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Re: artwork

 

emm.. i can't see any attachments. please repost your message or drop a
link.

best regards,
jay

On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 07:11 +0200, Charl Wentzel wrote:
> Hi David
> 
> I like your ideas.  These Ideas will work well as a splash screen
> and/or background for the desktop, as a logo we need something very
> simple though.
> 
> I like the 3D effect!  How about some animation?  An animated version
> would add quite a bit of "nice" to the installer.  We can use it on
> the opening screen of the installer!  It think it would look really
> great.
> 
> The steel plate idea sounds nice.  But be careful not to overwhelm
> with to much detail.  May be make a couple of versions, e.g.:
> - the 3D version with a plain background (as per your attached
> version)
> - a steel plate version with a simpler logo.  I'm thinking in the line
> of having the logo as plain steel parts on top of the main steel
> plate.  Then you have the detail of the logo but all in a steel color,
> so you can a lot of detail but without all the colors.
> 
> Good work!
> 
> Charl
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David M. Kelley <david.peace2002@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: charl.wentzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Dubuntu - Ubuntu for Developers <dubuntu-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Dubuntu-team] artwork
> Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:05:15 -0500
> 
> I made the attachment with Gimp. I'm working on a background, something
> like a steel plate, the kind one walks on.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Charl Wentzel wrote:
> > Hi guys
> > 
> > I'm not yet clued up with Gimp and other graphics tools on Linux, but 
> > I'll try making a revision later.  I like the idea.  Here a description 
> > of my variant and why....
> > 
> > Starting with the original Ubuntu log, keeping the main circular parts 
> > and the "heads" (small circles).  Then add the "bricks" (rectangles from 
> > your idea) and put it in between the gaps of the circular parts.
> > 
> > It then resembles three people passing bricks to one another... building 
> > to gether, hence working on the community effort theme of Ubunty.
> > 
> > I also like the "troth" (triangle) in the middle.
> > 
> > It's a small change and slightly more complicated logo, but I like the 
> > message it portrays.
> > 
> > Regards
> > Charl
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > *From*: jay <jay.27182818@xxxxxxxxx 
> > <mailto:jay%20%3cjay.27182818@xxxxxxxxx%3e>>
> > *To*: Reenen Laurie <rlaurie@xxxxxxxxx 
> > <mailto:Reenen%20Laurie%20%3crlaurie@xxxxxxxxx%3e>>
> > *Cc*: Dubuntu - Ubuntu for Developers <dubuntu-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > <mailto:Dubuntu%20-%20Ubuntu%20for%20Developers%20%3cdubuntu-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%3e>>
> > *Subject*: Re: [Dubuntu-team] artwork
> > *Date*: Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:42:57 +0200
> > 
> > well, actually i didn't think much about the turn. it's a very rough
> > sketch. but i think our logo should resemble ubuntu's one (like
> > edubuntu's or ubuntu studio's). i've attached an improved variant (i
> > added some color just to better distinguish different parts of the
> > logo). what about "Letting the circular parts touch the blocks" - you
> > may think of the circular parts as some glue (cement maybe). my idea was
> > to make a geometrically simple logo so i didn't add any gaps between the
> > circle parts and the blocks. feel free posting your own variants so that
> > we'll have more choice.
> > 
> > best regards,
> > jay
> > 
> > On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 11:23 +0200, Reenen Laurie wrote:
> >> Looks awesome!
> >> 
> >> I would like to know if you had reasoning behind:
> >> 1. Letting the circular parts touch the blocks?
> >> 2. The "turn" of the logo.  (ie. at the moment the triangle is ^ and
> >> have blocks at 2, 6, and 10 o'clock, if we use "ubuntu" circles, the
> >> triangle would be <| and have blocks at 3, 7 and 11 o'clock)
> >> 
> >> And btw. I am not saying you should change it (it really looks
> >> awesome), I just saw you had some symbolism so maybe you had more...
> >> 
> >> Regards,
> >> -Reenen
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 3:02 AM, jay <jay.27182818@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:jay.27182818@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>         i suggest to use this thread for artwork related discussions.
> >>         here's my
> >>         logo proposal. the three rectangles symbolize bricks and the
> >>         triangle -
> >>         a trowel. i'm not determined about colors but it's not very
> >>         important
> >>         for now.
> >>         
> >>         best regards,
> >>         jay
> >>         
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