Bottiger, take a closer look by clicking on the icon at the head of this thread to see a larger image. Agreed, however, that the snake would need to be redone to make its features more visible in a small format. It does lend itself to animation in a way that no other logo could manage. If you needed a thumbnail, it would be best done as just the head of the snake.
On Sep 2, 4:52 pm, Bottiger <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you and Diane, here are my thoughts on the logo. > > The logo must be easily recognized at a distance or reduced in size > (when you iconize for example). The logo here has many fine details > such as the mouth and the eyes which can barely be seen as I am > looking at it through Google Groups. At its current state, it is more > suitable for animation (which Diane appears to have much experience > with) rather than a logo. > > That is the issue, and not because it is a cute animal. If you take a > look at animal logos such as Python.org, and Twitter.com, you will see > that they are properly vectorized to avoid the reliance on fine detail > to distinguish themselves. > > http://python.org/images/python-logo.gifhttp://a2.twimg.com/a/1251845223/images/frontpage-bird.png > > On Sep 1, 9:39 pm, "Richard Gordon" <[email protected]> > 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! > > > plain 2 WEB2py dianimation.jpg > > 145KViewDownload > > > looped 2 WEB2py dianimation.jpg > > 146KViewDownload > > > tail wrap WEB2py dianimation.jpg > > 145KViewDownload > > > looped 2 connecting web py dianimation.jpg > > 150KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
