On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 02:29:06AM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: > >> FWIW, you don't have to be a designer to help us here. Feel free to > >> contribute ideas about what would be a good logo that captures the essence > >> of Portland - there are designers around in the DebConf community who can > >> help us with turning those ideas into a design. > > I'm thinking a "Portland logo" should incorporate Evergreens, Mt Hood, > > and a cityscape. (And obviously the Debian logo.) I threw together a > > quick "back of the envelope" idea [1]. If you like it, please feel > > free to get a designer to flesh it out. (I'm willing to coordinate > > with designer, if needed). > >> Just as a quick brainstorm of things that we might incorporate into the logo > >> (pick one): > >> - one of the bridges > >> - Mt. Hood > >> - roses > > [1] - https://wiki.debconf.org/upload/6/63/DC14-draft-logo-bgupta.png > So based on vorlon's IRC feedback that my sketch might not translate > well to a logo, I took another pass to show that there is room for > stylization. [1] > I believe that a designer could take the stylization much further if > we gave them our color restrictions, and expected uses. (t-shirt, > etc.) > The real question I think, is do we like the idea of a logo that > captures Mt. Hood, Evergreens and the city skyline? > -Brian > [1] - https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/File:DC14-draft-logo-bgupta2.jpg I do like this idea. I defer to others who have more experience with things like e.g. the t-shirt printing to say whether this is practical. FWIW, if someone wants to run with this idea, here's some other source material for Portland's skyline - the classic view of Portland that Brian is capturing: http://www.i-5online.com/images/portland.jpg http://www.teamintraining.org/chapter/oswim/image/2675340/PortlandMarathon http://a57.foxnews.com/global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/fn2/travel/660/371/portland.jpg?ve=1 http://www.pacificnwelectric.com/images/portland.gif -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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