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Create mascot and new logo graphics

Open petejohanson opened this issue 4 years ago • 15 comments

In #195, we voted on and have selected the Zapata Wren as our new mascot, which now want to incorporate into both a new mascot image, and also into at logo, in a few formats if possible.

Ideally:

  • Available in vector and raster format
  • The logo should be scalable or have multiple version to work for website, avatars like on Twitter, and places like Discord
  • Can be used to produce stickers

petejohanson avatar Sep 30 '20 23:09 petejohanson

@tominabox1 referred me to @meatsmoothies#7488 on Discord, who's done various MK things, including deskmat and novelties designs for several sets.

She's expressed interested in contributing to this after/in between her commissioned work and other projects. Thankful for her offer, and looking forward to seeing what she comes up with whenever she has time.

petejohanson avatar Oct 01 '20 03:10 petejohanson

Hey, i would like to give this one a try. Where should i put the logo?

Alex-451 avatar Oct 03 '20 12:10 Alex-451

Hey, i would like to give this one a try. Where should i put the logo?

I have approached a designer about this already... You're welcome to work on some designs, but I can't promise it would be used at this point...

petejohanson avatar Oct 03 '20 12:10 petejohanson

Eh thats fine to me, im just gonna make a few birds and send them to you.

Alex-451 avatar Oct 03 '20 12:10 Alex-451

grafik Hey, could you tell me what you think about these?

Alex-451 avatar Oct 03 '20 12:10 Alex-451

The bottom right one is very good in my opinion

LostQuasar avatar Oct 05 '20 21:10 LostQuasar

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it me

keyboard-magpie avatar Dec 19 '20 15:12 keyboard-magpie

@AlexGipp these look too Twitter related imo

tominabox1 avatar Dec 19 '20 15:12 tominabox1

2nd to last one looks pretty awesome Bom

tominabox1 avatar Dec 19 '20 15:12 tominabox1

2nd to last one looks pretty awesome Bom

its the one i'm happiest with

keyboard-magpie avatar Dec 19 '20 15:12 keyboard-magpie

I love the style and execution but I feel the bird is in a weird pose, possibly due to the angle the reference picture was taken from (fourth picture):

image

How do you feel about a flying wren (pictures from "wren flying" on google images):

image

okke-formsma avatar Dec 21 '20 12:12 okke-formsma

I can give it a go. The tail up style was more specific to the zapata wren- it seems that's fairly distinctive for it

keyboard-magpie avatar Dec 21 '20 13:12 keyboard-magpie

Since there's a lack of movement here, I suggest we make a 15 to 30 day guaranteed contest on Freelancer.com. This will hopefully attract many designers, which should get many unique designs that can be rated and iterated on.

If we do go down this route, during the contest we'll want to stay active giving feedback to make sure we get the most out of the contest. @petejohanson I could definitely help give feedback (although I'm not quite sure how that works with account permissions).

Nicell avatar Jan 07 '21 19:01 Nicell

Dat money tho

keyboard-magpie avatar Jan 07 '21 19:01 keyboard-magpie

I can give it a go. The tail up style was more specific to the zapata wren- it seems that's fairly distinctive for it

Nobody asked me, but I can confirm that the tail-up style is what distinguishes wrens (besides their noisiness, messy nests, outgoing behaviour, and tiny size). Except NZ rock wrens, who have no tails. Anyhow, if you're looking for a distinctive logo that catches the eye, the unusual way wrens hold their tails is certainly that.

pdaoust avatar Dec 12 '23 17:12 pdaoust