Omg, we do not have a logo, we have a coin design. It isn't the same thing.
It's like saying that a picture of an Air Jordan is the Nike logo.
What's this then?
Looks like a logo to me. Anyway, the "coin design" is pretty much fine as it is (except the line in the middle of the D should be horizontal, just looks annoying otherwise). Perhaps a more distictive font could be used, but it's a waste of a bounty for a whole new design.
Like I said a few pages back:
A logo is something that is unique. A coin with a D on it is nothing of the sort (in the grand scheme of things - certainly no offense intended to the designer). To John Q. Cryptocurious it's just another coin in a sea of coins.
A logo is simple, clean and concise. The design on the OP is not simple, clean and concise.
Above all, a logo is
instantly recognizable, at any size or from any distance. Shrink the OP image down to icon size and nobody would be able to tell WTF it is or how it is different from any other alt coin render - especially someone who doesn't know what Darkcoin is to begin with.
While the coin on the OP is very well done, it is absolutely not a logo. The Nike swoosh is a logo. An Air Jordan is not. The Mercedes emblem is a logo. A 300SD is not. The AT&T globe is a logo. An AT&T smart phone is not.
Here is a photo of some of the most iconic logos in the world:
Notice what they all have in common: clean, simple, limited number of colors, no minute details to get lost in the design, instantly recognizable, each is distinct and unique, each has a high degree of differentiation from
any other brand you can think of. I could go on.
Notice how each and every one of them is not simply a circle with a letter in the middle of it. That is because these logos were made by people who have a clue what they are doing.
The coin is not a suitable logo for branding or marketing. Period. I know people like it, but it will not serve for those purposes.