Re: DragonFly logo in high resolution?

["Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Zera William Holladay wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, Devon H. O'Dell wrote:
>
>
> > Paul Grunwald wrote:
> >
> > > Oliver Fromme <olli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in news:419e36fa$0$743
> > > $415eb37d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Is the DragonFly logo available in higher resolution
> > > > anywhere?  I can only find the 134 x 82 pixels one
> > > > on the web site.
> > > >
> > > > Oh, and another question:  Who owns the copyright on
> > > > that logo?  I mean, whom do I have to ask for per-
> > > > mission if I wanted to reproduce the logo somewhere
> > > > (on a web site, DVD cover or whatever)?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > >  Oliver
> > >
> > >
> > > Is anyone interested in stuff like this: http://home.comcast.net/
> > > ~pgrunwald/debiangoodies.html done for DragonFlyBSD?
> > >
> > > I've moved over to the beastie side!
> > >
> > > I looked at Devon's page and I'm still not sure who owns this.  It is not
> > > my intention to make a loot hear, rather just promote and make money for
> > > the cause.  (I'm still in the hole for the debian stuff but that's
> > > ok...).
> > >
> > > P.
> >
> > I like this. A friend of Sascha Wildner made a few of those case
> > stickers for DragonFly and it looks really nice. I've discussed doing a
> > new logo with several people, but it's surprisingly difficult for a few
> > reasons:
> >
> >  o	It needs to be something that doesn't look like a bug
> >  o	It needs to be something that does look professional
> >  o	It needs to be something that doesn't look cartoonish
> >
> > I'm fine doing more artwork for the project, but I'd like some more
> > ideas. The last idea I had was to make a dragonfly which was a cross
> > between a dragon and a dragonfly. Sounds neat, but it ends up looking
> > ridiculous. I'm also thinking of doing some 3D model, but again, I'm not
> > sure if that's going to turn out great.
> >
> > You've certainly got my permission to use my art for this. Various
> > people (including myself) have tried to get in touch with Joe Angerson
> > regarding the copyright, but he doesn't respond / hasn't responded for
> > whatever reasons. My versions need to be reworked a little bit. I just
> > recently downloaded them and noticed that they're actually only the
> > half-finished versions. So I'll need to fix that.
> >
> > In any case, if you have ideas regarding something original, please let
> > me know and I will help bring it into the picture (drumroll, please ;P).
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Devon H. O'Dell
>
>
> What needs to be done?  I have not been following the threads concerning
> the logo(s) so that I am in the dark.  Do you want ideas, drawings, help
> and/or logos?  I have a degree in fine art ... I may as well put it to
> work for some good (I'm studying computer eng. now).  I am not bad with a
> pencil and paper.  I am pretty good with some graphics applications too.
>
> -Zera Holladay

This would be wonderful! I'm a self-proclaimed artist; I can usually 
make something look pretty okay, and I can do a bit of drawing, but I 
wouldn't market myself as an artist. If you'd like to come up with 
something that you would like to donate to us (the DragonFly BSD 
project) under our license, that would be fantastic.

Basically the problem is that the current logo we have didn't come with 
any copyright terms, so we don't know whether it is okay to use the logo 
for commercial purposes. We've not been able to get any further 
information from the author either. Some of us would like to be able to 
print mugs, t-shirts, etc; but we're not sure if this is OK.

Additionally, it'd be nice to have various sketches and such.

I would love to work with you if you have ideas for additional art that 
we could use for the DragonFly BSD project. I can definitely do work in 
Illustrator if I had some illustrations... but I'm not sure what looks 
good (all my attempts have failed) and my drawing isn't terribly great 
either.

So if you'd like to work with me (or by yourself) to get something else 
usable (both commercially and something that can represent the project 
or perhaps serve as an auxillary logo), it'd be great!

Kind regards,

Devon H. O'Dell