Discuss PieFed project direction, provide feedback, ask questions, suggest improvements, and engage in conversations related to the platform organization, policies, features, and community dynamics.
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
holy crap I remember reading about emoji reactions. and here I am hitting arrows like a sucker.
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.
Red eyes staring from behind bars, I feel like I've seen that movie somewhere! 😧
a pentagram to be specific! (I would've picked something else if the fedigram wasn't so iconic
Yeah I am a bit concerned that to someone who is not already familiar with the fedigram, it could look a bit satanic.
Still, it'll be good to have in the mix during whatever process is involved in making a new logo.
honestly send me some inspo pics for fedi or other iconography you like either stylistically or semantically just to keep in my downloads folder and glance at and see if it just hits right at some point
It seems delicious
