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Again, based on @FixedFun 's original designs so creds to them for the idea.
Thoughts about these ones? For the one on the right, I tried a different angle to hopefully give more bird and less bald man.
The one on the left has more character, but they're both adorable!
I really like this update. Having the crest up signifies interest. The old design looks sedated, almost scared, in comparison.
Maybe I'm missing context, but I'm not seeing the "bald man" image in either of these. I see that avoiding it is the reasoning behind the right one, but I have to say that I feel a greater appeal towards the left image. Just seems more happy and bright (not in color, as they're the same colors, but in mood from the tilt of the head)
That said, I don't mind the right. Just prefer the left.
Definitely the one on the right!
Support :) love the logo's.
I'll put my vote in for the second one. Cockatoos' crests go up when they call out so it's more accurate :-) (Source: lives in a place with them around)
Looks great! And much less dude with a ponytail!
I like the look, but maybe the kbin color, the pink-purple gradient, should be on the bird rather than the background. I think that the pink-purple is probably part of the recognizable kbin "brand". I remember many people making images with Snoo on Reddit -- where his orange eyes were kind of a recognizable characteristic -- and so having the recognizable characteristics on the mascot itself might be helpful, as I would imagine that if people do that with the K-Bird, the pink-purple gradient might get dropped if it isn't part of the mascot itself.
Also, aside from user creations, many articles about Twitter especially and Reddit to a lesser degree use the logo in artwork above the article to symbolize the service, so having an image that is easy to make recognizable derived creations from might help artists at publications.
EDIT: I don't really use Twitter, so I'm not familiar with their branding, but for Twitter, it looks like they use both a blue-on-white and a white-on-blue form, the latter of which requires including some background, to deal with that. E.g.:
EDIT2: Oh, one other thought. Are the white shapes coming from the K-Bird intended to represent chirping? If so, maybe shift them a bit towards his beak? In anime, it's something of a convention to use sweat drops coming off someone's head to show that they're nervous, and unless the intent is to make the K-Bird look nervous, it might be misinterpreted as that.
Looking at a Google Images search of cartoon chirping birds, they mostly have the visual stuff indicating that they're chirping coming from further down:
https://www.google.com/search?q=cartoon+chirping+bird&tbm=isch
EDIT3: Also, while I realize that the colors are pre-existing elements and you weren't the one who chose them, I also ran it through a colorblindness simulator, and the gradient remains easily-visible for everyone except people with tritanopia, which is pretty rare, so I think that colorblind people should generally be able to get the full effect of the image as well, which is good.
I’m conflicted. The right bird is pretty, but I think I prefer the left one.
Either way, nicely done.
I like the left one's bird design more, but right one has a better "alert" expression.
If I had to pick I'd go for the right one.
Love the on the right, its awake and paying attention just like a social network should.
Since 'kbinaut' is a fairly frequently suggested name for people on kbin, a suggestion I have for a bit of extra fun would be to add an astronaut helmet (kbirdnaut?)
Also right birb best birb, but both are very cute
One on the right is much better, has a lot more “life” to it.
No more Sumo wrestler lol
I think right probably just takes it for me, I really like the gap between beak and face on left though.
Either way, good job!
Both are really good but I prefer the one on the right as a logo.
I liked your first iteration better, to be honest. The left-hand one here is too squat. The right-hand one is cute, though - people are not wrong about that.
Definitely the one on the right! Fun, clean, attractive
I'm fond of the one on the right.
