Official Logo for PyGMT

[juanis2112]

Description of the desired feature

Hi everyone,

I'm Juanita, a contributor for PyOpenSci, and I'm excited to reach out to you regarding the creation of an official logo for PyGMT. Recently, I discovered that PyGMT doesn't have a designated logo, and after speaking with @weiji14, I learned that this is something the community desires. Hence, I volunteered to help with this initiative!

While there have been some informal discussions in the past, we haven't reached an official decision regarding the logo. Therefore, I believe it would be beneficial to utilize this GitHub issue as a platform to gather opinions and ultimately arrive at a final decision. To kickstart the process, I have compiled a few logo design proposals based on the previous discussion held here: https://forum.generic-mapping-tools.org/t/design-for-pygmt-logo/1346/7

I invite all members of the community to participate in this discussion by sharing their thoughts and feedback on the proposed logo designs. Feel free to express your opinions, suggest modifications, or even submit alternative logo ideas.

1. Original design proposed by @weiji14:
   

2. Same design but more legible and using Python Colors:

3. Inverting text and needle colors:

4. Similar design but overlapping PyGMT text with the logo and using the GMT colors.

4.1 Trying to make the P, G, M, T more visible in the logo (This one I implemented it in Inkscape based on @weiji14's idea about modifying number 4.

It seems that we are going towards having the original storyline with the map and needle but including the PyGMT letters in the logo and using the 3 colors, blue and yellow for python and red for GMT. I will like to hear opinions about this last logo and possible directions we can move forward to. I'm not an expert in Inkscape but I'm happy to help implement some possible ideas.

Are you willing to help implement and maintain this feature?

Yes

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[leouieda]

Hi @juanis2112 thanks for pushing this forward! I like the last one but I'd suggest a few tweaks to make it more legible on smaller sizes:

1. Remove the dark gray outline from the snake and central needle. The contrast for the color is enough to stand out without the outline.
2. Remove or greatly simplify/smooth the continents. They have too much detail which makes the logo a bit messy.

[yvonnefroehlich]

Btw: There is actually already an issue regarding a logo for PyGMT at #1404 by @weiji14. I feel we should bundle up the ideas from both issues within one issue and close the other one.