Ouroboros Logo for the MPS

author Richard Brooksby
date 2013-05-23
organization Ravenbrook Limited
revision //info.ravenbrook.com/project/mps/doc/2013-05-23/ouroboros-logo/index.rst#5

Digging through my disk, I found a logo I designed for a memory manager I started between leaving Harlequin and acquiring the MPS. It's a bit like a double ouroboros. I vectorized it in Photoshop to produce this version.

mps-logo-straight.png

GDR suggested making the arrowheads a bit curvy, to give a more friendly effect.

mps-logo-curvy.png

Here is the same result on the mid colour of leighcheri's Clair de Lune pallete, currently in use in the MPS documentation.

mps-logo-curvy-clair.png

The Photoshop source file is mps-logo.psd.

I also discovered this from the Harlequin archives, written after I left Harlequin, but claiming some influence from me [PTW_1998-10-09].

Memory_Manager_Icon.png

I've vectorized this in Photoshop, and given it the curvy treatment, giving this:

Memory_Manager_Icon-curvy.png

The Photoshop source file is Memory_Manager_Icon.psd.

A. References

[RB_2013-05-23]"An old logo idea" (e-mail); Richard Brooksby; Ravenbrook Limited; 2013-05-22; <https://info.ravenbrook.com/mail/2013/05/21/23-40-01/0/>.
[PTW_1998-10-09]"MM product position for OOPSLA" (e-mail); P. Tucker Withington; Harlequin; 1998-10-09; <https://info.ravenbrook.com/project/mps/mail/1998/10/09/16-59/0.txt>.

B. Document History

  • 2013-05-23 RB Created in order to record source files and background.