Sverchok Icon

[robinrosenstock]

Has sverchok some type of quadratic Icon or symbol? Something that can stand for sverchok?

I want to promote Sverchok on alternativeto.net, but without an Icon this looks dumb.

[zeffii]

nothing official, i've been thinking about making a proposal.

[robinrosenstock]

• maybe something like the logo at the top left on the homepage?
• or a design with a cricket (сверчо́к)?
• or something together with blender icon?

[portnov]

G+ group has a good logo (low-poly cricket). But, i don't think it is suitable as an icon: too much details.

[enzyme69]

By now, somebody should have done a 3D model of cricket using Sverchok alone. It becomes primitive 3D model: https://github.com/nortikin/sverchok/issues/616

I like the "origami" looking of the look.

@zeffii made that a while ago.

[robinrosenstock]

thanks @enzyme69, I've overlooked #616. @zeffii: so, what is the status of the logo? Will the 3d cricket make it as an logo? Why do I not see it on the website and on the github readme and everywhere?

[zeffii]

@geniusupgrader i've been preoccupied, and don't have final say in this matter. Best i can do is give opinion. The cricket model turned out to be more suitable as a mascot.

for a logo we have options like

• the RNA icon, but maybe simplified single colour?
• stylized letters SV

or more abstract sketches.. done with the dotgrid program made for designing single colour avatars or logos..

!

[robinrosenstock]

yeah correct, maybe a 3d model is not right as a logo. Personally I don't really like abstract logos, at least it should resemble some sort of cricket.. What is a "RNA logo"?

[zeffii]

RNA icon =

[zeffii]

[Durman]

my the try ^_^

Logo.zip

[enzyme69]

For me Sverchok is a bit like this:

But simple is better.

It can morph and reimagined.

I like Zeffii approach. It reminds me of this:

A bit alien, a bit architecture like...

[enzyme69]

[zeffii]

the best icons are simple and scale well to small sizes.

[vicdoval]

Proposal 1

Mixing the concept of the RNA with something architectural, a building or an helicoidal ramp.

Proposal 2:

The S mixed with the RNA...

Any of them would need some refinement... if selected. They where both made in Sverchok :)

[zeffii]

@vicdoval i'd go for something in-between my utterly simple RNA and your more detailed one.. but leaning towards less details.

[vicdoval]

@zeffii I agree with you. I'll try to find that middle point

[zeffii]

https://gist.github.com/ddfdd5af6949566fce0c4c97aec2e1c9

[enzyme69]

@zeffii nice one, maybe the twisting can sort of multiple twists like rope toward one end.

[vicdoval]

The Rna and the S with even a little diagonal (of the V), also looks like some kind of connector in a ultra minimal style

Also created in Sverchok :)

[zeffii]

to me it seems still a bit dense / busy.

[vicdoval]

It could be thinner

[zeffii]

this is the quick sketch i did a while back

[vicdoval]

:)

[zeffii]

i'm not feeling the two horizontal lines

[vicdoval]

:)

[enzyme69]

Getting there, now just add vertical lines also on the SV --

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[vicdoval]

@enzyme69 I don't understand what you mean

[enzyme69]

I actually don't mind the line, just adding dots to make it balanced.

[zeffii]

"less is more" .

i understand where the nodules come from, and perhaps they would make sense for a scenario where the logo is animated/ident .. but not needed for the logo ( at least.. not all of it )

[enzyme69]

I actually quite like these. There is totally something here. The color and dots and snakey lines. The very bottom one is clever, Zeff.. actually you guys might have something. It feels quite modern with slightly retro feel.

[robinrosenstock]

Maybe put the circles behind the lines like this:

or a bit smaller:

[portnov]

Good icon should be scalable down. Scale last icons down to 16x16. :/

[portnov]

[vicdoval]

Incorporating some of ideas said here. All the proposal are greyscale as is has to work also on one color, later or a color version can be made I agree with @portnov , but i think a "pixelart style" transformation should be done for the small icons, is not the same as reducing the size Proposal A.0 Proposal A.1 Proposal A.2 Proposal A.3 (for small sizes would be the best one)

All created in Sverchok

[zeffii]

[enzyme69]

Very interesting Zeffii.

[vicdoval]

[nortikin]

i cannot choose, it is hard. Victor and Dealga and Ilya made cool variants

[zeffii]

I also like @vicdoval latest. but don't like the overwhelming orange.. and would prefer to see quite a few more ideas. You adopt a logo for extended periods, good logos for life. (Leica)

https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2017/08/howleicalogochanged-800x594.jpg

[THJG]

Really like ideas of @zeffii and @vicdoval but what if take an one more step and add third dimension?

[zeffii]

[nortikin]

светофор теперь. more like case of } symbol, mind no limits, no borders anyway.

[vicdoval]

The first with coorporative colors, The second on the black And the third with a proposed alternative color

[zeffii]

i am not a fan of that olive green, but i like the simplicity.

[vicdoval]

Alternative colors :)

[Durman]

[portnov]

I like yellowish and reddish variants. Also, I have an idea of the same geometry, but to colorize lines (or maybe "dots" at sides) instead of background.

[nortikin]

maybe to center? in blender sockets connect from top to bottom as a case

[nortikin]

i don't like circles are in focus anyway. Victor made superminimal design https://github.com/nortikin/sverchok/issues/1834#issuecomment-351024649 that i like most. what do you think? and this is much like https://github.com/nortikin/sverchok/issues/1834#issuecomment-350870129

[nortikin]