Rockbox Logo...

[miles_power]

i understand that you guys arent looking for a new logo. and i wouldent blame you if you dident use this one but you can. i dont care if you use this logo.

i have heard/read forums of people saying the rockbox logo is boring frankly i agree. here it is

http://www.uploadyourimages.com/view/577653my_rockbox_logo_with_ipod_nano.jpg

i think it would be awsome if you did use this image. if you dont for some reason like copy writes. please tell me and i will fix it. oh the photo is the right size for an ipod 5.5g but can be changed.


if noone likes this logo pleas tell me what you dont like and give me an insperation or an idea of what you might think would be cool as a logo.


what ya think

[Llorean]

I deleted your second post here. The guidelines are enforced.

[pondlife]

Well, Rockbox originates from Sweden...

pondlife

[soap]

EDIT:  Don't mean to sound pissy, but...
That's a second generation Nano, which Rockbox does not (and possibly never will) run on.

[Febs]

Related threads merged.

[miles_power]

how about this one it is the same just with an ipod video

http://www.uploadyourimages.com/view/315621my_rockbox_logo_with_ipod_video.jpg

for some reason the ipod nano one looked better probly becouse the headphones sitting below it

what do ya think

[scorche]

If we were to use this logo on our lower res devices, it wouldn't work at all...

[drippydonut]

Using a photo is a bad idea because, as said, the logo needs to look good on all screens (including low-res monochrome ones). I would say I like the style of the writing, but just having the writing on its own wouldn't make a logo as good as the current one.

Also I don't like the use of any one particular player as this draws away from the fact that Rockbox is now ported to ~25 players through the hard effort of the developers. Just having an iPod could confuse or sway away people with other players.

Finally for some inspiration, take a good look at the current logo.. its got a lot of detail such as the treble clef on the 'R' and the texture on 'box' which look great on large colour screens, but when its scaled right down its still readable and recognisable.

[dt]

In fact, I'd say we *can* guarantee that no logo but the original would win it.

hmm... no logo would be pretty good but you are right that the current logo would win simply because its a logo.

[ZincAlloy]

maybe we should simply make a more contemporary looking version of the current logo?
here's my suggestion:

[Llorean]

Honestly, I'm pretty tired of the whole reflection thing. Everything's doing it, and it doesn't even look that great in the first place. To me, at least, that sucks any life the Rockbox logo had out of it, and replaces it with a helping of "hey, we want to be indistinguishable from everyone else who likes shiny surfaces." Not to be overly critical, I suppose, it's just *really* not my thing.

[ZincAlloy]

yes, these are EVERYWHERE now 
I happen to like this kind of design cliché..

[DancemasterGlenn]

Perhaps remove the reflection, and make the words in a rockbox yellow gradient instead of grey? In my head that sounds cool, but I'd have to see it to know.

EDIT: Just to be clear, I enjoy the logo as-is, but as long as it's being talked about I figured I might as well say something.

Also, I do like the reflection, but can also see that it's just the "cool thing to do", and probably shouldn't be used in this case.

[ZincAlloy]

yellow? I'm not too hyped about it...
and not doing something because it's in fashion is kinda weired..

[DancemasterGlenn]

Well, the whole WPS is yellow themed, so no sense in getting freaked out by yellow at this point

I made this up really fast, nothing at all fancy, just something very simple with the R from the current logo:


It wouldn't necessarily have to be yellow, white could work, but I'm one of the people who likes yellow, apparently. I still like zincalloy's (and the original logo), but I figured I'd throw this into the ring.