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Great to see the conversation progressing guys.
Just an FYI, it looks like the guys are working on properly structuring the pages for Heavycoin and LuckyTiger may make an announcement soon about the best place for this discussion, any confusion PM me or LT and we'll point you the right way.
mymenace - nice answer mate - if I get time I'm going to see if I can confirm your binary - I would love to call you on it, but I can't without spending some time confirming - well played, sir.
For colours I'll have a think about it and see if I can come up with anything productive that you might find interesting.
xploreredfusion - nice explanation man, I didn't read CPU on the logo first time, but that's an interesting angle, I'm going to see if I can find any links to throw your way that might make the CPU angle clearer
wasamata - Hey man! welcome aboard - keep the left field ideas coming - if not for you then it might spark an idea for someone else. I was having a similar idea last night about looking at heavy = sumo or elephant. I was even wondering about heavy = heavy metal = devil sign. That might be way too far down the rabbit hole, but I think this kind of thinking is going to ultimately get us to the right conclusion. And that conclusion may very well be already posted on this page, it just took a wide exploration to confirm.
I'm going to have to sign off gents, but will be back and can't wait to see what you contribute.
Cheers,
M
Just an FYI, it looks like the guys are working on properly structuring the pages for Heavycoin and LuckyTiger may make an announcement soon about the best place for this discussion, any confusion PM me or LT and we'll point you the right way.
mymenace - nice answer mate - if I get time I'm going to see if I can confirm your binary - I would love to call you on it, but I can't without spending some time confirming - well played, sir.
For colours I'll have a think about it and see if I can come up with anything productive that you might find interesting.xploreredfusion - nice explanation man, I didn't read CPU on the logo first time, but that's an interesting angle, I'm going to see if I can find any links to throw your way that might make the CPU angle clearer
wasamata - Hey man! welcome aboard - keep the left field ideas coming - if not for you then it might spark an idea for someone else. I was having a similar idea last night about looking at heavy = sumo or elephant. I was even wondering about heavy = heavy metal = devil sign. That might be way too far down the rabbit hole, but I think this kind of thinking is going to ultimately get us to the right conclusion. And that conclusion may very well be already posted on this page, it just took a wide exploration to confirm.
I'm going to have to sign off gents, but will be back and can't wait to see what you contribute.
Cheers,
M
just for fun
xploreredfusion - wow - to be honest, I think it's very busy mate - what is your thinking behind it?
I think that it shows the true power behind the coin. Made with a CPU, for a CPU. And the CPU is EVERYTHING in this CryptoWorld.
(added poloniex test and favico.ico)
mymenace - clean man, I'll give you that. me personally, I'm not super excited about the colour - have you played with other colours or maybe a combination of two? Other other comment is - does the binary around the edges mean something and should it?
appreciate the feedback
can be any color you like
went for a dark red color to represent a heavy presence
the binary code translates to heavy coin and represents democracy because what is fairer than binary (logic)
the rivets represent security and the H represents currency
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Hi again folks,
Thanks for the continued entries - good job.
Ok going to do my best at making suggestions for everyone's work, but I'm sure you guys would hate as much as me if this were to devolve in to a 'what does mumbly think of my logo' thread. I'd kill myself first as a general courtesy.
Can I suggest that we politely nudge the guys in the announce thread (without spamming) to check out these designs and get some real community feedback happening?
Also, what I would like to do is try to separate our subjective opinion from the practical problems that this logo must solve for us. I don't want to stand in the way of logo exploration so let's not do this every time, but some tests I'd like to propose that we agree our logo should address (feel free to suggest more and when we get a solid list we're happy with we'll ask LuckyTiger to add to the first post, not as rules but as goals).
Before I talk about the tests below, let's not start posting these here yet, just a topic for discussion, LT has set up a clean page where it's only concepts so far, let's decide if we need a separate logo test thread before throwing those images around.
Here are the tests I propose:
Standout test - substitute the logo with one from the homepage of poloniex.com - how does it differentiate itself from the other coins, how much attention does it grab (without being florescent green).
size text - how does it look as a favicon.ico - sanity check that small size works
reddit sub page heading - I don't think we need to mock a heading up from scratch, but we should take a moment to consider this - how does it look in context for a given example - I'm hoping that this will also inform us on placing/spacing rules for the logo
Quick shoutout to swraka - nice move giving us a little info on your design and an explanation for where you're coming from, it makes it so much easier to understand your point of view with a supporting description.
Ok, again, all of my feedback is mine alone, and is as valid as any other community member who posts here, please don't take this as a suggestion from the people who will make the final decision.
anonymousxx1503 - nice looking logo man, have you played around with making the two horizontal bars thicker? I like the texture detail - if we had to reduce to a vector version, how close/accurate to this do you think we could get? (do we drop the texture at a certain size?)
Trivelius - good work, I personally like that you're considering shapes beyond the round coin shape. I shared this existing logo with keccak last night and he seemed to like it (again not a direction, just trying to feed ideas) http://heavyco.de/. For your second logo, I find it a bit confusing, but hat's off to you sir for thinking well well outside of the box, that's an interesting direction.
Not a rule, but maybe we do one concept per post? it seems easier to give each design a fair chance that way (let's not post a million concepts in a row)
crazy58 - interesting shape, I will say that there's something that doesn't sit with me about the hard edges on the green outer but soft edges on the black box and "H" - have you played with using hard/angler edges on them?
cryptopins - nice, simple, have you played around with adding more detailed vector shapes at a larger size? could make it feel more textured when it's this size and we could flick out to a version like this at smaller sizes.
mymenace - clean man, I'll give you that. me personally, I'm not super excited about the colour - have you played with other colours or maybe a combination of two? Other other comment is - does the binary around the edges mean something and should it?
crazy58 again - I think this one would benefit from a supporting description about where you are coming from, it's quite abstract (which is not at all bad) would you like to add some info about how you approached it? also, the second image you posted looks like it's slipped up on the page fyi.
swraka - again, thank you, great idea adding the desc, makes it much easier to see how you've approached it. I wish I could try to offer something, but it's a solid shape man, I'm not 100% on board with it personally (let me sit with it), it's again an interesting direction, be cool to find out what the crowd thinks.
xploreredfusion - wow - to be honest, I think it's very busy mate - what is your thinking behind it?
Dear god, can it not just be me talking in here? let's try to get some broader feedback happening!
Cheers,
M
Thanks for the continued entries - good job.
Ok going to do my best at making suggestions for everyone's work, but I'm sure you guys would hate as much as me if this were to devolve in to a 'what does mumbly think of my logo' thread. I'd kill myself first as a general courtesy.
Can I suggest that we politely nudge the guys in the announce thread (without spamming) to check out these designs and get some real community feedback happening?
Also, what I would like to do is try to separate our subjective opinion from the practical problems that this logo must solve for us. I don't want to stand in the way of logo exploration so let's not do this every time, but some tests I'd like to propose that we agree our logo should address (feel free to suggest more and when we get a solid list we're happy with we'll ask LuckyTiger to add to the first post, not as rules but as goals).
Before I talk about the tests below, let's not start posting these here yet, just a topic for discussion, LT has set up a clean page where it's only concepts so far, let's decide if we need a separate logo test thread before throwing those images around.
Here are the tests I propose:
Standout test - substitute the logo with one from the homepage of poloniex.com - how does it differentiate itself from the other coins, how much attention does it grab (without being florescent green).
size text - how does it look as a favicon.ico - sanity check that small size works
reddit sub page heading - I don't think we need to mock a heading up from scratch, but we should take a moment to consider this - how does it look in context for a given example - I'm hoping that this will also inform us on placing/spacing rules for the logo
Quick shoutout to swraka - nice move giving us a little info on your design and an explanation for where you're coming from, it makes it so much easier to understand your point of view with a supporting description.
Ok, again, all of my feedback is mine alone, and is as valid as any other community member who posts here, please don't take this as a suggestion from the people who will make the final decision.
anonymousxx1503 - nice looking logo man, have you played around with making the two horizontal bars thicker? I like the texture detail - if we had to reduce to a vector version, how close/accurate to this do you think we could get? (do we drop the texture at a certain size?)
Trivelius - good work, I personally like that you're considering shapes beyond the round coin shape. I shared this existing logo with keccak last night and he seemed to like it (again not a direction, just trying to feed ideas) http://heavyco.de/. For your second logo, I find it a bit confusing, but hat's off to you sir for thinking well well outside of the box, that's an interesting direction.
Not a rule, but maybe we do one concept per post? it seems easier to give each design a fair chance that way (let's not post a million concepts in a row)
crazy58 - interesting shape, I will say that there's something that doesn't sit with me about the hard edges on the green outer but soft edges on the black box and "H" - have you played with using hard/angler edges on them?
cryptopins - nice, simple, have you played around with adding more detailed vector shapes at a larger size? could make it feel more textured when it's this size and we could flick out to a version like this at smaller sizes.
mymenace - clean man, I'll give you that. me personally, I'm not super excited about the colour - have you played with other colours or maybe a combination of two? Other other comment is - does the binary around the edges mean something and should it?
crazy58 again - I think this one would benefit from a supporting description about where you are coming from, it's quite abstract (which is not at all bad) would you like to add some info about how you approached it? also, the second image you posted looks like it's slipped up on the page fyi.
swraka - again, thank you, great idea adding the desc, makes it much easier to see how you've approached it. I wish I could try to offer something, but it's a solid shape man, I'm not 100% on board with it personally (let me sit with it), it's again an interesting direction, be cool to find out what the crowd thinks.
xploreredfusion - wow - to be honest, I think it's very busy mate - what is your thinking behind it?
Dear god, can it not just be me talking in here? let's try to get some broader feedback happening!
Cheers,
M
favicon.ico https://www.dropbox.com/s/zchmb2ueckd147c/favicon.ico
Any feedback will be valued
hvc: HHtz6EajeUrzYHsZhGRZJqMTzkFbTTKVA1
My contribution:
http://s29.postimg.org/igud3he0z/HVC_mockup_02.jpg
Older version: http://postimg.org/image/j51megm2f/
Logo/icon:
http://s2.postimg.org/hhn870a6d/HVC_logo_icon_01.png
Reply to the comment from other thread:
For me, point of the good design (especially brand/logo design) should not be saying the message explicitly. Logo should be simple, recognizable and 'smart', provoking some thinking and triggering certain associations in users head, not just presenting the user with specific meaning.
That's why I haven't went with heads-on approach (anvil, weights, barbells...), but rather tried to indirectly suggest what this coin is about: letter H is wide and bulky, and if you look closely, it kinda reminds you of a dumbbell, or two pickaxes (mining) back to back (or batman). Coin is not round, it's octagonal, trying to say it's special among other coins.
Anyway, I'm not a designer by a long shot, but that was my idea behind it
http://s29.postimg.org/igud3he0z/HVC_mockup_02.jpg
Older version: http://postimg.org/image/j51megm2f/
Logo/icon:
http://s2.postimg.org/hhn870a6d/HVC_logo_icon_01.png
Reply to the comment from other thread:
For me, point of the good design (especially brand/logo design) should not be saying the message explicitly. Logo should be simple, recognizable and 'smart', provoking some thinking and triggering certain associations in users head, not just presenting the user with specific meaning.
That's why I haven't went with heads-on approach (anvil, weights, barbells...), but rather tried to indirectly suggest what this coin is about: letter H is wide and bulky, and if you look closely, it kinda reminds you of a dumbbell, or two pickaxes (mining) back to back (or batman
). Coin is not round, it's octagonal, trying to say it's special among other coins.Anyway, I'm not a designer by a long shot, but that was my idea behind it
Hi everyone,
Just thought I'd quickly introduce myself. To repeat what LuckyTiger said, please be aware that I have no sway in deciding the final logo then just by virtue of being a member of the community.
Give me a little bit to catch up on the first set of entries (great job guys) and try to come back with some constructive feedback.
As part of this I wanted to offer help if you feel like your having trouble progressing your design and would like someone to bounce ideas off of, you are very welcome to PM me or email me at mumbly @ mail.com.
One thing I would like to do at some point is put all of the logos up next to each other for a fair comparison, so when you post could you please include a version on a white or transparent background. If you've already posted above and not included one, feel free to shoot one to the email above.
Thanks guys, talk soon.
M
Just thought I'd quickly introduce myself. To repeat what LuckyTiger said, please be aware that I have no sway in deciding the final logo then just by virtue of being a member of the community.
Give me a little bit to catch up on the first set of entries (great job guys) and try to come back with some constructive feedback.
As part of this I wanted to offer help if you feel like your having trouble progressing your design and would like someone to bounce ideas off of, you are very welcome to PM me or email me at mumbly @ mail.com.
One thing I would like to do at some point is put all of the logos up next to each other for a fair comparison, so when you post could you please include a version on a white or transparent background. If you've already posted above and not included one, feel free to shoot one to the email above.
Thanks guys, talk soon.
M
Suggestion №2
Alternative suggestion (If the rules allow more than one design?)
HVC: HVniYbKKvxaSbLSFCShKSMDe7GYrVAXfZG
Alternative suggestion (If the rules allow more than one design?)
HVC: HVniYbKKvxaSbLSFCShKSMDe7GYrVAXfZG
First Submission
Easily recognized at any size
RESERVED
Hello everyone,
So since many designers have been spamming their logo's in the original heavycoin thread.
I have made this one, spam your logo's here.
Rules:
- Only place them once so not pasting the same logo over and over.
- You can change your logo according from feedback from the community.
- But the final judgement will be by keccak.
- Dont flame designs of other people.
- If you have questions about your design or about the contest contact mumbly,
dont contact keccak. mumbly handles the logo contest.
so good luck to you all.
LT
So since many designers have been spamming their logo's in the original heavycoin thread.
I have made this one, spam your logo's here.
Rules:
- Only place them once so not pasting the same logo over and over.
- You can change your logo according from feedback from the community.
- But the final judgement will be by keccak.
- Dont flame designs of other people.
- If you have questions about your design or about the contest contact mumbly,
dont contact keccak. mumbly handles the logo contest.
so good luck to you all.
LT
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