ConcurrentException...

OK, I will try to prepare two desings. One which will not evoke the eye and
the second which will keep the eye feeling. Then you can choose.

Lukas

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Nick Jenkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I like the O, it is both the sun and it looks like an eye which suits
> in with the search.
> Good stuff.
> -Nick
> On 8/21/08, Lukáš Vlček <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >  Well, the eye looking O is not intentional. It is more a result of the
> >  techique I used when doing the initial skatch. Believe it or not this
> design
> >  started at magnetic drawing board (
> http://www.reggies.co.za/nov/nov274.jpg)
> >  which I use now when playing with my 2 year old daughter. It is an
> excellent
> >  piece of hardware and though it lacks in terms of output resolution and
> is
> >  not presure sensitive and its undo capatilities are very limitted it
> >  outperforms my A4+ Wacom tablet in terms of bootup time and is
> absolutely
> >  *green energy* equipment. But as I mentioned, its resolution is quite
> low
> >  and thus the vectorized version is not perfect yet.
> >
> >  Anyway, I think that eye looking O is an interesting observation I will
> work
> >  on this because I see that it can be confuzing.
> >
> >  Regards,
> >  Lukas
> >
> >
> >  On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Mike Klaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> >  > Nice job Lukas; the professionalism and quality of work is evident.  I
> like
> >  > aspects of the logo, but too am having trouble getting past the
> eye-looking
> >  > O.  Is it intentional (eye:look:search, etc)?
> >  >
> >  > -Mike
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > On 20-Aug-08, at 5:25 AM, Mark Miller wrote:
> >  >
> >  >  I went through the same thought process - it took a couple minutes
> for the
> >  >> whole thing to grow on me. Perhaps a tweak to the O if your looking
> for some
> >  >> constructive criticism?
> >  >>
> >  >> Again though, I really think its an awesome multipurpose logo. Works
> well
> >  >> in color, b/w, large, small, and just the sun part as a
> facicon/other.
> >  >>
> >  >> Grant Ingersoll wrote:
> >  >>
> >  >>> It's pretty good, for me.  My first thought is it is an eye (the
> orange
> >  >>> reminds me of eyelashes), and then the second thought is it is the
> Sun. Take
> >  >>> that w/ a grain of salt, though, there's a reason why I do
> server-side code
> >  >>> and not user interfaces and graphic design. :-)
> >  >>>
> >  >>> -Grant
> >  >>>
> >  >>> On Aug 20, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Lukáš Vlček wrote:
> >  >>>
> >  >>>  Hi,
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>> Only few responded so far. How we can get more feedback? Do you
> think I
> >  >>>> should work on the proposal a little bit more and then attach it to
> >  >>>> SOLR-84?
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>> Regards,
> >  >>>> Lukas
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 6:14 PM, Otis Gospodnetic <
> >  >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >  >>>>
> >  >>>>  I like it, even its asymmetry. :)
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>> Otis
> >  >>>>> --
> >  >>>>> Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>> ----- Original Message ----
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> From: Lukáš Vlček <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >  >>>>>> To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org
> >  >>>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 7:02:25 PM
> >  >>>>>> Subject: Re: Solr Logo thought
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>>> Hi,
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>>> My initial draft of Solr logo can be found here:
> >  >>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/lukas.vlcek/Solr
> >  >>>>>> The reason why I haven't attached it to SOLR-84 for now is that
> this
> >  >>>>>> is
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>> just
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> draft and not final design (there are a lot of unfinished
> details). I
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>> would
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> like to get some feedback before I spend more time on it.
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>>> I had several ideas but in the end I found that the simplicity
> works
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>> best.
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> Simple font, sun motive, just two colors. Should look fine in
> both the
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>> large
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> and small formats. As for the favicon I would use the sun motive
> only
> >  >>>>>> -
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>> it
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> means the O letter with the beams. The logo font still needs a
> lot of
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>> small
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> (but important) touches. For now I would like to get feedback
> mostly
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>> about
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> the basic idea.
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>>> Regards,
> >  >>>>>> Lukas
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>>> On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Mark Miller wrote:
> >  >>>>>>
> >  >>>>>>  Plenty left, but here is a template to get things started:
> >  >>>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/solr/LogoContest
> >  >>>>>>>
> >  >>>>>>> Speaking of which, if we want to maintain the momentum of
> interest in
> >  >>>>>>>
> >  >>>>>> this
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> topic, someone (ie: not me) should setup a "LogoContest" wiki
> page
> >  >>>>>>>>
> >  >>>>>>> with some
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> of the "goals" discussed in the various threads on solr-user and
> >  >>>>>>>>
> >  >>>>>>> solr-dev
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> recently, as well as draft up some good guidelines for how we
> should
> >  >>>>>>>>
> >  >>>>>>> run the
> >  >>>>>
> >  >>>>>> contest
> >  >>>>>>>>
> >  >>>>>>>>
> >  >>>>>>>
> >  >>
> >  >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/
> >
>



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