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Pt.2 of the Kbird mascot. Thoughts on these two designs?

Again, based on @FixedFun 's original designs so creds to them for the idea.

Thoughts about these ones? For the one on the right, I tried a different angle to hopefully give more bird and less bald man.

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  • I just love it, the Kbird never looked so good, I don't care about credit I just want the Kbird to exist one way or another

  • I really like both of these a whole lot, but I have to agree with most others here - the one on the right is wonderful!

  • The second one (right) is so much better than the previous ones. It loses the 'bald guy' look that the other ones have.

    I still maintain that we don't need a mascot, but... that one would be good if we need one.

  • @minnieo joining the Left Twix crowd, but they are both really great! I LOVE the gradient outline in these versions compared to the pure black outline in prior.

  • Throwing my vote in for the right one too. It's adorable. I mean, the left one is too, but the right one is more adorable.

  • They are both nice but I like the left one - it just speaks to me for some reason. I didn't even mind the bald man of the original design but the extra details eliminates it anyway (for me).
    I am also in the camp that I think a mascot would be fun.

  • Love the on the right, its awake and paying attention just like a social network should.

  • I like the look, but maybe the kbin color, the pink-purple gradient, should be on the bird rather than the background. I think that the pink-purple is probably part of the recognizable kbin "brand". I remember many people making images with Snoo on Reddit -- where his orange eyes were kind of a recognizable characteristic -- and so having the recognizable characteristics on the mascot itself might be helpful, as I would imagine that if people do that with the K-Bird, the pink-purple gradient might get dropped if it isn't part of the mascot itself.

    Also, aside from user creations, many articles about Twitter especially and Reddit to a lesser degree use the logo in artwork above the article to symbolize the service, so having an image that is easy to make recognizable derived creations from might help artists at publications.

    EDIT: I don't really use Twitter, so I'm not familiar with their branding, but for Twitter, it looks like they use both a blue-on-white and a white-on-blue form, the latter of which requires including some background, to deal with that. E.g.:

    https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/clean-set-social-media-logos2395697.htm#query=twitter%20logo&position=12&fromview=keyword&track=ais

    https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/14-twitter-tweet-social-media-icon-pack36361218.htm#query=twitter%20logo&position=14&fromview=keyword&track=ais

    EDIT2: Oh, one other thought. Are the white shapes coming from the K-Bird intended to represent chirping? If so, maybe shift them a bit towards his beak? In anime, it's something of a convention to use sweat drops coming off someone's head to show that they're nervous, and unless the intent is to make the K-Bird look nervous, it might be misinterpreted as that.

    Looking at a Google Images search of cartoon chirping birds, they mostly have the visual stuff indicating that they're chirping coming from further down:

    https://www.google.com/search?q=cartoon+chirping+bird&tbm=isch

    EDIT3: Also, while I realize that the colors are pre-existing elements and you weren't the one who chose them, I also ran it through a colorblindness simulator, and the gradient remains easily-visible for everyone except people with tritanopia, which is pretty rare, so I think that colorblind people should generally be able to get the full effect of the image as well, which is good.

  • I’m conflicted. The right bird is pretty, but I think I prefer the left one.
    Either way, nicely done.

  • Since 'kbinaut' is a fairly frequently suggested name for people on kbin, a suggestion I have for a bit of extra fun would be to add an astronaut helmet (kbirdnaut?)

    Also right birb best birb, but both are very cute

  • What if you took the crest feathers of the one on the left option and put it on the head of the right one.

    I like the shape of the right option but the crest kinda looks backwards.

  • No more Sumo wrestler lol

    I think right probably just takes it for me, I really like the gap between beak and face on left though.

    Either way, good job!

  • I'll put my vote in for the second one. Cockatoos' crests go up when they call out so it's more accurate :-) (Source: lives in a place with them around)

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