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 minnieo@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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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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[-] ZeroZeroOne@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

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

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

i tried so hard not to while making this 😭

[-] blivet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year 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.

[-] bitwise@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Don't fight it, embrace the neck rolls.

🤢

[-] Niello@kbin.social 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.

[-] fujiwara@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Oh no... 😅

[-] KotoWhiskas@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Can't unsee it now

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Niello@kbin.social 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.

[-] ChrV@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

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

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

thanks! how is this?

[-] ozen@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

thanks :D

[-] Contortion@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

i made some solid versions too :)

[-] InterSynth@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I like this version a lot!

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

me too :D

[-] digitallyfree@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Nice! Personally I think a stroked edge (with the border being the same color as the beak) and a black eye helps in making the logo pop when scaled down amidst a sea of phone app icons.

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 7 points 1 year 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

[-] digitallyfree@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] digitallyfree@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I definitely like the "toot" of noise and the gradient stroke. On the other hand the top and bottom left corners feel a bit empty as there's a lot of stuff going on at the right mid section of the logo.

[-] digitallyfree@kbin.social 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.

[-] hyperspace@kbin.social 3 points 1 year 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@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] HidingCat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

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

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Teal@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

thanks :)

[-] comedy@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I like it, very nice 👍

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

thank you C:

[-] FriendOfFalcons@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

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

[-] chernoberl@kbin.social 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.

[-] DessertStorms@kbin.social 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.

[-] v13@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I think it's really nice!!!

[-] minnieo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

tysm!

[-] mihnt@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Still say it should be named kben.

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