Like Richard's opinion, I like snake #1's expression as well and would vote to have a new rendering of that snake posing similar to image #4 where it is intertwining with "web" and "py".
Web2Py is a developer's tool, hence a "crazy" logo is fine as long as it represents the ideas the community/developers want to portray. It's the applications that gets the businessman's nod. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Richard Gordon <richard_gor...@verizon.net>wrote: > Dear web2py community: > > I recognize that this is very late to the web2py logo game and that you may > be tired of this thread, but I felt strongly enough about it to take some > action. Being artistically challenged, I asked a dear friend of mine and > professional animator, Diane Heller (http://www.dianimation.com), to > illustrate a web2py logo based on my specs. I submitted her drawings to > Massimo for his review and he asked that I open them to this forum for your > further review and comments. So please share your thoughts! To avoid biasing > the discussion, I will withhold Massimo's feedback. > > I will, however, relate what I wrote to Massimo regarding the thought > process behind this logo design. Web2py is clearly in the early > adopter phase and needs to graduate to the crucial early majority phase > before it can "cross the chasm" into the mainstream market acceptance. For > web2py to proliferate, the focus right now must be on reaching early > adopters and the leading-edge of the early majority. > > I suspect these people are either existing python programmers or > programmers who have heard good things about python and web2py and are > willing to switch frameworks and languages. The common draw among them, > IMHO, is python. To state it differently, if web2py were written in Ruby or > another language, it's likely most of us wouldn't be here. That is, unless > we were absolutely desperate for a better framework solution than Ruby or > Django, which seems unlikely. > > Obviously, a logo won't convince early adopters that web2py is > enterprise/production worthy. Only apps will do that. But a logo > can reference other brands (python) while remaining identifiably unique and > inspiring brand loyalty. The attached drawings are attempts to achieve that > difficult feat. > > I attach 4 versions of the logo for your consideration (call them 1, 2, 3, > and 4 in sequence). The last one, #4, of the snake looping through the b and > wrapping its tail around the p in web and py, respectively, is a draft of my > preferred choice because it depicts a linkage between the web and python and > creates a dynamic tension that the others lack. The other logos are > prototypes from which you should consider competing snake facial expressions > and body proportions and positions. > > This is still a work in progress, but please know that it is very hard > work. Unless there is overwhelmingly positive feedback to these prototypes > and a strong chance of using this logo to represent web2py, I will > immediately ask Diane to cease and desist from further work. She has a big > project on her plate and it would be unfair to ask for any more of her time > than she has already graciously volunteered, unless there was a strong > interest from this community. > > So ... have at it. Let the comments fly! > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
