I really loved @FixedFun 's idea for the kbin mascot, so I decided to refine it a bit and make some color alternatives. All credit to them for this wonderful idea! I merely refined it. Note, the circles beside the logo are just a color pallete swatch, not actually meant to be apart of the logo.
Here is some alternatives as well as a phone screen mockup
Here is Fun’s next to mine
As the kbird, maybe his name could be Ben, or Bin, or Binny the bird? Binjamin is pretty hilarious
details: font is poppins. program is adobe illustrator.
UPDATE: Thoughts on this one?
I just cant help but see the balding man…
i tried so hard not to while making this 😭
Don’t fight it, embrace the neck rolls.
🤢
If the logo was flipped so that the bird was facing to the left it might help. At least for those of us who read from left to right, the first thing we see when scanning the image is the back of the bird’s head instead of the beak.
It’s funny. On the original I think it was facing left and a case was made for updating it to face the right for readers who read left to right. The thought being that it would be looking forward rather than backward.
It’s interesting - lots of differing perspectives on how we view art and marketing.
You’re right, I had seen the original but didn’t remember that the newer version was flipped.
If you adjust it a bit you could probably get another bird in there too. The pointy white part as the beak and the black beak as the wing.
does this look better and hopefully help make the bald man go away?
It looks better (cuter!) but I’m not sure if the bald man went away. Maybe if you add a little line to make the upper and lower beak clearer? Maybe a little smile.
Can’t unsee it now
Oh no… 😅
Good work mate, personally I’d like it more with black eye though.
thanks! how is this?
i love this, it’s so cute! great colours choice too.
thanks :D
I like this version a lot!
me too :D
I like this, but I’d prefer a solid background (just personal taste but the color crossfade backgrounds always remind of WordArt).
i made some solid versions too :)
deleted by creator
though it does stand out more, i felt like adding a stroke makes it look more unrelated and pasted on if that makes sense? like someone took a random bird icon and threw it on a gradient bg. so i wanted it to feel a little bit more integrated. i dont mind the stroke as much as i thought upon seeing your version, tho. i added a stroke to mine just to see and i dont think its too bad
deleted by creator
what do you think about this? i tried to get rid of the parallel lines
I definitely like the “toot” of noise and the gradient stroke. On the other hand the top and bottom left corners feel a bit empty as there’s a lot of stuff going on at the right mid section of the logo.
I also tried out a rounded base to avoid the parallel lines between the bottom of the base and the mascot itself, which are a lot more obvious with the border in place.
Is this a mascot in the same way that the mastodon is mastodon’s mascot and Snoo is Reddit’s mascot? For some reason this mockup really looks like an app icon haha
I agree. IMO a mascot is something you can make a plush toy out of.
I love this, I hope both Kbin and this mascot takes off! Binny’s a wonderful name for a birbie too!
If Binny is short for Binjamin, I’m totally sold
I like it, very nice 👍
thank you C:
I like both versions (different eyes) very much. Nice work minnieo!
thanks :)
I love cute birdies. And this logo looks so awesome. Thank you so much for sharing your work :)
thanks @FixedFun, it’s their idea and design, I only worked on top of it :)
Still say it should be named kben.
I think it’s really nice!!!
tysm!
Like the colour choice!
Can’t help but see a sumo wrestler looking up to the left before I see the bird though, sorry! 😁
I think of all the versions in the thread this one probably least so.Lovely!
Regarding the name: In a lot of languages, cockatoos are spelled with a K, e.g. German „Kakadu“, Dutch „Kaketoe“, so a name starting with K would make sense, and there’s quite some Germanic names start with K, e.g. Karl, Klara, Katharina, Konrad, and many more. I personally like Klara, sounds like something a cockatoo would say on repeat. Just an idea.
