PortlandWiki:Logo development

This page is for designing and discussing the PortlandWiki logo.

Versions

Flag of Portland

This is the first and currently used logo. It was created as a placeholder until something better was made. The colors are shades of a type of "rose" or pink/red, connoting Portland's "city of roses" nature. The design is derived from the Flag of Portland. The two curved extensions from the square have no particular meaning (got any ideas?).

Discussion

Colors

• I feel that there should be only two colors besides black, as more tend to give a jumbled and chaotic impression. The rose/pink, while appropriate once you know the reason, may look red, and therefore angry (as pointed out by Arthur from the November WikiWednesday). Making it less red and more pink would solve that problem, but introduces the problem of being more, well, pink. Blue and green, as used in the flag of Portland, may be the solution. Teresa helped me research this; the City of Portland's explanation of the colors is the blue represents Portland's two rivers, and the green is for "the forests and our green City". Sounds fine to me, and they are aesthetically pleasing (if slightly dull) colors. Thoughts? -kotra 05:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Motifs

• I'd like to include some sort of "confluence" motif, representing the disparate peoples and ideas of our city coming together. The first logo I think alludes to that, but not particularly strongly or obviously. Not entirely sure yet how to adapt it to emphasize confluence more, or what other ideas would better illustrate this, so suggestions are welcome. -kotra 05:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Text

• Are we "PortlandWiki" or "Portland Wiki"? This is fairly crucial, since the first logo has them separated into two words. -kotra 05:49, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

  Well, judging by the main page and most other uses I've seen, it's probably "PortlandWiki". My next version will make it one word. -kotra 22:03, 4 December 2009 (UTC)