I really like the santa variant, but I totally agree with andrea that the logo as such should be our current logo.
You really have a touch for design !! Jan I. On 21 December 2012 23:30, Michael Acevedo <vea1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Andrea, > > I uploaded the logos to a Picasa Web album and should be accessible on the > link below. I took a conservative approach and only change the coloring of > the words "Open" and "Office" with the colors of the season. The change is > nothing out of this world. > > You may see the two variants here: > > > https://picasaweb.google.com/102338277738893050711/AOOHolidayLogos?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCMnEnLzl7sKgOA&feat=directlink > > Hope you like them. > > > On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org > >wrote: > > > Michael Acevedo wrote: > > > >> I've attached my candidates to this email. Let me know if you can see > >> them. > >> > > > > Thanks! Unfortunately, they didn't reach the list so nobody could see > > them. It's better to upload them to http://imagebin.org/ or somewhere. > > > > > > Logo #1 puts a santa hat on the orb and tweaks the colors of the word > >> OpenOffice to the typical red and green of the season. > >> Logo #2 makes the orb a decorated ball. The coloring of the word > >> OpenOffice remains the same... > >> > > > > Reading the descriptions, the solutions seem quite creative! But with the > > logo we must be careful, meaning: adding themed elements to the logo is > OK, > > while replacing the orb or the colors should probably be avoided, to make > > sure visitors are not confused (this logo will be seen 800K times a day, > > and there are enough OpenOffice "ripoff" sites around for visitors to be > > quite paranoid). > > > > So I'd rather put online a version that adds elements instead of altering > > the current orb/colors... but out of personal curiosity I'd also be happy > > to see #1 and #2 above too! > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > > > > -- > Best, > Michael >
