Edit ‘redesigning_betula_logo’ by bouncepaw

Edit ‘redesigning_betula_logo’ (by bouncepaw at 12 Jul 26 13:19 UTC)

Hyphae affected: redesigning_betula_logo

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-img {
+For the NLNet [[Betula]] grant, I had to redesign the logo. The old one was not very recognisable at small sizes, barely looked like a birch, etc. June 2026, I spent several days working on the new one. Turned out, logo design and vector graphics are so much more complicated than I anticipated! Went through multiple approaches until I settled on the final logo. It's live on [[https://joinbetula.org]] or instances running newer versions, such as [[https://links.bouncepaw.com]].
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+= Approach 1. Generative birch trunk pattern
+For some idea, I had this idea of giving every Betula instance a unique userpic/favicon, which is a randomised birch trunk pattern. Why not make the logo with the same pattern generator? Gotta make the generator first though. Spent some time and ended up with a naïve generator. Here are some generations:
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+img grid {
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-05 naive 1.png
@@ -5,4 +10,15 @@ https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-05 naive 3.png
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-05 naive 4.jpg
+}
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+That's not quite what I wanted. What if I used Perlin noise for generation?
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+img grid {
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-05 perlin camo.jpg
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-05 perlin.png
+}
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+This is a very good pattern generator, but it must not be a logo. Devastated from such a big waste of time, went looking for new ideas.
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+= Approach 2. Branches
+img {
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-07 paper 1.jpg
@@ -13,4 +29,11 @@ https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-07 paper 5.jpg
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-07 paper full.jpg
+}
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+img {
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-08 editing birch.png
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-08 raster logo pt serif.png
+}
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+= Approach 3. Vector stump
+img grid {
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-08 vector eb garamond italic.png
@@ -24,2 +47,6 @@ https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-10 process.png
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-10 tab comparison.png
+}
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+= Polishing
+img grid {
https://bouncepaw.com/img/2026-07 Betula logo/2026-07-12 about.png