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New Fembot Symbols

Post by dale coba » Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:12 pm

Working on the collars, I designed two symbols.

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Woman Power - Venus around [a vertical line in a circle],
like the [On/Off] button on electronic devices.


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Venus USB3.0 - Providing full access through each of three kinds of ports.



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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by King Snarf » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:10 am

That first one is giving me a bit of a Bill Cipher vibe.

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by N6688 » Sun Dec 07, 2014 12:17 pm

dale coba wrote:Working on the collars, I designed two symbols.

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Woman Power - Venus around [a vertical line in a circle],
like the [On/Off] button on electronic devices.

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Just an idea here, how about replacing he stripe within the symbol with the universal power button symbol?
http://us.123rf.com/450wm/grublee/grubl ... ground.jpg
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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by darkbutflashy » Sun Dec 07, 2014 3:16 pm

N6688 wrote:Just an idea here, how about replacing he stripe within the symbol with the universal power button symbol?
http://us.123rf.com/450wm/grublee/grubl ... ground.jpg
That's not a power button but a standby button. The "on/off" symbol has the line fully inside the circle, the "on/standby" symbol has it over the open border.

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by dale coba » Sun Dec 07, 2014 4:45 pm

I was working in a low-resolution medium, poking holes in foil. On screen, there are better approaches to consider.

N6688, this version has strengths. It's far from an instant communication for most to interpret, but I think the meaning would sink in. Perhaps the symbol should be smaller still, relative to the Venus circle surrounding; that would make the eye quickly consider the symbol as one, separate object within the Venus circle.
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My problem was, inside the circle of the light-up collar, you get a circle around a circle around a broken circle. That's a bigger problem as the t-stem shrinks, and the outer circle approaches the radius of the total circle disk.

Some color variations:
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Perhaps there is a way to imply labia and clitoris?
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TheRealMaestro, you are right about Mercury, and how that would have meant something else. Anyone here who wants a Mercury/Venus, Love/hermaphrodite symbol, please make it yours.

Other options for the USB:
This version uses the more fluid lines of the proper icon.
(The rounded lines didn't read clean, as poked holes in foil)
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The USB part is most recognizable with the bottom circle intact,
but preserving that made the rest too small for my collar.
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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by --NightBattery-- » Sun Dec 07, 2014 4:56 pm

those symbols would look nicely in the cover of anything

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by N6688 » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:44 pm

I was actualy thinking more around the lines of this: http://www.fembotwiki.com/index.php?tit ... button.png
This way the power button symbol and the female symbol are one.
darkbutflashy wrote:
N6688 wrote:Just an idea here, how about replacing he stripe within the symbol with the universal power button symbol?
http://us.123rf.com/450wm/grublee/grubl ... ground.jpg
That's not a power button but a standby button. The "on/off" symbol has the line fully inside the circle, the "on/standby" symbol has it over the open border.
I actualy thought it was the same thing, thanks for correcting me darkbutflashy :thumbsup:


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Post by N6688 » Sun Dec 07, 2014 6:57 pm

Robotman wrote:I just uploaded it to imgur instead:
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Thanks robotman :thumbsup:
I couldn't upload it to my other galleries because they are under my real name.
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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by dale coba » Sun Dec 07, 2014 7:07 pm

N6688,

The standby + Venus is confusing. The standby part is not immediately recognized with the modification of an upside-down cross added beneath. My eye tries to read it as three things: the cross, the circle and... wait, that's sort of part of the second thing. A person could miss the Venus entirely.

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by darkbutflashy » Sun Dec 07, 2014 7:10 pm

Ok, we now have a fembot symbol on the wiki. It's a transparent PNG suitable for bumpmapping it on anything.

EDIT: Dale, I don't think it's confusing so much. The standby symbol is widely known, thanks to the smartphones.

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by dale coba » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:35 pm

Darkbutflashy,

Strictly speaking, you are right. I feel that the best symbols are interpreted instantly, or a half instant after that. I try to apply an eye clumsier than my own when I consider a new symbol. What I'm saying is, it's not as far from "idiot-proof" as I like an icon to be.

Perhaps my issues would be alleviated by changing the proportions:
- the thickness of the lines
- the ratio of the diameter of the circle to the height of the cross
- the height of the crossbar
- the length of the crossbar with respect to the diameter of the circle

I think there's a better balance to be tweaked out of that version.

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I wonder if there's any way we can introduce these to a wider audience, and see if they catch on.

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by darkbutflashy » Sun Dec 07, 2014 8:45 pm

And for the ones like me, who like their machine females being real people, I did another symbol for mechanized women in general. Again, a transparent PNG suitable for bumpmapping it on anything.

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by Miss Pris » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:56 pm

So I know the original intention was not this, but oh, wow, would this make a good symbol for third wave (techno)feminism
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Woman power! :lol:

Maybe this could be an offering to the media gods - "See, we're not misogynists. We believe in woman power, and women who want power buttons." :)

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by dale coba » Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:17 pm

Miss Pris, I'd offer it to the techno-feminists, but
Would it appeal to the non-TFs they wanted to court?

To outsiders, would this symbolic power suggest empowering political power,
or remind them of objectifying electricity used to control a device?

All true cyborg feminists would agree, empowerment comes from installing and owning your own batteries.

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by darkbutflashy » Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:33 pm

The power is in the mirror. In yourself. :nerd:
Oh wait, that's actually standby. :mrgreen:

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Re: New Fembot Symbols

Post by Miss Pris » Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:00 pm

It's all about the batteries! :lol:

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