Re: [eigen] Owls

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

2010/3/3 Rohit Garg <rpg.314@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Since we are discussing our favorite colors for eigen-shed, I'll point
> out that in my country, owls symbolize moronic-ness of the highest
> order.

Actually from my point of view this is a plus !! As long as it's not offensive.

Benoit

PS. amusingly, in western culture they symbolize intelligence... think
Athena's owl,
http://strongbrains.com/images/GreekAthenaOwlCoin.jpg

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> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Benoit Jacob <jacob.benoit.1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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...
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>> Same for me, actually forget about the "calligraphy" part :) i'm sure
>> that David will have ideas about how to stylize his own owls...
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>> Benoit
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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...
>>>> >>
>>>> >>    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, ...
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>    Benoit
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> Rohit Garg
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> http://rpg-314.blogspot.com/
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> Senior Undergraduate
> Department of Physics
> Indian Institute of Technology
> Bombay
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