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Sync for Lemmy - Logo ideas (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 152 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

😂 I actually like it 😭

[–] DoubleOwl7777@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

do you want to become an artist aswell?

[–] NucleusAdumbens@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Follow-up question: what are your thoughts on respecting the sovereign borders of Poland? Art school admissions must be a stressful job

[–] DoubleOwl7777@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

poland? what poland? all i see is Lebensraum

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The propoganda poster were designed in Illustrator

[–] shizomou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

They already are!

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[–] FlightyPenguin@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

LGBTQanon logo

[–] Steve@compuverse.uk 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 19 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

[–] Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

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

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Nepenthe@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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.

[–] shizomou@lemmy.world 2 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.

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] cheerjoy@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

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

[–] WEAPONX@lemmy.world 14 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.

[–] ultimatespleen@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] niyrme@lemmy.world 13 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

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This Nazi Party rebranding is not going well

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[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] Nomadiscussion@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I really like the middle one.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

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

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 8 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).

[–] littlewonder@lemmy.world 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.

[–] charles@lemmy.ca 2 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.

[–] Cantankerousnuts@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Oh no! Your arm!!! 😱😱 here you go: \

[–] MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Middle Left I think is the best most coherent

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 3 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.

[–] blacklizardplanet@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Any of the middle ones!

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 6 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.

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] glorious_albus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cheers Margot Robbie.

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[–] Pherenike@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Middle middle is my favorite after the original.

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

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

[–] UserNotFound@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Middle left or middle right.

[–] Jamin@lemmy.world 5 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.

[–] Samwizegamgi42@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Middle all the way down

[–] Rootiest@lemmy.world 4 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

[–] teuast@lemmy.world 4 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.

[–] Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de 4 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

[–] Boeman@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[–] teuast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what the fuck is up denny's

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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Middle and bottom middle look good

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 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.

[–] SamboT@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Mid left bro

[–] Countmacula@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I like the bottom left

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

The pentagon ones look very cool.

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

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