A closer look at the anteater...

http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-2-big.png


On 17 December 2013 15:23, Stephen Connolly <[email protected]
> wrote:

> A better looking anteater...
>
> http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-2.png
>
> http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/screenshot-2.png
>
> I think that may exhaust the AntEater and downloading all the internet
> joke as far as my artistic ability can take it.... though I may try to
> rework the apache feather to fit better... and I could move off the tango
> colour palette that I have as my default in inkscape (it's default so that
> I can keep with the tango theme that Jenkins uses for icons)
>
>
> On 17 December 2013 13:45, Kristian Rosenvold <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm speechless.
>>
>> Kristian
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/12/17 Stephen Connolly <[email protected]>
>>
>> > the anteater sucking down the interwebs from apache using Tamás's text
>> >
>> > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven.png
>> >
>> > And a screenshot with it
>> >
>> > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/screenshot.png
>> >
>> >
>> > On 17 December 2013 13:38, Stephen Connolly <
>> > [email protected]
>> > > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Meh! I was just trying to get something that would stir objections...
>> > > hence the strange kerning!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 17 December 2013 12:46, Tamás Cservenák <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Don't want to stir too much here, but the
>> > >> http://oi41.tinypic.com/33bctw2.jpg
>> > >> is typographically incorrect (odd kerning and odd/different
>> typeface).
>> > >>
>> > >> Long time ago I made vector based Maven logo (for Proximity site)
>> that I
>> > >> thought I donated to Maven project...
>> > >>
>> > >> That one could serve as a great starting point for experiments, just
>> get
>> > >> some vector drawing app (I used http://inkscape.org/en/ to draw it
>> long
>> > >> time ago).
>> > >>
>> > >> If not in ASF SVN, you can still access it from here (maven-logo.svg)
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> >
>> https://github.com/cstamas/proximity1/tree/master/proximity-site-stuff/srcs
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> HTH,
>> > >> ~t~
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Stephen Connolly <
>> > >> [email protected]> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> > I came up with a silly logo just to kick things off:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > http://oi41.tinypic.com/33bctw2.jpg
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Here's how it looks with the fluido skin
>> > >> >
>> > >> > http://i39.tinypic.com/1zoz3v9.jpg
>> > >> >
>> > >> > And I am not suggesting that an Ant Eater standing on an Apache
>> > feather
>> > >> and
>> > >> > slurping down the internet is the logo we should run with... it is
>> a
>> > >> Worst
>> > >> > option that should spur a better version
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > On 17 December 2013 00:38, Jeff Jensen <
>> > >> [email protected]
>> > >> > >wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> > > Looks good.  I like the left nav better tho!
>> > >> > > I don't think the Maven logo in the upper right corner looks
>> bad/out
>> > >> of
>> > >> > > place, however, a new logo is fun to have!
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Stephen Connolly <
>> > >> > > [email protected]> wrote:
>> > >> > >
>> > >> > > >
>> > >> > > >
>> > >> > >
>> > >> >
>> > >>
>> >
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/w5eblhl4q0fzc6p/Screen%20Shot%202013-12-16%20at%2022.32.03.png
>> > >> > > >
>> > >> > > >
>> > >> > > > On 17 December 2013 00:16, Stephen Connolly <
>> > >> > > > [email protected]
>> > >> > > > > wrote:
>> > >> > > >
>> > >> > > > > bollix gmail
>> > >> > > > >
>> > >> > > > >
>> > >> > > > > On 17 December 2013 00:11, Olivier Lamy <[email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> > >> > > > >
>> > >> > > > >> Maybe only me but I cannot see the image :-)
>> > >> > > > >>
>> > >> > > > >>
>> > >> > > > >> On 17 December 2013 09:35, Stephen Connolly <
>> > >> > > > >> [email protected]
>> > >> > > > >> > wrote:
>> > >> > > > >>
>> > >> > > > >> > I have been playing with reworking our front
>> page...[image:
>> > >> Inline
>> > >> > > > >> images
>> > >> > > > >> > 1]
>> > >> > > > >> >
>> > >> > > > >> > I think the fluido skin is a big improvement, I would
>> like to
>> > >> > switch
>> > >> > > > to
>> > >> > > > >> > that...
>> > >> > > > >> >
>> > >> > > > >> > Only problem I see is that our current logo(s) are very
>> tied
>> > to
>> > >> > the
>> > >> > > > old
>> > >> > > > >> > look and feel...
>> > >> > > > >> >
>> > >> > > > >> > So do we want to see about launching a logo competition.
>> > TomEE
>> > >> had
>> > >> > > > good
>> > >> > > > >> > success with theirs.
>> > >> > > > >> >
>> > >> > > > >> > Also I'm looking at going with the top-menu version of
>> fluido
>> > >> skin
>> > >> > > > >> rather
>> > >> > > > >> > than the left menu... I have a solution to the "hidden"
>> > >> nature...
>> > >> > > but
>> > >> > > > >> > you'll just have to wait until I sync up with Hervé to
>> find a
>> > >> way
>> > >> > to
>> > >> > > > >> get it
>> > >> > > > >> > pushed to staging from a branch without blowing up the
>> > >> production
>> > >> > > site
>> > >> > > > >> to
>> > >> > > > >> > see my trickery!
>> > >> > > > >> >
>> > >> > > > >> > -Stephen
>> > >> > > > >> >
>> > >> > > > >>
>> > >> > > > >>
>> > >> > > > >>
>> > >> > > > >> --
>> > >> > > > >> Olivier Lamy
>> > >> > > > >> Ecetera: http://ecetera.com.au
>> > >> > > > >> http://twitter.com/olamy | http://linkedin.com/in/olamy
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