I've been thinking about how to approach this and apart from just going it alone, I thought it would be a good idea to make this a design contest.
As announced before, we'll be developing a forked platform to give XUL a future. As part of that, we'll be publishing a current-day-Firefox derivative browser. This browser needs unique branding to identify it as a non-Mozilla product and alternative to Firefox.
As such I thought it was a good idea to ask you, and the creative souls among you, to submit entries for branding to be considered. We need a name and a logo.
Entries will be accepted up to May 14th 2017 -- that will be your deadline.
Requirements:
- A single-word name for the browser. This name has to be unique in the context of (browser/connectivity) software to avoid trademark conflicts.
- A logo, preferably in vector format (SVG). The logo should be usable as an application icon or have an iconized version submitted to use as such.
Note: if you don't know how to make a vector image, a large resolution (1000px+), clean PNG can also work and I can trace it if needed. - The logo should be usable on light and dark backgrounds. Please provide individual images if they need to be adjusted for light/dark use.
- The logo should have a reasonably modern and clean feel to it. Since this is a new house style/logo/brand, you will have freedom of color choice. Keep the number of colors used limited, though.
- If the full logo comes with text, make sure to specify the font and font color/weight/variant used and make sure the wordmark is converted to shapes.
If you use a font in the logo, make sure you ave the appropriate rights to use it. - The logo should scale down to small sizes well. Don't shy away from details, but be careful with being too photo-realistic or too-detailed that might make the logo impossible to make out (at least somewhat) in small sizes.
- Anything you submit must be your own work or commissioned specifically for this purpose.
- Anything you submit will become the exclusive property of Moonchild Productions immediately (to prevent legal issues down the road).
This means you should not use any designs you want to personally use later on, either commercially or non-commercially. You relinquish all rights to your design, including copyright. - If your design is chosen, you will be credited as the creator of the logo in appropriate places, but won't have a right to be paid royalties or similar fees for (use of) the design.
- If your design is not chosen (either as winner or runner-up), you can contact me if you want to officially be granted your property rights again for re-use elsewhere.
- There will be a one-time reward of $200 (US dollars) for the winner, and $50 for the runner-up. PayPal only.
- Initial selection of designs will be decided by the community/users - final selection will be done by me (Moonchild).
- We reserve the right to disqualify designs that do not meet quality, design or ethical standards, in our sole discretion, regardless of popularity.
- There is no limit to the number of designs you can submit, as long as they are different. You can offer proposed color variations in a single design submission.
How to enter:
- Make a complete design (Name+logo+colors)
- Create a 300px smallest dimension PNG of your design (and extras for any additional image e.g. iconic/background) with transparency.
- Reply to this thread, and post your design (the 300px PNG only!), design details (e.g. font used, color hex codes) and credentials in a single post. Attach your images to your post, do not use external image hosting services!
- Send me a PM or e-mail (moonchild at palemoon {dot} org) with the actual design files (svg/large PNG, fonts if not common, raw design layered files if you used that, etc.) zipped up. If the design files are too big for PM or e-mail (possible if you're using Photoshop then please use a cloud service like dropbox or google drive or microsoft live to transfer the design. If you used proprietary software, always make sure that scalable design files are also sent in a common format (png for raster, svg for vector!)
If you do not send me the design files by the deadline, your entry will be disqualified! - Be patient!
If you want to discuss things or have additional questions, please go to the discussion thread.