About: Simon Oxley

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Simon Oxley (born 1969) is a British freelance graphic designer who is most famous for designing the original bird logo for Twitter, the Octocat logo for GitHub, a mascot for YEN, and the Cody mascot for Software.com. Oxley was a prolific contributor to the iStockphoto site, which he had joined because of a free promotional offer for purchasers of the Adobe Creative Suite. Both companies purchased Oxley's designs from the website (Twitter paid $10–15 for its logo, of which Oxley received $2–6) but the licence did not allow them to use the works as logos. Twitter's founders redesigned their logo in response, but GitHub asked Oxley for permission, which he granted. While the initial GitHub logo has gone on to develop into a more stylised form (the official "Invertocat" logo), GitHub develope

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  • سيمون أوكسلي (بالإنجليزية: Simon Oxley)‏ هو مصمم جرافيك بريطاني، ولد في 1969. (ar)
  • Simon Oxley, né en 1969 est un graphiste britannique indépendant, ayant vécu à Tokyo, au Japon, auteur, notamment d'Octocat, mascotte de Github et du logo original de Twitter, en 2006. D'après un porte-parole d'iStockphoto, par lequel il est passé pour vendre sa création à Twitter, Twitter a payé entre 10 $ et 15 $ pour ce logo ; comme seulement 20 à 40 % sont reversés aux créateurs, il a du être payé au plus 6 $ pour le logo de Twitter. Il est inspiré par les arts populaires japonais pour ses créations. (fr)
  • Simon Oxley (born 1969) is a British freelance graphic designer who is most famous for designing the original bird logo for Twitter, the Octocat logo for GitHub, a mascot for YEN, and the Cody mascot for Software.com. Oxley was a prolific contributor to the iStockphoto site, which he had joined because of a free promotional offer for purchasers of the Adobe Creative Suite. Both companies purchased Oxley's designs from the website (Twitter paid $10–15 for its logo, of which Oxley received $2–6) but the licence did not allow them to use the works as logos. Twitter's founders redesigned their logo in response, but GitHub asked Oxley for permission, which he granted. While the initial GitHub logo has gone on to develop into a more stylised form (the official "Invertocat" logo), GitHub developed Simon's original drawing into the Octocat logo and the character of "Mona Lisa the Octocat" which became a core part of their brand identity. Simon credits Japanese popular art as an influence on his Twitter design and others, and said he was grateful for the wide distribution of his images despite receiving very little compensation. (en)
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  • سيمون أوكسلي (بالإنجليزية: Simon Oxley)‏ هو مصمم جرافيك بريطاني، ولد في 1969. (ar)
  • Simon Oxley, né en 1969 est un graphiste britannique indépendant, ayant vécu à Tokyo, au Japon, auteur, notamment d'Octocat, mascotte de Github et du logo original de Twitter, en 2006. D'après un porte-parole d'iStockphoto, par lequel il est passé pour vendre sa création à Twitter, Twitter a payé entre 10 $ et 15 $ pour ce logo ; comme seulement 20 à 40 % sont reversés aux créateurs, il a du être payé au plus 6 $ pour le logo de Twitter. Il est inspiré par les arts populaires japonais pour ses créations. (fr)
  • Simon Oxley (born 1969) is a British freelance graphic designer who is most famous for designing the original bird logo for Twitter, the Octocat logo for GitHub, a mascot for YEN, and the Cody mascot for Software.com. Oxley was a prolific contributor to the iStockphoto site, which he had joined because of a free promotional offer for purchasers of the Adobe Creative Suite. Both companies purchased Oxley's designs from the website (Twitter paid $10–15 for its logo, of which Oxley received $2–6) but the licence did not allow them to use the works as logos. Twitter's founders redesigned their logo in response, but GitHub asked Oxley for permission, which he granted. While the initial GitHub logo has gone on to develop into a more stylised form (the official "Invertocat" logo), GitHub develope (en)
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  • سيمون أوكسلي (ar)
  • Simon Oxley (fr)
  • Simon Oxley (en)
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