[pytest-dev] pytest logo / comments welcome

[holger krekel]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 11:26 +0200, Florian Schulze wrote:
> On 29 Apr 2014, at 10:28, holger krekel wrote:
> 
> >My plan is to go for 99designs and guarantee some 250 euros for the
> >final logo.  There are a few questions they want as background
> >where i'd
> >like to hear opinions :)
> 
> I looked a bit around on the page and I don't see how the designer
> side of things really works. Do designers get money for drafts, or
> only for the final design? If the latter, then I think this exploits
> the designers. They would then do stuff for free in the hope to get
> paid. Just something to consider.

they only get money for final designs.  If anyone has a better
site to use please let me know.

> >- should it be a little animal? should it be abstract?
> 
> I would say abstract ones are often simpler, but especially in
> regard to testing no ideas would come to my mind at least.
> 
> >- should it contain the text "pytest" or "py.test" or nothing?
> 
> I would tend to "py.test".
> 
> >- should it have snakes?
> >
> >- should it have a goat in some way in it?
> 
> If animals are used, then they should be very stylized, so the logo
> works with few or only one color as well.
> 
> >- any colors you'd prefer?
> 
> Maybe fitting to the current docs.
> 
> >- any testing tool related logos you like?
> 
> No idea.

thanks for getting back.  Tarek brought up the idea of a "pan flute"
see e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_flute because it is used
to herd goats and goats are the inofficial mascott of python testing.
Also multiple pipes convey the idea of parallel testing ...
I kind of like that.

holger



> Regards,
> Florian Schulze
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