[TurboGears] Re: TurboGears visuals for 0.9/1.0

[Ronald Jaramillo]

Hi Koorb, I really like the metallic gear (the flat one, not the quicksilver one),  Color wise I think green is not that good, it tend's to get muggy and heavy.  The dark red in the circle inside the gear of the existing logo is better, it looks good on white, conveys warm, passion and  is classy in a royal kind of way. One problem with the current logo is that, even if I like the idea of a 'G' as a gear (and I'm shure grafically we can make it work) it's still 'wrong'. I mean there is no much turbo in a gear missing 18% of it's teeth?  That was not an attempt to be funny, people do react to such things without thinking. (hm, broken gear?) Anyway, I play a bit with the metallic gear: http://www.checkandshare.com/images/tg_logo_2.png I like the combination og white, gray and the deep red. Spend some time working with the typography and ended with a  heavy spaced ITC Officina Serif. It has an industrial look over it, and due to the serifs seams pretty solid/stable. Just my 2.c. Ronald    On Dec 11, 2005, at 12:34 AM, koorb wrote: Hey guys, this certainly is a hot topic. Nice to have a generally positive feedback. I had a play with some other ideas http://koorb.co.uk/static/images/tglogos/logo-sheet.png, someone on my web site suggested a metallic look. I don't think I pulled it off particularly well. I agree that it would do with being more serious, like it or otherwise there is competition. Simple is good, but so is good detail. I reckon my favourite of mine so far may be the bottom left most (first 1 under "section 3" - sorry I couldn't be bothered to split them into different files so I just numbered vague areas of the image :-) I changed the G-gear a bit, don't know what you think. If anyone has some constructive ideas that they can convey to me, I'd be willing to try and put it on screen. I tend to be inspirationally challenged, which is why I don't do *this* for a living! However my brother is a talented illustrator and I may see if he would be willing to give some input. On the subject of colour, does anyone have a preference? Im not a massive fan of the greens used on the site at the moment (or on my logos), but like the current logo, it has kind of grown on me. I often lean toward blue's and red's myself. On the subject of pros. Just by the fact that everyone knows who Jon Hicks is is proof enough of his talent, good designers are normally know by reputation rather than promotion. If we are really serious about a *really* good, professional look for tg then we will need a *really* good professional! I enjoy playing about with design and such, which is why I have put the time into these, but the fact is, the talent and inspiration of designers such as Hicks is something I could only dream of all I offer is doodles of an enthusiastic wanna-be. Sometimes though maybe that's enough and one of us here can come up with something, or better yet collaborate to come up with something. Either way I'm going to bed now as it's 11:30pm and I was up the other night till 2pm with this (see enthusiastic eh!). Notte. - wow, long post! koorb Henriksvej 15 2400 København NV +45 22 27 85 11 [EMAIL PROTECTED]