I'm very excited to switch when I can microblog to my own profile!
See also: The FediGram and discussion of general fedi iconography.
~~I think I might make the strips thicker and the dots bigger.~~
I made it chonkier so it would look better as an icon
Optional Blueberry Version:
Old Cherry Version
Old Blueberry Version
Kinda wish I'd thought of it 2 years ago!
You're welcome to it! Although I'm thinking about brightening up the red of the cherries a little if you prefer that variant.
Edit: honestly after a second look, they both needed adjusting. The cherry needed to be brighter and the blue needed to be muted. Fixed now, lmk where to send the SVGs
Very nice! I tried to get something like this when updating the logo last year, but mine just looked wonky.
I like the blue one a lot better now!
I'm not sure if the software logo should lean more towards the abstract or the concrete, but I really love these designs and hope they'll be picked up somewhere!
The colors are somewhat flexible. Apple/orange wasn’t a pleasant contrast with the crust, and green just wouldn’t look right. Blue and red are nice enough though and could make cute options for alternate default themes. I certainly don’t want to malign the dev, especially given all the hard work they’ve put in. I will say that I was inspired to contribute by the thought that I might have a better eye for this sort of thing. I’m very much a proponent of offering solutions rather than just complaining (and I certainly don't have a good enough eye for code).
I think a concern is that a very pie-like logo combined with the name could confuse visitors into thinking this is a forum to discuss pies? At least that's one of the cases to be made for a more abstract leaning logo.
That said, I think few would argue your suggestions don't look better than the current logo, which I have grown to like but is certainly not a modern masterpiece.
For what it's worth, I prefer the current PieFed logo.