Stefano Mazzocchi wrote: > Robert Koberg wrote: > > ...opinion... > > > > I definitely don't like the first one. I would like the 2cnd one more if it > > did not have the dots/eyes. My first impression is that it has something to > > do with the "following eyes" (eyes follow the mouse pointer). This > > animation/interaction is like a "hello world" for it's kind. Why do you need > > the dots/eyes? It does not add any value. If you are looking to make a > > character then you could have the eyes "open" when necessary. > > When I came up with the 'cocoon' logo, the dots were missing. I felt > there was some "style" missing, something that identified it, and the > dots seemed (at least to me) to add something both peculiar, funny and > nonsense to the picture. > > It was intentional: cognitive dissonance triggers deeper reasoning but > normally turn into deeper regions of your mind.
The dots inside each "O" are sufficient to create that effect. However, i strongly disagree with the need for a "nonsense" effect with the "OO eyes". I feel that that only serves to confuse. --David > Think of music: there are eary tunes that create no dissonance but don't > last and songs that might even look strident at first, but after hearing > them a few times, things start to "emerge". > > > And why does the first "o" have a dot/eye? > > Exactly to make you wonder why. > > But I'm sure that after a few times that you see it, you might get used > to the 'dissonance' and start considering it 'particular', or, by any > chance, even attractive. > > > fwiw, I can see a cool, simple, flash-like animation (I am sure this is not > > original :) with this font: > > [ this is a quick splash intro animation ] > > - A line (the catepillar) quickly crawls from left-offscreen (off-browser) > > to quickly crawl through the letters of "cocoon". > > - a trail was left to leave the word cocoon on screen > > - when it comes out of the "n" - a bunch of different butterflies come out > > and fly down/off the page > > Sounds like an idea. Are you volunteering to make it? :) > > [only partially joking: I'll be **very** happy to receive graphical > submittions besides my own] > > -- > Stefano Mazzocchi One must still have chaos in oneself to be > able to give birth to a dancing star. > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Friedrich Nietzsche > -------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
