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Sync for Lemmy - Logo ideas (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Uh, ignore the pride-themed swaztika with an extra arm

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

😂 I actually like it 😭

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

do you want to become an artist aswell?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Follow-up question: what are your thoughts on respecting the sovereign borders of Poland?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

poland? what poland? all i see is Lebensraum

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The propoganda poster were designed in Illustrator

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They already are!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

LGBTQanon logo

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The current version with reversed colors, is all that's needed. I wouldn't change it beyond that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Either this or the green and orange one in my opinion. No separations, no pentagrams is my vote.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like the middle Fediverse logo. The bottom right one is a little swastika-y.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just wanna add that I didn't see it as swastika until it I read the comments. I still don't.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Why not just keep the original one? There's no reason for people to keep the Reddit app installed anymore

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Middle middle or middle left. Still has the Sync vibe with a new spin.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Middle middle is my favorite after the original.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the middle left and bottom right.

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm really not sure how I missed that. I'll leave my original comment as is but you're definitely right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Middle Left I think is the best most coherent

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Middle is cleanest, the separation of the top right and bottom left elements makes it very readable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Also, separates itself from the reddit one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

middle right or bottom left. the other 2 bottom ones give off some old germany vibes of not happy times

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This Nazi Party rebranding is not going well

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Emphasise the Party part?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That bottom row really gives Google vibes... Except the last one, that's a dude walking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Middle left or middle right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The pentagon ones look very cool.

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

Burn the bottom row.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Middle all the way down

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I really like the middle one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Any of the middle ones!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Bottom middle is my favourite, I like how it kinda reflects the nature of the fediverse

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mid left bro

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