On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:31 PM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: >> > Here is some artwork from a OS-Tan Logo originally for Linux, but with >> > some changes, I have modified the colors and peaks of the bird to be >> > more gull like. with the AOO colors. >> > http://imagebin.org/251048 >> > >> > I might do a different one with a white coat and helmet and blue edge. >> > >> > On 3/20/13, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: >> >> On 3/6/13, Robin Fowler <robin.fow...@outlook.com> wrote: >> >>> I'll probably find the time to make a logo. I've seen the official logo >> >>> for >> >>> 2013. Is there any other source of inspiration or any suggestions >> anyone >> >>> has? >> >> >> >> You can see the artwork I did from both here: >> >> http://imagebin.org/251039 >> >> http://imagebin.org/251040 >> >> http://imagebin.org/251041 >> >> >> >> >> I like the 251039 one best. I'll put that in the blog post also. >> >> The OS-Tan one, I don't see the connection. Was the idea that the >> insignia on the shoulder would be gulls? Or the "pen is mighter than >> the sword"? It has potential. >> > > Well is more of a character, the idea is to have an AOO like, here is the > profile of the different distros OS-Tan (Linux-Tan) > http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs7/i/2005/262/3/c/Linux_tan___Lineart_by_juzo_kun.jpg >
Ah, OK. I was not familiar with this whole area of Japanese pop art. It looks interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_anthropomorphism > The idea is to have an AOO-Tan, and that could be an initial shot to have > one (http://imagebin.org/251156). I could put the gull logo on the > shoulder. Then again is pretty lousy since is a clone of the Linux-Tan best > to have one drawn from scratch. > Is there a general "open source-tan"? It might make sense to base it on that. But AOO is more than just Linux. > Maybe having a native-american based drawing with some gull feathers. > That would be interesting as well, since other Apache projects could inherit from the same base "Apache-tan". -Rob > >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> Robin >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 6 Mar 2013, at 17:59, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: >> >>>>> Document Freedom Day (DFD) promotes the use of open standards and >> >>>>> interoperability in documents. OpenOffice has been a core part of >> >>>>> DFD since it first started in 2008. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Our community's support of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) file format >> >>>>> is broad: in the product of course, but also via our personal use, >> and >> >>>>> via the efforts of our volunteers in OASIS maintaining the standard, >> >>>>> and at Plugfests improving interoperability. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I'd like to see us celebrate Document Freedom Day. I think we can do >> >>>>> something similar do what we did for International Mother Language >> >>>>> Day: Using social media and our website. We can reach nearly a >> >>>>> million people when we do this, so it is very effective. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> To make this happen we need a few things to happen before, say March >> >>>>> 10th: >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Time is running out if we want to do something. >> >>>> >> >>>>> 1) An adapted logo for the website, something thematic. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> a) The hi-res version of the current logo is here: >> >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/images/AOO_logos/AOO-logo-hires.jpg >> >>>>> >> >>>>> b) For ideas, the official DFD art work is here: >> >>>>> http://documentfreedom.org/artwork.en.html >> >>>>> >> >>>>> c) The final website logo should be 100px high, with width of >> >>>>> 200-400px. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> d) If we can avoid putting the date in the logo we can reuse it in >> >>>>> future years as well. >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Anyone feel inspired to create an AOO/DFD logo for the website? >> >>>> >> >>>>> 2) A blog post and/or press release. The week prior to DFD is >> >>>>> "Sunshine Week" in the US, and is focused on open government >> >>>>> (http://www.sunshineweek.org/). So I might try to write up >> something >> >>>>> that connects the two, i.e., how the use of open standards helps >> >>>>> promote open government. >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> I am currently working on a blog post for DFD. >> >>>> >> >>>>> 3) Use our social media accounts to promote DFD on the day. >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> I've created a placeholder for a landing page that can be shared via >> >>>> Facebook/Twitter/Google+. This is based on the work Samer did for the >> >>>> download page. It has no content, and I probably introduced some >> >>>> bugs. But it is full of potential ! >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> http://www.openoffice.org/social/dfd.html >> >>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Anyone interested in helping? >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Again, time is running short if we want to do something for Document >> >>>> Freedom Day. >> >>>> >> >>>> Regards, >> >>>> >> >>>> -Rob >> >>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Regards, >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -Rob >> >>>> >> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Alexandro Colorado >> >> Apache OpenOffice Contributor >> >> http://es.openoffice.org >> >> >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Alexandro Colorado >> > Apache OpenOffice Contributor >> > http://es.openoffice.org >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> > For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > Apache OpenOffice Contributor > http://es.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: marketing-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: marketing-h...@openoffice.apache.org
