I’m still not sure where I should place the “3D”.
And… dunno… it looks kinda sporty… like a plimsol logo :
Well that assoziation isn’t that bad right?
Thats pretty neat… clean. If you hung a 3 either in pale grey behind the “T” or in small font black below the “T” you could use the bend of the “H” to be the “D” in 3D…
Did that make sense?
Kev
If I had to choose between Jens and oNyx proposal, I’d clearly prefer oNyx’s + the kevglass’ modifications! oNxy basic logo IMHO is too much a font than a logo. So some supplements and a second color will improve it.
Good idea!
what we need is a identity image with the name attached to it. i will try and look into one today- maybe chat to the tomato bods here…
see what we can do - has to be simple - java has its coffee cup - apple has an apple. xith needs an icon image.
I totally agree 
I am trying as well to link an image with Xith.
I first thought of a lightning (Xith, pronounced “Zith” -> Zeus… ) but I remembered that Winamp logo is a lightning… so I’m looking for something else.
DZ
So, seems like we’ll end up with a bunch of images/logos. Are David and/or Yuri going to make the final decision? Alternatively we you could use the new poll system to vote on it 
Kev
Don’t misunderstand me, I not saying that I think the best is an image or logo.
I’m more thinking about a sign/image/logo which will be linked to Xith so that we can create an 16x16 icon like java with the coffe cup (obviously, the text “Xith3D” won’t fit).
So may be I’m wrong and we only need big banner and buttons as posted oNyx.
In that case, I’ll follow more Kev’s idea.
just my 2 centimes ;D
DZ
Yep, I totally agree. It’d be nice to have the list of sizes/styles that OT listed above.
Xith, hmmm… how about a coiled snake? cause every time I say it I sound like I have a forked tongue.
Kev
lol
Yep, good idea!
Took me ages to figure out how to pronounce it till David told us that it was “Zith”!
DZ
[quote]Xith, hmmm… how about a coiled snake? cause every time I say it I sound like I have a forked tongue.
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heh, how about a parody on the Java coffee cup, in snake form? ;D
+1 vote for Orangy Tang logo!
I love it
Coo, thats seriously neat
Kev
Yes, looks very good!
Just any relation to the 3D topic is missing?
What about putting the tree structure (scenegraph) somewhere as a theme to the icon? The coffee cup already has a triangle outline, as does the tree…
About the 3D topic, I think it doesn’t has to be on this logo since it can be used as an icon.
We can create other bigger banners/buttons with “Xith3D” and the snake just like Sun’s Java logo.
Btw, I know nothing about copyrights or licenses but is it allowed to have a logo such as this one very looking like the java one (same colors, same patterns, …)??
DZ
Well it uses the same colours since its basically a cut and paste job from the coffee cup :-[ But assuming it was redrawn then i wouldn’t see a problem - no-ones going to mistake a snake for a coffee cup. Might be an idea to change the colours, invert them perhaps?
Can you change the head of the snake a litte, for instance make it a bit “rounder” and put a black point (eye) in it?
I think oNyx’ logo with color, shading and the “3D” somewhere in there isn’t bad either.
[quote][…]oNxy basic logo IMHO is too much a font than a logo.[…]
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Well yea it’s a writing (Schriftzug?). That can be a logo too (eg Coca Cola). However, I build it from scratch and hadn’t used any fonts or so :>
I’ll try some of the suggestions for the “3D” part
oNyx’s logo’s pretty cool although if I look at from particular angles it soft of looks like a graffiti signature.
Jens, that logo’s good too but I agree that the ‘i’ ‘t’ ‘h’ look out of place.
A simple with few colours would be best IMHO - one that you can invert to a good white-only format. A logo that looks good even when it’s small and mono-coloured, but can also look cool when it’s large and on xith.org.
I’d really like to see some more along the snake idea (with the word Xith3D). Maybe the letters Xith3D could some how be the markings of the snake?
I think a vote for the “official” logo would be the best way to choose the most popular one.
Will.
I like the snake best so far. Remember it is a logo… it doesn’t have to spell out the project name any more that a coffee cup spells out the word Java or a penguin spells out Linux.
That being said I’m not sure there is much of a connection between the snake and the concept of a 3D scene graph API… Bit the word Xith does sort of sound like the hissing of a snake… and that’s good enough for me :).
Keeping the logo simple will accomplish the same goals as the ‘new’ Java logo. It will be easier to render and recognize in multiple sizes, and it looks clean.
Some minor changes could be made to the Snake… maybe a bit of a cobra hood effect. (Needs a bit of definition in the head like it says above, but I wouldn’t try for detail like the eye.)
[quote]What about surrounding the X with “i”, “t”, “h” and “3D”, where the “3D” is somewhat emphasized? Just made an image with GIMP:
http://www.xith.org/tutes/filestore/xith3d_logo_125_125.png
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That’s a nice idea! Looks good, not so … abstract like many computer related logos, but like from an ancient book.