Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Logos for dynapi

[Joy R. <joy...@ho...>]

Hello,

>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.  :-)

The green works in way well in the type. I would say that orange lines 
balance on the other hand, but on the otherhand they seem to be a bit too 
much. I'll pass this example to our designer for further toughts.

- Juho Risku / Helmi Staff
  http://www.visualway.com/helmi

>From: "Leif W" <war...@us...>
>To: <dyn...@li...>
>Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Logos for dynapi
>Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 14:41:18 -0400
>
>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?
>
>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.
>        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.
><< DynAPI_Logo-000.gif >>


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