Josh, Do you have an example of the "spray paint effect" from another logo, or similar?
As far as background, I thought maybe a conglomeration of words in a repeating background. But with only partial transparency, because otherwise it'd be WAY too busy. https://www.123rf.com/clipart-vector/grammar.html?sti=nnv33o0rk9snbgnfws|&mediapopup=52613707 Those background(s) could be on alternating blocks (i.e. the white, or the grey/dark) so it's not too overwhelming. Another option could be gears or something like that: https://www.alamy.com/mechanical-seamless-vector-background-pattern-monochromatic-gray-image217739171.html Just some thoughts. On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 11:23 PM Joshua C. Poore <poor...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Folks! > > As some of you know, I just had my second kid. Needless to say, I've had > my hands full and haven't been as active. However, I got some more work > done on Logos today. I need to keep working on flaglorien, but I took > the rough design of flagonSaveTheQueen, kept the geometry and sharpened > it up a bit... The results are pretty cool and theres a lot we can do > with it. Check it out: > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-flagon/blob/master/site/images/flagonMaster.svg > > I haven't figured out yet how to get that nice spray paint effect I > wanted with the original flagonSaveTheQueeen, so stand by on that. > > Making some progress... > > Also looking for any thoughts on background art to replace the current > artwork on the website, or at least mix it up a bit... Although, I think > the new logo I produced (above) would transfer well on to the existing > "darktheme" art. > > Josh > > On 10/5/2019 2:41 PM, Furkan KAMACI wrote: > > Hi Joshua, > > > > Great sketches! From a user perspective, I liked the #1 just because of > it > > seems cool. > > > > Kind Regards, > > Furkan KAMACI > > > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:40 PM Austin Bennett < > whatwouldausti...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Sensible response and believe am in agreement -- and, related, I don't > have > >> any better ideas for logos at the moment. > >> > >> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 10:16 PM Joshua C. Poore <poor...@apache.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Austin! > >>> > >>> Thanks so much for the input. #2 is my favorite, too. > >>> > >>> Flagon is user analysis for the masses. It's open source, scalable > >>> business analytics for some. It's usability analysis for others. And, > >>> its turning the web into a decision-sciences laboratory for others. > >>> We're trying to make user analysis open source and safe for all time. > >>> We're trying to up the game, too. Clickstream is dumb, we're about > >>> patterns of life and real behavioral science. > >>> > >>> Check out the website: http://flagon.incubator.apache.org/ > >>> > >>> As for what the logo has to do with anything about our project: Its all > >>> history, just like Apple's Apple, Microsoft's Window, and Google's > >>> Wheel. Our first UserALE (our logging service) developer was super into > >>> beer. So he named it User-ALE (Analytic Logging Engine). The alcohol > >>> reference became a thing for the dev team--we started naming all our > >>> apps after booze (ALE, Distill, TAP, STOUT). So, when we changed our > >>> name, the name really aligned with the history of the products (e.g., > >>> Flagon of ALE) more than the products' scope. So, our logos don't > really > >>> have to have anything to do with our product, or a Flagon, they just > >>> have to be cool, fun, and energize people. > >>> > >>> If there are better ideas for something that aligns with behavioral > >>> logging, or actual Flagons (tough, I tried...), I'm all ears. But, we > >>> don't need to constrain ourselves, especially not at the cost of having > >>> fun and doing awesome things. I'd rather someone see something and ask, > >>> "whats that?" than see something completely obvious and have no > >>> motivation to explore. Our logo won't affect hits on Google, it will > >>> affect how much people spent time on our website or our booth at the > >>> next Apache con... > >>> > >>> Thoughts? > >>> > >>> > >>> On 9/29/2019 12:42 AM, Austin Bennett wrote: > >>>> #2 looks super cool; still don't have a great sense of what project is > >>>> trying to do as to whether sufficiently in-line. > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, Sep 28, 2019 at 9:38 PM Joshua C. Poore <poor...@apache.org> > >>> wrote: > >>>>> Hi Folks, > >>>>> > >>>>> I've been doing some sketches on Flagon logos. Probably we'll want a > >> few > >>>>> for various things, but we need a primary logo to use on Twitter, > >>>>> website, etc., etc. I can't get them to go through unscathed through > >> the > >>>>> dev lists. You can find them at this link: > >>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLAGON/Flagon+Logos > >>>>> > >>>>> These are just sketches I made. I have someone (probably) who can > >> finish > >>>>> them off, touch them up for us and make them web-ready. Of course, if > >>>>> someone from the community would like to do that, I'll take it! Just > >>>>> remember that the final will be copyright ASF. > >>>>> > >>>>> I call the first: FlagLorean. Was inspired by Back to the Future and > >> the > >>>>> old ORION films logo > >>>>> ( > >>>>> > >> > https://www.google.com/search?q=orion+pictures&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS863US863&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-4srQlvXkAhWOdd8KHXWgCfYQ_AUIEygC&biw=1368&bih=770#imgrc=NOPjZ1AuCpmMMM > >> : > >>> ). > >>>>> I wanted a throwback. I imagine this would have a metallic finish > with > >>>>> some color inlets (negotiable). I call the second: > FlagonSaveTheQueen. > >>>>> It speaks for itself, but was inspired with by the Pistols and Norse > >>>>> runes. For both, I wanted something that we could crop up and use for > >> a > >>>>> web extension icon, which would be recognizable. I liked the idea of > >>>>> using the "ON" in Flagon as our icon. Both of these logos would give > >> us > >>>>> something interesting to put in people's browsers, in that regard. > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm looking for feedback about what people would like to see on the > >>>>> website, wrt to a Logo. Whether either of these are moving in an > >>>>> interesting direction. Again, we need one primary logo, but a few > >> others > >>>>> for Merch/Giveaways. FlagonSaveTheQueen will make a bad-ass patch, > for > >>>>> example. Anyway, open to feedback and any other ideas. The sooner we > >>>>> pick some logos, the sooner we can get some cool shirts made :) > >>>>> > >>>>> Best, > >>>>> > >>>>> Josh > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> >
