The difference between my heart shaped earth and stock ones is that i’ve been able to revise it to fit exactly what andy has been asking for. i can also easily add different angles of the earth which would be impossible to find with stock images. i have done logo design work many times before, and what i think works best is for a client to tell me what they want, and for me to make it and revise it until they like it. logos don’t have to follow traditions or trends. maybe you would think the same way if you took art history classes and saw how successful artists can be who stray from traditional methods. i went to college and have a major in art with a graphic design concentration and they never taught the things you posted. i’m sure your method works well, but im just saying it’s not required.
@AndyatFocallocal what do you mean by “adding that to the user guide?” exactly? i’m not sure what a user guide is, or what “that” is referring to.
my vote is for using the simple version of the logo i made (and another version with and without australia) at 3 sizes
for reference:
- For the favicon, a 16x16 px logo at 72 ppi (very little detail)
- For the website logo, we could use something like 250x150? Or 160x160? at 150 ppi
- For print, a 500x500 for small things and a 1024x1024 for large ones at 300 ppi
i kind of rushed the logo, so i can make some final touches to make it look better too. what do you guys think of adding a light-dark gradient like maria recommended?
i can also make an animated version of the logo rotating 360 degrees after all of that is done since it may take a while to learn to do that.