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

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I really loved @FixedFun 's idea for the kbin mascot, so I decided to refine it a bit and make some color alternatives. All credit to them for this wonderful idea! I merely refined it. Note, the circles beside the logo are just a color pallete swatch, not actually meant to be apart of the logo.

Here is some alternatives as well as a phone screen mockup
Here is Fun's next to mine

As the kbird, maybe his name could be Ben, or Bin, or Binny the bird? Binjamin is pretty hilarious

details: font is poppins. program is adobe illustrator.

UPDATE: Thoughts on this one?

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

i tried so hard not to while making this 😭

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

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't fight it, embrace the neck rolls.

🤢

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Can't unsee it now

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Oh no... 😅

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

thanks! how is this?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

thanks :D

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like this version a lot!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

me too :D

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

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i made some solid versions too :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I also tried out a rounded base to avoid the parallel lines between the bottom of the base and the mascot itself, which are a lot more obvious with the border in place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

thanks :)

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

I like it, very nice 👍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

thank you C:

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

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] tryingnottobefat 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Still say it should be named kben.

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

I think it's really nice!!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

tysm!

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