[sdiy] Synth-DIY icon design - My Attempt

[Scott Gravenhorst]

   NO LAUGHING.  I'm _NOT_ a visual artist.

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    As for scaling survival - you tell me...


music.maker at gte.net wrote:
>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?
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>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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