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logo discussion (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.0)
bounty discussion (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=718077.0)
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Pentamon will update Logo related information HERE (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg7952290#msg7952290)
Many thanks to Pentamon for helping with the ORA Logo process :)




Welcome to the (K)Ora logo submission & discussion thread!

Feel free to submit any logo designs and ideas in this thread.

Thanks to Pentamon for suggesting this :)

Try and follow nioccoin's advice and keep your logo design square shaped (see below).

I'll keep using 'Kora' to identify our threads on the forum to avoid confusion, but are we "Kora" or "Ora"?

I think the Logo designers could decide the issue! Which one looks better on a starfish? :)

Enjoy, and remember, having fun is half the fun!!

Ora is better for me.

Can we get this rolling.. may the best design wins.

Ok I'll start with my starfish. Original sketch here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=675484.msg7725862#msg7725862
This new version is with a little thicker dimensions.



       https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20kora%20ver1%20300pix.png



       https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20kora%20ver1%2016pix.png  16pix size for coinmarketcap


       simplified https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20kora%20ver1%20160pix.png




starfish, cog, nucleus, star, motion, whatever you want to see in it  :)

@gvans: slick! nice one

I like it. I feel movement in it, sort of a gear or a twisting motion. Advancement. Nice.

I wonder if you could try  a few variations?  
Maybe let the 'twisting insides' - the lighter shades, not touch the side, ?  Or try to turn them the other way, clockwise?  How does your big image translate to a smaller pixel size?

Have you tried to add a purple border or even a circle around this?

What about a circle around the starfish?   I wonder if you we can find an O inside it - I am the advocate for the name Ora, or even (k)Ora - which would set us apart from all other 'boring' names that don't have  brackets included  ;D

Just a few suggestions. I want to encourage you.

Pentamon

I agree with Pentamon. :)

whats the bounty ?

What do you think is fair? We could use some of the left over stakes. How many stakes for a killer logo?

If somebody comes up with a killer logo, I think they deserve to recommend any of their friends to get a stake, even after the 'barn door closed' - that's my suggestion.

Here are a number of logo designs. Feel free to change them into colour. Right now the live in a fontforge file.

I post them small, because I can get a lot in at the same time, and I think that the logo must read well when it is small anyways.
Like gvans said, plan for coinmarketcap. (thinking far, I like that, gvans!)

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/sas8tw8zw97a5nu/Ora-designs.png

Please let me know which ones you like, by giving the corresponding letters of this Ora font...
I will respond by posting those individually and bigger, maybe another colour.

Currently my personal favourites are in descending order: 6, =, and [

Pentamon

Hey there!

  How do you like these?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/0szu9thn8awxiwo/Ora3.png

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/9cjgjga8qz8a5he/orasmall.png


I put purple on it because Purple! wanted it. :) :)

this logo look nice guy , i like it

Need more participation from logo designers!

Can we also look into the possibility of "O" and not just the starfish. I think "O" for Ora has more room for logo creativity.

Thanks Darkhorse, I like the "O" idea too.

The hand drawn logos from Purple! look great, and they're a bit humanoid to me (two arms, two legs & a head), and that got me thinking the starfish shape could be morphed into a character, maybe a super hero "ORA Man" with an "Ora" or an "O" on his jump suit. That might not work for the official logo, but having a cartoon type character for a mascot might be fun :)

I've asked Pentamon to take the lead on the Logo stuff from now on.

I am willing to create a design, can you atleast give a hint of what kind of design you're looking for? That will make it easier to have something to work on.

Great suggestions so far!


My personal favorite. 8) Simple, elegant and playful.
The slight rotation does create a sense of movement and also helps making it more distinct (looking less like your typical star).

I'm curious how it would look with less symmetry, like a real starfish.
Example of what I'm talking about: http://image.naldzgraphics.net/2012/04/12-Starfish.jpg

Oh and Kora VS Ora...I'd say we go for Ora. We should decide name asap. By the way, Ora seems to be latin word for seacoast?

Hi All!
Here's my submission for (K)ORA.
http://s25.postimg.org/9gf40hyi7/KORA_42.png

I like this one but also would like to seethe star in some blue and mix of colors.

Hey they're very nice! I really like the top-right one, awesome work, thank you so much :)

Kora,

Probably you can announce a bounty for the best logo design. What do you think?

Good idea! What do you think would be a fair bounty? I'm thinking 5-10 stakes, and maybe we pick a short list and vote using the NXT AE or using a thread poll.

What's a fair bounty people? Let's decide asap, is 5 too little, is 10 too much?

Good question, 1Referee,

Based upon my reading what has been said here, I would summarize as follows:

Design guidelines for the Ora logo: see this posting:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg7952290#msg7952290



So far, the starfish designs initiated by gvans, have been getting the most support, but this does not mean that there might be another great logo hiding somewhere under the rocks or in the intertidal zone....

Bounties are yet to be determined. My suggestion is to take whatever stakes are assigned for the logo bounty, and divide them to reward the participants in this open source design process (even fractional values should be considered, in my opinion).

Please submit logos here on this thread. It may be useful to present two or three options, and ask for opinions about which ones are preferred. Remember this is a dialogue.

Thank you for participating.
Pentamon

Hi Kora
....that is still your name, is it?  At least for now  :)

I think that 10 stakes is a good bounty.
I also think that we should try to include people with that, that have not been 'drawn into' Ora yet.
Thirdly: let us acknowledge the participants in this thread. For instance: gvans came up with the idea and the first design of a starfish logo. I think we should honour that, even though we might not end up with his final design.

What do you think?

Pentamon

10 stakes for total bounty on logo design. Winner gets more, participants get some. That would be good for distribution as well. I am ok with that.

hi Purple!

from your four designs, I like this one the most. The colors are nice, and I think the human shape of the starfish works. Arms and head slightly up, that reminds me of an embrace...

Pentamon

Good. We are moving forward.

Next, I would like to get a timeline idea from the movers and shakers... I think it is important to do this logo design well, but we don't have a lot of time, and people (at least in the northern hemisphere) are enjoying their summer, I hope.

What I am saying: a deadline is important. So we can move on.
I think two weeks, what are the opinions here?

Pentamon

Hi Anna!,

I see you also posted the tiny version of your design.  I nearly missed it, because your other submission is so big and a bit overwhelming for me: I feel that you have too many things in there, too busy.
Or, as the emperor said to Mozart: 'too many notes!'   ;D ;D

Here is your small design again: would you try to make it simpler, if you can?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/9cjgjga8qz8a5he/orasmall.png

Pentamon

Hi kossaka,

Thank you for a nice design.  I like the twisty nature, and the little detail circles on the starfish arms, or legs.
In the meantime - this is a moving target - it would appear that the name is going to be Ora.

Could you give us a small version to see how it would do, the logo only without the (very nice) font next to it?

Have you experimented with other colors?

Pentamon

Ora logo - second and final voting round!

PLease go here to vote:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg8688537#msg8688537

Pentamon

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Design guidelines for the Ora logo:

• The name will be Ora. Read the first post on the Ora main thread here on Bitcointalk.org: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=620518.0
  
• Ora, sibling of Qora, cousin of NXT, son of a Bitcoin, is part of a family of progressively more people-friendly crypto currencies.
  
• Ora is a starfish organization.
  Read this for inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starfish_and_the_Spider  
  Here is a summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJ3JCDI4yQIN2O09DW6qApRhPrQXDj9wsxY-3jduOAw/edit?hl=en&pli=1
  
• Ora has a formal and public project plan. Ora is more than open source. The community drives it. It belongs to all.
  Ora Project Github: https://github.com/nioccoin/ora_project
  Here is the Ora distribution on NXT Asset Exchange: https://nxtforum.org/asset-exchange-general/asset-exchange-ipos-launch-day-listings!/msg73040/#msg73040
  
• The logo has to be readable on a very small size: Coinmarketcap or BTER logos are tiny: 16 x 16 pixels @ 32 bits per pixel.
  
• Please make it fit into a space with equal height and width. So either in a square, or round.
  
• Also, make sure to design in a transparency layer format of some kind, or at least have the ability to export it with transparency.
  As per our dev, nioccoin: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=675484.msg7868052#msg7868052  
• Colour themes: See nioccoin's post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg7973923#msg7973923
• Please submit logos here on this thread. It may be useful to present two or three options, and ask for opinions about which ones are preferred. Remember this is a dialogue.
  

Bounties will be 10 Ora stakes, divided between participants in a yet-to-be-determined formula...  I think that any participation should be recognized, that we should recognize good ideas and give the most weight on the final design, escalating from third to first place.


Time line: Please submit all your designs before 17 August 2014. After that, we all will vote, here in this thread. Voting will last two weeks, so final result should be available by 31 August 2014.


How to vote: Since NXT voting mechanism is not quite use-able yet, we will vote here in the Ora Logo Thread. Start by making a post that starts with "Here is my vote", followed by the three top choices that you deem to be the best, in descending order. Just go to the submitted designs, and copy the image links,  and post them in your voting post in descending order: Number 1, 2 and 3. If you submit only one option, that one will be counted in position three, so with the lowest impact. Feel free to motivate your vote, with some additional comments. Try to just limit yourself to quoting only the logo image, not quoting the rest of the original message, unless that is part of your motivation. You can vote any time, but only once. So if you plan to vote early on and then you find a better design that was submitted later, you have to go back to your vote post, and edit it, prior to the deadline of voting.


Voting mechanism: For various reasons, we will give a stronger vote to our artists. Votes by the designers, i.e. a person that has submitted a logo here, will count for two thirds of the total vote. (Designers may place one of the three choices to one of their own designs. The other two options have to be from another designer. If you submit only one design, it will be counted on the lowest impact level, number 3.) The remaining third of votes is made up by the regular commentators.  So you know what you have to do, if you want your vote to be having a greater impact  ;D
(Kora, niocion, Mac Red, Fragora, DarkhorseofNXT and Pentamon have veto powers, but it is highly unlikely that they will need to exert that, since we have such a great process, and wonderful designs already)

Please let me know if you detect anything that can be improved.
Remember that I stumbled upon a Pot o' Ora, and I am happy to share these Ora :D

Thank you for participating.
Pentamon

Thanks Pentamon!
Great, we will go with 10 stakes as the bounty, with some scope for 'highly commended' smaller bounties. I agree that contributions like gvans starfish idea should be celebrated & rewarded even if they don't end up being selected, as it seems like that is a great area for other Logo designers to explore. Maybe the winner wont be a starfish, but it's still worthy of recognition. I'd say that goes for the humanoid starfish body too! Can ORA have a cuter mascot than Monero? I hope so :)

Two weeks for a deadline works for me, and maybe we come up with a short list and have a vote!!

Ora, you son of a bitcoin! lol ;D

But yeah, Ora sound as good as Kora imo.

How about these...

http://i60.tinypic.com/2yynihv.jpg

or

http://i58.tinypic.com/2197txs.png

Honest opinion. I like the freestyle starfish. Remove the coin.

Here's my two cents, on logo and graphic design in general, not just for k/ora.

The main rule I follow is not to make a logo per se, but to create a recognizable emblem.  In other words, don't include any words as part of the *delivered* design, not a motto and not even the name of the product, in this case the coin.  This rule applies only for linear wording.  Arced and curved wording is best supplied as image files separate from the emblem, and then I can place and "stack" them in the website as needed.  Of course, I would give preference to linearly-worded logos and avoid the curved and arced text to begin with.

So why not the word itself, i.e., "Ora" or "Kora"?  Because those can be added in during the web development process.  Better yet, because they are added in during the web dev process, it is fully open in terms of what font can be used, and what size and placement.  If at some point the font begins to look dated, it is a simple stylesheet change to fix it on the website.  If the letters are embedded in the logo itself, it cannot be as easily changed or modified.

So, let's talk kussaka's logo as an example.  For that logo, I would put in the words to demonstrate the possibilities, but I would prefer that if that is the winner, the submission would be only the emblem, and then the name/style of the font and the colour code used for the emblem so I can match the font type, style, and colour.  That leaves the emblem in a square format, and I can programmatically add the word "Ora" or "K   Ora" in, so that the "K" is in the center of the starfish, and Ora is next to it.  And, we can use any font and size we want both at present, and at a later date as needed.

This is also what is at the root of my preference for a logo that is square or that can fit into a square format.  I can always programmatically make a square logo look rectangular by adding a rectangle background to it, matching the colour.  Also, square and round logos scale better for applications such as iphone formats, etc.

kind regards,
nio

Yes, DarkhorseofNXT and nioccoin seem to say the same thing: let us fing a strong logo only.
It shoul be scalable. On the bottom end of the scale, it should be recognizeable in a 16 by 16 pixel size, see gvans original design.

Pentamon

Let's talk about colour.  I started with Mac Red's baseline colour scheme (greenish and orange-ish) for koracoin.com's registration system, which consists in these two codes:
5b8d5a
db7537

You can see these at: http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20140624T13&p0=12&fg1=5b8d5a&fg2=db7637&msg=Kora+Registration+Opening&csz=1 (http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/to?iso=20140624T13&p0=12&fg1=5b8d5a&fg2=db7637&msg=Kora+Registration+Opening&csz=1)

Don't be bound by this.  This is an organic movement, and the community can vote on the "theme".  The colour scheme can be anything the community wants it to be.

I propose one of these two solutions for colour:
1.  Wait and see what the winning logo is, and we will use that as a base for the website colour theme.  That doesn't mean the website will consist in only those two colours, of course.  We can then later vote on the colour scheme.

2.  Have the logo designers also present a colour palette that complements the winning logo.  They can even "mock up" an image of what a website might generally look like, with their colour scheme implemented, to demonstrate how the colours vibrate against each other.  I am using the twitter bootstrap, because it's simple and clean, and until we are much farther along in the Ora coin dev process we don't have much data to put in a website.  At this point it is a marketing tool and perhaps a stakeholder portal.  So, here are some sample bootstrap-based websites to peruse, to give an idea of what is possible with it:
http://expo.getbootstrap.com/ (http://expo.getbootstrap.com/)

I am willing to change to any other bootstrap system.  As most of  you know, I heavily favour code reuse.  Let twitter, jquery, etc do the heavy lifting ;)

Don't like the twitter bootstrap?  If you have an argument for one templating system over another, let's hear it.  Just make sure your preferred system has an open license.  I couldn't justify purchasing a license for any bootstrapping system when so many of them are free use.

In any case, we will keep the website fluid and nimble so that we can make style/theme changes easily.

kind regards,
nio

Which one do you prefer:

Stark black:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/4dvrqn8v334lm4t/Ora-stark-black-100.png

small version:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/1xeb2xhy8t1mfv0/Ora-stark-black-16.png


or do you prefer some colour in there:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/cqmdf318z1ld1u5/Ora-stark-purple-.png

small:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/qfxkoxit1ng457l/Ora-stark-purple-16.png


Just keep the one you like in your reply.
Thank
Pentamon

Or do you like it without the round circle around the starfish?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/0y076cjr3c8fyni/Ora-purple-heart.png



small:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/sd6urjd5ha7sizs/Ora-purple-heart16.png

Pentamon

OK, back to my growing library of rough designs...

Which one do you want to have the 'special treatment' ? 
Which colors do you like to see?

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/7p1nye9c0qmno61/Ora-Library-2.png

Pentamon

i like w. ;)

i would go with the Y . for me that is the most positive and gives me the Ora feeling.

https://i.imgur.com/LxNyF7Z.png
https://i.imgur.com/TBFlw0t.png




http://imgur.com/TBFlw0t,LxNyF7Z#1 (http://imgur.com/TBFlw0t,LxNyF7Z#1)

http://imgur.com/W5inyxn (http://imgur.com/W5inyxn)

Why is it has to be a star fish??.. Why can't it be a simple O with an aura???

http://i59.tinypic.com/34is9b7.png

Ok  :)   

http://s25.postimg.org/5nrx9rrhr/KORA_104_256.png           http://s25.postimg.org/xzi2kk0rv/KORA_104_128a.png            http://s25.postimg.org/vgwdjvf1n/KORA_104_64a.png          http://s25.postimg.org/rj93ugs8b/KORA_104_16b.png            http://s25.postimg.org/x65grxuqz/KORA_104_16a.png               #fc944e

                          256p                                       128p                           64p              16p

http://s25.postimg.org/9x18pok4v/KORA_103_256.png            http://s25.postimg.org/3ppupiodn/KORA_103_128b.png             http://s25.postimg.org/bq8qrqup7/KORA_103_128c.png          http://s25.postimg.org/s7dczo1kb/KORA_103_16a.png          http://s25.postimg.org/61xun40yz/KORA_103_16c.png


http://s25.postimg.org/6p5y44cmn/KORA_102_256a.png             http://s25.postimg.org/ajvk1grmz/KORA_102_128.png              http://s25.postimg.org/nzikqx04r/KORA_102_64.png             http://s25.postimg.org/y7143bmcr/KORA_102_16.png


And coin:


http://s25.postimg.org/5dp04629b/KORA_101.png

Its looking good.. Nice logos there kussaka

Thanks.  I like your round logo. :)    Nice colors.   It will look great on a black background, I think.
 

You don't have to use a starfish if you don't want to, nothing is compulsory :)

The starfish idea comes from a book "The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations"

Here's a good summary
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nJ3JCDI4yQIN2O09DW6qApRhPrQXDj9wsxY-3jduOAw/edit?hl=en#heading=h.3fv7a5-3ynikb

The ideas in the starfish & spider book are almost a training manual for people involved with crypto currencies (like us!!).

I like the starfish concept for the Logo, but there's an infinite number of ways to express an idea in a Logo, so don't restrict yourself :)

This needs a little (a lot of) work but you get the general idea.

https://i.imgur.com/C4DCkQc.jpg

Thank you, shijilal, for the movement, the figure that agitates.
I get a strong sense of a human/starfish, although the double lines confuse me a little, and might not scale well to a small version.
Do you want to 'simplify' it a little?
I also would leave out the surrounding 'coin' additions.

Pentamon

This one has an 'Irish' feel to it, looks a bit like a shamrock :)

Wow! Professional!  
Sometimes the simplest designs are the strongest. It really scales well: an "O"!

I find myself looking for meanings and associations. I am drawn to the divided outer elements. The angled cuts make me wonder: is it related to the Qora "Q" ? - no, that's not it.  The outer elements could be a pair of hands, holding the "O". But no, it is more abstract. I despair a little. I have seen buildings and furniture like this, and it can easily feel clinical and cold. I am encouraged by the colours, though, they feel warmer, more friendly.

Am I the only one who thinks these thoughts?
Let me know what you think.

Thank you, dawj20, by the way, for your participation.
I think this is a very polished design.

Pentamon

Ora can be so many things, that is the beauty. It is nearly a shame that we want to lock into one logo.

Why can't we have rotating logos, to indicate the constant evolving and changing nature of this starfish organization? Maybe to reflex the different 'rays' or 'legs' that each have their own local brain, we should have multiple logos for Ora, (including an Irishized version).

Sorry, just a little lateral thinking incontinence, ignore it.

Back to fragORA's concept: Leaves!  yes. How about one big leaf?  I kind of see a 'D' in there, somehow, making me wonder: What is the importance of the stem coming down where the ORA letters are?  I would leave these letters out, btw. Let the logo speak for itself, do you agree?

How about a spiral on the outside, leading to a leaf in the inside?
Growth, green, new, life.

Pentamon

To me, the round one is better than the oval one. Definitely a possibility - just a single 'O' - nice a simple.

I agree with kussaka that different colours might be helpful.

I have to say that I think the multiple rings and the aura around and shades are distracting. How about adding a texture, rather?  Here is an idea: Try to make it like an 'O' out of rope. Yes, take the NXT 'rope' texture and bend it into a circle.  Anyone?

Pentamon

some pic is very beautiful

Thanks, kussaka!
What a strong design. Definitely a star fish. No mistaking it for anything else. I can even see the sand, the spade and the bucket that go with it.
So that would be the strength and the downside: no seeing a person or gears in there. It is not vague enough for that. Even the "O" inside the starfish, or the mouth is smallish. So what we have to decide: do we want to have a Rohrschach 'blob' that let's everyone have their own interpretation, or connection to it, or do we want to be very clear. Because this design is very clear.

Again, this is just one opinion. Please comment.

Pentamon

My vision (ocean/sand theme). :)

Version 1
http://oi60.tinypic.com/r0768n.jpg

Version 2 - Sandy oceanfloor in sunlight
http://oi57.tinypic.com/2r6pn2d.jpg

Imprint on oceanfloor; Ora's been here (and is not going away). Not a logo, just for inspiration and base for version 2. Thought it looked beautiful.
http://oi57.tinypic.com/2vj3ptg.jpg

I wouldnt go with rotating logo as it will just cause confusion. The logo itself is meant to signify new growth, but I get your point that it shouldn't be coming from a "central" stem. (This is also a problem with the starfish imo)... So its back to the drawing board with the theme of many coming together and then growing.

I like this one , looks better than others and good work with the logos.

Interestingly, I got two people that liked a concept that I did not expect to follow up on.  

However, thanks to Tearscoin and davien, for pointing out their preferences, I would like to ask: what is it that made pick this?

I know it was not the exact same one, that you liked, but it is of this family:

https://i.imgur.com/eEeYvl6.png      https://i.imgur.com/mw7nhOS.png


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If I embroider on it a little:
Maybe a little fatter:  

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

it might scale better :
https://i.imgur.com/W5P27qH.png

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What about colour: https://i.imgur.com/RKIrVHw.png


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Or do you like the 'bowler':

https://i.imgur.com/nPzA9mL.png  https://i.imgur.com/5XUKLzi.png


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Possibly with some colour:
https://i.imgur.com/UuBG45R.png    https://i.imgur.com/fQADUhd.png


Branching out, movement, but as fragOra points out, possibly too centralized?

Pentamon

Hmmm, thought I might que in on this.

http://i.xomf.com/jhysr.png (http://xomf.com/jhysr)

http://i.xomf.com/hbslf.png (http://xomf.com/hbslf)


Something a little different than what's been tossed around so far :)

~ regards

Hi BoubonicNugz,

Thank you, this is a fresh direction, yes.

What about re-using the central 'O' in the bigger design, like this?
Or would that be too hard to read?

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

(I hope you are OK with me changing one of your designs. Sort of open source brainstorming, is what is happening here.)

I think the 16 pixel version is very distinct, easy recognizable, and quite 'noble'.
 

Pentamon

Mein Vorschlag:

http://burkart.kfbcom.de/logo_ora.jpg

I like this one

Hey, some great work here guys, thank you :)

A while back I submitted the original 'Kora' logo Mac Red made for the announcment & registration webapp site to the MegaPixel project.
https://nxtforum.org/meganxt/megapixel-%28historical-nxt-poster%29/

As we've changed our name I've asked could we submit a new one and Coradan said OK.

This doesn't have to be the 'final' logo, but could we pick one for the historical NXT poster?

Our free image is 5000 pixels, but if we want a bigger one we have to buy more megapixel assets (which I can do!). Even if we change logo later, it wont matter, but if we pick one and add our URL that would be great.

As we're doing some new things on the NXT platform, I think we should be on the historical poster.

Very nice, great work!

I agree! Looks beautiful!

This one is fantastic.  Very professional and instantly recognizable.

I typically try to avoid this as to avoid confusing 'icon' and 'name' recognition.  When you start mixing the two, it becomes tricky to keep a 'strong identity'.  Example, see this variation below.  While it is somewhat recognizable, it's not overly intuitive if your not familiar with the name already.

http://i.xomf.com/drbjd.png (http://xomf.com/drbjd)

I also played around a little bit with wrapping 'ORA' or 'ora' alongside the circle, like so:

http://i.xomf.com/ndxpl.png (http://xomf.com/ndxpl)

And finally, I tried something a little different again.  I like it.

http://i.xomf.com/lgzkd.png (http://xomf.com/lgzkd)

~ Regards :)

Super! Looks very 'organic' to me, a bit like coral! Good to keep exploring the ocean vibe :)

I hope we can use all these beautiful designs somewhere (t-shirts??) lol

I have improved my proposal_

http://burkart.kfbcom.de/logo_ora.gif

16*16

http://burkart.kfbcom.de/logo_ora-mini.gif

 How about this..;D

http://i61.tinypic.com/2v2i4xx.jpg

This is actually something that I could look at for a long time, and not get tired of it. The tiny variations are true to the visual stimulus of a real life beach - not some minecraft generated image.  At the same time, it does not stand out as a shouting logo, which says: "Heineken!" or "Coke!".  Have you ever looked at the beach - between all the natural elements, there might be a bottle cap with a logo on it - it truly catches our eyes.

Anyway, kira1474, thank you for your participation. I hope to see more posts under this name. Would you like to try the 16 by 16 pixel version of this?

greetings from Pentamon

Interesting idea. How about making the thickness of the surrounding "O" the same as the "ra" inside?
Do you agree with this: For short words or captions: longhand is harder to read than printed. Lowercase is harder than upper case. Sherif is harder to read than sans sherif. ?

Pentamon

Hallo Memminger, Das ist sehr schön daß Du hier mitmachst!

So, how come the colours of the little version are inverted from the big one? Maybe another version.

I like the simplicity, and I like the 'waves'  or 'net' or 'electron cloud' that the "O" makes around it, however your colours are a little loud for me. Funny how that affects me.

I also experience a tension between the solid circle in the middle and the waves around - somehow the ratio does not feel 'right'. Am I the only one who feels that?

Pentamon

Hi Kora,

Here in the logo design thread, I have the feeling that the process is still ongoing.

However, if you are asking for a snapshot in time, I will put my current three recommendations like this, from highest to lowest:

(I tried to resize them equally, so that we are not subconsciously affected by that aspect)


http://i.xomf.com/jckhz.png http://i.xomf.com/bhlvw.png

http://i.xomf.com/flqrh.png  http://i.xomf.com/jcdgm.png

http://i.xomf.com/vpjch.png  http://i.xomf.com/fqzkr.png


This is just an interim impression that I have.
I think that colours and finer tweaking still might need to be done on these designs before you use them on the websites...

Comments?  
How about more participants?

Pentamon

One of the best looking logo for ORA so far.

Thank you for the kind comments. I've updated my post with some more ideas. Will attempt an 16x16 version soon (will likely be just the star and no coin).

Now the colors are not as loud:

http://burkart.kfbcom.de/logo_ora.png

16x16:

http://burkart.kfbcom.de/logo_ora_mini.png

a new submission

http://burkart.kfbcom.de/logo_ora_n.png

16x16

http://burkart.kfbcom.de/logo_ora_n_mini.png

Thats by far the best one here!

Here's my submission  :)

Yes it's my favourite so far.

Just wanted to submit a logo design. Can be improved, i.e. text color etc.

https://i.imgur.com/SnmD6OK.png

https://i.imgur.com/Z9UrJft.png

https://i.imgur.com/W8nNoLe.png

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

Regards,

figroll

Thank you for this design, CoinExchange,

You have a very polished and professionally looking 3d-look to your design.

As for the name, I think Ora is a coin, yet, but we don't really make it so much part of the name.  Were the surrounding two half-moons or sickles a reference to the 'C' in coin?

Pentamon

Thank you, figroll,

I like this version better of the two, especially since it scales well to the small size, and is extremely recognizable.

I get the impression of looking through a community woven telescope into a bright future.

One question: how about trying a version without the 'see-through' whitewash, i.e. with solid colours? Can you make it look like a real weave?  The five outside borders might be getting stronger, and they form a nice reference to the 'origional' starfish in our design journey.  Or am I seeing too many things in there?  Talk to me.

Pentamon

I have to say, I find this very interesting and fun, following the designs that are submitted here at the Ora developing stand, as it were.

I think of it a little like a reflection of the bigger picture of what is happening in cryptoland - multiple individuals (or individual coins) presenting competing designs (or approaches to coins) that sort of compete for our collective attention. Not only our attention - but also our nods: "Yes, I like this."       "Oh, now with this new functionality,  I can do this!"
Like memes, from one brain to another.

I am struck, however by a certain brutal aspect of it all. It is a competition. Some trees in this forest, never make it past germination.

Even so, this process has a certain continuity or connectedness of sorts. Designs often copy from each other, reference to each other, borrow from each other.  Even the 'wildest one out there' has associations with the others.

But then, I wonder, do we ever seen designs, (or coins), melt together, or come together in some way. Synthesis?
Or is it always an absorption of the one into the other, a death, as it were?

Just some tangential thoughts, for those who feel like talking about the process.

Pentamon

Looking back at my first attempt It seemed very plain and the random void/hole in the center didn't really do much for the logo other than make you wonder why the void/hole was there in the first place. Here is my new take on the design.


https://i.imgur.com/7s7gKPo.png

https://i.imgur.com/Y5fhOdj.png

Additional definition

https://i.imgur.com/R7vClNL.png

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

figroll

The round void is the inside of the "O" of Ora.

Pentamon

Okay, another re-think here.

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

https://i.imgur.com/j9tuhw0.png

figroll

Pentamon,

I sent you a PM.

-CoinExchange

this is my favorite so far. great job !

Thanks for the comment,

Here's an updates version removing the "Coin" from the phrase.

I wonder how it would look without the shadow?

Pentamon

Wow, this is very recognizable, and strong, even in different colors. That could lead to various versions of the logo on a website
 (let's say one color scheme for the bounties, one for the developers questions, the multicolored one for the Wiki, etc....)

It kind of goes together with your original design, like a positive and negative of a photo. No reason it could not be used like that. Very versatile.

I also like the tension between symmetry and off-beat asymmetry.
I think I have a new favourite...

Pentamon

This is what i had in my mind. Nice.

I like these ones but maybe it should be round.

I like this one it looks cool to me i like the way it goes from dark to light. ;)

Hi All! Some good works is presented here already.
 
My new version for the logo.

This picture - a source of inspiration for me.

http://s25.postimg.org/6i8303qpb/ORA_201_pic_400.png

Here structure of the starfish looks like a decentralized network (from "The Starfish and the Spider").
I hope you like it.  :)

LOGO:

http://s25.postimg.org/oh7cb2h2n/ORA_202_400a.pnghttp://s25.postimg.org/9wlo2hwq7/ORA_202_400b.png


COIN:

http://s25.postimg.org/km3y8hxwv/ORA_202_800_coins.png


FAVICON:

64x64         http://s25.postimg.org/475fi6qjv/ORA_202_64.png          16x16         http://s25.postimg.org/6afupuqcr/ORA_202_16.png

Good designs are coming. Bravo. Nice work.

Green colors.

LOGO:

http://s25.postimg.org/dt3lc873j/ORA_202_400g1.png


FAVICON:

          64x64        http://s25.postimg.org/vhvc3uiuj/ORA_202_64g1.png            16x16       http://s25.postimg.org/feiv41hbf/ORA_202_16g.png  

@kussaka
Slick!

Some really nice designs in this topic. 8)

Thank's.  :)

@kussaka
Cool stuff! I like the calm colours.

Here it is without shadow,

@CoinExchange
Looks even better without shadows IMO. Clean but still elegant.

Thank's, Gvans! I really like your last version of the logo. Very strong!

I like this one. Great job!

How about something along these lines? A lot more can be done design wise with AURA opposed to ORA.

http://s30.postimg.org/60d2ox1v5/aura2.jpg

http://s24.postimg.org/ad6c6tpx1/aurabanner1.jpg

Feel me?

Welcome to my ORA 'Tip' List!   ;D

1 Million ORA to Pentamon for:
- showing sincere & enthusiastic early support for (K)ORA
- running the Logo thread
- suggesting the name 'ORA'
- inspiration for 'Welcome to my ORA 'Tip' List!   ;D

woops.. didnt read the guidelines

Wow, I saw this rainbow forming, I started walking towards it, and I came to the start of the rainbow, and lucky me, I was handed a Pot o' Ora!

What shall I do with it?  I asked myself.

I could hide it, squirrel it away -- but I fear it might rot.
I could sell it -- but I fear I might regret that.

I know, I will share it. This way, I will have and I will hopefully give joy.
I will share it with those that say or do something that I like.
Welcome, all, to my Pot o' Ora!

By the way,thank you, Kora!

Somebody that observes my fascination with Ora from an intimate distance, commented: "... but a million times zero is still zero."
Ah, this is the magical point where she is wrong. I take a few steps back, and I see the rainbow again, forming in the sky. The colours are getting more vibrant. We all know that there are amazing things hiding at the other end of this rainbow... and we will get there!

It also is clear to me that the path to there is not always straight and fast.

Pentamon

And now, for something completely different....

... let us go into second gear!

I have set a deadline for submitting logo designs. 17 August 2014

I have set deadline for voting on the logos. 31 August 2014

I have concocted a voting mechanism, that takes into account that we will have to do everything on this thread, right here.

The details are here, in the design guidelines message:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg7952290#msg7952290

Voting, in a nutshell:
You can vote any time, even before all designs are submitted, but you may vote only once. If you change your mind, you may go back and edit it.
Regular commentators as well as designers are asked to submit three top choices in a voting post, that starts with the words: "Here is my vote", followed by the three top choices that you deem to be the best, in descending order. Just go to the submitted designs, and copy the image links,  and post them in your voting post in descending order: Number 1, 2 and 3. If you post only one, it will be counted on position number three.
Designers may vote for one of their own, but number two and three should be from another designer.
Two thirds of the total vote, is given to the designers. Regular commentators will for the remaining third of the vote.

I will follow this post with a vote post example.

Let me know if we can improve on this process.

Pentamon

Vote Post Example


Here is my vote:

1.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora250pix%20purple.png

2.
http://s25.postimg.org/9wlo2hwq7/ORA_202_400b.png

3.
http://i.xomf.com/jhysr.png (http://xomf.com/jhysr)


It hurts me to make a cut off here, since we have more nice designs. Hey, I even left my own designs out... well, I know when I see quality ;D
Pentamon

For me 2nd option is best, it's really different design.
Like it show much, but other design also very good.

There are still time for logo submission. We want more logo.

Btw Pentamon, have you planned how the reward is going to be like?

How is this ?

http://s3.postimg.org/mggbuzakv/star.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/mggbuzakv/)

Or this ? Evolution of my design MK II

http://s29.postimg.org/43f42jp9f/star2.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/43f42jp9f/)

LOGO + wallpaper:

http://s25.postimg.org/aywb4ewhb/ORA_202_1000a.png

Great job! What is your nxt addy, I would like to donate some ora to you.

Absolutely top notch. 

very nice work kussaka  ;)

Brilliant work Kussaka. Gvans, boubanic you guys got some serious contender. ;D

I really like it wallpaper, will use for my PC too.

16x16pix size collection so far. Random order.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/ora%2016pix%20collection.png

+1

Very professional, and strong theme.

I am really starting to have some fun here...
I happened to look at the NEM logo contest - they took a very long time, and to my eyes, the logos that are here at ORA are more creative and professional. Not to say anything bad about NEM - I acquired a stake after they came out on the NXT AE,  but something in the ORA process seems to just go smoother and - gulp! - quicker!  This gives me confidence in the future of ORA.

Pentamon

 :o we have this many logo collection already? Nice.

How delightful, look at all these cute buttons!  

Thank you for doing this. Somehow you do this miniaturization better than my efforts, gvans.  I can recognize the originals better than I though I would.

I want to ask you for a more complete list, but I realize that might take time.  It might be handy for people to look at when they get ready to vote in a few days.

This ties in with a question by DarkhorseofNxt:


Yes, I have some ideas, and I would like to hear opinions and improvements:

There is a saying, and a song, which says: "The winner takes it all!"
It always bothered me, until I realized that we all will be winners, if the winning ORA design produced here, will do everything that a good logo can: be a recognizable, inviting and inspiring identity that to everyone who sees it: We are ORA! We are an inviting, growing starfish organization. We have an identity, that you may want to be part of!

Ok, scrap that, start over: The logo should communicate much, much more, than what I can ever do with my keyboard and my limited imagination. Truly a challenge, especially because the eyeballs that look at it, are all so different. They are all round, I know, but people have so many different associations, and that is the reason I think we will vote on the design.

Back to the reward:
I think that every person who submitted a design, should get at least a token participation reward.
From there, it should ramp up, with the winning design clearly getting the lion's share.
With 'ramp up'. I mean we should try to acknowledge the ones that did not win, but contributed ideas and thoughts that helped others.
Since that is very hard to tease out, i was wondering: could we use our voting outcome, to build the 'allocation ramp'?
In other words, could we use the voting outcome to divide the 10 allocated Ora stakes?

I would 'double up' the final winner, if you know what I mean, to keep the incentive there to reach the peak.

DarkhorseofNxt, and anybody else, let me know what you think.

Pentamon

First design: http://s3.postimg.org/mggbuzakv/star.jpg (http://postimg.org/image/mggbuzakv/)


Hi JimClone,

thank you for your participation.

I see that you took the idea of the little round 'nibs' on the starfish, and use them on the font. I see sandy beaches, with flickering lightbulbs around the windows of the restaurant nearby.  I like the way that the design idea carries over, and I like the idea that there could be an ORA font - it's own recognizable writing font, as unique and recognizable as the font that we associate with Coca Cola. I would like to encourage you to work in that direction.

Maybe read the updated guidelines again, the name is now Ora -  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg7952290#msg7952290

Pentamon

Every new design from gvans, makes me go: Yes!

Ok, folks, we are going to keep this process going on for at least another six months, so that I can see more of designs from gvans, kussaka and BuobonicNugz.

Just kidding, of course, we are staying on schedule.

But seriously, have any of you peaked yet?
The end-spurt is coming and I am loving the designs.

Pentamon

Everyone gets something. And winner gets more. Thats the idea. But i would like to see all this logos being used in someway. I dont know. Something may come in our "journey" .  Maybe in some promotions or campaigns etc. Last thing i want to see all the nice colorful logos is wasted. Just my opinion.

You are thinking the same way I do.
If you ever have played with Prezi.com?
You may think of a way to connect all the designs.

Here is an idea: The little warts or patterns on the starfish: if you zoom in on them, they show the other designs, that are all part of the embryology of what is becoming Ora.
Not quite fractal, but similar.

Pentamon

Is there anybody here, who can help me edit this Prezi?
http://prezi.com/zk-cuegzir2_/logo-for-ora/ (http://prezi.com/zk-cuegzir2_/logo-for-ora/)

I am hoping to enter all the entries, grouped by designer, in a 'rainbow'.

This will be useful for voting and also for displaying the results.

let me know if you want to participate.
Pentamon

Here's another design, let me know what you think!  :)

Looks awesome

Here's a few more, small icons are pretty poor show but if we got a few days sure I can do a few more designs.

https://i.imgur.com/5xP7iIs.png https://i.imgur.com/jYNSbjQ.png https://i.imgur.com/UFRiji2.png

https://i.imgur.com/OYboZe8.png https://i.imgur.com/hgE9urz.png https://i.imgur.com/9OP6OrR.png

Outstanding work from EVERYONE! Thank you so much :) I'd love to use ALL the logos, I really would!!

Said it before and I'll say it again; very nice submissions! Will be difficult to choose only three for the vote.

Yes, I like this one better than your first version, yet it is the same concept. Amazing what a few changes can do, isn't it?
Very strong recognition.
Pentamon

Spiral, growth, green.
I like the second option. The first one, with the 'ra' over the spiralling lines, is too much clashing for my taste.
Of course, that is just my taste. Somebody else might like it.

Pentamon

I seem to detect a homage to kussaka's latest design - the offset three 'stamps' as it were.
It is nice to see ideas being used back and forth.

Pentamon

I like this one.

Hi kussaka, i am using your logo to make a video for ORA, please remind me if you mind this.
https://i.imgur.com/aMthpha.jpg

This logo is fine to me.simple but impressive!

Its not Kora.

Yes, it is now Ora....

Making a film is very interesting.

It is nice if you ask first, before using a logo. I like that. Nonetheless, I have the impression that in this kind of open source logo contest environment that we have here, you actually honour somebody when you copy their design. This design from kussaka is nice, but there are other designs from kussaka, as well as others, that are very nice as well. You also will be struck with the friendly tone here.

If you want to have a quick overview, you can look at this prezi: http://prezi.com/zk-cuegzir2_/logo-for-ora/

In about one week we will be done submitting, and the voting will take two weeks after that.

Pentamon

That vid looks sickening!

https://i.imgur.com/jk98e5q.png

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

A slight modification..

My final vote! Great job everyone.

1.
https://i.imgur.com/gZBAnCS.png

https://i.imgur.com/re6OrFZ.png




2.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fesn1suwof%2FVOTE_15_200_1.png&t=543&c=zNnHXYJUrAkFMg




3.
http://i.xomf.com/jhysr.png (http://xomf.com/jhysr)




4 (Bonus, this is my GF's favorite. ;D)
https://i.imgur.com/Qtd0IFR.jpg

Here's my vote:

1.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fkm3y8hxwv%2FORA_202_800_coins.png&t=543&c=vTmFB5SyHOC1yw
I especially like the one with the black design. It reminds me of the Umbrella corporation  ;D

2.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.xomf.com%2Flgzkd.png&t=543&c=rV3utCJ8Mw0fLA

3.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2F5nrx9rrhr%2FKORA_104_256.png&t=543&c=QtaQq3aGy-ueHA

new vote submitted (page 15)

This is my vote

number 1:
http://s25.postimg.org/vy9pb7h0v/VOTE_14_200_1.png             http://s25.postimg.org/lk4a486wb/VOTE_ORA_KEY_14_16.png

number 2:
http://i.xomf.com/kwksc.png

number 3:
https://i.imgur.com/gZBAnCS.png

https://i.imgur.com/re6OrFZ.png

Excellent!  So it has begun!

By the end of August, we will have a final design.

@ Puple!, remember to put up three choices, from your most favourite, to the least favourite.

thanks for making a start.

Pentamon

My vote is exactly the same as Mac Red's, in the same order.  And since my husband is at work I'll just say his vote is the same. ;D

Thank you, throwing your vote behind somebody else's choice will work. We just need to know if those are two bitcointalk accounts, or two?
Oh, and if Mac Red changes his choices at the last moment, decide what you want to do.

Pentamon

I'm sorry.  I should have been more formal.  My vote is as Mac Red's is presently.  Barring that there are any further entries my vote will remain exactly the same.  It is just one bitcointalk account, so you need only to count my vote, not my husband's.

Ok i fixed it.

If you think that more designs are coming, you might to just quote Mac Reds post, and make that your vote. Sure, it clutters up the posts, but the images are all beautiful, and they form a lovely rainbow for Ora.

Pentamon.

My vote is the same.

This will be my vote. (Hoping more designs will come in)
1.)


2.

3. Needs a little improvement. Should try simple colors or 2 colors.

 looks nice , it like the DNA

i like the first one, maybe the color needs improvement

Here's my vote:

1.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2F5nrx9rrhr%2FKORA_104_256.png&t=543&c=QtaQq3aGy-ueHA



2.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.xomf.com%2Flgzkd.png&t=543&c=rV3utCJ8Mw0fLA

3.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fkm3y8hxwv%2FORA_202_800_coins.png&t=543&c=vTmFB5SyHOC1yw

my vote.

1.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.xomf.com%2Flgzkd.png%26t%3D543%26c%3DrV3utCJ8Mw0fLA&t=543&c=oTJpNS2DWr4t-Q

2.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fkm3y8hxwv%2FORA_202_800_coins.png%26t%3D543%26c%3DvTmFB5SyHOC1yw&t=543&c=afYunN7Cu5zjvg

Wow we got some really amazing designs here  :o Nice that we have a lot of talented people in the Ora community  8)
I think it would great if you guys could reduce the size of all the logos so we can have them all fit on 1 page for comparison. You could then set up a poll. It'll be very difficult to choose though  :D
Good job guys!

Your wish is my command!   ;D ;D

Go to this prezi presentation, that has all the designs. : http://prezi.com/zk-cuegzir2_/logo-for-ora/

Let me know how I can make it more useful.

Pentamon

good job. makes it a lot easier to view all logos with that

Here is my Logo 'top 10'!

Love them all, thanks everyone!

Voting will be very difficult!

http://i59.tinypic.com/23wtlwo.jpg

Ha-ha Kora!
Since you are the catalyst for Ora, you may change my voting rules, of course.
(Why does anybody follow these rules, anyways?  That is an interesting question, but beside the point.)

Your idea of keeping all the efforts has been brooding in my mind for a while.
Here is an attempt in that direction: Maybe we can select a logo that has this inclusive quality.

There are other designs that will lead themselves to this 'treatment', but I had limited time:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/vrf5kunik6rb08e/bubonicHandgrab.png

let me know what you think.
Pentamon

Ok, ok, I know I should be doing something else, but I could not help myself, this is too much fun:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/do0dviayn3ycdgc/figroll-inclusive.png

You got the idea - include others in your design.  Now it is up to you guys.

Kussaka, I think your latest 'tile' design is very suited to including all the other submissions, in a truly inclusive, decentralized design.

Pentamon

Like it although it does look a bit like the symbol for biohazards

Ok, a quick draft:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/arh71lyw830az9d/kussaka-inclusive.png

Pentamon

Just my humble opinion, but I think that each logo should stand alone.  Though all the logos are great, a single design is much cleaner, more professional and easier to incorporate into websites, stationery, etc.

We could always do both; vote for 1 logo but still use something like that when promoting the project. It's always fun to show  & check out creativite stuff people have made. Can't be a bad thing IMO!

Made this one in Minecraft :)

http://xomf.com/filestore/w/x/wxqvqt.png

Oh yes, I agree, and that is what we are going to do: One awesome logo will be chosen.

I am just saying, Ora being about people, the diverse nature of us and our tastes, associations, interpretations is hard to capture in one logo.

Pentamon.

It looks cool to me. :)

Keeping things moving.

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

https://i.imgur.com/re6OrFZ.png

figroll

Here are some.

http://i.xomf.com/nwjzl.png

http://i.xomf.com/fjhff.png

http://i.xomf.com/mxfmv.png

http://i.xomf.com/mlycb.png

http://i.xomf.com/rrmpm.png

http://i.xomf.com/snqzb.png

http://i.xomf.com/bdskf.png

http://i.xomf.com/rmjmm.png

http://i.xomf.com/dgbvy.png

http://i.xomf.com/flfrl.png

Woow. Looks very nice man

You definitely will get a tip from me for your efforts.

Love it. I have to wonder, how does it look with solid black color for the text ("ORA)"?

@figroll: Excellent stuff! Really a step up (hundred steps) from your first sketch imo! I like the 3d-movement in it. Just two personal thoughts. The star in the middle reminds me little of the flag of China :) Maybe small modification on colours would fix that. Also for the text, I would not maybe go all black, but just scale up the the colour pattern on the font so that there would be little less colours, fewer colour fields, larger patterns.

Just out of curiosity which program do you use, Adobe Illustrator?

Have to admit pleasantly surprised by the response, so many thanks.

Have taken the comments on board and here's the changes.

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

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

Very slight color change on inner red star.

https://i.imgur.com/z6R0Hzi.png

https://i.imgur.com/CsdOF0h.png

figroll

@gvans: in answer to your question, been using Photoshop a while and learning/experimenting with Illustrator.

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

Yes, this is a flying Ora spinnaker, the sail full of wind, Ora on it's way!

Pentamon

Awesome. I think the black one especially looks really good, but perhaps with some space similar to your first example.

You've inspired me to play around with it a bit, hope you don't mind. Tried for example using #353535 instead of 100% black + very minor changes. Perhaps a little "." at the end would look nice as well.

http://s10.postimg.org/qw4sbusw9/ora.png

Another experiment:

http://s28.postimg.org/kocptlgt9/ora.png

@Mac Red not at all feel free. Have to admit the light green to blue gradient looks very nice.

Very slight drop shadow?

https://i.imgur.com/abUyeS0.png

Coin

https://i.imgur.com/CUm2hQj.png

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

figroll

Hmm it looks cleaner without the shadow, IMO. But better in another way, because the lighter colors of the text looks sharper. So hm yeah it's a tuff one.

Figroll,

Try this one out. I think the logo with border looks nice. Put it on top. Drop the ORA below the logo. And have some good space between the alphabets.

Something like this?

https://i.imgur.com/gKNieN2.png

@ Anna!

Wow, talking about sails that get filled with wind!
Late in the game, but you got designs flowing.  Nice.

I am intrigued by design by you. I wonder if there is more that can be done with the O, the R and the A, without being too construed?

http://i.xomf.com/fjhff.png

Pentamon

Yes and no lol. The position is yes. The round border only surrounding the logo and not the word ORA. The spacing is fine. I just want to look how it looka like.

Fingers crossed?

https://i.imgur.com/21sOq3N.png

Lovely.

(tongue-in-cheek: "this is so much more than a band-aid-solution.")   ;)

How does the 16x16 of the logo look, without the Ora below?

Pentamon

Yeap! Also can you try with the word Ora in straight line with the logo. Some good space between the logo and the word ora. Logo bigger than the word ora. So ORA will be positioned kinda in the centre of the logo central point.

16x16

https://i.imgur.com/zI4ndUG.png

32x32

https://i.imgur.com/cgu8RkD.png

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs28.postimg.org%2Fkocptlgt9%2Fora.png&t=543&c=YgvFu9JNgGit4Q

Great looking logo , love it.

@figroll, nice one!

This is my favourite from the newest bunch. Hmm my vote needs editing, keep up the good work
edit: the star needs a change . maybe the whole star should just be transparent

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FgZBAnCS.png&t=543&c=5R7s12uTARZtMQ

Hope I'm not to late  :o

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/W5N135L_mWfc.png

you are not too late and i like it too.

Simple yet modern. Liking it.

Thanks guys, appreciated  :)

Welcome, maximuss,

I like it. The Ora font, looks a little like a key, is interesting as well.
I wonder about a 'blow-up' of that part, with the O bigger?

Pentamon

Thanks Pentamon, I've updated and enlarged the ora part of the design with a bigger O:

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/szRmWJHiFtwK.png

Thank you, maximuss, that was quick!

I do see a key - the cryptographic Ora key.
Am I the only one?

Pentamon

It looks really cool indeed. figroll's and maximuss's logos are both great in my eyes.

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

I see a  key too.. Good association for the cryptocurrency's logo.  looks great!

Like. You will need to lose the background though and considering the background where the logo will be used will usually be white, i think it needs a colour
. Would gold or brass texture be too much i wonder ?

Gold

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

Pentamon

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.  8) 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.

http://i.xomf.com/jvxyn.pngttp://i.xomf.com/jvxyn.pngquote author=fragORA link=topic=697958.msg8356791#msg8356791 date=1408055528]

Like. You will need to lose the background though and considering the background where the logo will be used will usually be white, i think it needs a colour
. Would gold or brass texture be too much i wonder ?
[/quote]

yes, +1 to what fragora said .

The big round O could become a keyhole that goes with the key. Rough draft:

http://i.xomf.com/jvxyn.png
http://i.xomf.com/qpxky.png

Oops, sorry Pentamon! I was just showing my short-list (which is a bit long at 10 lol)

They're all great, and more still coming in today I see. It'll be tough to pick a single winner!

edit: it probably goes against all known marketing conventions (i.e. don't dilute your 'brand' by having more than one logo) but we could consider using some of the 'highly commended' logos for other purposes. Maybe 'Logo bombing'??

You can use these logos in the campaigns though.

Well so far this is my favorite logo (minus the 'coin' at the end). I like the simplicity and the fact that it's not too aggressive on the eyes.
But I agree that there are a lot of awesome designs here. Good job everyone!  :)

Hi, I've updated the design with the keyhole and removed the background as requested. Also added a couple of metallic textures to see what they look like. Thanks.

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/o0NDMPQ03IF3.png

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/V7BQvO2t3FuE.png

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/e8vi1wlAAUSo.png

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


http://s25.postimg.org/frj15v9wv/VOTE_11_800.png



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. :)


http://s25.postimg.org/97g8zivvz/ORA_SITE_LOGO_2_3_800.png

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.

Just messed a bit with your design maximuss . obviously it is still your design :)

https://i.imgur.com/LZaFAY5.png

Yeay, Baby!

I am aware that many professional designers cringe at the idea that others take your design and change it ('mess with it').

However, this is the stuff of Open Source Development, guys.
We live for the recognition, but more important is the final outcome: a product that is the mental baby of a collection of humans. Weird in a way, isn't it?

Pentamon

Get all flashy, but how does this logo look in something simple and 2d? In the end 2d is what people go for. My 2 cents.

Voting for Ora Logo

Let me start with two quotes:




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?)  ;D

Pentamon

True, very true.
We should have an abbreviation for that: GIPTM  - Give It Plain To Me!

Pentamon

Wot, you have a 3d monitor? It is 2d. Only kidding. I guess you would also need a plain version, but i do like the lock and key reference.

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

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?

Haha.  ::) i thought it was 3d, with side effects. Sorry for my mistake.

Flat versions:

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/a0oD-mQx5e39.png

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/nc7wQvFd-o4p.png

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/5fAsfUtf4VhT.png

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/nbatjzsVMznt.png

What color works best with 16x16 and 32x32

Thank you! Ok, I understand.
Then I vote so:

---------------------------------------------
Updated my vote:

Vote 1: I really like this design by Gvans!! It is best design ora-starfish  for me.  Simple and elegant!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora250pix%20purple.png

Vote 2:  I like these architectural forms and idea ora-key in design by Maximuss! Great work!
https://cdn.mediacru.sh/e8vi1wlAAUSo.png

Vote 3: Logo by Maximuss and corrected me a bit for wallpaper:

 http://s25.postimg.org/joqokjwtr/VOTE_15_200_3.png


I like and other designs in this thread too.. but not vote more :-[

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://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=697958.msg8159749#msg8159749

Pentamon

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

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

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

They are pretty large so have just provided links.

figroll

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:

http://s25.postimg.org/frj15v9wv/VOTE_11_800.png

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

http://s25.postimg.org/97g8zivvz/ORA_SITE_LOGO_2_3_800.png

 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

Hmm I think I got a new desktop background. 8)

Here's the really plain versions.

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

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

Enjoy

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

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

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

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

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

http://s30.postimg.org/xr26wt0xd/download_1.png

Omg this is AMAZING!

Or like this:

Credits go to maximuss, gvans and kussaka

http://i.xomf.com/kwksc.png


This is what i mean to use for the tiny version:  http://i.xomf.com/jjrbx.png

which is essentially :
http://i.xomf.com/xrydp.png

Just a thought.
Pentamon

Transformers... Robots in disguise  :P

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

Some really cool new ideas being presented here. Also nice to see a website example! 8)

I am having trouble to vote. Hard to choose. :o

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:


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

Pentamon

My Vote 1

http://s25.postimg.org/aywb4ewhb/ORA_202_1000a.png

My Vote 2

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/szRmWJHiFtwK.png

My Vote 3

https://i.imgur.com/21sOq3N.png

@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

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.

@ 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

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.

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  :D

Pentamon

Ah!  Good idea. 
We might see: Ora = Marketing
Take your time to sort things out.

Pentamon

Shouldn't be a problem, the font is donationware so as long as the author gets a small donation, I'm sure he'll be happy for us to use it.
http://www.dafont.com/fatalitys-edge.font

Taken from Dafont page:
-------------------------
"FOR ANY USAGE
Either: Donate money to Andrew McCluskey via PayPal: nal@nalgames.com. I recommend the donation sum is what you feel the font is worth to you and what you feel is right for what you're getting from the font - I make less from doing this than you might think!
Or: Purchase any item from my store: http://www.zazzle.com/nalgamesstore for rights to use this font.
Or: Buy me something from my Firebox wishlist: http://www.firebox.com/wish/4iC9fX6N for rights to use this font.
Or: Send me any game I do not already own to my Steam account: nal-games / nal@nalgames.com
Or: Send me a gift! I can provide my address on request. Bonus points if the gift is a physical item with my font on it somehow! Money donation also accepted this way.

FOR NON-COMMERCIAL OR NON-PROFIT USAGE
Either: Do any of the options from "For Any Usage"

Or: Drop me a line on nal@nalgames.com telling me you're using it. If possible, include what for, and if you're feeling generous, I'd love to see a sample of my font in action!
-------------------------

I'm more than happy to collaborate with other designers for the logo / marketing etc, will post up a few more updates when I get back from work, thanks.

If this logo does get picked, we will send him a stake as part of permission to use the font and get him advertise on his website. It will be a good promotion. Part of designers industry building. Agree?

Agree

The reason I like this, is that it seems to be hand drawn, yet very accurate. Amazing.
Welcome, at this late hour, crz!

Pentamon

I was going to reply to a couple of posts from earlier pages, and just caught up to the end of this thread (so far).

Before I respond to posts, I just wanted to say that I am truly amazed at the skill floating around here!  I can't remember the last time I felt like posting a positive comment on design, in any forum.  I guess what I'm trying to say is I don't give out unwarranted compliments, to gain favour or for any other "falsetto" reason.

I've seen a number of coins and their logo contests.  These entries decimate them all.  Normally you see a lot of designs that make you go "meh".  Not so with the Ora entries.  The "meh"'s here are few and far between.

my compliments!

nio

No, but I see a different "key".  Look at how the R and the A in "Ora" create an "s" in the negative space.  That gives us RSA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_%28cryptosystem%29 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_%28cryptosystem%29)).  Your key makes a more subtle statement.  The double entendre warms my nerdy little heart.

kind regards,
nio

You may be the first person to implement something I suggested (it may have been in a pm to the team), which is to have the logo designerS also submit complementary website styles and designs.  Nothing in the web process is set in stone.  Even if I end up undoing the work I've already done, we are trying to get the best site possible.

Everyone feel free to submit additional holistic designs such as this, that incorporate web assets that "finish" your logo submissions.  That is not part of the contest, by the way.  I personally would like to see your respective marketing visions, because you have all done such a great job on logo design!

kind regards,
nio

How did you see that ? :) It is so obvious now when i look at it. wp

I love the second design in the quoted post!

Great submissions all around so far, keep up the great work guys!

Interesting "catch" nio

Just plain classy. 8) Great work.

I think it'd be a good idea to connect this to the forum:
http://oraforum.org/index.php?board=5.0

Perhaps also create a topic there with all entries in the OP for easy overview? IMO all color & size variations should be included. Up for it Pentamon? 8)

cough, cough, Yes Mac Red, that is what we should do  :o

We have the prezi, but our own archive on the Ora forum is definitely something that we want to take with into the furure.

Pentamon

Wow, voting for this was very hard indeed!

I want to thank EVERYONE who submitted a logo, they are ALL fantastic! Thank you so much for getting into the 'spirit' of things, and thanks to Pentamon for making the 'Logo thread' very welcoming & enjoyable :)

Here is my vote

1. http://s25.postimg.org/aywb4ewhb/ORA_202_1000a.png

2. https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs28.postimg.org%2Fkocptlgt9%2Fora.png&t=543&c=YgvFu9JNgGit4Q

3. http://i.xomf.com/jhysr.png (http://xomf.com/jhysr)

Thank you for voting, Kora!

This is a good time for all to consider these beautiful designs, and make a choice.

Pentamon

Updated my vote and had to drop my own design. I will be away for the counting of votes so GL to everyone that took part.

I'm changing my vote somewhat.  It was extremely difficult to narrow it down to three, as there were so many worthy designs.  Here are my final choices.


1. http://s25.postimg.org/aywb4ewhb/ORA_202_1000a.png

2. http://i.xomf.com/jhysr.png (http://xomf.com/jhysr)

3. https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs28.postimg.org%2Fkocptlgt9%2Fora.png&t=543&c=YgvFu9JNgGit4Q

Thank you for voting, and being so ruthless on yourselves, fragORA !

Enjoy the time off, when you are back, we have voted...

Here is an archival listing of all the logo designs, for your perusal, in our own Ora forum: http://oraforum.org/index.php?topic=36.0
 (http://oraforum.org/index.php?topic=36.0)

We will keep voting on the bitcointalk thread.

Pentamon

my vote goes to second logo

Thanks for voting, but please choose two more, simply by quoting the text, and copy-pasting the [img ] image link.

Pentamon

Do you mean like this rough cobbled together concept?

http://i.xomf.com/xcsmk.png

Maybe kussaka has still some energy left to try this?
Thanks to maximuss  we know that the font is fair game.

Pentamon

OK
http://s25.postimg.org/49dvc7f8v/VOTE_13_800.png        


http://s25.postimg.org/wdkz482y7/VOTE_13_200_2.png              http://s25.postimg.org/ibzsr6kmj/VOTE_ORA_KEY_13_16.png


http://s25.postimg.org/y05lbppm7/VOTE_14_800_1.png        


http://s25.postimg.org/vy9pb7h0v/VOTE_14_200_1.png             http://s25.postimg.org/lk4a486wb/VOTE_ORA_KEY_14_16.png

looks like  mechanical key  :)

And logo Maximuss + logo Gvans:

http://s25.postimg.org/ux09ull9r/VOTE_12_800.png

What do you think? Does it look nice, the first blue version of yours.

http://s25.postimg.org/49dvc7f8v/VOTE_13_800.png

And my ORA-KEY version in different colors:
(it is not a font)
http://s25.postimg.org/kfa7yukfj/ORA_KEY_VOTE_11_800.png

Thank you :).  I like blue color,  it's universal corporate color and suitable for Ora-Key's versions.   Previous versions logo -Ora-Starfish-  need in warm (coral's) colors, I think.

Oooh. Very nice and clean.

@ Kussaka,

Dont shade the "Ora". Keep it white or blue with white outline. What happens if you make the "O" shape same as the your other hexagonal shape? (With cuts in between)

We are coming very close my friend.

Try cutting the bottom right tip of the a on ora to the same degree as the hexagon.  /

№1 http://s25.postimg.org/esn1suwof/VOTE_15_200_1.png

I begined with so shape for "O", but result looks like not enough solid/single image for the logo, I think..  and competes the other hexagonal shape.

№2 http://s25.postimg.org/u031d7oj3/VOTE_15_200_2.png

№3 http://s25.postimg.org/joqokjwtr/VOTE_15_200_3.png

№2 and №3 key-logo looks better as alone so and with other hexagonal shape, I think. :)


Ok. Good idea!
http://s25.postimg.org/g05kytc6n/VOTE_14_800_3.png

I like this very much.  ;D

№3 http://s25.postimg.org/joqokjwtr/VOTE_15_200_3.png

Here's a catch phrase for you. Instead of "Open possibilities", how about "Unlocking Possibilities" ? It gives a connection to the Ora Key.

Here is my final vote. Updated again.Sorry Pentamon

Vote No.1.
http://s25.postimg.org/joqokjwtr/VOTE_15_200_3.png

Vote No.2.

http://s25.postimg.org/aywb4ewhb/ORA_202_1000a.png

Vote No.3.

https://i.imgur.com/21sOq3N.png

Ok my Final vote


Number1
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fy05lbppm7%2FVOTE_14_800_1.png&t=543&c=aQjNWbq8J78PDQ

Number2
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FLZaFAY5.png&t=543&c=F3OLRAQrymiINw

Number3
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2F14y2tkj.png&t=543&c=Pw6JadbpvHjxzQ

Nice designs guys, I know the submission date has passed but I thought I'd post up one of my earlier canned designs rather than just delete it. Good luck to everyone who's entered.

https://i.imgur.com/5Q0tVLz.png

My votes

1.

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/e8vi1wlAAUSo.png

2.

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

3.

http://s25.postimg.org/y05lbppm7/VOTE_14_800_1.png

1
http://s25.postimg.org/aywb4ewhb/ORA_202_1000a.png

2
http://s25.postimg.org/49dvc7f8v/VOTE_13_800.png

3
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2F14y2tkj.png&t=543&c=Pw6JadbpvHjxzQ

My Final Vote , thanks everyone who designed the logo.

1.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FgZBAnCS.png&t=543&c=5R7s12uTARZtMQ



2.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Faywb4ewhb%2FORA_202_1000a.png&t=543&c=kouoWFJDUBTVPg



3.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fesn1suwof%2FVOTE_15_200_1.png&t=543&c=zNnHXYJUrAkFMg

I will go with this one. Logo is cool, If you could try this with different color that would be great.

Vote No.1.
http://s25.postimg.org/joqokjwtr/VOTE_15_200_3.png

wow... oh how I like this!
Logo and catch phrases.

Kussaka, you realize that chances are high that the Ora team may want to keep hold of you in the future for unlocking more possibilities?  :)

As much as I like this process, as we seem to come get better as we go along,  we should keep our deadline for the process: the end of this week!

It is good that voting has started in earnest.
Darkhorse, don't worry about updating your vote again -- it is all good.  ;D
Pentamon

This one looks great.

Wow, losts of new stuff here. Good new stuff.

I will just get quickly back to the combined proposal where my square starfish version was used. If there will be further development with that starfish+ ora-key combination I would suggest using the rectangular starfish as negative like this

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20ora%20key%20version1.png

as the original idea of the square logo was to have infinite lenght fir the legs of the fish (blenfing to background), so should the starfish blend to the key rather that be just a picture laid on top of the key.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora250pix%20purple.png


However the key is at it's best in it's original form in my opinion with pure "transformers" style, hard angles etc, whereas my starfish is softer with free arches and does not really meet the formal language of the key itself.

I'd like to emphasize once more the essence of the logo. It has to function on it's own without supporting graphics. I don't intent to undermine the great designs done for additional graphics here, but just to remind you not to be blinded and dazzled by them too much

this is not a logo:

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fy05lbppm7%2FVOTE_14_800_1.png&t=543&c=aQjNWbq8J78PDQ

this is a logo:

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Flk4a486wb%2FVOTE_ORA_KEY_14_16.png&t=543&c=LDlbeT0OUPJNLg

this is not a logo:

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FgZBAnCS.png&t=543&c=5R7s12uTARZtMQ

this is a logo:

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fre6OrFZ.png&t=543&c=3gejCafDsNQ4Ow

this is not a logo:

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Faywb4ewhb%2FORA_202_1000a.png&t=543&c=kouoWFJDUBTVPg



this barely might be:
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2F9wlo2hwq7%2FORA_202_400b.png&t=543&c=ZX5zm8bQQdiarQ

but actually this is the version of this design that really does work in small scale too:

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2F6afupuqcr%2FORA_202_16.png&t=543&c=pFvv7gXWbRv5iA

etc.etc.

Again, they all look great, with and without additional graphics and I like them all, but just something to think about when choosing the final one.

You are correct.

Thank you, gvans, you point out something that has tugged at my mind for a while: What is, strictly speaking, a logo?  Just a glyph, or could it be a few letters, or even a font?  And with that: are we looking for a logo, or the bigger picture, a clearly identifiable identity?  How important is the recognition at the 'artificial' 16x16 pixel level on Coincap and exchanges?

It is also true that a bigger surface has that certain 'wow' factor. Look at the M.C. Escher-like pattern that kussaka's basic hexagon makes. I feel like looking into a beehive, or a fragment of the order that Ora radiates. (or could radiate)

How do you think - should we exclude all those designs that do not meet the strict criteria?
Or should we just encourage people to think of a simple, stand-alone design?

My personal approach is to let all designs stand as they are, but to definitely consider simplicity during voting.
Easy recognizable, is good.
Simple is good.
Full of meaning, is good.

Pentamon

My Vote

1)
https://i.imgur.com/bdcm6PM.png


2)
https://i.imgur.com/isEiJTw.png


3)
https://i.imgur.com/LxNyF7Z.png
https://i.imgur.com/TBFlw0t.png

Lots of good submissions. Nice job to everybody.

Ok, my votes:


Number1
https://i.imgur.com/5Q0tVLz.png

Number2
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FLZaFAY5.png&t=543&c=F3OLRAQrymiINw

Number3 (just without "coin")
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2F14y2tkj.png&t=543&c=Pw6JadbpvHjxzQ

1.
https://i.imgur.com/isEiJTw.png

2.
https://i.imgur.com/bdcm6PM.png

3.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2F14y2tkj.png%26t%3D543%26c%3DPw6JadbpvHjxzQ&t=543&c=n4qaVYYdl6o8iQ

My vote:

1.

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi59.tinypic.com%2F2rqerma.png&t=543&c=aVO0g7ZM2km1DA


2.

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FLxNyF7Z.png&t=543&c=GWAC4ilRFilN8A


3.

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Faywb4ewhb%2FORA_202_1000a.png&t=543&c=kouoWFJDUBTVPg

my favorites are:

1
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi62.tinypic.com%2F14y2tkj.png&t=543&c=Pw6JadbpvHjxzQ

2
https://cdn.mediacru.sh/e8vi1wlAAUSo.png

3
http://s25.postimg.org/aywb4ewhb/ORA_202_1000a.png

my vote:

1  https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FzI4ndUG.png&t=543&c=ZvB4c62aEo-0sQ figroll contemporary design, it has movement in it and it is fresh


2  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora16pix%20purple.png  gvans square design, trying to be as objective as I can


3  https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs30.postimg.org%2Fxr26wt0xd%2Fdownload_1.png&t=543&c=hAPVBhy0FXLmRw  original maximuss' original "ora key" design has cool retro attitude
 
There were a couple other very solid professional designs, not too easy to pick only three.

I like that 1. https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fjoqokjwtr%2FVOTE_15_200_3.png&t=543&c=QMsrxuVUB_FvHg

2. https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FVUalJhh.png&t=543&c=rbi7l2p60CLcyA

3.https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wookido.com%2Fuploads%2Fora%2Fora.jpg&t=543&c=RRnu5SbEAzy0WA

edit 08/31/2014

This is my vote:

1.
https://i.imgur.com/gZBAnCS.png

2.
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fesn1suwof%2FVOTE_15_200_1.png&t=543&c=zNnHXYJUrAkFMg

3.
http://i.xomf.com/kwksc.png

My vote

1.

https://i.imgur.com/CIg2ePV.png

https://i.imgur.com/8UeOuuI.png

2.

https://i.imgur.com/zW6M6Fu.png

https://i.imgur.com/cQnOvO4.png

3.

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

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

Extremely difficult to pick just three as all designs have been exceptional.

my vote is for this one too

very fine logos ITT. :) here is my vote:

1
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FgZBAnCS.png&t=543&c=5R7s12uTARZtMQ

2
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Faywb4ewhb%2FORA_202_1000a.png&t=543&c=kouoWFJDUBTVPg

3
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fesn1suwof%2FVOTE_15_200_1.png&t=543&c=zNnHXYJUrAkFMg

Every submission will be appreciated for your efforts. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has put their effort in the designs. You will be appreciated.

Deadline for voting on the logos. 31 August 2014!

Please remember to vote today, the designers have come up with some truly wonderful Logos!

Thanks to EVERYONE who participated, and thanks to Pentamon for organising things too :)

ORA will have a beautiful Logo, no doubt about that!

time to vote....

This is my vote!!! :) :) :) :) :) :)

1.
http://s25.postimg.org/esn1suwof/VOTE_15_200_1.png

2.
https://i.imgur.com/IpLaQwA.png

3.
http://s25.postimg.org/ux09ull9r/VOTE_12_800.png

Anna!

The time has come...

Here is my vote:

1.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora250pix%20purple.png

small:   https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora16pix%20purple.png  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora16pix%20green.png  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora16pix%20pastel.png  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora16pix%20orange.png  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora16pix%20grey.png  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora16pix%20multiple1.png  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora16pix%20blue.png  https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora16pix%20red.png

Very recognizable. Different colours can be used for different aspects of the website, for instance.  The tension between the square outline and the round 'O' of Ora is palpable. The starfish carries a story with it.

2.
 http://s25.postimg.org/joqokjwtr/VOTE_15_200_3.png

small version: Would it have to be only the hexagon 'key-grip' ?

Excellent for surface covering, a la MC Escher. Great for website. Great associations of collaboration of designers.



3.
http://i.xomf.com/jhysr.png (http://xomf.com/jhysr)

small: http://i.xomf.com/hbslf.png (http://xomf.com/hbslf)

Fantastic recognition, especially in small version.  Associations: Coins, Trade, Hand, Distribution, Coral, Growth.


I echo the sentiment: it hurts to exclude other designs.

Pentamon

this is my vote
1.

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fjoqokjwtr%2FVOTE_15_200_3.png&t=543&c=QMsrxuVUB_FvHg

2.

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Faywb4ewhb%2FORA_202_1000a.png&t=543&c=kouoWFJDUBTVPg

3.

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs30.postimg.org%2Fxr26wt0xd%2Fdownload_1.png%26t%3D543%26c%3DhAPVBhy0FXLmRw&t=543&c=g8TYpoW8ICAv8g

Yes, and thank you involving me in this fun process, Kora!

At this time, there are only 30 votes. That is less than half the submitted individual designs, although, as you can imagine, the popular designs right now are about 15 or so.

I am happy that our designers are participating very well.

In the next day or three, I will have the final vote outcome. Just have to count all the votes.

I have taken snapshot copies of the votes here:
http://oraforum.org/index.php?topic=36.msg259#msg259

Pentamon

Congrats to everyone.  A job well done!!!  I agree this is a tough decision.  Never seen a coin with this many quality entries, truly!

Here's my #1 (pentamon):
Sticking with a starfish design, not necessarily this coulour.  The symmetry will make it easier to animate, when the time comes:

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FeEeYvl6.png&t=543&c=oNiw9-lOh4bz3g

My #2 (boubonicnougz):
But it will need a transparent BG:

https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi.xomf.com%2Fjhysr.png&t=543&c=bdQWd84n-5JgVA

And my #3 (kusakka):
Some variant of this design, not necessarily this colour:
https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fxzi2kk0rv%2FKORA_104_128a.png&t=543&c=muErIWcQhFjR_Q

kind regards,
nio

First I want to say all of the submission were great and hard to narrow down just to three.

So here's my vote,


http://s25.postimg.org/aywb4ewhb/ORA_202_1000a.png
#1. I think this one is unique, inspired by nature, and stands alone without the "key" addition. This one will remain relevant for sometime to come.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/18301977/gvans%20square%20ora250pix%20purple.png
#2. This one is simple, colorful, and eye catching. Also will remain relevant for sometime to come.

http://i59.tinypic.com/2rqerma.png
#3. I voted for this one simply because it's mine. Frankly I cannot stand the notion of voting for oneself, just doesn't seem right.

you logo is best IMO

What a great sport you are, CoinExchange!

Interesting too, your comment on voting for your own design.

I was a little unsure how the designers would respond to this voting system.
It would be quite OK to put your own design as number one - (this way it would get 3 points and the other designs also 3) but I see some even left their own designs out of the vote altogether, graciously admitting to greatness that they perceive in other designs.

If you look at nioccoin's message above, you will maybe see that he was thinking of an animated logo in the future, and for that a symmetrical design like yours would be perfect. Interesting idea - should we give a few of these logo's a spin?

I thank you again for participating.
Designers, please make sure that I have your NXT addresses, send to me on private message, please.

I am starting the vote calculations,
stay tuned

Pentamon

After many hours of going back and forth through three documents, I have a few interesting observations.

First the three documents:
1. The source is the Ora logo thread on bitcointalk.org.  You are reading it right now.
2. The visual playing field is the Prezi presentation where I have given those logos that received a vote a code, and moved copies of them closer to the target in the middle: http://prezi.com/zk-cuegzir2_/logo-for-ora/
3. A google drive spread sheet, for your perusal here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fqZOFOb-F-_XFXctVaO4NsReSYnu8yeJTxVYqe4gNrQ/edit?usp=sharing

Here my initial observations.

31 votes were cast and from those 12 were designers.
3 votes were incomplete because only one choice was mentioned.
One person voted three times ! Thank you for your enthusiasm, Darkhorse  ;)

The designer that has the most logos submitted, had also the most versions voted for: nine versions of kussaka were voted for.
He is followed by figroll, who has six of his versions mentioned in votes.

By submitting so many variations, some of these designers were experiencing 'vote splitting'.
Some of the multiple versions differ only very little, and potentially they can be lumped together. I have not done that yet.

If we look at the two population of voters: the 'regular members' and the 'designers', it is interesting that they choose somewhat different.

Amongst the non-designing participants, two designs from kussaka get the most nods:
k-06
http://s25.postimg.org/aywb4ewhb/ORA_202_1000a.png
and k-05
https://i.imgur.com/isEiJTw.png


However the designers, who have 2/3rds of the vote, according to the formula, strongly favour this single design from gvans:
g-01
https://i.imgur.com/bdcm6PM.png
In the spread sheet, this one is the current leader.

This is all without lumping designs together.
Once we lump designs together, especially the colourful variations of figroll will surpass the votes for gvans.
Here is the example of figroll's potential winner: f-04
https://i.imgur.com/zW6M6Fu.png

Enough for today. I am exhausted. No clear winner yet.
I am waiting to hear what the Starfish is going to tell me about lumping together or what to do.
So talk to me, people.  Tell me where I am making mistakes. Tell me your thoughts.
thank you.

Pentamon

Make life easier. Give each logo 1 vote/point. Accumulate all the logo points. You have a winner.

I think lumping together design variations (of basically the same logo) would be reasonable. Then we could let the designer pick the exact colors/size or have a second vote on the exact design.

Otherwise a logo with many different color/size variations would have a handicap VS a logo with only one version. For example if I posted the same logo with 3 different colors and each would get 1 vote, it'd get 3 points. If instead each variation would get 1 point, like they are competing against each other, I'd "lose" against a logo with 2 votes! I bet nobody would have posted variations if they knew their chances of winning would decrease for every new example. 8)

Great job btw Pentamon!