Hi everyone, this is my first post on Lemmy, so please excuse any mistakes.
I’m working on a logo to make my Lemmy account more aesthetically pleasing; it will be my profile picture. As the name suggests, the theme of my logo is a mouse and ink. I’ve almost finished the nose part.
I can say that I struggled quite a bit with this project I created using Canva, as I don’t have pro skills. Since I didn’t want to use pre-made assets, I resorted to overlapping geometric shapes. To be honest, it was very difficult.
The problem is, no matter who I show this to, almost everyone sees a Ram or a Goat. I intended it to be a Mouse.
What exactly does this look like, and what can I do to make it look like a mouse?
Thanks you for reading.
I thought it was a uterus/IUD thing at first 😬
Okay, that’s just an analogy.
Connect the ears to the head. It looks like horns since the tips don’t touch.
Another reason is the ears get thinner towards the bottom, like horns.
And the ears are hollow. Maybe shade the inside slightly to signify its not empty space (the ear cut isn’t enough)
Ear cut also looks off. It creates a flappy little piece. But that would usually tear off quickly. A cut toward the center, like a slice of pie, but smaller, would look more realistic.
So what color do you think would be suitable for a mouse? I’m thinking of black silhouette color, gray, or andrasite.
Pink
Does pink ink really exist? Maybe navy blue, but I’ve never seen pink.
Most color printers use CMYK, where M stands for magenta (basically pink). It’s one of the most used inks on the planet.
I just ddg’d it
You could also make the whiskers longer
Thanks bro! I will take your suggestions into consideration
I can see a mouse but I bet if the ears were modified to connect at the bottom, it would get rid of the goat that some are seeing. They’re seeing horns instead of ears. Maybe make them smaller and shift upwards so they can connect at each end? Currently, they’re disproportionately large for a mouse but more suited to an elephant.
Agreed. I think moving the eyes or attaching the ears differently would make the ears look less like horns. They’re currently connecting right where the cutouts for the eyes are which makes them look more horn-like.
design the logo without color. add color, if necessary, to the finished logo.
get up and look at your logo from a distance.
turn it upside down and look at it again.
Always check to make sure you haven’t just made a swastika or a penis. For whatever reason design naturally devolves to either a swastika or penis if you aren’t paying really close attention.
Close the ears, make the whiskers bigger
Make the outlines for the ears finer and make the lines parallel instead of tapering. The lines not connecting also doesn’t help, but since the lines start so much wider at the top of the head it immediately reads like horns.
After posting and reviewing your comments, I examined my references more closely and it’s clear you’re right. They’re too big, we need to bring them down a notch.
I’m sorry, the image appears pixelated.
Top-level is rendering correctly for me. I think it looks really great!
If it makes you feel better, I had to intentionally look for any goat/ram elements. I think it may have to do with the taper on the ear outlines. You may find that constant thickness or even a reversed taper may reduce the horn energy. I don’t know if it’s practical, but moving the eyes or ears to prevent them intersecting may further help this issue.
