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  1. 04-12-2026, 08:19 #1
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    Thumbs up SELEM 2026 Logo Ideas

    So, does anyone have any cool ideas for the SELEM 2026 logo? This will be the 19th SELEM, btw.

    Winning logo gets a free SELEM shirt!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheHermit View Post
    What does this year's T-shirt look like?
    Literally trying to get my act together to attend.
    What is the deadline for video entries?
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    no videos necessary! no deadlines. just show up with your abstract synth.
    suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheHermit View Post
    "But, how can you have any pudding, if you don't eat your meat?"

    How can I compete if I don't enter a video, Master Swami?
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    no competition at SELEM!
    suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheHermit View Post
    Yeah, I know, 'Dog.
    The awards are handed out at SELEM, right?

    That's why I was asking about the deadline date to enter my 1st video, 1st 'show' in 4 decades, with a spanking new laser synth, that's yet to have it's final PCB ordered.

    No competition, just plenty of gall.
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    No. The awards are at ILDA. The entry date for the video entries are end of this month.
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    We've only got a couple weeks until I have to finalize the shirt order, and I haven't seen a single logo submission yet.

    Doesn't anyone have any ideas? (You guys really don't want to leave this to me - I have zero artistic ability!)

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    I also have no artistic capabilities. So I did what any nerd would do.

    I asked ChatGPT.

    Is it "Enthusiasts" or "Enthusiast" ??




    I also asked Gemini, but the results were not as good.

    But I do like the "Mission Patch" idea that both came up with independently.

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    It's always been enthusiast's, which is the singular possessive form, although you could make the case that the plural-possessive form (enthusiasts') is more grammatically correct.

    I do like the "mission patch" logo style you've come up with though! We've never done that before...

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    Quote Originally Posted by buffo View Post
    I do like the "mission patch" logo style you've come up with though! We've never done that before...
    I'd love to take credit for that, but that was all AI (both of them) Here as my original prompt:

    "make a logo good for embroidery for a conference of laser show and projector enthusiasts. the year is 2026 and it's the 19th con. make sure to add some elements of an rgb laser"

    each LLM took about 4 iterations to get to the ones I posted. I can make any changes if you want, or people can just riff on those ideas.
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    Default SELEM 19 Logo

    Was thinking about domes… :-)

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