2020-07-26 - Re: New Logo for V4 - Thanks Alex

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From: Jeanclaude Godzo <je***o@gmail.com>
Message Hash: 2db1ac42fa534a884fc4b8fda3176e9b18cd998a4c7ee8e12f215ba1e2888622
Message ID: <69b4a94a-5576-464a-809e-8380d87cac26o@grasehotspot.org>
Reply To: <CAESLx0J98rE__magFcYO1AJZWBQMnD2zWKwfd1jug1kYxsx3Gg@mail.gmail.com>
UTC Datetime: 2020-07-26 16:39:21 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 16:39:21 -0700

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It looks nice !

Le samedi 25 juillet 2020 14:14:38 UTC, Tim White a écrit :
>
> It's finally hit the git repo! We have a new logo for the Grase Hotspot!
>
> Alex Potterson reached out last year looking to build logos for OSS 
> projects as part of building up their portfolio. I am happy to say that the 
> logo Alex has designed is much better than what I threw together years ago, 
> and has way more thought in its design process too!
>
> The process of coming up with the logo isn't quick or easy, so I wanted to 
> share a bit of how Alex came up with the new logo.
>
> For some reason, the first thing that came to my mind when I saw your
>> old logo was the film Men In Black, where the cat called Orion had a
>> glass locket on a collar that contained a galaxy. I liked that idea,
>> and I wanted to make a locket logo, that symbolised keeping the Wi-Fi
>> contained and secure. I didn't know what perspective to use, so I
>> learned a bit about how real lockets are made, and made a 3D model of
>> a locket: https://youtu.be/1VZR-wKuc88
>>
>> The logo is supposed to resemble a golden locket, but also a globe and
>> signals moving across the globe. At first I used small spheres to
>> represent signals, but when building the last iteration of the logo, I
>> tried to represent signals with strong colors, and it worked
>> beautifuly. Two white strokes can be interpreted as signals moving
>> across the globe, as changes and movements of technology, or as
>> someone hugging and protecting something.
>>
>> I kept the insides empty and see-though both because I liked it better
>> than a fill, and to symbolise a wireless connection. The design
>> overall is very fluid, soft and warm, and I enjoyed making it as much
>> as I enjoy looking at it now.
>>
>
> Thank you very much, Alex, for the logo, it's much appreciated and I 
> really like it. It's now live on the website and in the V4 nightly builds.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
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