Logotype is ugly :)

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Please change it with default. 
It scare me ... :)
Take a look at Go logo.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by buzz...@gmail.com on 12 Jan 2010 at 5:48

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Original comment by ultimus@gmail.com on 13 Jan 2010 at 11:28

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Speaking as a graphic designer, I'd have to say the Go logotype is pretty bad 
too, and maybe not what you 
guys might want to strive for. I think the notion of using a Velociraptor is 
cool and makes sense. Not sure 
what the Greek means in this context other than forcing you to write out 
"[anic]" in Roman letters below.

I know having mascots is a time-honoured tradition in software development 
(Linux's Tux, BSD's Daemon, 
Darwin's Platypus etc.), and that you probably want some graphic device(s) to 
use in presentations and on a 
future website or whatever, but it's worth considering the same questions that 
businesses and other non-
profits do when they work on a visual identity: Does the Name, logotype 
(typography) and emblem (or in your 
case mascot) help express and support what we're doing? Do people get it? Just 
how much will you have to 
explain? If you do have to explain, it might be a good thing in order to get 
conversation opportunity and buy-
in. 

At first blush, I'd say if Anic (or anic?) is about SPEED, the Velociraptor 
notion is excellent. The illustration is a 
good illustration, but probably not too useful in a mascot or logo imprint 
sense and you may want something 
more "cartoony" or more figurative like a silhouette. The typography could 
match the notion of speed a lot 
more than it does.

I am attaching a file that simply shows a velociraptor silhouette and some 
different typography treatments so 
you can see the difference these kinds of changes make. The are examples only, 
and shouldn't be taken as 
options for any further design.

Happy to help your project in this regard on a pro bono basis if it's useful 
and suits you (dependant of course 
on time and other obligations I have).

Jon

Jon Whipple, MGDC
Design Counsel

www.jonwhipple.com

VP Ethics 2009/2010
GDC/British Columbia Chapter
Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC)

Original comment by jon.whip...@gmail.com on 17 Jan 2010 at 9:12

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• [Anic initial examples.pdf](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/anic/issue-5/comment-2/Anic initial examples.pdf)

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I though it was an archaeopteryx.. sort of a link between the worlds.. phases.. 
wasn't it though?

Original comment by anastas....@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2010 at 9:41

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Last item in the FAQ says velociraptor. Apparently recently discovered to have 
feathers. pretty fascinating 
actually. http://code.google.com/p/anic/wiki/FAQ. The wikipedia articles: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor - you can see the source file I used 
to make my silhouette.

Original comment by jon.whip...@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2010 at 9:52

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yeah.. I suppose it is then.. weird 

Original comment by anastas....@gmail.com on 18 Jan 2010 at 10:51

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Original comment by ultimus@gmail.com on 10 Mar 2010 at 4:10

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