Re: [eigen] Owls

[Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx>]

2010/3/3 Gael Guennebaud <gael.guennebaud@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx>
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>> 2010/3/3 Mark Borgerding <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> > I tend to agree with Gael.  The owls are very nice, but the complexity
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>> > the hand-drawn lines are not easy to reproduce and make it a bit
>> > cluttered.
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>> > I made an attempt at capturing the style of the silly professor in a
>> > logo,
>> > but I'm not a very good artist.  I fear it looks a bit like Tux in a
>> > snowsuit.
>> > http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/images/Silly_professor2.jpg
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>> Well you aren't a great artist (neither am I!!) but your idea in
>> itself sounds good to me: by stylizing (is that proper English?) the
>> existing owl into simple vector graphics, it should be possible to
>> create something that's simultaneously modern/abstract ... while still
>> being cute/stupid (e.g., like you do, by keeping the silly hat).
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> Yes this is what I had in mind, only change the style. The overall idea was
> really cool.
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>> I have a vague idea of what could be cool: a black-on-white vector
>> shape of the main outlines but with a "calligraphic" feel, one should
>> feel the movement of the pen, think chinese calligraphy... does that
>> make sense?
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> This way or another, I'm everything but an artist, so I cannot tell what
> could work and what couldn't before seeing it. unfortunately...

Same for me, actually forget about the "calligraphy" part :) i'm sure
that David will have ideas about how to stylize his own owls...

Benoit

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> gael
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>> Benoit
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>> > Gael Guennebaud wrote:
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>> >> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx
>> >> <mailto:jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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>> >>    Hi List,
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>> >>    I just got back in touch with David Benjamin, who had drawn our owl
>> >>    pictures 2 years ago. Indeed, with Eigen 3 on the horizon, I was
>> >>    thinking that some new graphics on our website would be very
>> >> welcome.
>> >>    He's still interested in Eigen (actually using it) and potentially
>> >>    available to draw owls!
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>> >>    But before asking him to, I'd like to check with you if our original
>> >>    vision for Eigen's mascot is still in line with the Eigen developer
>> >>    community. Indeed, our mascot dates back to March 2008...
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>> >>    Let's give again this link which has most of the owls that David
>> >> drew:
>> >>    http://download.tuxfamily.org/eigen/owls/contest/David_four_owls.jpg
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>> >>    Do you like them? OK to continue in that direction?
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>> >> I still like the idea of a owl, and having such a series of 4 variants
>> >> is
>> >> really cool. Now, honestly I've never really liked the style of the
>> >> drawing.
>> >> Don't misunderstand me, the drawings are good, but for a different
>> >> context.
>> >> IMO they do not work very well as a logo and/or to illustrate a
>> >> website. I'd
>> >> prefer something more modern, abstract, ...
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>> >> gael
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>> >>    Needless to say, _I_ like them a lot. Just checking if I'm still in
>> >>    sync with the developer community...
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>> >>    If you are interested in a storyline, here's one: Eigen is a big
>> >>    clunky steam machine and is actually manned by an army of stupid
>> >>    little engineer-owls who work frenetically in the lower levels..
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>> >>    Benoit
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