On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 22:51 +0200, Peter Čuhalev wrote: > Jon Phillips wrote: > > >On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 14:11 +0200, Peter Čuhalev wrote: > > > > > >>hello, > >>i got around a little time and made a logo for create and a little > >>redesign on the css theme of the planet blog on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>i took jon's lightbulb and styled it a little as the idea was to have a > >>lightbulb or so i remember. > >> > >> > > > >Very cool! My only concern about the Create logo with the bulb is that > >its similar to the jabber logo (jabber.org). However, I like the little > >swatches net to the bulb. > > > > > Hmm. jabber lightbulb, there is a similarity that's true. I wonder can > two projects have similar logos and co-exist I believe it is possible, > but I'll try to think of a new thing maybe. > > I have another idea and I'll try to realize it and twick it soon too.
Cool! That is why I originally started to create some more detailed images of lightbulbs. > >I wonder what other ways we can get the logo to convey the ideas of > >collaboration between other open source creative applications and > >sharing? > > > > > I tried also to include crop marks into the logo, but it didn't come out > nicely so I just left the swatches, which I think are a nice addition. Agree... > >Also, I'm curious to why you made the two 'e' letters grey. > > > > > E's grey. Hmm I wanted to make something new from the name. Like to make > a difference in the name. Create is a normal word, but if you colour the > two e's in it it makes a more unique style. You could say The Create > project, the one with grey E's. (just had an idea to colour it. and it > balances the logo nicely too.) Ok, I guess I've become too functional in my concerns for design ;) > >However, I love the simplicity of the lightbulb, but think the lines in > >it should be thickened so that it can also exist in black and white. > > > > > black and white. Hmm. i'll make a grayscale version also, and purely b&w. Awesome, this is always the ultimate test for a logo. Is it faxable? copyable? (generally, does it stand up on its own?) > >>anyways a preview of logo + how new css looks with it. + logo and .css > >>files for switching included. > >>am open to suggestions on improving and further developing the idea or > >>things if needed. > >> > >>regards, > >>peter > >> > >> > > > >Cool! I wonder if there is even more tweaking you could do to the planet > >layout. It still looks pretty similar to openclipart planet. > > > > > Just got a great idea for tweaking the main site, planet and wiki. Will > prepare a preview in the next week or soo when I get to the time. I'll > try integrating a more unified layout, I'll see what I can come up with. Cool...thanks for the patches. Are you comfortable using SVN and command line? After I commit one of your patches, I will give you free reign on the server to tweak...we need more developers :) > >Thanks so much for undertaking this and making some cool ideas. > > > I believe it is the least I can do as I find the project really great > and as things start to develop and integrating, like Scribus looking > into the Create folder now also, a good image will be important. > > regards, > Peter Thanks Peter, you are cool! Jon -- Jon Phillips San Francisco, CA USA PH 510.499.0894 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rejon.org MSN, AIM, Yahoo Chat: kidproto Jabber Chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Inkscape (http://inkscape.org) Open Clip Art Library (www.openclipart.org) Creative Commons (www.creativecommons.org) San Francisco Art Institute (www.sfai.edu) _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
