I like the idea (and it's very cute!), but it feels a little busy. I think that could be solved by simplifying the book shape, if you're down to give that a shot (feel free to ignore me, ofc). Two suggestions to try, not sure if either will work:

Get rid of the inner black line and the orange, and use a single black line down the middle for the crease instead. If the book shape isn't strong enough at that point, you can always try thickening up the edge, or coloring the whole shape.
Alternatively, remove the black outline (and the orange fill) entirely (apart from a center book crease), and just have the ears, nose, and whiskers (maybe also eyes?) be a different color. Let the book be the highest contrast shape, so it's obvious.

EDIT: Ok, look, I was impatient to see what it could look like, so I did it myself. (I may have gotten a little carried away.)

An updated version of a logo by @Mem@discuss.tchncs.de, of an orange and white book-faced lemming on a purple-blue background.

@[email protected], YOU DID SO GOOD! LOOK HOW CUTE IT IS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Dayummmmmm! This is fire! Looks like you really know what you're doing. Glad you liked the idea.

Edit: Did you recreate this from scratch?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So, are you guys still working on this? Or is this final version that we should decide on?

@[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I did tweak a couple of the curves slightly in the file I sent Mem, but nothing really noticeable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Let's wait a day or so and see if Mem has any updates.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Thanks for waiting. I think @[email protected] has done a great job with the logo. (Nothing to add from my side)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Yay, glad you like the changes!

Did you recreate this from scratch?

I just traced over your version with vectors. Only changes I made were pointy book corners and slightly flatter ears on the sides (b/c I'm lazy). I'll DM you the file to do with as you please.

[–] fujiwood 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Haha I guess my comment wasn't worded very well. I meant to say to lower the icon a little bit. I honestly like both your versions but I think the mod might have decided to use the simple book one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

to lower the icon a little bit

Oh, now I understand what you meant.

decided to use the simple book one

Yeah, the lemmy version is pretty crowded