New icon/logo
New icons, what do you think? Better than the old one?
Full size 530x529 image for scaling down to custom sizes: http://www.bitcoin.org/download/bitcoin530.png
The perspective shadow was too thick on the larger sizes. I updated 32, 48 and the full size.
I release these images into the public domain (copyright-free). I request that derivative works be made public domain.
Quote from: Sabunir on February 25, 2010, 01:47:56 AM
I like them. Do they come in higher resolutions?
Yes, the original is 546x531 pixels.
It looks good at larger size too, but since the small icons are what you mostly always see, I wanted to judge it on those first. I’ll post larger sizes and full size a little later.
I still dislike the currency symbol … But at least the logos look good and clean.
Quote from: satoshi on February 25, 2010, 01:56:24 AM
Quote from: Sabunir on February 25, 2010, 01:47:56 AM
I like them. Do they come in higher resolutions?
Yes, the original is 546x531 pixels.
Excellent. This would be a good resource for those participating in the banner contest. Why unequal dimensions?
My only suggestion would be to make the coin’s text stand out more. At tiny resolutions outlines tend to be come unworkable, so a better option may be to experiment with contrast. Making the text significantly darker than the rest of the coin would likely increase readability. Alternately, you could make the inner circle color darker, and the text lighter.
Good suggestion. I made the B slightly lighter and the background slightly darker. Very slightly. The foreground is now exactly the same colour as the BC in the old one.
It’s kind of OK if you can’t easily read the B in the 16x16. At that size, you just need to see that it’s a coin. It doesn’t matter so much what’s embossed on it, just that there be some detail there because it wouldn’t look like a coin if it was a blank smooth circle.
It’s slightly wider than tall because the dark perspective under it goes more to the right than down.
I finished and posted the 32x31 and 48x47 versions in the first message. I like the 48 a lot.
How does everyone feel about the B symbol with the two lines through the outside? Can we live with that as our logo?
How about an SVG version? That way we could automatically generate smaller and larger versions as needed, and storage in the Source Control Management is an option too.
Quote from: Cdecker on February 27, 2010, 03:24:07 AM
How about an SVG version? That way we could automatically generate smaller and larger versions as needed.
I don’t know how to do SVG, but I did the original very large, over 500 pixels across, so it can be scaled down. I’ll give the original when I’m finished.
I had to custom tweak each icon size so the vertical lines land square on their pixels, otherwise they’re ugly blurry and inconsistent. Such is the challenge of making icons. The original will be good for scaling to custom sizes between 48 and 500 but not smaller.
When you use SVG or another vector-format, you don’t have the problems you discribed when scaling the logo. Perhaps I’ll give it a go in Illustrator.
We have the standard icon sizes, and the full size scales nicely to anything else.
I added the full size to the first post.
I don’t personally have the skills, but again, I think http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1631.0 is a great choice.
The most recent version isn’t as bad as the original, but it is still not a crisp as could be desired, it doesn’t scale well, has too many color shades, just has an overall “generic” look to it.
I’m not actually complaining…just voicing an alternative opinion related to the quality of the current logo that represents the bitcoin project to most of the outside world. I feel it has few of the aesthetic properties a good logo should have.
I don’t see why this can’t be discussed without being offensive (I’m trying not to attack anyone personally). I’m not saying anything about the qualities of the designer as a human being…he did after all come up with the cool idea of Bitcoin in the first place, but this does not mean his artwork should be the de facto face of the project IF the goal is to increase it’s popularity. It seems to me that the better face we can put on the project the better. Is it bad to strive for fantastic?
I personally think less 3D is in order. It’s ok for it to be “abstract” in that it doesn’t look exactly like a coin…I would posit that it would be better if it doesn’t try to look like a real coin…after all, we aren’t dealing in real coins…we are dealing in BITcoins Wink
Understood. I had a friend explain some of the ideology a little more clearly to me. Bottom line, I hope we can end up with a top notch professional logo for this project.
Quote from: ArrowJ on November 02, 2010, 08:20:51 PM
I personally think less 3D is in order. It’s ok for it to be “abstract” in that it doesn’t look exactly like a coin…I would posit that it would be better if it doesn’t try to look like a real coin…after all, we aren’t dealing in real coins…we are dealing in BITcoins
Haha, I agree. Maybe it should be a holo-coin.
I’m happy if someone with artistic skill wants to contribute alternatives. The icon/logo was meant to be good as an icon at the 16x16 and 20x20 pixel sizes. I think it’s the best program icon, but there’s room for improvement at larger sizes for a graphic for use on websites.
It’ll be a lot simpler if authors could make their graphics public domain.