Orion's Arm Future History Logo

Logo is for my future history setting, see Orion’s Arm Future History, A Synopsis.

"Orion's Arm," is a double-entendre reference:

Reference 1. Orion: the nuclear pulse propulsion technology developed at General Atomics in 1958. In my future history Orion is the application which opens the solar system to mankind. Later along the timeline pulsed fusion propulsion plays a role in more advanced interplanetary commerce. Much later along the timeline a robust interplanetary civilization mounts interstellar expeditions.

Reference 2. Orion Arm: the location of Earth's sun, on the inner edge of the Orion arm of the Milky Way Galaxy – the reference indicates the span of my future history: At 1,400 years into the second Epoch of my future history humanity has started to spread into interstellar space.

I’ve designed various logos in the past for my future history, but my primary focus has been on content. Being in the midst of a number of intensive model builds at the moment, taking a break took the form of some graphic design.

Text design converted into 3ds with Google SketchUp 7 Pro. Textured and rendered in Bryce 7.1 Pro.

Background is Artist's impression of the Milky Way courtesy NASA/JPL. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESO/R. Hurt.