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
I thought the shadow of the Opera – O may be nice, but I think it is too overloaded this way
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.
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.
No reflections please! I hate reflections 🙂
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 ;)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
Like this perhaps?http://my.opera.com/rage_of_reason/albums/showpic.dml?album=724674&picture=9808503
very nice 🙂 is it easy to make such logos?
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!