Applying the signs (as above) reduces the wooliness that allows so many different hackers to invisage themselves as any Monk of X denominations. (Where X is a number suitably large to make my point :)

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You know, I hadn't thought about that, but you are right. I always put 'monk' in an asian context - which was reinforced by the recent T-shirts. But I have to agree that the PM logo would have to be something that allows for any of the images of the monk...

"sometimes when you make a request for the head you don't
want the big, fat body...don't you go snickering."
                                         -- Nathan Torkington UoP2K a.k.a gnat

I like the idea of contributing logos, I don't want to detract from an excellent idea :)

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Brother Frankus.

I kinda like it; I suppose the only things I'd like to add are some shading or texturing on the 'doors', and maybe something identifying pm.org, maybe an "Olde English" font-type "perlmonks.org" on the 'lintel' (beam above the door).

Philosophy can be made out of anything. Or less -- Jerry A. Fodor

I agree with Albannach. The style is tre cool, but the expression could use some adjusting.
I'll update this node later one with my rendition/idea of a perlmonks logo.

UPDATE:
I used Macromedia Flash 4 to create the fists and the hood, and the rest i did in Photoshop5.5. It took me about 2h to do the Flash stuff, and about 2h to do the Photoshop stuff. That's the best i can do at the moment, but i'll add more soon(week or so). Here it is, a perlmonk, you can't tell who he is, but you know he knows TIMTOWDI: my attempt

update:
Unlike the saying goes, There Is More Than One Way. Do It.


"cRaZy is co01, but sometimes cRaZy is cRaZy".
                                                      - crazyinsomniac

Or even TIMTOWTDI? :)

I like your direction with this one, but I think that a raised cowl with perhaps just the tip of the nose and a knowing smile visible would be a bit better (especially given the interest in co-ed Perl lately - you monk wouldn't attract the ladies ;-)

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Well, it's not quite a *logo* per se, and it's inspired loosely by jptxs' above, but here's my idea (maybe this is just a banner ad idea?)

I'm no graphic artist. It's trop facile to knock something off in GIMP, and I lack the skills to make it byooteeful. Plus, I saved it as a gif and I'm too lazy to pngify it.

Perl Monks logo ?

Philosophy can be made out of anything. Or less -- Jerry A. Fodor