[Enhancement] A project logo! #213
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jfversluis
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Also see #142 where it can be applied |
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Just some concepts from my end |
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just a thought... but instead of a bunch of colored circles.. maybe have some tools like a screwdriver, a hammer, and a wrench... |
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@sthewissen my vote for the third one, box with light colors and not-connected nodes 😄 |
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I vote for: Grid.Row="1" |
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2 |
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@dansiegel The thought behind it was to be somewhat similar to what Essentials does (a Xamarin endorsed separate package of tools) which is where the circles came from. While adding in some tools definitely sells the toolbox idea I wonder if it wouldn't become too generic. Open to discuss all of this though, just whipped something up as a starting point here :) |
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I like the second one 😁 |
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@sthewissen totally get the inspiration there. IMO the Xamarin logo gives away the Xamarin endorsed toolset. It's not really necessary to look like the Essentials logo, and better to have it's own branding. But again that's just my opinion, take it for what you will. |
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2 I vote or Row 0 Column 1 |
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Looking great! I vote for 2. I think that 1 and 3 imply the toolkit supports more than just Xamarin. A concept I have just considered is a Swiss army style knife. I will see if I can knock something up but it probably won't beat your work @sthewissen. |
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My vote goes straight to 2. |
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For some reason, I felt 4th picture more informative. I go for 4. |
I know he is happy to be beaten, please give it a shot @bijington ! |
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Dropping an alternative in here more towards the toolbox idea.
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It inspires craftsmanship with a more modern style. Like it! |
Personal tastes are difficult ;) so I just want to point out I'm more fan of this outlined icons like: |
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I didn't appreciate how much effort this might take. I am also not convinced that it is any better than the options already suggested. Here is a general concept of my Swiss army knife but it is certainly not complete.
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I vote for Grid.Row = 1 - Grid.Column = 1 |
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I'm closing the entry for new logo suggestion tomorrow (Friday) end of day (OK, Saturday during the day local time, so all time zones will get a chance) and then find some way to create a poll and let the people decide! |
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I like the #1 |
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If I don't win this it will mean that the whole thing is rigged. |
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Sorry @roubachof your entry was just too late for the cutoff time :( |
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I knew it. The vote is rigged! |
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OK everyone! I came up with a very intuitive way of voting! In the image above, each of the options has an Emoji attached. Place the Emoji of your choice on this COMMENT to cast your vote! I can't stress enough that the 😕 option is not meant to be negative in any way. I just ran out of positive Emoji options that you can place on a GitHub comment. Voting starts immediately, up until Thursday 20:30 CEST / 11:30 PT / 14:30 EDT / 18:30 UTC when coincidentally I will be live streaming on Twitch and we will see what decision has been made. And why not then and there apply it to our NuGets and accounts and all the things?! DisclaimerWe as the core team reserve the right to overrule the decision if we detect any kind of funny business 👀 |
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I vote for: |
I agree with @egbakou. It shows the Xamagon rightly on the box. The circles symbolise the elements of the toolkit effectively. |
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Well, I think you need to look for a designer. |
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My mind paints this as soon as I hear the words Xamarin + Toolkit.
Wrench icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com |
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That's better, I was thinking about something similar. Thanks for saving me the effort xD Although I think I saw something similar in a plugin. I'm not sure |
Ohhh that's better. I like it. |
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@awaescher thanks for the input! This puts me kind of in a tough spot. I like it, but also the deadline for entries has past. In addition, I appreciate you crediting the original authors of the icon, but I don't think that's not something we can use when we use this under the Microsoft name. :( |
Oh, sorry, I must have missed this. The logo was just to visualize the idea, I did not expect to have this finalized with credits from FreePik. |
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No worries! I certainly appreciate the input and as I said, I like the idea. But yeah, with the voting already started and all, its kind of hard to determine how to go about this now 😅 |
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@awaescher are you able to create one from scratch without bits from another author? A lot of people also seem to like this idea. So maybe we should give it another round |
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I could give it a try, I think it's possible.
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@awaescher I wish it was that simple. It's not about the money, but about all kinds of legal things and approvals and long wait times and corporate things we don't want to know about probably ;) I really appreciate the gesture, thank you for that! But I'm afraid it won't be that simple |
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Okay, I tried to do it by myself. It's not as smooth as the one from Freepik, but I'm not a designer anyway 😅
The download below contains this version as .png, .svg and .gvdesign (in case anyone likes to improve it with Gravit Designer which I used for this) I'd like to hand it over to the project team with each and every permission you might come up with. Use it, edit it, do whatever you want. PS: Sometimes I think the tools might look a bit un-centered. However, the guides show that everything's correct. Might be the heavy wrench head vs. the thin screwdriver tip.
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Very awesome! Thank you @awaescher I really appreciate the effort :) Would it make sense to take the winner of the vote I opened above and this one for a second round of voting and from that vote determine the winner? That way this icon will still get a fair chance I think :) |
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Fine for me, I did not want to undermine the vote. I'm still a bit ashamed, tbh. |
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Don't be! Absolutely no reason to! I mean, it's a logo. While very nice to have, not at all the most important thing that is going to make or break this library. And I really appreciate your design, and I think so do others. Thats why I think it's worth at least considering it :) No worries at all! |
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OK! Round 2 (last round 😅 ) Just to be absolutely clear here !!! New entries will not be accepted anymore !!!The winner of the previous vote was this one by @sthewissen. Vote for this by using the 🚀 emoji on this comment
But then came a new contestant from @awaescher which was very much liked. So let's see what people like best. Vote for this by using the ❤️ emoji on this comment
Voting starts immediately, up until Thursday 20:30 CEST / 11:30 PT / 14:30 EDT / 18:30 UTC when coincidentally I will be live streaming on Twitch and we will see what decision has been made. And why not then and there apply it to our NuGets and accounts and all the things?! |
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wow, I just realized I made a mistake when voting and I guess many other people did the same mistake that me...
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We've decided on naming and things (#114), I would however like to have some kind of logo that we can use on NuGet and else where so we're a bit more identifiable. Anyone has any ideas on what that would look like?
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