[SeasonOfDocs] Doctopus Logo discussion thread

[Cameron Shorter]

+0, happy to follow Erin and other's lead on the logo selection.

On 14/8/19 5:30 pm, Jo Cook wrote:
> There's a precedent for that- I don't think GitHub's Octocat ever has 
> the full 8 legs!
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 7:53 AM Felicity Brand 
> <felicitybrand at gmail.com <mailto:felicitybrand at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I like it too. But it's only got 3 legs - is that okay? It looks
>     more like a squid to me :-)
>     But that's fine, I'm fine with it +1
>      👍🐙
>
>     On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 4:45 PM Jo Cook <jo.k.cook at gmail.com
>     <mailto:jo.k.cook at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Yes, I'm keen on that logo choice as well, it's modern,
>         simple, and will look good in a variety of colours.
>
>         Jo
>
>         On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 10:41 PM Jared Morgan
>         <jaredleonmorgan at gmail.com <mailto:jaredleonmorgan at gmail.com>>
>         wrote:
>
>             That's a good logo choice. Will make stickers easy to produce.
>             On Wed., 14 Aug. 2019, 04:55 Erin McKean,
>             <emckean at google.com <mailto:emckean at google.com>> wrote:
>
>                 Hi folks!
>
>                 It seems as though Doctopus is the consensus choice
>                 (vs templatypus) and so this is a thread to sort out
>                 the logo.
>
>                 I have pinged the internal designer at Google who
>                 might have spare time for this, and I will also have
>                 an internal budget discussion today about external
>                 design help.
>
>                 In the meantime, I present my favorite of the Noun
>                 Project octopus icons:
>                 https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=octopus&i=1441577 (for
>                 US$3 you get nonexclusive rights to use the icon)
>
>                 Right now I think we can probably wait until I hear
>                 back from the designers, yes? There's not a ton of
>                 urgency for the logo at this point, just need to keep
>                 it moving. :)
>
>                 Our choices will probably range from
>                 realistic/cartoon; single/multicolor; variation
>                 options (eg do we want to vary the doctopus by color
>                 for different events, or have different items held in
>                 tentacles); text options (text on the doctopus/no
>                 text/ text surrounding the doctopus).
>
>                 Anything I'm not thinking of? Please suggest!
>
>                 More soon!
>
>                 Erin
>
>                 -- 
>                 Erin McKean | Developer Relations Program Manager,
>                 Open Source Strategy |emckean at google.com
>                 <mailto:emckean at google.com> | she/her
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