Now we introduce the competitors for each team - here's China.
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea8.jpg

We're underway and halfway down the course, here's a split timing screen. I may still get rid of the short country names here since their duplicated.
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea10.jpg

Quick update on the winning team so far.
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea12.jpg

And France do indeed go on to win.
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea13.jpg

So finally we get to see the complete running times of the competitors, now with red numbers to indicate position.
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea14.jpg


Match Clock & Score, two variations (both used on the beach volleyball tonight)
One with the player names
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea15.jpg
One with just the country names
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-idea16.jpg

I've removed the "GER" text from some of the flag graphics where it feels superfluous. Likewise, I've added a coloured strip to the teams in the score graphics, as I always struggle with working out which team is which if I join a match halfway through (not helped when the competitors, like earlier, wear the 'wrong' colours compared to their flags - Australia vs Brazil with Australia in green + yellow, and Brazil in yellow + blue). A little strip of colour is so useful!

And finally, a Paralympics graphic - basically the same as the normal games ones, just with the appropriate logos and pictograms. I tried adding some of the "noise" from the Paralympics logo onto the header area, but it just looked cluttered and messy.
http://home.vis-is.co.uk/data/mocks/obs-paralympics.jpg

ETA:

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Now this one is great! In the quoted pictures, to improve, behind the chinese flag, there is a darker blue box, but not behind the france flag, overall WELL DONE!

Just trying out ideas. One was done before I removed the box. Not sure if it's going to stay.