I refined FixedFun's mascot design for Kbin. Thoughts? Feedback? (More pics/alts in post!)

ZeroZeroOne, 10 months ago

I just cant help but see the balding man...

minnieo, 10 months ago

i tried so hard not to while making this 😭

bitwise, 10 months ago

Don't fight it, embrace the neck rolls.

🤢

blivet, 10 months ago

If the logo was flipped so that the bird was facing to the left it might help. At least for those of us who read from left to right, the first thing we see when scanning the image is the back of the bird’s head instead of the beak.

Kill_joy, 10 months ago

It's funny. On the original I think it was facing left and a case was made for updating it to face the right for readers who read left to right. The thought being that it would be looking forward rather than backward.

It's interesting - lots of differing perspectives on how we view art and marketing.

blivet, 10 months ago

You’re right, I had seen the original but didn’t remember that the newer version was flipped.

Niello, 10 months ago

If you adjust it a bit you could probably get another bird in there too. The pointy white part as the beak and the black beak as the wing.

KotoWhiskas, 10 months ago

Can't unsee it now

fujiwara, 10 months ago

Oh no... 😅

minnieo, 10 months ago

does this look better and hopefully help make the bald man go away?

Niello, 10 months ago

It looks better (cuter!) but I'm not sure if the bald man went away. Maybe if you add a little line to make the upper and lower beak clearer? Maybe a little smile.

ChrV, 10 months ago

Good work mate, personally I'd like it more with black eye though.

minnieo, 10 months ago

thanks! how is this?

ozen, 10 months ago

i love this, it's so cute! great colours choice too.

minnieo, 10 months ago

thanks :D

InterSynth, 10 months ago

I like this version a lot!

minnieo, 10 months ago

me too :D

Contortion, 10 months ago

I like this, but I'd prefer a solid background (just personal taste but the color crossfade backgrounds always remind of WordArt).

minnieo, 10 months ago

i made some solid versions too :)

HidingCat, 10 months ago

I love this, I hope both Kbin and this mascot takes off! Binny's a wonderful name for a birbie too!

minnieo, 10 months ago

If Binny is short for Binjamin, I'm totally sold

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minnieo, 10 months ago

though it does stand out more, i felt like adding a stroke makes it look more unrelated and pasted on if that makes sense? like someone took a random bird icon and threw it on a gradient bg. so i wanted it to feel a little bit more integrated. i dont mind the stroke as much as i thought upon seeing your version, tho. i added a stroke to mine just to see and i dont think its too bad

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minnieo, 10 months ago

what do you think about this? i tried to get rid of the parallel lines

Teal, 10 months ago

I like both versions (different eyes) very much. Nice work minnieo!

minnieo, 10 months ago

thanks :)

tryingnottobefat, 10 months ago

If Kbin doesn’t ultimately use this logo, could we use it for our icon on the parrot community?

hyperspace, 10 months ago

Is this a mascot in the same way that the mastodon is mastodon's mascot and Snoo is Reddit's mascot? For some reason this mockup really looks like an app icon haha

1Fuji2Taka3Nasubi, 10 months ago

I agree. IMO a mascot is something you can make a plush toy out of.

DessertStorms, 10 months ago

Like the colour choice!
Can't help but see a sumo wrestler looking up to the left before I see the bird though, sorry! 😁
I think of all the versions in the thread this one probably least so.

chernoberl, 10 months ago

Lovely!

Regarding the name: In a lot of languages, cockatoos are spelled with a K, e.g. German „Kakadu“, Dutch „Kaketoe“, so a name starting with K would make sense, and there’s quite some Germanic names start with K, e.g. Karl, Klara, Katharina, Konrad, and many more. I personally like Klara, sounds like something a cockatoo would say on repeat. Just an idea.

FriendOfFalcons, 10 months ago

I love cute birdies. And this logo looks so awesome. Thank you so much for sharing your work :)

minnieo, 10 months ago

thanks @FixedFun, it's their idea and design, I only worked on top of it :)

mihnt, 10 months ago

Still say it should be named kben.

heyfluxay, 10 months ago

I dig it.

comedy, 10 months ago

I like it, very nice 👍

minnieo, 10 months ago

thank you C:

v13, 10 months ago

I think it's really nice!!!

minnieo, 10 months ago

tysm!