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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
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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:
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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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