On Thursday, 3 July 2014 at 21:02:53 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
On Thursday, 3 July 2014 at 19:46:18 UTC, Alix Pexton wrote:
I agree, it may be a happy accident that a shape that was
meant to be part of the glossy sheen on the image got
interpreted as the distant Martian horizon, but the D and
moons look unbalanced without it.
Yep, I think it is a reflection, but used to balance the image.
If you look at the other designs by Martin on his d-logo page
it is kind of revealing.
I also think you can ignore the importance of the background
colour. The white D and cirlcle(s) have a pretty strong visual
impact. Take a look at these variations:
http://d.progdocu.appspot.com/test1
I think they are all easily recognizable.
Besides, you should be able to represent the logo in monochrome
for print. (E.g. light on dark background)
Oh those all look good, personally I like the first one the best.
I agree that the horizon/sheen is not necessary, I never even saw
it as a horizon until it was brought up.
