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Peter: Snake on a magic towel - Cartoonish version - I tried to preserve the cartoonishness of the original drawing, hopefully people like it. I think it works very well with a handwriting style font like Lenka (which we use in our current, soon-to-be defunct logo).

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  Snakey with text, font Lenka
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  Snakey without text

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The following conversation is taken from Wikivoyage/Logo 2013/Submissions#Option 19 - Snake on a magic towel:

Snake on a magic towel.

Ok guys, I admit it, I draw terribly, but damn all those logos look so boring for a fun, comunity-driven travelling site! I bring you a traveller snake, it still doesn't have name, it is up to the Wikivoyagers to decide how to call it. It flies on a towel and goes everywhere! That is why it is so happy. It could even have the tongue out like a dog enjoying a car ride with the windows down. The colors can be taken from the official scheme, and this snake likes to form a W, the magic word (how else could a magic towel fly?!). Sometimes it likes to pose sideways and then you have a stilized W with a towel underscoring it. Artists, designers... help! This snake is angry at me for such a poor rendition, it says it can look much better! Materials used: pen on post-it. --Micru (talk) 16:04, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Totally agree most of these logos are boring and generic - go snakey! Pratyeka (talk) 04:00, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

There is a big, big smile on my face :) --Peter ^Talk 20:33, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

As a general rule, logos should be as simple as possible, but I am definitely intrigued. If you get someone to "computerize" it, it could have potential. Nick1372 (talk) 21:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

It is such a cute "mascot" idea that I had to help out :) Shyamal (talk) 01:27, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

A girly snake with long eyelashes ! Yeahhhh Anthere (talk) 05:48, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Oh! Really great, Shyamal and Micro. Just one thing bothers me about the new image - the tongue is a bit longue proportional to the body. (And forked on both ends?) –SJ talk  11:01, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Too complicated for a wiki logo that has to be instantly recognizable, even when it's very small. However, this could be Wikivoyage's unofficial (or even official) mascot, our version of Wikipe-tan. Simon Peter Hughes (talk) 13:56, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

Not for the logo, but it could be a nice and funny mascot :-) --Andyrom75 (talk) 17:00, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

I like the sketch better ;)--Arnaugir (talk) 17:21, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

I'd be happy to keep snakey as a mascot floating around the site either way, but I still think this could be made into an icon. It would just have to be simplified a good bit. Unfortunately, my icon generating skills are poor. --Peter ^Talk 19:14, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

I don't think there's any potential as a logo, but it's fantastic as a mascot for the site, something we would significantly benefit from. Any reason it is a snake, though? They seem to have a negative, dangerous and poisonous connotation. JamesA (talk) 07:48, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

By the way, I just wanted to commend Micru for bringing up the tone aspect to our logo considerations. There are 3-4 extremely strong logo submissions above, but all are pretty masculine and "techy." The masculine, techy demographic is not one we Wikimedians have trouble attracting. Having something really fun, bright, and whimsical (like a snake on a flying carpet) could be a good way to make our project more approachable for other demographics that we need to fill out a well-rounded travel guide to the world with lively writing—I hope we see some more submissions in this vein. Despite not being all that good at it, I'm going to try and vectorize and scale down this idea. Hopefully I'll generate something useful. --Peter ^Talk 01:52, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you all for your positive feedback :) The new drawing looks so, so much better! And we even have some name proposals "Snakey" or "Hoopy". I have a friend who is designer and said that he would also try to do a "logo-ified" version. So exciting! --Micru (talk) 14:15, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

I LOVE the Snakey! We need more fun in the projects! :D --Waithamai (talk) 02:06, 20 July 2013 (UTC)

Why not take Option 6 up there and replace the plane around the Wikivoyage word by Snakey? Or you could even use Snakey as the W and spell out the rest of Wikivoyage name beside him (her?). Amqui (talk) 17:25, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

If I could draw better I would do it! You can also take a look to the stylized versions below :) --Micru (talk) 23:19, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Cartoonish version

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  Snakey with text, font Lenka
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  Snakey without text

This is an eleventh hour attempt to keep this idea alive ;) If you have suggestions, well, I won't be around to make the fixes until after the submission period ends today! I tried to preserve the cartoonishness of the original drawing, hopefully people like it. I think it works very well with a handwriting style font like Lenka (which we use in our current, soon-to-be defunct logo). --Peter ^Talk 21:39, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Great submission, Peter! I like the choice of colors and the style has improved a lot :) --Micru (talk) 23:19, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

I agree this is important to keep alive and develop further! I can see the potential of using it as a tool to explain geography and foreign cultures to children. Pratyeka (talk) 04:02, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Simple version

I made version where the W shape of snake is clearer and voyage is text on towel. This is free drawn with finger (didn't find stylus) on my tablet. I agree that sometimes logos can be fun. Now looking preview of the small version of this it kinda looks like ticket. --– linnea (talk) 22:59, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the submission! What about adding one eye :) or better said .) --Micru (talk) 23:24, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

I think this is a great logo with only one flaw--I don't think it will work well for language versions that use non-Latin scripts. How would Викигид work with that? Or ויקימסע? --Peter ^Talk 00:44, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

Stylized versions

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  Book plane
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  Wikivoyage snake
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  Wikivoyage snake

These are the stylized versions that my friend Lluis has made for Wikivoyage: a fantasy ballon, two stylish snakes and a book plane.--Micru (talk) 23:19, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

I have moved the balloon and all the comments to option 46.--Micru (talk) 18:23, 24 July 2013 (UTC)

• How about flipping Snakey horizontally? If it would be used right now as a logo it would look towards the browser window's edge and not towards the page content. -- Rillke (talk) 09:02, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
• I already used my 3 votes, but I like this. PiRSquared17 (talk) 18:59, 31 July 2013 (UTC)