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For the love of god, people, even if you like an idea very much, and want to be supportive of someone's efforts, it doesn't mean you can't be constructively critical!
The line work on this bird is atrocious. The idea is good, the general design idea is good.
It is a terribly executed bird head though.
The line weight is too low for the size, it's full of weird angles with lines not flowing into each other. Intersections around the beak are not clean as they look doubled up in places. There's no clear gesture in the shape language to either let the eye rest or direct it in meaningful way.
It's a somewhat cute bird, but this has to be cleaned up, a lot, to function as a real mascot.
As it is now, it's at the design idea stage.
Oh yeah I always said "idea" never "finished product" if someone wants to take a crack on it and improve it, they're not just guest, they can come to any part of this house.
I'm just a dude who doesn't have any background in art. So the whole terms of "line work" or "line weight" mean nothing to me.
What I see is just a nice little bird icon. And if that logo was used everywhere it would be instantly recognizable at a glance. So for me as a user of a platform it would do perfectly fine as is. Maybe it could be improved upon but I wouldn't be able to tell you how.
What I do not appreciate is how the comment you replied to presented their feedback on this. They might know what they're talking about (or not, this is the internet. Anyone can make any claims.). If this is supposed to be constructive criticism, I can confidently say they've missed their mark due to their tone alone.