[sdiy] Synth-DIY icon design

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Dave Kendall <davekendall at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>Hi Scott.
>
>
>Basically a circle, with a rectangle sort of forming the bottom of it,  
>and the CW, wiper and CCW lugs downwards - a stylized 3-tooth skull?
>
>Look at the back of a pot, lugs down, facing away from you. Skull-like  
>maybe with a bit of a tweak?
>
>Am I Mad?
>
>Don't answer that..... ;-)
>
>D.

OH, "POT"...  Like potentiometer.  I've been into electronics for 45 years, on SDIY and
I couldn't think of that?  [slapping myself in the forehead].

Ok.  I get it.  No, you're not mad, but I'm something - like a doofus?


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>On Feb 13, 2009, at 21:29, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
>
>> Dave Kendall <davekendall at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>> How about something like crossed soldering iron (red hot, point down
>>>> and smoking) and
>>>> lightening bolt?  Survive scaling... humm...  Me no great artist, but
>>>> maybe...  At
>>>> least it's an idea.
>>>
>>> like it...
>>
>> I think I'll give it a shot for a chuckle - who knows.
>>
>>> Put them underneath a simple POT graphic with the 3 lugs pointing  
>>> down,
>>                               ^^^^^^^^^^^
>>                                    \-----  'splain me.  Dunno what  
>> that is.
>>                                             got an example I can look  
>> at?
>>
>>
>>> and you've got a Synth Geek's Jolly Roger ;-)
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 13, 2009, at 20:51, Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
>>>
>>>> Magnus Danielson <magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:
>>>>> Hi folks!
>>>>>
>>>>> This is a bit off the normal smoke of the soldering iron thing...  
>>>>> but
>>>>> a
>>>>> few of us have gathered in a "Synth-DIY Group" over at Linkedin (you
>>>>> are
>>>>> all welcome by the way) but I am lacking a neat icon to tag to the
>>>>> group.
>>>>>
>>>>> As always, it needs to be graphically simple, representative and
>>>>> survive
>>>>> scaling.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm terrible at doing this kind of thing, but I think I can make at
>>>>> least some judgement on (significantly) poor choices at least...
>>>>>
>>>>> Any takers?
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course it could be used for other Synth-DIY purposes...
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Magnus
>>>>
>>>> -- ScottG
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