[Mageia-discuss] Artwork - Mageia Logo contest

Sat Sep 25 00:27:21 CEST 2010

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Remy CLOUARD <shikamaru at mandriva.org> wrote:
+> Let me put my 2 cents here :)
+>
+> All the above terms evoke nothing for me. They're just lexically linked
+> to magic, superstition or something like that.
+>
+> The first word that come to mind when I think of Mageia is community.
+> Community evokes other terms for me : friendship, open minds, share,
+> doing something together, that's to say terms that evoke exchange
+> between people.
+>
+> Luckily enough, the first lettre of Mageia is an M which can be
+> stretched enough to look like a man. If I think of friendship, I think
+> of the "emoticon" \o/, meaning you're happy to see someone and welcome
+> him.
+>
+> This started as a base for a logo. I personnally like simple logos think
+> of the M of McDonalds for instance.
+>
+> And this is the result :
+>
+> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54217230@N05/5021464618/in/pool-1491252@N24/
+>
+> Black and white version :
+>
+> http://www.flickr.com/photos/54217230@N05/5021464608/in/pool-1491252@N24/
+>
+> When I first looked at it again, it made me think of this picture :
+> http://www.asdfing.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/facts_about_leonardo_da_vinci.jpg
+>
+> I find this evocation very positive, it reminds the age of
+> enlightenment, I hope it's not negative to some people, but the idea I
+> keep is the progress of human knowledge about life the universe and
+> everything (sorry for the reference :p)
+>
+> The nice thing is that it scales very well, even at small sizes (16 px
+> still looks good)
+>
+> Now, here are some guidelines to use it :
+> Leave at least half the diameter of the circle around the logo, don't
+> put anything in this zone. The logo itself is blue, so it should not be
+> put on a blue or red background, the contrast will be either too small
+> or too sharp.
+>
+> The logo shall not be stretched, either vertically or horizontally.
+>
+> If you want to print it on paper, the logo should not exceed 1/5 of the
+> width/height of the paper
+>
+> The font used there is simply bitstream vera sans, except for the M and
+> the g, which has been a bit customized to remind a lowercase gamma (γ).
+>
+> Other letters are greeks alpha, iota, and epsilon. They're not so
+> different from their latin counterpart and look more elegant IMHO.
+>
+> Only 3 colours are used in the colour version: 2 variants of dark blue,
+> and white.
+>
+> I'm no design expert, and did not want to customize it too much, in the
+> hope it could serve as a base for other logos. I didn't use many colours
+> either so that we can change it, if we decide this colour does not fit.
+>
+> Unfortunately, as it is very simple in its design, I fear there is a
+> high chance that a similar logo exists as well, sorry if it's the case
+>
+> I hope you like this idea, feedback would be very welcome :)
+
+Nice logo Remy!  :o)
+
+One trivia question:  Do the darkened hands (but not feet) outside of
+the circle represent something?
+