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Do you like strong corporate branding?
Do you like rebellious indie branding?
Do you like truth-seeker branding?
Do you like free-thinking branding?
Do you like hard-science branding?
Do you like goat forum branding?
Do you like other kinds of branding?
Please be as specific as you can.
Please provide examples of good branding.
The more reference examples to work with the better.
Please provide examples of artwork, design, graphics, logos, mascots, motto's, etc. that speak to you.
Please provide examples of WHAT YOU DO NOT WANT. And why?
It's just as important as what you want.
With enough feedback and interest I'll have some direction and can start developing some rough sketches, ideas, etc. that we can mold and refine into a proper brand.
Wow. I forgot about this post. Lost in PostWhenever limbo for a while.
I'm pretty darn sure this was before I knew of SubMatrix.
BOTH need branding. They need not be related in some way. But it's not bad to be either. For example, picture a silhouette of a goat with the word MATRIX across it - and silhouette of a submarine with the same MATRIX across it. It should be obvious that I can do much better than those crude marker sketches I made during a freedom meeting. I've got pages of other doodles, but I haven't even delved into it much with so many directions, fonts, symbols, layouts, priorities, etc. to explore. That's why it would be good to know what is wanted and not wanted. A big list is not a problem - it's a starting point.
I'll have to think about these a bit. I suppose I like iterative improvement. It prevents a situation where a big overhaul happens and we end up not actually liking it. If you could change just one part of the current branding what would you change?
I feel like this link is manditory https://gvid.tv/v/CQoCVtFGmHM
It works best this way, IMO. Even with directors or clients who don't know what they want. Without a deadline or budget we aren't under pressure, so time can be taken, which may be especially useful if clients have no visual imagination or trust - sometimes you just need to get it close to finished before an opinion can be formed.
Here's how I redesigned the SaidIt logo, with a 7x3 ratio completely by happen chance, back when M7D3 and I were all on good terms.
Those happen, but not often. It's part of it. It's more painful for animated scenes to be cut than to rework logos. I'm not afraid of rejection. The ultimate goals are to do the best work possible and make the client happy. Sometimes it can be a tedious process for the client, but I don't recall disappointing.
Usually with a flat rate (in this case $0), I say satisfaction is guaranteed but feedback is needed.
The "logo". It's not even a logo. It's just a blue word on a black background in a bland font - almost embarrassed to be seen. Nothing about it is unique and it doesn't pop with character or charisma, doesn't stand out, isn't memorable, and it says nothing about what Goat/Sub Matrix is about. An actual logo can not be typed out in a common font without some graphic customization.
Besides the logo, I don't see any evidence of a style guide or branding.
That's a funny clip. I feel like I saw the first couple seasons and don't recall why I didn't catch up. Same with Halt And Catch Fire.
So the saidit logo got fatter over time and more legible. So what's at the top isn't a logo. It's a word mark. Most sites have them, usually in a pretty plain font. Take a look at reddit or lemmy. Same with the next top 5 alternatives down. It's pretty much a web standard. So if we can do something slightly more unique we are already surpassing the standard. If anything that wordmark is more stylized than the standard already.
Here is what most other sites have for a wordmark / home button:
For Reddit that is SVG. For lemmy and scored, it's literal text. So if anything my wordmark is too stylized for the standard.
Also, on Lemmy that's just Lato font which they use for the whole site. It's the most popular reddit alternative so I'm pretty sure a simple wordmark isn't a hinderence to marketing a site.
Use the star Trek font.