Metal Zealot

Sync for Lemmy - Logo ideas

https://lemmy.world/post/2156272

Sync for Lemmy - Logo ideas - Lemmy.world

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)_/¯

Jul 25, 2023 at 8:50pmWeb
Show threadMetal Zealot Jul 25, 2023
Uh, ignore the pride-themed swaztika with an extra arm
Show threadsabreW4K3Jul 25, 2023
😂 I actually like it 😭
Show threadDoubleOwl7777Jul 25, 2023
do you want to become an artist aswell?
Show threadMetal Zealot Jul 25, 2023
The propoganda poster were designed in Illustrator
Show threadshizomouJul 25, 2023
They already are!
Show threadNucleusAdumbensJul 26, 2023
Follow-up question: what are your thoughts on respecting the sovereign borders of Poland?
Show threadDoubleOwl7777Jul 26, 2023
poland? what poland? all i see is Lebensraum
Show threadsabreW4K3Jul 26, 2023

I have come back to this to try and post the baby runaway GIF several times and it won’t let me.

Spectacular work with this reply BTW!

Show threadFlightyPenguinJul 26, 2023
LGBTQanon logo
Show threadDisplay NameJul 25, 2023
I really like the middle one.
Show threadultimatespleenJul 25, 2023
Middle is cleanest, the separation of the top right and bottom left elements makes it very readable.
Show threadVictronJul 26, 2023
Also, separates itself from the reddit one.
Show threadsbvJul 25, 2023
I like the middle Fediverse logo. The bottom right one is a little swastika-y.
Show threadNepentheJul 25, 2023
I'm happy to know it's not just me. Everything else was fine, 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.
Show threadSteveJul 25, 2023
The current version with reversed colors, is all that’s needed. I wouldn’t change it beyond that.
Show threadMetal Zealot Jul 25, 2023

I thought that too, that makes the most sense honestly.

I just thought it’d be fun to fiddle with the logo

Show threadGethJul 25, 2023
Either this or the green and orange one in my opinion. No separations, no pentagrams is my vote.
Show threadSamwizegamgi42Jul 25, 2023
Middle all the way down
Show threadconfusedbytheBasicsJul 25, 2023
Middle middle is my favorite after the original.
Show threadblacklizardplanetJul 25, 2023
Any of the middle ones!
Show threadAnonymousLlamaJul 25, 2023
Ooo I like these ones, they remind me of sync without being a direct copy. Really nice concepts
Show threadZoldyckJul 25, 2023
Bottom right is my favourite. Although the original is also still amazing.
Show threadCountmaculaJul 25, 2023
I like the bottom left
Show threadd-RLY?Jul 25, 2023
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!
Show threadcharlesJul 25, 2023

These looks 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).

Show threadlittlewonderJul 25, 2023
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.
Show threadcharlesJul 25, 2023
I’m really not sure how I missed that. I’ll leave my original comment as is but you’re definitely right.
Show threadSweetpeaches69Jul 25, 2023
Middle middle is great! I like middle left, too.
Show threadPherenikeJul 26, 2023
Bottom middle is my favourite, I like how it kinda reflects the nature of the fediverse
Show threadMetal Zealot Jul 26, 2023
That’s what I was trying to incorporate the idea of :) glad it came across that way
Show threadMonkCanatellaJul 26, 2023
Middle Left I think is the best most coherent
Show threadMetal Zealot Jul 26, 2023

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.

Show threadTransplantedSconieJul 26, 2023
Middle middle or middle left. Still has the Sync vibe with a new spin.
Show threadTheGreenGolemJul 26, 2023
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)
Show threadSendMePhotosJul 26, 2023
Middle middle. Simple and elegant. The fediverse looks great but might be a pain. If it isn’t, I say bottom right.
Show threadBoemanJul 26, 2023
That bottom row really gives Google vibes… Except the last one, that’s a dude walking.
Show threadMetal Zealot Jul 26, 2023
Show threadteuastJul 26, 2023
what the fuck is up denny’s
Show threadMetal Zealot Jul 26, 2023
I just watched that, probably the best fucking video ever.
Show threadUserNotFoundJul 26, 2023
Middle left or middle right.
Show thread𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙Jul 26, 2023

I like the middle left and bottom right.

Now I can’t unsee it after someone says it looks like a guy walking

Show threadteuastJul 26, 2023

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.

Show threadLichtblitzJul 26, 2023

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: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_%26_Honour

Blood & Honour - Wikipedia

Show threadCaptPretentiousJul 26, 2023

Rat is to option. Any from the middle row, but I’m partial to the center one

Burn the bottom row.

Show threadJaminJul 26, 2023
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.
Show threadWEAPONXJul 26, 2023
Use the original logo but swap colors or make them negative as a symbolism that Lemmy is the opposite of Reddit.
Show threadSwarfegaJul 26, 2023
Why not just keep the original one? There’s no reason for people to keep the Reddit app installed anymore
Show threadcandyman337Jul 29, 2023
It’s about the symbolism of the cor change, the fresh start
Show threadCantankerousnutsJul 26, 2023
Oh no! Your arm!!! 😱😱 here you go: \
Show threadOtakuAltairJul 26, 2023

The pentagon ones look very cool.

But the og logo looks great enough imo and is iconic already.

Show threadniyrmeJul 26, 2023
middle right or bottom left. the other 2 bottom ones give off some old germany vibes of not happy times
Show threadMetal Zealot Jul 26, 2023
This Nazi Party rebranding is not going well
Show threadGetawombatupyaJul 28, 2023
Emphasise the Party part?
Show threadSamboTJul 26, 2023
Mid left bro
Show threadcheerJul 26, 2023
The best is still the original, but with colors swapped. AKA, the current logo
Show threadMargot RobbieJul 26, 2023
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.
Show threadglorious_albusJul 27, 2023
Cheers Margot Robbie.
Show threadGetawombatupyaJul 28, 2023
She’s a champion, taking time out of her movie promo schedule to spend a night photoshopping.