Feature #5797
Select a logo for Tails
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Description
(non-blocking)
We need a logo for Tails.
Requirements:
- Free licence, compatible with GPL3+.
- An image with an approximate 1:1 ratio, like the onion logo.
- Plus the same image along with the “Tails” word either:
* merged with the image as in the Tor logo;
* on the side of the image. - The “Tails” name must be spelled with an uppercase “T” only, and lowercase “ails”.
- The image should convey the ideas behind Tails: secrecy, privacy, anonymity, mystery, simplicity (Tails is ready-to-use).
- The logo has to be a bit serious, but not sad.
- Until now we reuse the colors from Tor (green and purple), but this can be changed.
- We cannot reuse directly the Tor or Debian logo, but evoking it is ok (use Tor colors, or evoking the Debian swirl).
- The image should be suited to print on nice stickers that people want to have on their computers, and on t-shirts that people are happy to wear.
- Make sure that the fonts that you use are compatible with GPL3. To be on the safe side, use fonts available in Debian main, otherwise prove their compatibility with GPL3.
We like the idea of the tail, the cat or the mask that was used by Incognito in the past. Other ideas that meet the requirements are welcome too.
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#1 Updated by intrigeri 2013-09-04 07:11:54
- Subject changed from visual identity to visual identity (logo)
- Status changed from Confirmed to In Progress
- Starter set to No
Some ideas were sent to tails-dev in August.
#2 Updated by OneST8 2013-09-06 06:52:31
- File <del>missing: tails-r2.png</del> added
It’s hard to get a proper “tail” image that doesn’t look confusing when really small vs it’s really big version.
Part of the issue is for things like a favion.ico which is 16x16, boot splash much larger and wallpapers which are huge.
While I’m no artist per-se, I do deal with design on a daily basis and so my suggestion is to make a play on the different technologies employed by tails. As a horrible example is attached an image which has the Tor onion (reduced to grayscale shading/lines of definition) with the Debian swirl situated on top as if the onion is a bottle with the swirl escaping.
Please do not use the attached for anything other that a frame of reference.
The mask image came from this really awesome art (that looks way better large but still gets the message across in smaller sizes): http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/287/b/9/incognito_typograpy_by_frostykilla89-d30rizy.png
Again, just trying throw my $0.02 into the mix as I’m looking for some catchy eye-candy that’ll look good in print, on threads and on the web.
#3 Updated by intrigeri 2013-09-06 07:38:01
Let’s keep discussion on the tails-dev mailing-list, thanks :)
#4 Updated by OneST8 2013-09-06 08:21:57
- File <del>missing: TAiLS-Idea.png</del> added
Attached is another idea I had on the way to work this morning. Completely different and while the attached is just a quick hack, the concept could be refined in a great number of ways…
- Re-write the text (I just rambled it all out)
- Define the coloured text better
- Choose different colours
- Incorporate cryptography in the text
- Instead of the text itself being actual human readable text, make it like lines of internet communications; some streams of 1s and 0s, SHA1 hashes of words, some readable words.
When squished to smaller scales, the bold/colours would be made more defined and the logo would manifest itself in an abstract way but clearly visible. On the larger scales; there can be a lot of fun in playing with the typsestting, hidden crypto puzzles and so on.
Thoughts?
(Note: Copy/pasting this comment to the mailing list.)
#5 Updated by OneST8 2013-09-06 08:28:14
Hmm, maybe instead of the vague purple onion underneath, make the onion be the a in tails?
Just spit-ballin’
#6 Updated by intrigeri 2013-09-06 08:41:44
Please, let’s keep the discussion on the tails-dev mailing-list only, thanks :)
Rationale: it’s the documented place for dev discussion. Not everyone reads ticket updates. There are already two email threads started on the mailing-list.
#7 Updated by Gentleman 2013-09-10 03:22:34
- File <del>missing: tails-logo-redacted.png</del> added
Logos are by definition ‘improper’, minimalistic, and simple right? The DISK IMAGE on its own is an epitiomy of just that, and I strongly feel that it should remain as logo. It does scale well; however, there is nothing wrong with using an alias (like tails.boum.org/favicon.ico wordmark) when a smaller image is indicated.
By now, the DISK IMAGE has been well associated with Tails due to its prominence in the topleft corner on tails.boum.org . I have asked around - no one notices the cat in the topright corner.
en.wikipedia.org/logo : “Because logos are meant to represent companies’ brands or corporate identities and foster their immediate customer recognition, it is counterproductive to .. redesign logos.”
#8 Updated by intrigeri 2013-09-10 03:36:51
> File tails-logo-redacted.png added
Thanks!
> Logos are […]
As I told you on IRC, please keep the discussion for the mailing-list,
thanks: some of the most interested people don’t follow this ticket,
so the words you’re writing here won’t reach them.
#9 Updated by sajolida 2013-09-20 06:53:18
- File <del>missing: tails4.svg</del> added
#10 Updated by sajolida 2013-09-20 06:54:44
- File deleted (
TAiLS-Idea.png)
#11 Updated by sajolida 2013-09-20 06:54:56
- File deleted (
tails-logo-redacted.png)
#12 Updated by sajolida 2013-09-20 06:56:54
Thread on Carmie’s proposal:
https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2013-September/003612.html
#13 Updated by sajolida 2013-10-04 10:00:36
- Subject changed from visual identity (logo) to Create a logo for Tails
#14 Updated by sajolida 2013-10-21 09:47:00
- File <del>missing: TailsConcept3.pdf</del> added
#15 Updated by sajolida 2013-10-21 09:50:26
Added some more ideas by Andrew Pilkington from Picasso Fish.
https://labs.riseup.net/code/attachments/351/TailsConcept3.pdf
#16 Updated by intrigeri 2013-11-11 02:54:49
- Type of work changed from Research to Graphics
#17 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-07 06:55:33
- File deleted (
tails4.svg)
#18 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-07 06:56:18
- File <del>missing: carmie.svg</del> added
- File <del>missing: carmie.png</del> added
#19 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-07 06:57:20
- File deleted (
TailsConcept3.pdf)
#20 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-07 07:00:57
- File andrew-6.png added
- File andrew-concept.pdf added
#21 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-07 07:02:38
- File deleted (
carmie.svg)
#22 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-07 07:02:40
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carmie.png)
#23 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-07 07:02:41
- File deleted (
tails-r2.png)
#24 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-07 07:03:32
- File carmie-1.png added
- File carmie-1.svg added
- File onest8-1.png added
#25 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-07 07:05:18
In order to follow up on the work of Carmie we propose to look for other poses of cats.
#27 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-28 09:20:58
New proposal of cartoon cats on <https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004740.html>.
#28 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-28 09:22:48
- File bitingbird-1.jpg added
#29 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-28 09:25:27
- File logo-fonts.pdf added
#30 Updated by sajolida 2014-01-28 09:26:17
Font proposals from <https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2014-January/004778.html>
#31 Updated by intrigeri 2014-02-06 13:37:59
- File tails-logo-round.png added
#32 Updated by BitingBird 2014-02-11 13:37:51
Updated the task description, with precise requirements as decided in the last meeting.
#33 Updated by BitingBird 2014-02-12 04:18:26
- File mouse_hole.xcf added
- File mouse_hole_tail_letter.xcf added
- File whale_tail.xcf added
- File bicolor_cat.xcf added
- File another_shadow.xcf added
- File costume.xcf added
- File mermaid.xcf added
- File mouse.xcf added
#34 Updated by anonym 2014-03-01 02:42:56
- File incognito-64x64.ico added
- File incog_mask_large.png added
Some old Incognito logos, just for inspiration.
#35 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-01 14:32:23
- File gareth.pdf added
Add more proposals by Gareth Edwards from studiorokit.com.
#36 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-10 21:52:44
- Description updated
#37 Updated by BitingBird 2014-03-11 16:56:31
- File edake.jpg added
Edu (edake14 at gmail.com) proposed something
#38 Updated by BitingBird 2014-03-11 18:17:47
- File 5plbwLV8FhU1.png added
- File dHrvbtWkcesL.svg added
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Leonardo Nc (lenieco at gmail.com) proposed a design with all complementary materials except CSS, since he uses the purple we already ship.
He also changed the font to use sans (which?).
#39 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-12 10:47:32
About edake.jpg, we need a SVG format.
#40 Updated by BitingBird 2014-03-12 15:09:24
- File k7wJF2z.png added
Constantin Koblmiller (c.koblmiller at gmail.com) made a proposition ! We still need:
- license
- name of the font(s) being used
See updated version below, in SVG format :)
#41 Updated by BitingBird 2014-03-14 22:06:34
- Due date set to 2014-04-01
- Start date set to 2014-03-10
#42 Updated by drbit 2014-03-15 19:30:28
- File TailsLogo-01a.jpg added
- File TailsLogo-01b.jpg added
- File TailsLogo-01c.jpg added
Draft logo submission
#43 Updated by intrigeri 2014-03-16 07:37:40
Hi drbit,
drbit wrote:
> Draft logo submission
Thanks a lot!
As indicated on https://tails.boum.org/news/logo_contest/, logos should be submitted to tails-dev@boum.org. Just in case you did not submit yours yet.
#44 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-17 14:29:06
- Description updated
#45 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-17 15:08:22
- Blueprint set to https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/logo
#46 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-17 15:46:42
- File <del>missing: tails.pdf</del> added
Proposal by Maurice George.
#47 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-17 15:47:14
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tails.pdf)
#48 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-17 15:48:09
- File <del>missing: maurice.pdf</del> added
#49 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-17 16:07:25
- Description updated
#50 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-19 14:00:38
- File deleted (
maurice.pdf)
#51 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-19 14:01:14
- File maurice.svg added
#52 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-20 20:14:41
- File constantin-1.svg added
- File constantin-2.svg added
#53 Updated by sajolida 2014-03-24 08:31:34
- File nobody-banner.svg added
- File nobody-logo.svg added
- File nobody-splash.svg added
#54 Updated by Ermack 2014-03-31 04:30:32
I have 80 Images to submit. 40 png’s and 40 of the same images in svg format. Most are variations of 3 core images. The banner and splash compositions are also included with several variations of each. The deadline is nearing. Please allow me to email them to you or I’ll have to flood this page with the links which would be tedious and suck. The deadline I hope is by end of day. Otherwise it would be the end for me and my work for naught. Please Inrigeri I need to know about the GPLv3 thing we spoke about. Forgive my impatience.
#56 Updated by spandata 2014-03-31 17:13:07
- File Tails_maze.jpg added
3 variations on the theme of a “maze”.
#57 Updated by BitingBird 2014-04-02 23:22:25
- blocks
Feature #7011: Create Tails stickers added
#58 Updated by BitingBird 2014-04-04 14:50:15
- Subject changed from Create a logo for Tails to Select a logo for Tails
#59 Updated by Dr_Whax 2014-04-13 21:46:47
- Status changed from In Progress to Resolved
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
The logo has been chosen and is: Tchou.
Reference: Message-ID: <534979BA.6070105@pimienta.org>
#60 Updated by t3x 2014-04-15 20:55:06
The logo selected is nice however it doesn’t scale well when it’s a smaller size.
A simple logo such as the one by Gareth ( https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/logo/gareth-red.png ) would be a nice choice since it’s easily identifiable whether it’s large or small.
Please re-consider and select a logo that can scale well and is easily identifiable at any size.