Logo Design Competition/Collaboration (Survey, last page)

[Knightmare491]

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[JacksonVirgo]

Knives are probably a bad thing to add

[Dunnstral]

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This feels over the top/tacky somehow

[Isis]

I still like the magnify glass thing best.
I like revealing only a color change, more subtle, I get that, I dig it.

[Dunnstral]

Knives are probably a bad thing to add

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knives

[Black Ranger]

Merge these two and use that

I like these ones, but something to consider would be making the dot in the i a fingerprint.

[Dunnstral]

That ruins it, the i is supposed to be a mafia, with the dot being the head

[Dunnstral]

which is also why having all the text become red ruins it as well

[Isis]

Nahdia said simplistic logos are hip, so I was thinking maybe having it be "an i that is actually red" rather than a person or a fingerprint could maybe be good. It's a logo you see over and over again, so it should be more like soda can label and less like video game case cover in complexity. I think?

Person is better than fingerprint if you go more complex, though, since forum mafia is kind of not based on forensic evidence (and it's the least based on forensic evidence compared to other sites, one of the forums the most hostile to investigative roles in setup design)

[Not_Mafia]

Merge these two and use that

I like these ones, but something to consider would be making the dot in the i a fingerprint.

Use the font from the first one and the version of the magnifying glass and red text from the second one and hey presto that's the logo

[Dunnstral]

I prefer no dropshadow

[chamber]

I think the magnifying glass is about as complex as you want to go. It might be too much, if anything.

[Dunnstral]

I really like the magnifying glass; I don't think it's too complex, especially if it looks simplistic.

What are people's thoughts on the m being capitalized or lowercase?

[Annadog40]

I think this site gives off a lowercase vibe.

[Not_Mafia]

It refers to a URL so should be all lowercase

[chamber]

I really like the magnifying glass; I don't think it's too complex, especially if it looks simplistic.

What are people's thoughts on the m being capitalized or lowercase?

The issue isn't the complexity of the shape of the magnifying glass itself, which hits a good note. It's with it being overlayed on the text. It definitely increases the clutter/hurts the legibility.

[shaft.ed]

lower case
and a sans serif font so that the i looks a tiny bit more person-like

I think playing with the orientation of the magnifying glass could make it a bit more discrete from the text
right now the handle is too close

[chamber]

Anyway, I don't dislike it, I just think brainstorming additional ideas is still good, and that those shouldn't be focused on designs that are more complex.

[Dunnstral]

It should be angled so it's coming from out of frame top right, perhaps?

[Dunnstral]

Rotate it 45 degrees counter clockwise and snip the parts that go too far above

[Dunnstral]

My vote is lowercase

[shaft.ed]

Anyway, I don't dislike it, I just think brainstorming additional ideas is still good, and that those shouldn't be focused on designs that are more complex.

of all of the iconography, I've liked the magnifying glass a lot more
the blood is going against the idea of removing some of the needless violent connotations
same with guns and daggers

the magnifying glass accentuates the social deduction
pairing this with the matching colorization of the 'i' and 'scum' gives a subtle nod to the point of the endeavor

if we want anything aside from text, I think this is the best bet

[JacksonVirgo]

Lowercase is better

[Dunnstral]

We are not against violent connotations though. I just don't like knives, guns, blood in the logo.

Actually it would be cool if the mafiascum logo could be worn inside of a high school.

[N]

lowercase, no slogan