Ouroboros Logo for the MPS ========================== :author: Richard Brooksby :organization: Ravenbrook Limited :date: 2013-05-23 :revision: $Id: //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. .. image:: mps-logo-straight.png :width: 40% :align: center GDR_ suggested making the arrowheads a bit curvy, to give a more friendly effect. .. image:: mps-logo-curvy.png :width: 40% :align: center Here is the same result on the mid colour of leighcheri's `Clair de Lune`_ pallete, currently in use in the MPS documentation. .. image:: mps-logo-curvy-clair.png :width: 40% :align: center 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]_. .. image:: Memory_Manager_Icon.png :width: 40% :align: center I've vectorized this in Photoshop, and given it the curvy treatment, giving this: .. image:: Memory_Manager_Icon-curvy.png :width: 40% :align: center 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; . .. [PTW_1998-10-09] "MM product position for OOPSLA" (e-mail); P. Tucker Withington; Harlequin; 1998-10-09; . B. Document History ------------------- - 2013-05-23 RB_ Created in order to record source files and background. .. _ouroboros: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros .. _RB: http//www.ravenbrook.com/consultants/rb .. _GDR: http//www.ravenbrook.com/consultants/gdr .. _`Clair de Lune`: http://www.colourlovers.com/palette/41956/clair_de_lune