Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Logos for dynapi

[Raymond I. <xw...@ya...>]

See below:

--- Leif W <war...@us...> wrote:
> How's this logo concept?  Colors and font may need
> tweaking.  I didn't use a
> font so text may be chunky; I just copied the bitmap
> of a screenshot of the
> PDF as big as I could get, then reduced it's size
> again.  :-)
> 
> Regarding the logos at
>
http://www.creative-workshop.com/doug/dynapi_logos.zip
> , I first excluded
> all the ones that looked like an accident, then
> excluded the ones that maybe
> weren't too clear to read, and excluded all the ones
> that didn't have some
> logo attempt (since that was stated as an
> objective), excluded the ones that
> looked like buttons.  This left #7, which I then
> noticed looks a lot like
> the Win2k install logos.  So instead of reproducing
> another look, I just
> integrated the donated swirly logo (#2 in the PDF)
> and added some lines to
> draw the attention from the logo, across the word,
> focussing on API.
> 
> Any comments?

I like this logo design. The swirl looks great with
the "DynAPI" and the colors IMO complements each
other.
 
> Leif
> 
> P.S. Rant post-mortem: lessons learned (hopefully I
> don't get told to STFU).
>        1) Can't make unilateral decisions or
> communications, if only to
> cover yourself later.  Best to send off a quick note
> to the group to avoid
> misinterpretations.
>        2) Can't jump to conclusions, you may not
> have all the info.  Expend
> less energy by gathering more info first than by
> getting worked up only to
> appologize later.

LOL. You know, one thing that I've learnt is that it
takes a man to say I'm sorry :) It give a sense on
humility and nobility.

>        3) Maybe nobody liked the specific logos
> suggested, but it has
> introduced some new ideas, and that in and of itself
> serves a purpose (i.e.
> motivated me -- and hopefully others -- to try our
> own designs), so
> hopefully it's not seen as a loss by the company who
> so generously invested
> effort.
> 
> P.P.S. I know I've only contributed a little to the
> API, and I've been out
> of it for a while now.  Just get into a funk and
> lose motivation.  So I
> contribute where I can, when I find motivation, like
> with this logo.
> 

> ATTACHMENT part 2 image/gif name=DynAPI_Logo-000.gif



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