Rockbox Logo...

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Those are nice  But... I like the current logo so much more! Because of this thread, I was thinking of the first impressions I got from the logo when I first came to Rockbox. I remember that it was a bit surprising that it wouldn't transmit "modern", or "technology". But, besides other positive things that have been already mentioned about it here before, it also transmitted "construction" (yes), some sort of "do it yourself" thing that I really like, "flexibility, adjustment", and also some sort of a “vintage” thing, that may seem contradictory (?), but that now I personally also like. So, I tried to figure out why wouldn't it transmit "modern/technology", of course having no idea if that would be desirable to be transmitted, just assuming it, but I reckon that might be one of the main reasons people would like to change the booting splash image. Anyway, I think that might be because of two things: 1-The "ROCK" font, that doesn't look modern (and looks somewhat disproportioned, too tall or too thin), specially compared to "box", which does look modern, and 2- The old fashioned music note... which I like! I would never leave out the "sketch" lines.

So, I'm not saying that the current logo should be replaced, but if something was to be done about it, IMHO it should be a rework of the current logo, instead of a replacement.

[TexasRockbox]

If something is to be doen to the original logo, I would think the edge enhancement needs to be removed.  If one looks very carefully it can be seen that around the letters the yellow-ish background is lightened -- it's about 1 pixel wide.  This gives a false impression of sharpness (TVs do the same thing when "sharpness" is increased.

Otherwise, I have my own idea for a Rockbox logo but can't draw worth anything.

[Zardoz]

I like hayden's take on the quarter note design. It's clean, clear and simple. Music note in a box shaped logo with a prominent 'r' says it all to me. And for me it just boils down to what looks best and next to jeanreno's 'box' thingy, this is it.

[ZincAlloy]

another idea:

[MarcGuay]

That cube is quite deluxe!

[ZincAlloy]

played around a bit with the box and the font

edit: added a more traditional rockbox-yellow version

[DancemasterGlenn]

I very much enjoy the yellow one.

[Llorean]

I think it'd have a lot of difficulty on the much lower DPI of most of the screens we're dealing with.

You may wish to start with something like a 100x48 mono image then add color and details from there after it looks good at that size and bit depth. That way you're working up from the worst quality, rather than creating something that looks nice, but can't be preserved downward.

[ZincAlloy]

true, it doesn't really resemble the larger version when adapted to that size :/

[Artursk]

As long as Rockbox has a lot to do with pixels and low resolution screens
I thought that a logo,that's made of pixels would be cool
 I also used console font for it.




here is how it would look on sansa clip



or




so,how do you like it ?

[AlexP]

I appreciate that it is difficult with so few pixels to work with, but I'd prefer the R to look like an R

Also, real words please, "you" not "u"

[Yotto]

Yeah I really don't like that "R"

What about 4 squares, with a backslash in the 3rd quadrant?

(too lazy to draw/upload)

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I still like the original (and that unofficial one that a lot of people like with the R and a music note on a cube) better.

[Raiden175]

im not much as one would call an artist but heres an idea! hope it helps! it would be awesome if we can get the logo changed:D id help contribute with more! but sadly i can not draw and am barley learning c
hope it helps though:D

[Artursk]

You mean like this?



it's actualy not a bad idea- very simple and easy to recognize.

[Serenity]

Oooh. I quite like that one. It looks like a little house with a welcoming open door.
I also like ZincAlloy's posh logo, but I understand the scaling problem

The luddite in me would like to see some bright color added, though I couldn't tell you how. The simple design of the house logo is great.