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"Godzilla vs. the Wikidragon" :) But seriously -- very impressive work! Looks very, um, scale-able. This beastie would be perfect for a Wiki thesaurus -- the Wikisaurus! :P // Stygian |
"Godzilla vs. the Wikidragon" :) But seriously -- very impressive work! Looks very, um, scale-able. This beastie would be perfect for a Wiki thesaurus -- the Wikisaurus! :P // Stygian |
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My opinion - this logo is not friendly, it's scary looking. |
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I say dragons, especially mutiple headed dragons |
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wikipedia or anything Good. It represents a nightmare. |
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"According to legend, the Hydra symbolizes the many problems that |
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obstruct the path to truth. Also, when a Hydra's head is cut off, two |
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more grow back in it's place - Hydras are often depicted with many many |
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heads for this reason. " |
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http://www.dragonrealm.com/rebhydra.htm |
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This dragon logo would be completely inapporiate for wikipedia. |
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http://www.theoi.com/Tartaros/Hydra.html |
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Revision as of 00:56, 11 August 2003
File:Wikipedia-hydra-bcuda69-rev5.png
Love the colored version! Really, I think this is my favorite so far. Hydra has negative connotations -- suggestion: remove text "[hydra]" and "wikipedia" text at bottom (we can add that later and the courier type is rather ugly). I think the "wiki" letters are reasonably international to stay where they are. We don't have to say it's a hydra -- we can call it the wikidragon, or whatever we want. You could also try to make the animal look less aggrsesive -- I think one aggressive head is OK, but maybe the green one could have an explicit smile. The scales and the claws also make it look aggressive -- maybe feathers instead of scales, and some kind of fur on the legs? I would vote for it as is, but I think the hydra undertone will turn some people off, even though the idea is most excellent.
Oh, and in general: do you have a vector version of this? If we want to use it on t-shirts and so on, we need to be able to scale it.—Eloquence 02:43 9 Aug 2003 (UTC)
Oh yes, all that could happen. I was thinking of the mascot idea, and the hydra came to mind with multiple heads(users) contributing to the life of the wikipedia.
- Logo is in Corel Draw format, could possibly be converted to SVG.
- Colors and Fonts are not firm.
- Main font is OCR A Extended and is separable.
This thing would look really cool in a huge widescreen CGI-animated advertisement ;-).—Eloquence 02:55 9 Aug 2003 (UTC)
"Godzilla vs. the Wikidragon" :) But seriously -- very impressive work! Looks very, um, scale-able. This beastie would be perfect for a Wiki thesaurus -- the Wikisaurus! :P // Stygian
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My opinion - this logo is not friendly, it's scary looking.
I say dragons, especially mutiple headed dragons
is a definate turn off. It definatley doesn't represent
wikipedia or anything Good. It represents a nightmare.
"According to legend, the Hydra symbolizes the many problems that obstruct the path to truth. Also, when a Hydra's head is cut off, two more grow back in it's place - Hydras are often depicted with many many heads for this reason. "
http://www.dragonrealm.com/rebhydra.htm
This dragon logo would be completely inapporiate for wikipedia.
http://www.theoi.com/Tartaros/Hydra.html
- amy_jones
