# SourceCred Logo

**URL:** <https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-logo/467>\
**Category:** The CredSperiment\
**Tags:** 📦artifact\
**Created:** [December 26, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-logo/467 "2019-12-26T17:53:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![burrrata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/burrrata/32/135_2.png) [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-logo/467/1 "2019-12-26T17:53:34Z")

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# Description

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The SourceCred logo is the visual representation of the SourceCred project. A picture says a thousand words and the logo communicates the vision and value prop of SourceCred instantly. This logo is featured on our product, in our documentation, an across our community channels. It’s a mental anchor that people use as the foundation of their idea of what SourceCred is.

  

# Contributions

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[https://github.com/sourcecred/pm/issues/5](https://github.com/sourcecred/pm/issues/5)

> <https://github.com/sourcecred/sourcecred/pull/1274>
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> This adds a new version of the logo, based on the work by @ericronne in
> PR #126…1, but regenerated using an algorithmic approach, which can be
> found in \[this notebook\]. Also, the color scheme has changed.
> 
> Thanks to @lbStrobbe for a lot of creative feedback, and to everyone who
> participated in the \[feedback thread\] and the original \[logo issue\] on
> GitHub.
> 
> Besides committing the rasterized assets, this commit also updates the
> favicon.
> 
> \[feedback thread\]: https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/more-logo-explorations/142
> \[this notebook\]: https://observablehq.com/@decentralion/sourcecred-logo-explorations
> \[logo issue\]: https://github.com/sourcecred/pm/issues/5
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> Here's how the new logo appears:
> !\[image\](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1400023/62778851-dc544a00-bab1-11e9-8d50-ce14a5d98de5.png)

> [@Create the v1 SourceCred Logo](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/create-the-v1-sourcecred-logo/469):
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> Description: This (retroactive) initiative describes creating the v1 SourceCred logo, as seen here: [image] Status: Completed Champion: @decentralionBenefits: The logo acts as an anchor for the visual identity of the project, makes it easy to identify across the internet, and lets us print cool stickers. Deliverables: [image] Dependencies: References Contributions: [Initial design explorations](https://github.com/sourcecred/pm/issues/5) with @akrych, @LB and @decentralion[Cool logo exploration](https://github.com/sourcecred/pm/issues/5#issuecomment-486723114) by @Brutalfluffy @LB and @decentrali…

  

# References

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> [@SourceCred Logo Coloring Game](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-logo-coloring-game/247):
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> Logo Coloring Game Status: Proposal Champion[?](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/about-champions-and-heroes/291): TBD Initiative Description: [A lot of thought went into SourceCred’s logo design](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/more-logo-explorations/142). However, the colors in the design were picked pretty hastily. I think with some thought and experiment, we might find colors we like better. I propose that we use this as an opportunity to launch a lighthearted game using cred. First, we’ll make an observable notebook that makes it super easy to change the colors in the logo (using [this notebook](https://observablehq.com/@decentralion/sourcecred-logo-explorations) as a starti…

> [@SourceCred Color Exploration](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-color-exploration/292):
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> As proposed in [logo coloring game](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/logo-coloring-game/247), this thread is for experimenting with SourceCred logo colors! In the logo coloring game, I assumed we’d be trying to choose the “true canonical” colors for SourceCred. During an in person conversation with @ericronne and @jessicaschilling, we realized the logo is distinct enough that we could actually have a whole plethora of colors we use. For printing stickers and such, it would be super cool if there are many different color palettes to choose from! I build…

> [@SourceCred poster art](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-poster-art/156/):
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> [@SourceCred Poster 2: Jungle Explorer](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-poster-2-jungle-explorer/163/):
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> [@Dark Star SourceCred Art](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/dark-star-sourcecred-art/439/):
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> Made this piece based on the [logo](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/more-logo-explorations/142) and one of my other [color choices from the color picker](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-color-exploration/292/21) @decentralion made. Inspirations include Dark Star, and Eclipse.

> [@SourceCred Banner Art](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-banner-art/458/):
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> I made some (hopefully) useful SourceCred art banners. I thought y’all may like to have them for stuff like websites, podcast covers, PowerPoint presentations, name/role cards, etc. Feel free to snag these and put your own info overtop of them. slight_smile Lmk if you find these useful, or if there’s a different version of these that would be more useful to you, and I can make more. Always open to ideas, suggestions, and requests! 1 2 3 4 5 6 …

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**Author:** ![decentralion](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/decentralion/32/7_2.png) [@decentralion](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/decentralion)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-logo/467/2 "2019-12-26T20:49:57Z")

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@burrrata, I think it makes sense to have the SourceCred logo as an artifact; it also seemed like the _process_ that generated the current SourceCred logo made sense as an initiative, since it was a historical/time defined process and had a champion (me). So I wrote up [this initiative](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/create-the-v1-sourcecred-logo/469) and linked to it as the main contribution, let me know what you think.

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**Author:** ![burrrata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/burrrata/32/135_2.png) [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-logo/467/3 "2019-12-26T20:51:33Z")

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Awesome! 🙂

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**Author:** ![burrrata](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/burrrata/32/135_2.png) [@burrrata](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/burrrata)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/sourcecred-logo/467/4 "2019-12-29T03:16:41Z")

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Would be interesting to somehow track page views and/or send a bit of Cred from the communication channels that use the logo to the logo artifact. Added this Logo Artifact as a contribution to all the community channels as well since it’s feature on all of them. Will need to figure out how to weight that appropriately.