Logo Proposal for Doctest

[area55git]

Hi, In response to your request for Logo, I am very grateful to be able to collaborate in your project.

I need a short review about Doctest to start with the sketches. I can improve the existing one or create something totally new and different. You can tell me your suggestions.

[onqtam]

well here are some ideas:

• doctest is about testing - reliability, safety net, comfort, a green light that everything is ok after refactoring (changing code)
• doctest is the lightest testing framework for C++ so perhaps something resembling speed or lightness - as a feather or a cheetah (or anything better that comes to your mind)
• doctest is transparent and light - so you don't notice it - perhaps as a transparent layer on top of the production code (or depicted as a guardian angel)
• doctest is about mixing the actual production code with the tests themselves - so some mixture (like spices in a stew), or the Yin and yang
• "production code" could be depicted by some mechanical product like a steam engine? I don't know...
• doctest is very easy to get started with and use - so simplicity is also a theme

Where do you think the logo should go - at the top of the main readme?

about the size: perhaps a multiple of 888 px? that's the max width of the rendered readme's in github. Or if it is a vector image that shouldn't matter.

Thanks a lot for offering to do this!

[area55git]

@onqtam I'm going to work on the sketches, I think I have them ready in 2 days.

[area55git]

@onqtam I made an improvement of the existing logo, I will continue working on other proposals, I send this first. On Monday I will send more sketches.

[area55git]

I really like this proposal!

[area55git]

In the next one I am working with the image of a hummingbird, because it represents speed and lightness !. I just sent you an immense unfinished so you can tell me your point of view.

[onqtam]

Sorry for the late reply!

From the first batch I like the one in the blue rectangle the most. I also like the idea with the hummingbird even more, but I initially mistook the blue version of it for water/waves/sea creature - and only later did I notice that it was a bird.

Perhaps I would need a bit more time to choose. Could the version with the hummingbird be tweaked somehow not to be confused with anything water-related?

And how would you like to proceed with the addition of the logo in the project and you being credited for it? Perhaps with a note in the main readme.md of the repository + credits in the commit message when the logo is introduced? I'll soon be releasing version 2.0 which will be a major update so having a logo would kick ass! :D

[area55git]

If you like the idea of the hummingbird I will continue working in that direction. Soon I will present you other sketches.

[area55git]

@onqtam what do you think of these options?

[onqtam]

I think I like the most the one with the blue background from the first batch, and also something like this:

or this (mostly this):

So perhaps you could make a PR with all 3 options in some vector file in the /scripts/data folder of the repo and I shall make a final choice in the coming days...? I will attribute you the same way as discussed in the thread about dynamix.

[area55git]

Hi @onqtam

[area55git]

Icon or Favicon

[onqtam]

Sorry for the late response - finally I choose the second option from the second batch - the one with the blue frame and the bird in the middle (I tested it how it looked in the repository page). I also choose the second from the 3 options of the favicons since it matches the logo the most.

Can you make a PR (against the dev branch) and upload it as a .svg file (in the /scripts/data/ folder) so that I display it vectorized in the main readme?

Thanks for the great work! I will credit you the same way as dynamix

[area55git]

File Download HERE

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

[area55git]

I have 2 options for the Readme folder

Which one do you choose? To do the PR

[onqtam]

The first one looked better in the white readme when I tested.

[area55git]

I'm gonna put this one at the end

[onqtam]

Ok, cool! I’ll be infront of a computer in a few hours and ill be able to merge it

[area55git]

PR #145
I had a lot of fun with this job, it's very easy to work with you. Thank you for allowing me to collaborate!

[onqtam]

Thanks a ton for the logo - I love it! Was easy working with you too. The logo is in the dev branch and I expect to publish the 2.0 version today in the master branch. I decided to use the .svg files directly - check it out here:

https://github.com/onqtam/doctest/tree/dev

and the credits at the bottom:

https://github.com/onqtam/doctest/tree/dev#logo

[onqtam]

version 2.0 is out!

https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/99nkhw/doctest_2_released_moved_to_c11_added/