just a little idea(i don't like penguins)

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It's 'OpenWrt', not 'OpenWRT'

til when is this contest going?

My vote is for the logos from Alejood... I don't like the ones with embossing though.

yea, i dont like that one neither...but i had some wierd effect that could be reworked in a more subtle way..it gives some strenght to the letters..i will check on that one again.

Until someone wins.

O.k. here some more logos

Personally i prefer number 4, as it's without too much "Schnickschnack"*

* keep i simple ;-)

All Big Logos have got only 1 to 3 letters. What about a big O with 2 Antennas and some Halfcircles on each?

I think the idea was to move away from the visual cliche of antennas and radiating lines.  I do like nethawk's #4 - my favourite so far.

(Well for posterity I will include the following comment before I provide you with the enlightenment and uplifting news you so much need below.)

Ok alej00d, I think you should submit just one logo instead of a few and win this contest finally, unless of course you want to see some more ideas flow through the airwaves. 

Personally I like the way the box turned out and the last two the best.  It's always good to have variety and to have a logo that can be printed in either black or white seems like a good idea.  The only reason I prefer the last one (4.simple) over the first one (1.shadow) is because I like the idea of the shadow being only inside the box, like a metaphor for a brain's grey matter in a box.  Also it can be reversed in the black background version.  Though I still think the words, "wireless freedom" should either be in caps or larger on the bottom or both, like in the original busybox welcome screen that will also supposedly show up in the RC4 web interface (as it shows in the current pre-RC4 nbd version).  This way I think with the, "WIRELESS FREEDOM" still close in font size to the, "OpenWrt" letters, it will be more visible in different scales, especially as it is shrunken down to shirt-pin size or something. 

Very nice though, and because you are much more of a better artist as seen most obviously with the box and improved lettering, I think it is a worthy challenger to any fancy graphic.  After all, on IRC, mere mention of the term, "GUI" warrants a shooting as stated in the room topic.  As of course I'm biased, I think the busybox lookalike should be the winner, though of course, mbm is always free to change the busybox ascii art too.  Maybe some, WRT-type logo with a big eared (((\>penguin inside</))) surfing waves.  hehehe.

Well, I was going to let alej00d win, but out of divine inspiration, I have found it necessary to claim victory for myself.  Read on and understand my explanation:

Well, actually I have also decided to submit some graphics that will completely quash any other competitors in the category of graphic based logo design as you will see below.

First I made the big mean tough OpenWrt logo:

Then I decided to make a smaller version where everything fit inside the O:

Of course that was too small I made a concession in between with some waves:

And finally my masterpiece which has all facets of which any wireless graphic should include (penguin, linksys box, wireless antennas - used as ears even!, radio waves and "surfing").  This is surely my best work and is the final comment on all possible graphic entries into this logo contest.  I am sure it will never be surpassed by anyone except Leonardo Da Vinci himself!...

Of course because I know that my striking masterpiece will influence all the programmers of OpenWrt and even Busybox itself, I have submitted a rough draft of what improvement can also be made to such login welcome screen and implemented into a logo also as a mere suggestion. 

For scaling down purposes and to save ink in printers, there is also this masterful version of beautiful simplicity:

You are welcome, mbm and everyone else.  Oh. and Thank you alej00d for fostering my creative side and allowing me the motivation to expand on my excellent artistic abilities.  I shall perhaps allow you to attend one of my showings of logo and ascii art in one of my future showings.

I think it is about time that everyone here at OpenWrt take me seriously in the open source logo and ascii art community.  Thank you in advance for your praise, appreciation and bestowment of great artistic honours.

P.S. Just in case you think I jest, I implore you to examine to minute detail the miniscule nuances of artistic expression which surely must elucidate upon you the great amount of effort and time in terms of creative power have been exerted just for the very creation of this series of complete masterpieces.  This is not the work of a mere fleeting moment of creative exploration, but a pinnacle of excellence which will never again be surmounted in the world of open source logo and ascii art.  Consider yourself a witness to the moment in history which defines all artistic expression henceforth between humanity and the newly evolving world of digital interaction with the multi-universe as it progresses onward past the first step toward an infinity of communication which you have now become a willing participant of during your own lifetime!  All of humanity which comes after you will be asking about this moment and hounding you until you've answered their cries for knowledge about this era and what you have just seen.

Thank you for allowing me to complete this contest and bring it to a close with my final submission:

With Kindest Regards,

RockyGryphon

The best submissions so far!

RockyGryphon, i submitted to MOMA, GUGGENHEIM, POMPIDOU and BEYELER your ascii-art logos and drawings, they all will like to have them in their collection!!, i guess you will have to choose to whom you will sell this masterpieces..

they will contact you soon...

congratulations and plis remenber that vernissage invitation you promised, i will love to see your work (or your child's?) hanging from the walls of any of this museums.

/alej00d

means forever

At this rate, yes.

Please, let's keep this thread serious, no ms paint scribbles.

Here, lemme know what you guys think about this... 

Oh, and a UI-sized one...

I eliminated the GPL preamble in the background of the small one, it didn't scale well.

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ei rockygryphon, here is the application of what you suggested. now that your logos are owned by a museum i think we wont have rights to use them for any other thing, so heres the current state of our collaborative proposal.

My submission.  Enjoy.

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Andy,

That pipe wrench logo is beautifully executed.  Can you replace the pipe wrench with a multi-function tool?

What sort of multi-tool? I could do that, but I would be worried that any design I might base it off of would be copyrighted... you know, like if I did the silhouette of a leatherman or something like that.  A wrench is, well, a wrench, and pretty much the same everywhere you go.

Edit: I used a wrench because they're elegant workhorse tools that are designed especially and efficiently to do what they do and they do it well.  Also, for reference, the logos I design are .svg (scalable vector graphics) files, so they will print well regardless of the medium or size.

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These logos are getting much better now.  I like divefox's background, alejood's text (but not the open box aspect) and andy's wrench - but not the circle around the wrench.

Hmm, I'll fire up Photoshop again here in a minute and see what I can come up with.

OK. How about the developers come up with some sort of voting system - that way everyone can cast a vote and give mbm et. al. some help in whittling down the list of "potential greats" and "definate poohs!" ?

C.

I like the openbox idea, but the perspective on the flaps doesn't seem right. Here's my suggestion to fix the flaps (I'm no artist, so this piece of junk was whipped together in PowerPoint..). Regarding the idea, I think the box-logo is really good, as people often refer to their routers as boxes (the openness of the box is self-evident)..

I was thinking along the lines of a Leatherman or Swiss Army knife, but without the copyrighted elements.  None of their logos, obviously.  I'm no legal expert,so this is not a legal opinion, but since multiple vendors make those tools, the generic aspect of them should be fine in a logo. 

My preference for a 'not-wrench' is something like this, "If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail."  But extended to a wrench.  "If the ony tool you have is a wrench then every problem looks like a pipe..."  Of course, a pipe is not a problem for Unix-folks.  A pipe "|" is a solution. 

Perhaps a multi-tool, with a pipe as one of the tools?  A 'cat' as another?