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Pentamon will update Logo related information HERE
Many thanks to Pentamon for helping with the ORA Logo process

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

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!!

...
Pentamon

Good suggestion Pentamon! A logo thread might be fun too. Any logo will need to fit in with nioccoin's website, but we can at least make a start at getting some suggestions.

Yes, thanks for bringing that up.

As long as the logo is a square dimension, such as a*a, or a round logo, it will fit easily in to the website.  If we somehow end up with a rectangular logo or some oblong shape, which does happen, it will be more difficult to incorporate, but not impossible.  Also, make sure to design in a transparency layer format of some kind, or at least have the ability to export it with transparency.  I can read just about any major file format.

At this point we will just plan to keep the images sort-of generic, and the site design will be switch-selectable in terms of colour scheme.  For instance, the present colour scheme will almost certainly clash if we end up with the aforementioned starfish logo, so I'll try to keep the colours nimble.

kind regards,
nio

[S3MKi]

Ora is better for me.

[DarkhorseofNxt]

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

[gvans]

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.



      



        16pix size for coinmarketcap


       simplified




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

[instacalm]

@gvans: slick! nice one

[Pentamon]

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.



      



        16pix size for coinmarketcap


       simplified




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

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  

Just a few suggestions. I want to encourage you.

Pentamon

[Purple!]

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  

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  

Just a few suggestions. I want to encourage you.

Pentamon

I agree with Pentamon.

[sadface]

whats the bounty ?

[Kora]

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?

[Pentamon]

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!)



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

[Purple!]

https://i.imgur.com/Qtd0IFR.jpg

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

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

https://i.imgur.com/bi5oQmP.jpg

[Anna!]

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.

[sanbashiyi]

Hey there!

  How do you like these?






I put purple on it because Purple! wanted it.

this logo look nice guy , i like it

[DarkhorseofNxt]

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.

[Kora]

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.

[1Referee]

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.

[Mac Red]

Great suggestions so far!

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.



      



        16pix size for coinmarketcap


       simplified




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

My personal favorite. 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?

[kussaka]

Hi All!
Here's my submission for (K)ORA.

[Equate]

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.



       



         16pix size for coinmarketcap


       simplified




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

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

[Kora]

Hi All!
Here's my submission for (K)ORA.

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