Hi All, Please submit any logo suggestions so we can gather all the proposals and start a vote on. Thanks to Barbara Hallock for volunteering and proposing the drafts at http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#gvPwK. Barbara suggested us to narrow down some choices which will help her propose more focused logos. If you have logo preferences, can you please vote on - http://doodle.com/n7wnkqku9mdgrknr
I am recapping an old thread before the mailing list was crated: Thanks, Suresh ---- > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Suresh Marru <[email protected]> wrote: >> On May 4, 2011, at 10:40 PM, Thilina Gunarathne wrote: >> >> I also like http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#gvPwK, but I >> personally prefer it to be bit more informal and soft on the edges >> (not sure whether being bit informal fits well with the meaning of >> Airavata). In the current format,the placing of the feather does not >> look right... >> >> Some pun: If we want to have the airavata software only serve the academic >> community then we can have the elephants dress up in shorts and t-shirts or >> we can let it to be ready for a swim. If we want to reach out to corporate >> audience, the side facing elephant;'s business casual might be a good fit. >> In presentations and client pitch-in's, we can put back the grander suite it >> originally had :) >> Thilina, from a mythological perspective Airavata is the vehicle of lord >> Indra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indra). I am not sure of the informal >> nature of the meaning but to my knowledge Airavata is not inside temples or >> directly prayed like Nandi(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandi_(bull)). Other >> than the soft edges, I am not sure how we can make the front faced elephants >> informal. >> Thanks, >> Suresh >> >> thanks, >> Thilina >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Raminderjeet Singh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> They all are nice. i like this as logo >> http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#gvPwK and >> http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#gWYP5 as banner (need to unify the >> color). >> >> On May 4, 2011, at 9:06 PM, Chathura Herath wrote: >> >> I like http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#i2MsA move the feather to the >> trunk. >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Marlon Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I like this one: http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#i2MsA But perhaps >> >> add the yellow trim around the surrounding lotus as in the first one, >> >> http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#bKHj9 >> >> >> Marlon >> >> >> On 5/4/11 8:53 PM, Suresh Marru wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> Barabara has put together a set of new logos for every one's comments - >> http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#gvPwK >> >> This is stil work in progress and is yet to finish some more ideas, but all >> suggestions so far have been extremely valuable, so please keep them coming. >> Also, if you are opposed to any particular logo and intend to vote -1 in the >> future, please indicate the image number now itself. This will help others >> narrowing down choices. >> >> Suresh >> >> On May 4, 2011, at 12:18 AM, Suresh Marru wrote: >> >> I did not realize the herd of elephant logos in Apache :-) (hadoop, mahout >> and all hadoop related projects) >> >> I agree that we should not confuse with hadoop, but having a related logo >> may not be a bad thing. In order to shrug of inertia from Scientific use >> cases, we will anyway need to compliment the Grid abstractions, overlaying >> airavata over Hadoop. >> >> Hi Barbara, >> >> I hope you are getting these emails and watching the detailed comments. >> Going with Ross's theory of not having too much details, drawing a simple >> three-headed elephant (taking ideas from the sculptures you showed me) might >> be a possibility. Some examples: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Laos_(1952-1975).svg >> >> http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-27249871/stock-photo-three-headed-elephant-statue.html >> >> Since we have a opposition for red, can we try royal blue as the background? >> Or any brighter color which stands out the milky white elephant and the >> apache feather. >> >> I searched for some phrases representing Airavata which might help your >> thinking: "Elephant of Clouds", "Airavata has four tusks and seven trunks >> and is spotless white", "The derivation of this name is referred to the word >> lravat, signifying, produced from water", >> >> Thanks for the help, >> >> Suresh >> >> >> On May 3, 2011, at 5:55 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: >> >> This is a great first draft. A few comments (by now the Airavata team will >> have have learned I always have something to say ;-) >> >> Red is a very angry colour. I agree with Suresh that this might be a bit >> much >> >> As a logo it has way too much detail. I had to look very carefully to figure >> out what it was all about. My eye kept being drawn to the saddle beauty of >> the saddle, I didn't even see the elephant to start with. >> >> When I did see the Elephant something was "not right". After a while I >> noticed it had three heads but this is really hard to see as the rightmost >> head is hidden behind the ear and in the saddle. >> >> Finally, the shading and detail in the elephant means that it's hard to >> gather it all in with a quick scan which is all a logo usually gets. >> >> I suspect this would look fantastic at ten times the size and on a mouse mat >> (does anyone use them now). >> >> I'm also a little concerned that the use of the elephant in this form might >> confuse Airavata and Hadoop (http://hadoop.apache.org/). I think it's >> sufficiently different in style, but the concept might be a little too >> close. >> >> Having said all that I like the idea of this logo. Personally I think it >> should be simpler (something that works well in a block graphic on a t-shirt >> for example). And the three headed aspect needs to be clearer. >> >> Perhaps we should just have the elephants three heads facing out of the page >> (i.e. central head looking straight at us, left one looking over our left >> shoulder and right over the right shoulder). >> >> Finally, unlike Suresh I really like the subtlety of the Apache feather as >> an earing. Nice touch. >> >> Ross >> >> On 03/05/2011 22:30, Suresh Marru wrote: >> >> Hi Barbara, >> >> Thank you for coming up with a logo in such a short time, its amazing. I >> >> was really impressed the way you were doing your home work going through >> >> all existing apache projects and reading through the project proposal >> >> and also the stories of Airavata elephants. >> >> I am cc'ing the group for comments. I can see that you tried to stick to >> >> the colors of the elephant saddle. I really like font style but I am >> >> little worried that the web page might look too reddish. Also the >> >> feather is buried in the grander of the saddle and is not prominent. But >> >> I am not a creative person and will let others comment. >> >> Just to give you a heads up on the process, we will just take comments >> >> and iterate through the logs. By early next week or so, we should have >> >> public mailing list setup and we will forward this discussion there and >> >> also call for other designs. Once we have some draft designs will call >> >> for a voting. >> >> I think it might be better to hold of on CSS until early next week, so >> >> we will not waste your time twice. We still need to have a discussion on >> >> the chosen web page publishing tools. It might be similar to the Rave >> >> project I showed you, but will need to confirm. >> >> Thanks for your time and effort, >> >> Suresh >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> *From: *"Hallock, Barbara Lynn via RT" <[email protected] >> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> >> *Date: *May 3, 2011 4:50:54 PM EDT >> >> *To: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> *Subject: **[RAC RT #53837] Logo Request for a Graphics Designer* >> >> *Reply-To: *[email protected] >> >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> Suresh, >> >> First, thanks for taking the time to meet with me in person. >> >> I have come up with a first draft for the Airavata logo which >> >> incorporates the three-headed elephant you like and also the Apache >> >> feather. >> >> One note is that this is a fairly wide graphic. I've designed it with >> >> the web in mind, but it can easily be cropped to just the elephant (I'll >> >> include a black and white version of just the graphic with the final >> >> product when it's finished, if you would like.) >> >> Barb >> >> Please let me know what the group thinks about it / would like changed / >> >> etc. I will start on the web page / css first thing tomorrow. >> >> Barb >> >> UITS Research Technologies >> >> Core Services
