Ok guys, I’m hopped up on opium again, so thought I’d stop by here and post some random thought that went through my brain.
Why do certain App’s, Os’s, ect. have these strange logos, Like gimp has a Tasmanian Devil(?), or Linux with it’s stupid looking penguin (seriously, that makes non sense), or VLC Media Player with it’s orange caution cone, which is right now wearing a santa hat lol, or even Blender’s logo, what the heck is it? Just a design or something? I always felt it looke like some sorta engine.
The only logo I’ve seen that makes any sense to me is the Windows logo, it’s a window.
So anyone know of any other crazy weird logos, or possibly the meanings or origins of these logos?
What would a GIMP look like, what the heck would a VLC look like!?
You can find almost everything pointless with the right state of mind, like what’s the point of golf, you hit a little ball 150-500 yards just to get it into a little hole, what a waste of space, Mini-Golf does it right.:spin:
I have never really cared for the blender logo.
It looks like a diagram you would find on the back of a box of Viagra, explaining the effects in a time lapse diagram, explaining flaccid ,midway, and erect. (hey, I had a odd childhood. please don’t knock my sick imagination.)
Hopefully we can have some sort of logo design competition like Zbrush did to get their slick new logo.
For gimp I would expect a crutch or a wheelchair for the Icon, except it is a very capable program, and not gimped in any way.I use it every day! Wilbur is getting old for me too, I would like to see a new icon for gimp too.
As far as the GNU Linux logo, Just listen to Linus or that lovable nutcase Richard Stallman, talk for even 5 minuets, and you will have penguin humor too. fast forward the video to 1 minuet 50 seconds to watch stallman eat a toenail or something off his foot. In some public press conference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd4PhUGPt9A
(I bet he just did it as a joke)
VLC should be some kind of film reel or HDTV set or something. Even a buckett of movie theater popcorn would be better.
Linus Torvalds got bitten by a blue fairy penguin (I think that was the correct species?) at a zoo and contracted Penguinitis, which causes a love of penguins. His condition led him to declare the penguin the symbol for Linux. That’s his official explanation, I’m not making it up.
Well, maybe, but Torvalds doesn’t think he is a penguin, he just likes them. So before you join the club, I’d say you have to decide whether you believe you are a squirrel or if you just enjoy their company. How much do you like nuts?
Well PP, I love nuts, found that out recently, even started a thread and poll on it if you remember. I’d like to ask you something, what happened to my demonoid thread? I come back this evening and it’s gone, is that sorta thing not allowed here or something?
Btw, why did you choose Jack Black’s picture for your avatar? Because of his face, beard, mustache, sense of humor?
@spacetug: Crystal and shiny logos/icons make them look cool and 3D.
I mean compare the old 16x16 Windows folder icons with the current Windows Vista/7 icons which can be up to about 250x250 and are shiny, 3D etc. It adds a lot of style and appeal.
But all the shininess is just gradients to make it look like light reflecting at an angle and things like that.
