Heckler 147 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Nice idea. But lose to much readability I think. Also kind of makes me think of when you turn on/off a TV how the image sort of collapses into a line and disappears (maybe just in cartoons). Showing my age here... but older CRT televisions did exactly that when you turned them off. I remember it happening back when I was a kid and when you turned on a TV it had to warm up before you got the best picture. Me and my brother had a TV in our bedroom when we were kids... Thought it was so cool because it was such a rare thing back then. In reality it was the old second hand black and white TV given to us by our grandparents... and was probably already 15yrs old when we got in the late 70's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cshaun 31 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 (edited) Showing my age here... but older CRT televisions did exactly that when you turned them off. I remember it happening back when I was a kid and when you turned on a TV it had to warm up before you got the best picture. Me and my brother had a TV in our bedroom when we were kids... Thought it was so cool because it was such a rare thing back then. In reality it was the old second hand black and white TV given to us by our grandparents... and was probably already 15yrs old when we got in the late 70's. Yeah thought so. It was just so long ago can't remember exactly what it looked like... Probably over exaggerated in cartoons. Not very obvious in this video. Edited April 9, 2015 by cshaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cshaun 31 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 #4 looks best to me. Could perhaps do with just a fraction more spacing, but not quite as much as 5. Anyway addresses the thickness issues. And agree, not worth spending more time on it at this point. Good enough for deciding if it 'makes it to the next level'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cshaun 31 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 32*32 and 16*16, still readable: The font does not become too thin when shrunk. No chance of misreading it, by having a logo+name instead of merging the two. Emby, simple. Fresh, young, vibrant. It is slowly growing on me. My biggest issue is still just it's some sort of 3D box thing. Triangles = play buttons perhaps. Just a little weird. Not getting any synergy - combining making more than sum of parts sort of a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xnappo 1593 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I like that it is different. And I think the idea of green == emerald is kinda something we can play with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardameus 220 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I also like that it is an icon seperate from the word emby. Imagine seeing it on your taskbar, or on your homescreen. That's almost more important to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) It is slowly growing on me. My biggest issue is still just it's some sort of 3D box thing. Triangles = play buttons perhaps. Just a little weird. Not getting any synergy - combining making more than sum of parts sort of a thing. It's just a geometric shape/design. I pushed the colors to give that "gem" look with strong highlights. The box becomes a backdrop to the triangle when shrunk, which is great for readability at small size. The ratio of the icon is really 1:1. I pushed a stylized perspective where the top of the box is closer to you, to give it a dynamic look, because Emby feels dynamic. Even if Emby is much more than, it still starts with having your own media server (could be interpreted with the box). When I was studying in my graphic design art class, I really fell in love with art that plays with perspective. Depending on where you stand, it creates the image. These are great examples: http://weburbanist.com/2009/08/28/amazing-designer-plays-with-perspective-for-decades/ If the box is flatten where you'd see one side only, it would look like the first image. Then you turn the box at an angle/change perspective and it looks more interesting, even reminds of a play symbol: Edited April 10, 2015 by Angelblue05 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardameus 220 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Does it flatten out too much if it was rotated clockwise so the right and left edges of the cube are vertical? Still the same shading. I like this more and more as I look at it, but I'm wondering if the "triangle" might look more like a play symbol, and thus more people might "get" it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Does it flatten out too much if it was rotated clockwise so the right and left edges of the cube are vertical? Still the same shading. I like this more and more as I look at it, but I'm wondering if the "triangle" might look more like a play symbol, and thus more people might "get" it. Sure let me try it out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yardameus 220 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Awesome article btw. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) Original First attempt: Too flat Second attempt: A bit closer to the original, with the sides straight. The box is created by eye, so it's not perfect. If the concept is chosen, I will take the time to make it perfect. Softer edge, flatter look. However, I like the highlights, it makes it look more "electric" or gives it a techy vibe: Edit: Thanks @@yardameus for stirring me in this direction. Edited April 10, 2015 by Angelblue05 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspdend 174 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Original First attempt: Too flat Second attempt: A bit closer to the original, with the sides straight. The box is created by eye, so it's not perfect. If the concept is chosen, I will take the time to make it perfect. Softer edge, flatter look. However, I like the highlights, it makes it look more "electric" or gives it a techy vibe: Edit: Thanks @@yardameus for stirring me in this direction. I like this more now - to my mind, it has always represented a stylised play icon, which is part of the appeal. I wonder, would it look good with a more transparent or ghost-like grey box, but keeping the opacity of the green? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) I wonder, would it look good with a more transparent or ghost-like grey box, but keeping the opacity of the green? Something like this, you mean? I'm not exactly sure I understood correctly. Anyway, I'm probably done for tonight. Edited April 10, 2015 by Angelblue05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven 141 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) Softer edge, flatter look. However, I like the highlights, it makes it look more "electric" or gives it a techy vibe: I like the softer look. What I like about that shape is the green section can also be seen as an inward slice seeing the inside: grey outer shell and solid green inside. It may not be perfect but I like the overall image it gives combined with the font: Modern. Edited April 10, 2015 by Steven 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) I like the softer look. What I like about that shape is the green section can also be seen as an inward slice seeing the inside: grey outer shell and solid green inside. It may not be perfect but I like the overall image it gives combined with the font: Modern. It's the beauty of working with perspective + geometry. Mind tricks. It makes it memorable I find, then again, I've been playing with the idea for few weeks so I might be buyist. Haha Edited April 10, 2015 by Angelblue05 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspdend 174 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Something like this, you mean? I'm not exactly sure I understood correctly. Anyway, I'm probably done for tonight. Sort of - more like that, but without seeing the 'inside' of the cube...so making the two side faces and top more transparent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 @@Abobader Here's my two new entries. Thanks! I will let the design be. Always open to suggestions. Thanks everyone for your feedbacks! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefirstofthe300 291 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Oooo.....I like the second one. @@Abobader Here's my two new entries. Thanks! I will let the design be. Always open to suggestions. Thanks everyone for your feedbacks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedninjaro 39 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 it's stil a mockup so don't mind the rough edges. but i adjusted the font i used a little bit. A little funny you might think! but let me explain. When trying to come up with a design i'm a little bit stumpt. Because wat is Emby, how to visualise. is it playing movies, yes but not only. is it playing games, yes but not only. i was tinking diversity, Emby is diverse, but other then a swiss pocket knife there's not much to do with that. Plus it all tells a story about what is does, but not completely. so not to tell what is does then, but what is Emby about. thats a lot to tell. it's for when you ENJOY listening to music ENJOY reading your favorite book, or enjoy watching a film. it's to ENJOY having your favorite media everywhere you go so what did i need to make emby ENJOY apparently just these two things. and make it like this So that's all there is to tell about this attempt, it works great for video intro's, marketing, and such and still clearly reads Emby so startup Emby en simply ENJOY. just remember it's still a mockup, adjustments can be made, or won't if it's not to anyone's liking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techywarrior 688 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 I really like the emby -> en joy concept but I don't think that the little color on the logo makes sense without the transition. Whatever the winning logo is though I hope that we run with "emby, en joy" in some aspect though. Be it an intro to any official demo videos, the new tagline, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedninjaro 39 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Just to clarify, i'm talking about the font, not the blue parts. they visiualise the posibilities for promotion, or intro. it's the same font i used for my other logo, with this being the idea its just offers the possibilitie for a ufo to bump in to the logo and break somepart of, for the sf intro. a wildwest shootout, and part breaks of. and seperate comedy etc intro, enjoy your movie. or for marketing videos., you can use it highress with a broken shadow showing enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cshaun 31 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Just to clarify, i'm talking about the font, not the blue parts. they visiualise the posibilities for promotion, or intro. it's the same font i used for my other logo, with this being the idea its just offers the possibilitie for a ufo to bump in to the logo and break somepart of, for the sf intro. a wildwest shootout, and part breaks of. and seperate comedy etc intro, enjoy your movie. or for marketing videos., you can use it highress with a broken shadow showing enjoy. I like the concept. I like the simplicity of Emby "enjoy". (Simple like Nike "Just do it" etc). Though I think the "j" in the m makes it difficult to read Emby. So ends up detracting... clever though. I think your concept works pretty well for any video or start up screen. emby transitioning to the work enjoy. Perhaps just a simple fade, or swipe transition. Could work quite well. Not sure how much the clever transition really adds to things. But anyway cool none the less. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14937 Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 @@Abobader Here's my two new entries. Thanks! I will let the design be. Always open to suggestions. Thanks everyone for your feedbacks! I like the text and I like the color schemes you have going there but I just can't get into that geometric shape for an icon. Do you have any other ideas for icons you could fit into this style of design? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelblue05 4130 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I like the text and I like the color schemes you have going there but I just can't get into that geometric shape for an icon. Do you have any other ideas for icons you could fit into this style of design? I'd have to seriously think about it. Thanks for the feedback @@ebr. Did you have an idea of the direction you want to go in for the icon? Move away from geometric shapes or rather what's the matter with my current icon? Maybe it will help me understand why or more importantly how I can improve upon/create a new concept in a short few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee 204 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Personally think angelblues design is light years ahead of anything else that's been offered so far... Not all that keen on emby as a name tbh, seems like we're trying to copy kodi. But that's just my opinion... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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