Perhaps lower the contrast a bit? Use some gray and charcoal color? Presently it looks like what I see when I have migraine aura… and I don’t intend that to be mean or anything!

[–] dch82@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Fair enough, I will make another version shortly

EDIT: Solarized low-contrast versions are available; I think it would look much better!

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

Solarized dark looks great!

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago

Wow this would look really cool on a t-shirt / hoodie

[–] Mpeach45@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wish I could say this is great, but it’s an unreadable mess. Looks like EEDT.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

That’s what I saw too at first

[+] VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sort of vaguely op-art. Or postmodern brutalist perhaps.

It could be a bit better thought out to improve readability and find a more pleasing interaction between the letter and logo elements, but it’s an interesting idea to explore further I think.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Either put the letters or the logo in the background. This mixing effect is just hard on the eyes and triggers even my migraine. Definitely don't use this logo to promote the fediverse.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago

It's a poster design, not a logo. It doesn't need to be as instantly recognizable. Putting one or three other in the background would make it a lot less visually interesting.

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Each one of the circles could be an icon for the different mainstays

-Lemmy
-Mastodon
-Pixelfed
-Kbin/Mbin
-?

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The main problem with that is that most of these platforms barely communicate with each other. I think mbin right now has the best multi platform support but even that is somewhat lacking.

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

That is true, but I don't think that's a good enough reason not to use them as the representations. The interoperability will improve over time, it just has to be developed more.

However, I am also hesitant about it for another reason in that I'm not really certain any of these platforms are static or will just forever keep changing over time. How do you represent a forever changing, evolving, dynamic network of platforms?

Also, we should try and focus on what are some of the ways that it could be improved as well.

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Neat!

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 3 points 2 months ago

I like it

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 2 months ago

That looks like an Iain Banks non-sci-fi book jacket