28 Dec
2014
28 Dec
'14
1:14 a.m.
Here are two old wood cuts of a phoenix, a bit intricate for a logo,
but they could be redrawn or gimped and reduced in detail as needed,
so that they would reproduce better as a logo. They have the "T"
shape and I like the "attitude" they display <grin>.
I also own a nice line drawing logo, of a woodpecker, that I had
made, for a business I started in the 80s, which I would donate if
you are interested. I would have attached it but I have to go find it
in my archives first, and don't want to bother unless you are
interested in seeing it.
Keith
On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 6:57 PM, Alexandre <ac586133(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the info; I had no idea as
there is no such connotation in
> English! Dragons don't exactly have a good reputation in English though,
> and crows even less so unfortunately.
>
> No, there is no hard and fast reason for the mascot having to be a bird;
> my thoughts were just that we already have a big flightless bird as the
> Linux logo, and birds are lightweight and fast.
But my cat is big, strong and
fast, and it is certainly flightless :)
We could pick another mythical beastie--gryphon? Salamander ("blazingly
fast")? Pegasus (flies and carries loads->fast and can support your
business)?
Heraldic antelope (well, okay, I'm not really serious about that one)? A
phoenix might be appropriate ("rising from the ashes of KDE3"), but we'd
have to be careful to avoid treading on the toes of the old Firefox logo
(from
the days before they got into a trademark dispute with Firebird and had
to change their name).
E. Liddell
E. Liddell,
I love your idea about the salamander, and I'll also consider the Heron!
I saw that some apps can convert pictures to SVG, but I don't know if they
worth it. Ill have to test.
I bought for my work a Windows 8 (required for industrial software...)
Lenovo Ideapad S210 touch, so I'll see if it work well or not to draw with
the touch screen. Pretty impressed with this machine for now!
Thank you!
-Alexandre 