I know this was comment was made in jest, but I think it does raise a serious issue.
I'm not sure how long he(?) has been around, and I wouldn't want to tread on the toes of people who have put a lot of work into Drupal over the years, but to me the drupalicon reminds me of a typical alien and gives the impression that Drupal is for people who are a bit wierd, wacky and far-out - where as most Drupalers I've come across have been dead sound, down to earth and take issues very seriously.
I don't think it typifies the way Drupal works as a project or the way it is built as software. I know that I wouldn't use it personally when promoting Drupal to potential users.
On the other hand, it does give a (nearly) human face to Drupal that is missing from other software projects.
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to me the drupalicon reminds me of a typical alien and gives the impression that Drupal is for people who are a bit wierd, wacky and far-out
I sure like Drupal, but the icon creeps me out. The large version on the site header here isn't so bad, but the favicon version looks like it's staring at me, with its head tilted down, and frowning.
my druplicon
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Alien
I know this was comment was made in jest, but I think it does raise a serious issue.
I'm not sure how long he(?) has been around, and I wouldn't want to tread on the toes of people who have put a lot of work into Drupal over the years, but to me the drupalicon reminds me of a typical alien and gives the impression that Drupal is for people who are a bit wierd, wacky and far-out - where as most Drupalers I've come across have been dead sound, down to earth and take issues very seriously.
I don't think it typifies the way Drupal works as a project or the way it is built as software. I know that I wouldn't use it personally when promoting Drupal to potential users.
On the other hand, it does give a (nearly) human face to Drupal that is missing from other software projects.
Thanks
Simon
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Drupal isn't a project as much as it is a religion.
One does NOT insult the holy druplicon.
Do not make us shun you =)
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Downright creepy
I sure like Drupal, but the icon creeps me out. The large version on the site header here isn't so bad, but the favicon version looks like it's staring at me, with its head tilted down, and frowning.
But hey, at least it's not DotNetNuke's radiation hazard favicon!
(Sorry, I'm no graphic artist, so I wouldn't be any help in trying to come up with anything different.)
Related Discussion
There is a related discussion about the relative "creepiness" of the 'Druplicon' here:
http://drupal.org/node/91448
... and gives the impression
MUHAHAHAHAHA! you are not far off, there, except for the words "a bit" ;P
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I kinda dig your image though
Would look nice on the right kind of theme.
Such a pity about IE sucking at translucent png though.
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Do like the logo... also
Do like the logo... also have liked these - prefer the top one as it symbolizes a lower case d (related discussion).
But might get us sued by Micro$oft
Because they look derivative of the Mac Office X graphics (from 2002)
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005O1GE.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
The only difference as far as I can tell is that the MS ones are tilted. Oh, and the letters and colours are different :)
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Adrian Simmons
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contribute that version?
We have a marketing resource pages and CVS repository. So if you do not mind releasing your logo under GPL, could you mail me?
Also, for general Drupal Art, I created a forum in the Theme Garden.
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The druplifavicon guy does
The druplifavicon guy does look like he's frowning. It's probably sad to be squished into something that small.
Beaded Water
One could always just use a stock-photo of some beaded water as a header-background:
http://images.google.co.vi/images?client=opera&rls=en&q=beaded%20water&o...
Why are you responding to a 5
Why are you responding to a 5 year old thread?
Drupal is like falling in love with a girl after you got to know her, instead of instantly falling in love with her appearance... :)
Willem van Straaten's contribution
Willem, that is really nice.
I like the way the bottom appears to be glowing from within.
I would love to see a 'Drupalized' version of this with the eyes and the point at the top.
Start reading.
Start reading.
Drupal is like falling in love with a girl after you got to know her, instead of instantly falling in love with her appearance... :)