Here is an email from Barbara: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12480397/airavatabannerdraft.jpg
-- Hello all, After taking into account your suggestions for the logo based on the Doodle Suresh put out last week, I've created a draft banner (attached). In terms of the actual icon, remember that most OSes actually display the name of the program on their own, so that should be picture-only, no text. I will work on that last after we get a final banner with logo done and cleaned up. Barbara Hallock On May 17, 2011, at 9:38 AM, Suresh Marru wrote: > Hi All, > > I think the consensus (with the limited votes on doodle poll) is to have to > the straight faced elephant and blueish color. Of course the cartoonish > elephant is preferred by every one, but we need a contribution of a 3 faced > while elephant cartoon. If not the popular alternative seems to be the > straight faced one Barbara used already. > > I tried to combine the suggestions so far (from the old google group > discussion and doodle poll): > > The elephants and color shades from > http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#gWYP5 the blue and gold border as in > http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#bKHj9, the word "airavata" on the bottom > as in - http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#i2MsA. I have seen lot of > negatives on the current placements of the feather may be because the > feather is at elephant's feet. I haven't seen any suggestions on placement of > feather though. It will be great if the trunk can lift the feather up, if not > placing it on the forehead in some manner might be a possibility. > > For web page banner one illustration I can think of is like > http://dementedpants.imgur.com/8M1H3#gWYP5 with a big feather falling from > top or slanted from bottom of the word airavata. > > Any other suggestions? > > Suresh > > On May 13, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Suresh Marru wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >
