[openstack-dev] [ironic] New mascot design

John Villalovos openstack.org at sodarock.com
Wed Feb 1 20:56:28 UTC 2017


Of the proposed logos, I do like the latest version the best. It appears
friendly and fun. So I'm +1 on it.

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Pavlo Shchelokovskyy <
pshchelokovskyy at mirantis.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> +1 to Jay, the 3.0 version looks ok - it is friendly and rocking :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dr. Pavlo Shchelokovskyy
> Senior Software Engineer
> Mirantis Inc
> www.mirantis.com
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:38 PM, Jay Faulkner <jay at jvf.cc> wrote:
>
>> Of the options presented, I think the new 3.0 version most brings to mind
>> a rocking bear.  It’s still tough to be OK with a new logo, given that
>> pixie boots is beloved by our team partially because Lucas took the time to
>> make us one — but it seems like not accepting a new logo created by the
>> foundation would lead to Ironic getting less marketing and resources, so
>> I’m not keen to go down that path. With that in mind, I’m +1 to version 3.0
>> of the bear.
>>
>> -Jay
>>
>> > On Feb 1, 2017, at 12:05 PM, Heidi Joy Tretheway <
>> heidijoy at openstack.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Ironic team,
>> >
>> > I’m sorry our second proposal again missed the mark. It wasn’t the
>> illustrator’s intention to mimic the Bear Surprise painting that gained
>> popularity in Russia as a meme. Our illustrator created a face-forward bear
>> with paws shaped as if it had index and ring “fingers" down, like a hand
>> gesture popular at a heavy metal concert. It was not meant to mimic the
>> painting of a side-facing bear with paws and all “fingers" up to surprise.
>> That said, once it’s seen, it’s tough to expect the community to un-see it,
>> so we’ll take another approach.
>> >
>> > The issue with your old mascot is twofold: it doesn’t fit the
>> illustration style for the entire suite of 60+ mascots, and it contains a
>> human-made element (drumsticks). As part of our overall guidelines,
>> human-made objects and symbols were not allowed, and we applied these
>> standards to all projects.
>> >
>> > Your team told us you want a heavy metal bear, so we used the Kiss
>> band-style makeup and the hand gesture to suggest metal without using an
>> instrument or symbol. We tried to mimic your original logo’s expression.
>> After releasing v1, we listened to your team’s comment that the first
>> version was too angry looking, so you’ll see a range of expressions from
>> fierce to neutral to happy.
>> >
>> >
>> > <Screenshot 2017-02-01 11.26.16.png>
>> > I’d love to find a compromise with your team that will be in keeping
>> with the style of the project logo suite. I’ll watch your ML for additional
>> concerns about this proposed v3:
>> > <image001.png>
>> >
>> > Our illustration team’s next step is to parse the community feedback
>> from the Ironic team (note that there is a substantial amount of
>> conflicting feedback from 21 members of your team) and determine if we have
>> majority support for a single direction.
>> >
>> > While new project logos are optional, virtually every project asked be
>> represented in our family of logos. Only logos in this new style will be
>> used on the project navigator and in other promotional ways.
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Heidi Joy Tretheway
>> > Senior Marketing Manager, OpenStack Foundation
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>> >
>> >
>> >
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