CliFM needs a decent logo

[leo-arch]

Looking for a logo/icon

Yes, I already designed a logo, but it sucks, badly. Since I know near nothing about digital design and multimedia stuff, I ask anyone willing to contribute for help. Some ideas to start the discussion:

CliFM is file manager half way between the command line and traditional TUI/curses file managers (a few images are in the README file): It provides all the features and advantages of the latter but without relying on the curses interface (just a shell-like prompt and text). It is intended to be fast and lightweight, but also full-featured and extensible. So, the logo should be:

• Something representative of the command line (an image/logo representing non-images, so to say)
• Something transmitting power and speed
• Modern and good looking (this would be the only eye-candy stuff in this program): some simple and flat image would be nice.
• Colors? It could be (CliFM relies a lot on colors after all). But I really prefer something black and white. Perhaps some monochrome design that reminds us of the old good CRT monitors (green or amber (My first monitor was amber indeed)).
• Needless to say, the logo license must be free and open-source.

These are just a few suggestions. Feel free to propose your owns.

Thank you very much in advance!
Archcrack

[chimay]

just an idea, I'm not a graphist : a prompt in a tree.

[leo-arch]

I was thinking in an animal, but I really like the idea of a tree: a leafless tree, showing only its branches rooted into a prompt (perhaps a shebang or something like that). However, this is a logo and we need to see it to value it. Since it seems really simple, maybe I myself could try to draw a sketch or something.
Thanks @chimay!

[leo-arch]

Well, I had no success trying to draw @chimay idea. But I started plating around with GIMP and got this:

Description:

1. You can draw each CliFM letter on that symbol
2. It's simple: Just a background color (e68a09) and five straight lines (white)
3. It resembles the good old CRT monitors. This is what I've done to get the effect:
   a) Pixelation
   b) RGB noise
   c) A scanlines effect (via a transparent layer and a pattern)

I don't even know how to make this into an actual icon. But it's at least a beginning.

[leo-arch]

A few samples of the simplified (possible) logo:

[leo-arch]

Same thing, but a bit more polished:

And we have now an SVG file to play with.