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xeNULL

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Logo for my distro

Hey guys I hope this is the right section to put this in. I was wondering if some of you guys could help me by making a logo for the distribution I am building. It is called mnml*nix it is going to be a mostly dark minimal and CLI based (with X) I am also hoping for some wallpapers if any of you guys would like to take a shot at making some dark minimal retro style wallpapers. The reason I ask is because I don't want to be boring and have everything done by myself and also I am seriously rubbish at designing cool looking logo's.

Thanks to everyone in advance.

xeNULL

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Re: Logo for my distro

how minimal is it going to be?

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nakkeru

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Re: Logo for my distro

If is not much asking... which CLI based apps are you considering to put?

damo

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Re: Logo for my distro

Hey guys I hope this is the right section to put this in. I was wondering if some of you guys could help me by making a logo for the distribution I am building. It is called mnml*nix it is going to be a mostly dark minimal and CLI based (with X) I am also hoping for some wallpapers if any of you guys would like to take a shot at making some dark minimal retro style wallpapers. The reason I ask is because I don't to be boring and have everything done by myself and also I am seriously rubbush at designing cool looking logo's.

Thanks to everyone in advance.

xeNULL

Yay, a proper grfx project!

Any particular colours/themes in mind?

[edit] PM'd you wwith link to example logos

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Falkkon

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Re: Logo for my distro

Hello, I'm kinda new here, so I decided to make my first post here. Any particular guidelines we should abide by when making the logo/wallpapers?

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Re: Logo for my distro

@ xeNULL - Sorry I didn't see your first post at the time, but there's a couple of guys here wanting some feedback

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zalew

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Re: Logo for my distro

make the logo minimal: m*

xeNULL

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Re: Logo for my distro

I am really sorry guys I did not realise this thread was getting so many questions! but, I will answer them all now.

@mrpeachy I will try to make it as minimal as I can but with functionality for as many things as possible such text editing, image editing etc. also the logo looks really awesome!

@nakkeru See here, though it is possible that not every one of those apps will be installed. I am also thinking of having WMFS as the default WM and also spectrwm.

@damo The colours I have in mind will probably be mono. GTK themes will be streamlined and most likely no pixmapped themes as they are slower than hex colour coded GTK themes. I will check out your message after this post and come back =]

@Falkkon Thanks for taking such an interest =] Well the sort of artwork I have in mind would not be too colourful but it would be minimal and ambient. Your current avatar for example, that is the style I like. The logo should be as minimal as possible and I have been thinking of the logo being some sort of box.

@zalew Now that is a great idea! +1

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Falkkon

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Re: Logo for my distro

http://imgbox.com/aapEGlyY

Well, did something, there it is, the symbol in the corner is the lower right part of an asterisk '*'. I will make more versions later. All feedback is appreciated

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Re: Logo for my distro

^Really cool stuff you got there Falkkon, the third is the coolest imo.

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xeNULL

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Re: Logo for my distro

That is very nice Falkkon! could you do a version that has the arrow shape more symmetrical and the colour as #D3D3D3?

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Athos

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Re: Logo for my distro

Oh boy, oh boy!!!

This is going to be good, xeNULL. Will you put one of those superb monochrome colorscheme of yours??

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xeNULL

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Re: Logo for my distro

@Athos: Thanks =] and yes I will be putting quite a lot of mono colours in the themes...if not all of them xD

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damo

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Re: Logo for my distro

I sent a few ideas to xeNULL, and this one seems to have caught the eye

I like these sketches as well

Now we've got the ball rolling we can come up with more stuff!....

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xeNULL

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Re: Logo for my distro

Very nice work there Damo =]

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Falkkon

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Re: Logo for my distro

That is very nice Falkkon! could you do a version that has the arrow shape more symmetrical and the colour as #D3D3D3?

Sorry for replying a tad late, do you want the arrow to be #d3d3d3 or the background?

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xeNULL

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Re: Logo for my distro

That is very nice Falkkon! could you do a version that has the arrow shape more symmetrical and the colour as #D3D3D3?

Sorry for replying a tad late, do you want the arrow to be #d3d3d3 or the background?

The arrow if it is not to much trouble Falkkon =]

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Falkkon

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Re: Logo for my distro

The arrow if it is not to much trouble Falkkon =]

Not a problem, here:

Actually the "arrow" is a lower part of an asterisk, I don't know if you read that part . If you still want me to make it more symmetric, then  I'll do it )

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Re: Logo for my distro

^ Have you tried moving the text up and cropping the image to end with the asterisk? Sorry I'm not associated I just thought it might look nice

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Falkkon

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Re: Logo for my distro

^ Have you tried moving the text up and cropping the image to end with the asterisk? Sorry I'm not associated I just thought it might look nice

No problem, all feedback is appreciated, but I'm afraid, I don't understand what you mean, do you want me to crop it like this?

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Re: Logo for my distro

^ yes. (The text could be made smaller to fit better or whatever too...of course )

Also I think that's a great idea. I really like that asterisk up in the corner....so if I get a vote that's mine

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Falkkon

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Re: Logo for my distro

So after some time I decided to scrap the old version and work on some new ones, which I think are better as logos. I came up with these:

The colours can be changed of course to what xeNULL wants, or it can stay black and white. I made them like this because I thought this would look better like a standalone logo, the old version didn't quite look good to me, and these new ones are better for wallpapers as they are more flexible and can be placed in more locations. That's that, looking forward to feedback from anyone interested in helping

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lain

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Re: Logo for my distro

Dont you think that that's a bit too small for us to see?

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Falkkon

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Re: Logo for my distro

Dont you think that that's a bit too small for us to see?

Haha, sorry, I thought the thumbnail linked to the full image

Here:
http://ompldr.org/vZGpvZA

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Re: Logo for my distro

Me is voting 3. because you would not be able to read the text of 1. at small sizes. I'm not good at using graphics-software myself but I could image having '> mnm1' or '#mnm1' or just 'mnm1' instead of that star ('mnm1' could also be on a new line). You guys may want to try that with your logo.

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