Daan - agreed about the balance, however disagree about the monkey. I think if the text was a layer over the cloud, it might be more balanced, like this: http://i.imgur.com/WTNAIoG.png (not the same font or text, but the idea)
Regards, Kirk Jantzer http://about.me/kirkjantzer On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 4:34 PM, Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>wrote: > I actually don't like the cute creature in there. from a graphical > stance; it ruins the balance in the logo, hanging out on the top > right. maybe because of the form factor. maybe you can try one without > the monkey and one cut in which the centre of the picture is between > the base of the monkey tail and the start of the cloud. > > sorry to nag, > Daan > > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:00 PM, Laszlo Hornyak > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Sending version 0.0.3: > > - Complete monkey added > > - "Apache" added > > - Clouds more like the original logo > > This also comes with some cons: > > - 4 colors > > - lots of text, at least compared to 0.0.1 > > but if you look at it scaled down to very small, it is still readable, > even > > the monkey is so-so. > > > > Just in case someone feels like experimenting, I also attached the up to > > date version of my reverse engineered cloudstack monkey with cloud. > > > > steroidmonkey is just a bit different from the poweredbycloudstack svg, > spot > > the difference :-) > > > > Your feedback is welcome! > > > > Thank you, > > Laszlo > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Daan Hoogland <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I like, > >> 2. But I agree with Rbyn about the word apache. I should be in there. > >> I think it must even. > >> 1. It looks streched on my preview in finder as well > >> > >> On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Robyn Bergeron <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> >> From: "Laszlo Hornyak" <[email protected]> > >> >> To: [email protected] > >> >> Cc: [email protected] > >> >> Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:31:11 AM > >> >> Subject: Re: Request: Help designing a 'powered by' logo for > CloudStack > >> >> > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> Here is my version: > >> >> - SVG format as you requested > >> >> - Only two colors, exactly the same as for the original logo. I > prefer > >> >> few > >> >> colors for such pictures > >> >> - Unfortunately the monkey could not make it, the whole thing needs > to > >> >> fit > >> >> into a very small area and the monkey would be too little detail (the > >> >> monkey is übercool anyway) > >> >> - if no monkey, then cloud > >> >> - only "powered by cloudstack", no extra text because it make make > >> >> difficult to read in such a small place > >> >> - see attached file :) > >> > > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I like the cloud idea/placement. (And totally get that it's going to > be > >> > hard to see the monkey in such a small space. Even though he's so > cute.) > >> > > >> > Two things - > >> > > >> > 1) The lettering in the word "cloudstack" looks stretched as compared > >> > with the normal look of the font - I'm not sure if that's > intentional, not > >> > intentional, something really weird in how it's rendering on my > screen... :) > >> > 2) I realize the problem around "no extra text" but ... do we want to > >> > add in the word apache? (or conversely, is there any reason why it > shouldn't > >> > be added in... legal, etc)? > >> > > >> > -robyn > >> > > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 6:56 PM, David Nalley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Hi folks: > >> >> > > >> >> > If you happen to have some graphical design talent (I have none) I > >> >> > have a great opportunity for you :) > >> >> > > >> >> > CloudStack needs a 'powered by' logo that is easy to consume, and > is > >> >> > also attractive. > >> >> > > >> >> > A couple examples of powered by logos: > >> >> > > >> >> > http://tomcat.apache.org/images/tomcat-power.gif > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/download/attachments/80899/mahout-logo-poweredby-100.png?version=1&modificationDate=1312880703000 > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > https://netbeans.org/images_www/screenshots/6.0/baseIDE_ant_powered_150px.png > >> >> > > >> >> > A couple of constraints: > >> >> > * Please don't use the Apache feather. (we could, but lets not; it > >> >> > will make life simpler) > >> >> > * Please try and produce a vector format as source (this allows us > to > >> >> > scale/etc) > >> >> > * Because this will become a trademark (which is vastly different > >> >> > that > >> >> > copyright) - we will likely need some explicit email agreement > around > >> >> > trademarks rights for the image. (I promise, it isn't as scary as > >> >> > that > >> >> > sentence makes it out to be.) > >> >> > > >> >> > Anyone interested? > >> >> > > >> >> > --David > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> > >> >> EOF > >> >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > EOF >
