I like the "Angler fish" as well... it certainly faster then a cuttlefish....
_/ _/ Alex Van Boxel On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 9:57 PM Kirill Kozlov <kirillkoz...@google.com> wrote: > Angler fish? Found a few animated examples that may look interesting [1, > 2, 3, 4]. > [1] https://www.pinterest.com/pin/121175046208927340/ > [2] https://www.pinterest.com/pin/353180795779533157/ > [3] https://www.pinterest.com/pin/121175046208927334/ > [4] > https://graphicriver.net/item/cartoon-angler-fish/16828573?ref=gvector&clickthrough_id=1413785108&redirect_back=true > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 11:39 AM Aizhamal Nurmamat kyzy < > aizha...@apache.org> wrote: > >> That last sketch of a cuttlefish with a hat is really really good. I vote >> for that. >> >> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 10:33 AM Kenneth Knowles <k...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> PSA: cuttlefish tentacles look more like their face, not their legs. >>> Please find attached illustrations to that effect. And also evidence that >>> they are occasionally fancy. Definitely *not* from a respectable designer >>> or anyone who could execution a professional logo. >>> >>> I do think the PMC needs to shepherd this. I would suggest starting with >>> an approval vote [1] for animal (no plant ideas?) and then an ASF-style >>> vote to record the validated result. From there, we can go through more >>> standard design process. >>> >>> Kenn >>> >>> [1] https://www.electionscience.org/library/approval-voting/ >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 6:54 AM Maximilian Michels <m...@apache.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> It's great we're having this discussion and we came up with a lot of >>>> great ideas through it. However, it is unclear how we proceed from >>>> here. >>>> Certainly, we can't let designers work with an open-ended discussion on >>>> the type of mascot. >>>> >>>> Personally, I'm fine with _any_ kind of mascot, as long as it is made >>>> by >>>> a decent designer. The respectable designer I'm talking to was very >>>> generous to donate these sketches for free. I don't think that this is >>>> to be expected at all. Coming back to the original idea of hiring >>>> multiple designers, I don't see how we will pay those designers to all >>>> come up with a logo, unless we all donate money. >>>> >>>> The sketches I've sent might not look like much because there is still >>>> a >>>> decent process involved in coming up with the final logo which looks >>>> good in different sizes, possibly with many iterations. So far I've >>>> tried to incorporate as many of the suggestions here, but for the sake >>>> of protecting the designer, I think I'll have to stop doing that. It >>>> simply won't work. >>>> >>>> How to proceed from here? I think _any_ professionally executed logo >>>> will do, this is really more about the community agreeing for the >>>> greater good. Ultimately, I think the PMC might have to decide on how >>>> to >>>> proceed here. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Max >>>> >>>> On 15.11.19 13:59, Hannah Jiang wrote: >>>> > I also vote for firefly. >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 1:38 PM Valentyn Tymofieiev < >>>> valen...@google.com >>>> > <mailto:valen...@google.com>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > I like the firefly sketch a lot, it's my favorite so far. >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:58 PM Robert Bradshaw >>>> > <rober...@google.com <mailto:rober...@google.com>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > #37 from the sketches was the cuttlefish, which would put it >>>> at >>>> > (with >>>> > 4 votes) the most popular so far. I do like the firefly too. >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:03 PM Gris Cuevas <g...@apache.org >>>> > <mailto:g...@apache.org>> wrote: >>>> > > >>>> > > Hi everyone, so exciting to see this convo taking off! >>>> > > >>>> > > I loved Alex's firefly! -- it can have so many cool >>>> > variations, and as a stuffed animal is very original. >>>> > > >>>> > > Other ideas I had are a caterpillar because it looks like a >>>> > data pipeline, lol or the beaver! >>>> > > >>>> > > Feedback on the current sketches. >>>> > > - They resemble a lot either the Octocat or Totoro [1] >>>> > > - I'd like to see something that is completely new and >>>> > original, pancakes from gRPC is an example[2] >>>> > > - Something more caricaturesque is better, since we can >>>> dress >>>> > it up and modify it >>>> > > >>>> > > To move forward, it seems that the animals that were >>>> winners >>>> > in this thread are: >>>> > > >>>> > > Beaver (3) >>>> > > Firefly (3) >>>> > > Lemur or votes on sketches (3) >>>> > > Cuttlefish (2) >>>> > > Hedgehog (1) >>>> > > Salmon (1) >>>> > > >>>> > > So let's focus the design proposals on the three winners: >>>> > beaver, firefly and lemur. >>>> > > I'd like to see more options on beavers and fireflies, the >>>> > current sketch options I think are based on the cuttlefish and >>>> > the lemur (?) >>>> > > >>>> > > I think it's a good idea to get sketches from multiple >>>> > designers, since like someone else pointed out, we'll get >>>> > variations based on their personal styles, and someone else >>>> > mentioned here that we have teams/companies >>>> <https://teams.googleplex.com/u/companies> >>>> > <https://teams.googleplex.com/u/companies> with designers in >>>> > their teams, so let's take advantage of that as well :) >>>> > > >>>> > > I'd suggest to fork the conversation into a call for >>>> sketched >>>> > and we vote on that. >>>> > > >>>> > > [1] >>>> > >>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=totoro&sxsrf=ACYBGNTFW6vq76cHp05g4vBaR-SVJNI1iw:1573674471669&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiTwICf-uflAhUKHqwKHVtzAykQ_AUIEigB&biw=1440&bih=735 >>>> > > [2] >>>> > >>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=pancakes+grpc&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwixgqjV-uflAhUBOawKHX2pAfsQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=pancakes+grpc&gs_l=img.3...13774.22674..22826...10.0..0.112.1818.13j6......0....1..gws-wiz-img.....10..35i39j0j0i67j35i362i39j0i10j0i5i30j0i8i30.hNtaBfSYNv8&ei=WV7MXfHxIYHysAX90obYDw&bih=735&biw=1440 >>>> > >>>> >>>