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Open oubiwann opened this issue 4 years ago • 9 comments

If not, feel free to close this ticket :-)

In the mean time, I'll share some ideas I had ...

oubiwann avatar Feb 08 '21 21:02 oubiwann

I'm pasting some sketches I did exploring what might be interesting. I had a few others that I didn't add here:

  • one, an all-caps "SLICK" with the "L" replaced with a stylised lambda (looks like an inverted "Y")
  • another was an italicised all-caps "SLICK" similar to the new "GO" logo, complete with three dashes.

Here are the sketches I finished: sketches

The three textual ones only have one finished; I chose to demonstrate on the font I found the nicest (obviously inspired by the Lisp "worm" logo).

TBH, none of these really "do it" for me ... though, I'd kinda like to experiment more with the "slick when wet" one:

  • get rid of the "CAUTION"
  • explore more stylised renditions of the lambda and the three dashes
  • maybe go a little more abstract, in general ... dunno

oubiwann avatar Feb 08 '21 21:02 oubiwann

I like the "slick when wet" idea (but I agree it still needs some work - says I, who has no graphical design skills whatsoever :). What about a "Gopher in parentheses"?

pcostanza avatar Feb 10 '21 13:02 pcostanza

Oh, that's a great idea! Should be able to adapt this one here quite easily:

  • https://github.com/golang-samples/gopher-vector/blob/master/gopher.ai

oubiwann avatar Feb 10 '21 15:02 oubiwann

Okay, here are some iterations on that theme: sketch-7-colour sketch-7-bw sketch-7-colour-lisp-eyes sketch-7-bw-lisp-eyes

What cracks me up about the "Lisp eyes" variants is the quasi-psychedelic nature reminiscent of Jake from "Adventure Time" 😆

oubiwann avatar Feb 10 '21 15:02 oubiwann

Here's one with outlined parens: sketch-7-bw-lisp-eyes-2

oubiwann avatar Feb 10 '21 15:02 oubiwann

I love the direction where this is heading! :)

pcostanza avatar Feb 10 '21 16:02 pcostanza

So, taking more inspiration from "Adventure Time", in particular: image

May I present, ~Jake~ Slick the Gopher: sketch-7-jake-the-gopher

oubiwann avatar Feb 10 '21 17:02 oubiwann

"It's soooooo beautiful ...."

oubiwann avatar Feb 10 '21 17:02 oubiwann

Here's the .svg file I'm working with ... there are lots of layers for each part and variation, so simply hiding them should let you easily examine different options:

  • https://www.dropbox.com/s/dujo1hlwfi2ioyr/sketch-7.svg?dl=0

I've only tested the file with Affinity Designer; the layers should be preserved across platforms and graphics applications (my Inkscape no longer works, so I can't test it on that).

oubiwann avatar Feb 10 '21 17:02 oubiwann