On Fri, 04 Mar 2016 19:25:10 +0100 Thomas Maus <thomas.maus@...> wrote: > On Friday 04 March 2016, 02:48 wrote Thomas Maus: > > ... > > The next batch will be the triskele designs, I originally imagined, then -- > > with my brain dumped and free again -- the trefoil designs will be worked > > upon. > > Also, feel free to suggest improvements or ideas, or simply do something > better (with or without my designs). > > In order to perhaps quell the occultism charge, this was my line of thought: > The triskele is positioned to look like a T with very ornate, curly ends. > The color triplet RGB was chosen, as it is these colors are base of every > desktop, uniting to a diversity of colors, forms and impressions. The various > shades and sometimes translucencies serve as (hopefully aesthetic) > illustration ... (This is a general set of remarks on both your batches, examined purely from a design/branding point of view and not meaning to discourage.) I'm afraid the RGB colour set, despite its symbolism, was not necessarily a good choice from a purely mechanical point of view. Specifically, the blue is of too dark a value to contrast well with a black triskele, and the green is of too light a value to contrast well with a white triskele. This is more visible if you zoom out--you can see the lines disappear. The logo will be in use as an icon in various places, and the smallest static icon size provided by TDE is a 16px square. (A couple of my own designs need a little work in that regard, too.) Also, how will this work in a black-and-white context (Mono icon set, for accessibility)? The other problem I have, with the second set especially, is that I'm not sure the shape you're using is distinct enough from the Trisquel Linux logo--yes, you've reversed the direction and the spiral is more uniform, but will a random person glancing at it casually *notice* that? > This batch was my original design target, before becoming side-tracked ... > > Again the proof sheet is intended to be viewed with various backgrounds. > You will notice, that in the third row one design is missing -- I failed to do > this within "inkscape" (if anybody knows how to achieve the glow effect in > "inkscape", enlighten me ... ;-) I think you're looking at playing with the parameters of multiple filters. "Cutout glow" might be a place to start. (Inkscape filters are not a good choice for this particular task, though--they don't render outside of Inkscape, so they just make it more difficult to produce usable SVG icons.) E. Liddell