1y ago

Sync for Lemmy - Logo ideas

These are my takes on alternate Sync logos for Lemmy (I made that rat from a while ago)

The logo for Sync is so tied to Reddit for me personally, that it was hard to think of ways to translate it to Lemmy (or the Fediverse overall).

Orange and Blue are signature colours for Reddit, but Lemmy doesnt necessarily have a colour scheme. Nor should it. that's up to the instance operators to choose, making their community unique.

I also like the general Fediverse pentagon logo, but it can look quite busy...

I did what I could. I'm an average designer at best ¯(ツ)_/¯

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Uh, ignore the pride-themed swaztika with an extra arm
- 😂 I actually like it 😭
  
  do you want to become an artist aswell?
- LGBTQanon logo

The current version with reversed colors, is all that's needed. I wouldn't change it beyond that.
- I thought that too, that makes the most sense honestly.
  I just thought it'd be fun to fiddle with the logo
- Either this or the green and orange one in my opinion. No separations, no pentagrams is my vote.

I like the middle Fediverse logo. The bottom right one is a little swastika-y.
- I'm happy to know it's not just me. Everything else was fine (non-sync user, grain of salt), but I feel breaking up the lines breaks up the middle image in a way that's more confusing to read, and the bottom right is a bit uncomfortable.
- Just wanna add that I didn't see it as swastika until it I read the comments. I still don't.

Why not just keep the original one? There's no reason for people to keep the Reddit app installed anymore
- It's about the symbolism of the color change, the fresh start

The best is still the original, but with colors swapped. AKA, the current logo

Use the original logo but swap colors or make them negative as a symbolism that Lemmy is the opposite of Reddit.

Middle is cleanest, the separation of the top right and bottom left elements makes it very readable.
- Also, separates itself from the reddit one.

middle right or bottom left. the other 2 bottom ones give off some old germany vibes of not happy times
- This Nazi Party rebranding is not going well
  
  Emphasise the Party part? (Nazi Party Party! - Party?)

Middle middle or middle left. Still has the Sync vibe with a new spin.
- Same.
  Either just swapped color and the same shape. (Middle left)
  Or those bit distinct triangles remind me the ears of the lemmy logo. (Middle middle)

I really like the middle one.

Middle middle is great! I like middle left, too.

Oh no! Your arm!!! 😱😱 here you go: \

These look really great. Well done on iterating while still keeping the "sync feel". I think the default logo should stay the reversed colours of the sync for Reddit logo but I would love to see some of these as alternate icons!
Only little note is that the bottom left should have 1 more purple leg (the one going straight up should be purple).
- Re: your note, your change would make it the same as the middle. I think it's meant to show overlap with the green being the first layer.
  
  I'm really not sure how I missed that. I'll leave my original comment as is but you're definitely right.

Middle Left I think is the best most coherent
- It's also more obvious that it's constructed from the arrows of the original logo, compared to the middle bottom one that's more overlapping/intertwining.
  It was either focus on the arrow motif or Fediverse symbolism.

Pretty good. If you don't want to do it, send me the images so I can fix the banner and icon, because I didn't spend enough time on the icon cleanup.
- Cheers Margot Robbie.
  
  She's a champion, taking time out of her movie promo schedule to spend a night photoshopping.

Any of the middle ones!

Rat is top option. Any from the middle row, but I'm partial to the center one
Burn the bottom row.

Middle middle is my favorite after the original.

Ooo I like these ones, they remind me of sync without being a direct copy. Really nice concepts

Bottom middle is my favourite, I like how it kinda reflects the nature of the fediverse
- That's what I was trying to incorporate the idea of :) glad it came across that way

Middle left or middle right.

Middle left, if it's to similar with just the color change then go middle right. Middle right has a clean simple look and good symmetry.

Middle middle. Simple and elegant. The fediverse looks great but might be a pain. If it isn't, I say bottom right.

Middle and bottom middle look good

I like the middle left and bottom right.
Now I can't unsee it after someone says it looks like a guy walking
- Bottom right is cool in a vacuum, but there's like... a shade of swastika to it? I dunno, maybe that's just extremely online of me, but I'd be a little hesitant on it for that reason as compared to middle bottom.
  The one that strikes my fancy the most is middle right, maybe just because it reminds me a little bit of Strava. Maybe the Fediverse colors could be applied to that one in some way, maybe teal and blue on top, red and orange on bottom, and purple as a fill? Or blue and purple on top with teal as a fill. In my head that looks cool, but in practice it might look like total ass. Worth trying anyway imo.
  
  Yeah, hard swastika vibes on bottom right. Some groups use a different count of legs to look similar but also avoid laws against it.
  Example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_%26_Honour

Middle all the way down

That bottom row really gives Google vibes... Except the last one, that's a dude walking.
- what the fuck is up denny's

Mid left bro

I like both the 2nd and 1st ones on the 2nd row in that order. Still looks similar to the app we lost, but the new colours are good for showing that Sync is still about doing the same for Lemmy. The bottom row is more noisy to me but as long as it isn't that last one (sorry it does look a bit too much like some kind of fascist symbol) I am good with what you go with!

The pentagon ones look very cool.
But the og logo looks great enough imo and is iconic already.

I like the bottom left

Bottom right is my favourite. Although the original is also still amazing.

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