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Or like this:

Credits go to maximuss, gvans and kussaka




This is what i mean to use for the tiny version:  

which is essentially :


Just a thought.
Pentamon

First I was thinking of sending a private message to gvans, kussaka and maximuss,
however then I thought: everyone might as well know that I am asking, So here goes:

@gvans, kussaka and maximuss, and other designers who want to jump in.

If you guys agree, I would like to make this design my top vote.
To my way of thinking, and as it turns out also for Darkhorse, this captures not only the history of collaboration, but also two concepts: starfish and key.

However, I am not completely happy with certain details, and I lack the technical skills to make it happen.
Would you consider polishing it?

Things that I would like to see changed, in order to evaluate it, are:
1. The big square "O" might be slightly bigger, in relation to the rest of the key.
2. I would like to keep the SouthWest corner even thickness, and see if that looks better on the small version as well. In other words, what effect would that have on the starfish inside.
3. My colour choices here are not great, I would like to explore other colours. The golden-brown shades from the starfish that kussaka used are kind of more what I was thinking.  My impression is that a dark tone for the key, and a lighter, fiery colour for the starfish inside might be working.  Please give some variations, if you will.

A question to maximuss: Is there any risk that some fond designer will come after us about the  use of a font?  I know there is always that possibility, but I just want to make sure that we are somewhat 'future-proofed' for that eventuality.

We are sort of moving in newer territory here, trying to work together on a design. We all know the saying: "it looks as though it was designed by a committee" - not really a flattering comment.
However to me this looks like a design I would like to support.

Fortunately we have left some flexibility in how exactly we reward the efforts here, so we can be creative there.
And I still have my pot o' Ora that could be dipped into  Cheesy

Pentamon
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An industry of designer community supported by Ora. And incorporating designer community with marketing in creating a powerful and effective marketing tool to reach all kinds of folks.

A little bit of messy right now in my (contributed by the nxt hack). I will share with everyone once i have the details properly figured.
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Lot of nice logoes, look great! It will be difficult to choose.
Maybe these articles can help to choose. Wink
http://thebetahub.com/how-to-create-and-choose-the-right-logo-for-your-business/
http://www.martinkoss.com/social-branding/how-to-choose-the-right-logo/

I am going to watch with interest which three you vote for, kussaka  Wink

Pentamon

I vote so ... Forgive me Gvans and Maximuss. Smiley
Both logos are perfect, but I could not resist  to combine them together.






And vote to my second version of the logo.
I combined my logo with a model site for example, to show features of it and the point it between strong competitors. Smiley




@Pentamon, above will be my vote as well. I like the fact there is the starfish element and the "key" feature incorporated into one awesome ora logo. Honestly i didnt think the plain version of the "key" would be a good option but now, yeah, i will take that back. It make sense now to me.

Also the fact that 1 designer incorporated 2 other designers idea into 1, guys you have my respect. Thanks to this corporation, i have come up with an idea. I will post that soon, hopefully we can be an undeniable  moving factor in the future of crypto currency.

Thank you all for making this happen.

Darkhorse

@ Darkhorse, you are right, it is a feeling of respect and admiration that we get when we see that the developers (in this thread the graphical designers) work together around ideas that bring us further.
If we can continue this kind of cooperation into the further development of Ora, beyond the logo, can you imagine what powerful process this will be? 

I am looking forward to your idea. There is a need for us to find new ways to support this direction, and a way to acknowledge all the people involved in it. Truly the whole is more than the sum of it's parts.

Pentamon
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Hello

By seeing all the logos posted in this thread I think it will be very difficult almost impossible
to decide about which one is better and to choose the best one.
I would like to vote for more than 1 logo at time because I'm really undecided which one is better.
I think a voting system which will include all the posted logos and will give a option to users
to rate any logo from 1 to 5 or 1 to 10 would be the best solution but I don't know how this will work out
or if this would be possible over NXT voting system.


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My Vote 1



My Vote 2



My Vote 3



@Pentamon, above will be my vote as well. I like the fact there is the starfish element and the "key" feature incorporated into one awesome ora logo. Honestly i didnt think the plain version of the "key" would be a good option but now, yeah, i will take that back. It make sense now to me.

Also the fact that 1 designer incorporated 2 other designers idea into 1, guys you have my respect. Thanks to this corporation, i have come up with an idea. I will post that soon, hopefully we can be an undeniable  moving factor in the future of crypto currency.

Thank you all for making this happen.

Darkhorse
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I am having trouble to vote. Hard to choose. Shocked

I know how you feel.
Truly, this is the hard part.

That is why I am so thankful that kussaka made his vote. You could just see his efforts - but he made his choice.
Maybe you can read the links he provided for inspiration:

Lot of nice logoes, look great! It will be difficult to choose.
Maybe these articles can help to choose. Wink
http://thebetahub.com/how-to-create-and-choose-the-right-logo-for-your-business/
http://www.martinkoss.com/social-branding/how-to-choose-the-right-logo/

Another approach is to look at the list of designs, and vote strategically: http://prezi.com/zk-cuegzir2_/logo-for-ora/

Pentamon
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I am having trouble to vote. Hard to choose. Shocked
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Some really cool new ideas being presented here. Also nice to see a website example! Cool
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Transformers... Robots in disguise  Tongue

Haha I like the logo but the song came to my immediate thinking
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Or like this:

Credits go to maximuss, gvans and kussaka




This is what i mean to use for the tiny version:  

which is essentially :


Just a thought.
Pentamon
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Omg this is AMAZING!
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Oh, another surprise. You did not submit one of your own designs?



Oh sorry Grin
I was not attentive when I read your post and incorrectly understood. I corrected my voice.

kussaka,
It's all good. I am glad you persist with us.
I hope you enjoy the process just as much as I do.

Pentamon
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Not a very good logo but just thought these were nice. Plain and simple. Just experimenting again Smiley

https://i.imgur.com/zdKdnxL.png

https://i.imgur.com/6ZROjEa.png

They are pretty large so have just provided links.

figroll

Hmm I think I got a new desktop background. Cool

Here's the really plain versions.

https://i.imgur.com/PAl7J2z.png

https://i.imgur.com/3yfYSLI.png

Enjoy

figroll !!
you are a marathon runner, just warming up, or what?  Wink

Please try to put them in some form here for us to easy quote and vote on, if you don't mind.
These surfaces are beautiful.  And I am getting dizzy from all the good stuff dropping here...

Pentamon
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Graphic designer


Oh, another surprise. You did not submit one of your own designs?



Oh sorry Grin
I was not attentive when I read your post and incorrectly understood. I corrected my voice.
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Flat versions:









The tiny version... we knew that would happen, didn't we?

Two suggestions: both involve cutting the key in half:
Go with your square "O" only - the handle of the key ?  Very distinct, I would say.

Or try kussaka's idea: put evan's square starfish outline inside your square "O" - I expect that to be recognizable as well, especially if you use complementing colours.

Pentamon
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Not a very good logo but just thought these were nice. Plain and simple. Just experimenting again Smiley

https://i.imgur.com/zdKdnxL.png

https://i.imgur.com/6ZROjEa.png

They are pretty large so have just provided links.

figroll

Hmm I think I got a new desktop background. Cool

Here's the really plain versions.

https://i.imgur.com/PAl7J2z.png

https://i.imgur.com/3yfYSLI.png

Enjoy
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Not a very good logo but just thought these were nice. Plain and simple. Just experimenting again Smiley

https://i.imgur.com/zdKdnxL.png

https://i.imgur.com/6ZROjEa.png

They are pretty large so have just provided links.

figroll

Hmm I think I got a new desktop background. Cool
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I can't see properly, there are tears in my eyes.... I absolutely love what you have done here kussaka!

Could you add one more, for position three, please, and then you will have fulfilled our voting process.
You have managed to honour two other designers already, add a third one, besides yourself.
You can take your time, of course, but at this point, I feel like just throwing in all my vote in behind what you have proposed.

Thank you, thank you.
(third thank you coming after your third vote)

Pentamon

Thank you! Ok, I understand

1)  Gvans   




2)  Maximuss 




3)  BoubonicNugz   




Oh, another surprise. You did not submit one of your own designs?

I just want to make sure that I don't confuse you:

I think that your synthesis of two designs, is beautiful. You are welcome to put it as number 1, if you want:
If this design wins, we will have to unravel who gets the credits, but that is not insurmountable. To my way of thinking, this one has three daddies, or mommies, whichever:



I also think that your latest version for the Ora site is stunning. Why not put it up as part of your vote?



 I am not trying to tell you what to do, just that we encourage three submissions.

Here comes the third thank you: Thank you!

Pentamon



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Not a very good logo but just thought these were nice. Plain and simple. Just experimenting again Smiley

https://i.imgur.com/zdKdnxL.png

https://i.imgur.com/6ZROjEa.png

They are pretty large so have just provided links.

figroll
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Voting for Ora Logo

Let me start with two quotes:

This is going to be a real tough one. Even it is going to be hard deciding top 5.

@Pentamon, how are we going to vote? Decided method voting? Where? I am sorry if this has been answered. I have been a little busy with real life and here at the moment.

This group of art designers can be Ora's design team if they are interested. Will be a good addition if you ask me. We can have our own designer team.  Cool lotsa things to do. We also need someone to design an infographic on how to use Nxt client (register, secure account, nxt ae) to purchase Ora Asset and another would be How to use Secureae.com to purchase ora asset using bitcoin.
This could be your next project for you if you are interested.


And can be difficult to count voices.

Maybe we will not vote for 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, and make   one voice = one point.
Each voter 3 equal voices he gives 3 different logo.
There are many equally strong logo and it is difficult to allocate places (especially for designers, I think).
And in 3 equal voices for three logos (proportionally) will be easier to count the votes for each logo then ..

What do you think about it?
In any case, some want to change their vote with new logo.

Thank you DarkhorseofNxt and kussaka, for drawing attention to the voting.
I try to keep the most up to date info in the message that is linked to in the first post, but that is always somewhat hidden, isn't it?

I am going to describe my intended voting procedure. Please comment:

Remember, we are doing everything here on this forum thread.
The only external resources is the Prezi presentation that I will try to keep updated with the voting results.
http://prezi.com/zk-cuegzir2_/logo-for-ora/
You will see the submitted logos on this prezi 'migrate' to the middle as they get more votes.

I will likely need a spreadsheet for this as well, but that is still to be done.
Maybe somebody here is good at that and will help me? - we will need to trace every vote on the thread.

Official deadline for design submissions is 17 August, however if somebody throws in a design later, it will be accepted. Obviously the later you submit, it will have the disadvantage of missing some early voters. Right now we are getting into some interesting collaboration here. ( I bet that those of you who follow other groups, will find the tone here at Ora quite pleasant.)
Final deadline for voting is 31 August.

Everyone votes only once.
Some of us have voted already. If you change your mind, maybe because a new good design came along, just go back to your voting post and edit it, prior to 31 August 2014.
Everyone has to give three choices.
You may add text to motivate your choice.
Everyone has to give them in order: 1, 2 and 3, with position 1 being the most liked one.

Vote counting: I want to give three points for position 1, two for position 2, and one for position 3.
If a person only enters one choice, I will count it on position three, one point only.  (Rationale: encourage multiple options.)

Designers (people that have submitted a design) may put ONE of the three options as their own. On any position they wish.
So by point count, a designer could give half of the points to himself (three points for position one) and  
Designers votes also account for 2/3 of the total vote. (Rationale: they actually take a risk by taking part, and they likely might know design better than those of use that only consume.)

I would like to hear if there are any strong objections to this process.

The only 'messy part' that I possibly expect (apart from people not understanding the process) is if the vote is split by multiple submissions from one designer that are very similar, like colour changes, etc. In that case, we will use common sense in lumping obvious patterns together, won't we?

I also would like to thank all the participants, especially the designers.

As DarkhorseofNXT suggested, the process will hopefully continue, after the logo for Ora is finalized, because as we all know, Ora itself will need this kind of nurturing community process for hopefully a long time.

Remember: As you nurture Ora, Ora nurtures you!

(maybe somebody can put that in a nice latin version on a coin?)  Grin

Pentamon

That is going to be a very troublesome procedure man. Why dont we just list all the submitted logo in a list with numbers. Then start a logo poll. Everyone gets 3 votes. Deadline on 31st august?

Yes, deadline 31 August.
Voting for the next two weeks.

Don't worry, man, it will be fine and fun.  Polls are messy. Thread based votes are precise.
 Just put your three top choices, in order. That is the hard part.

Here is a voting example post, so that you can see what I want:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.8159749

Pentamon
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