One of my goals during this downtime is to work on a fun programming project and try to get it into a demo-able state. I am currently working on a project I call “DDD.”
I wanted a simple, short name that sets the focus of the project. Originally, I called it “3D.” I wanted to use the project name as the namespace for the project. The namespace must start with a letter, not a number. So how do you express “3D” starting with a letter? I could go with “ThreeD”, “Three-D”, “TD”, “IIID”…. but none of those felt right. Then it occurred to me that “3D” is equivalent to “DDD”. I like that it is a single character 3 times: easy to remember, easy to type, short.
So what is DDD? DDD is a command line tool to import/modify/view/export 3D data. Another way to put it…
ImageMagick is to Photoshop as DDD is to Maya
I want this project to work on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Above you can see the logo I created for the project. I wanted the logo to imply 3D without drawing any 3D text. If you cover an eye, your brain uses other queues to determine depth. I tried to use several of those queues…
- Distant objects are smaller
- Distant objects are lighter
- Distant objects are closer to the horizon
- Distant objects have less detail
- Distant objects are overlapped by closer objects
- Linear perspective/vanishing point
Got the name.
Got the logo.
Next up: make it work!
More soon.
I love the logo!!