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Opera Web2-Logos

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Daniel Goldman asked How would an Opera “Web 2.0″ logo look like?. Accidentially I stumbled upon the Web2.0V2Logo Creatr two weeks ago and already did some experiments with it. I think it is really fun. Actually I was pretty impressed.

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So starting with Opera I simply produced some Opera Web2 Logos.

Logo Creatr

Just typing Opera (without defining colors and deselecting Beta) results in a blue logo. To get the typical Opera-red simply type [c=CC0000]Opera[/c] For a gradient from red to blue it is [c=CC0000]Opera[/c=0000FF] - quite interesting I think And finally combine red Opera with gray Software with [c=cc0000]Opera[/c] [c=cecece]Software[/c]

Inkscape Logos

Well, accidentially again it happened just two days ago I downloaded the new version of Inkscape and already played with it for some minutes and got the impression I can do similar things and I'll be more flexible. The drawback: it is quite a bit more of work (though still faster than using Gimp or Photoshop). First I used some Opera logos from the Logo Creatr (cut the background and changed some colors with the help of Paint.Net) and placed all in the following way Then I thought it would be better to use text instead of images to power up the full power of SVG - reaching a quite similar result

Opera Software Logo

I thought the shadow of the Opera - O may be nice, but I think it is too overloaded this way

Opera Software Logo with shadows

Web2-'r' Logos

Well, not creative enough? To use a typical Web2 r (Flickr - like) with a different color I had to change the name Opera. Again one example with the Logo Creatr using [c=cecece]Op[/c][c=cc0000]r[/c] (with beta) And finally something similar with Incscape, now using Opra. I think the green is ugly, but it is the color used with some of the Official Opera buttons - and which is the only real color giving a contrast to the red color.

Opra-Soft Logo

If someone would like to have one of the SVG-files (Inkscape) I can deliver it for download. If you have a font that is closer to the Opera-Logo font it is easily changable.

Shoust's new My Opera Explorer Widget is cool!Which browser fits you the best?

Comments

Philip Seyfiseifip Saturday, January 27, 2007 2:31:10 PM

No reflections please! I hate reflections smile

ChristianResearchWizard Saturday, January 27, 2007 4:21:56 PM

Philip,
although it is not the way most logos of Web2-sites look like I thought it is the most important thing to make a logo a Web2 logo. Together with ugly colors and an ugly name it is easy to recognize to be Web2.
Deconstructivism meets Internet wink

What would you think could be done to make a logo look Web2-like without reflections? Maybe I'll make a Google-like logo - in aspects of aesthetics I'd strongly prefer that, but that would be pre-Web2 IMHO.

Anyway, thanks for your comment.

Christian

ChristianResearchWizard Sunday, March 29, 2009 2:01:43 PM

very nice smile
is it easy to make such logos?

rageofreasonchrismekern Sunday, March 29, 2009 5:38:20 PM

I used three programs to make the logo: CorelDRAW to create the basic 2D shapes, trueSpace to extrude to 3D, apply texture and lighting, PhotoPaint to edit the bitmap. trueSpace is a freeware 3D modeling and rendering application, available on the website of Caligari. It is not a top of the bill 3D program, but it does simple to relative complex design excellently. And it is free of charge!

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