Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums

I like it.

so only release 3.0 misses now...

I like the 3.0 release banner, but I still don't quite like the cube as the new Dolphin logo :/

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hm, I kinda wonder how the logo would look like at 16x16, or whatever resolution is used for the list view in the windows explorer when browsing the Dolphin folder. Could you create a quick mockup for that maybe?

In it's concept, you have 4 elements on the symbol, the cube for Gamecube, Dolphin as the name of the emulator, the triangle for Triforce, and the disc? You've based your design on the cube trying to fill it's faces but I think it gets somewhat complicated, I would go for something simpler. The text shouldn't be all in capital letters and the font is too condensed and heavy. The black box around it, is it really necessary? Personally I "like" the old symbol, even with some flaws it could get better with some changes.

Sorry for the heavy criticism, hope I don't get misunderstood, I'm just questioning if the way this logo is getting shaped is the best one. My suggestion would be simplicity.

(04-02-2011, 06:36 AM)SAM Anu Wrote: [ -> ]I think placing Revolution logo on top face and Triforce logo on right face of the cube will be a good move. Since Revolution logo is a circular one it doesn't need a base to place.

I also believe that the "disc" should be placed on the top (like on a real GC, although it's different for Wii as the disc is inserted vertically), and that the "Triforce" should be placed on the remaining front face (which, when stretched to 32x32, would look quite better than if the "Triforce" were on the top face)...

Looks good. May want to take the POV higher to show a bit more of the top, but all the logos look great and credit is due all around to the creators.

Keep up the good work with this and the emulator as well!

(05-03-2011, 11:15 AM)Zilaan Wrote: [ -> ]In it's concept, you have 4 elements on the symbol, the cube for Gamecube, Dolphin as the name of the emulator, the triangle for Triforce, and the disc? You've based your design on the cube trying to fill it's faces but I think it gets somewhat complicated, I would go for something simpler. The text shouldn't be all in capital letters and the font is too condensed and heavy. The black box around it, is it really necessary? Personally I "like" the old symbol, even with some flaws it could get better with some changes.

Sorry for the heavy criticism, hope I don't get misunderstood, I'm just questioning if the way this logo is getting shaped is the best one. My suggestion would be simplicity.

Oh, the "banner and box" was just for showoff ... the icon would be only the cube.

The Dolphin is because of the prototype name of the Gamecube, same happens with the Disc (the disc was part of the "Revolution" logo), and the triangle is a representation of the Triforce logo.

Its mean to be simple, its just a cube after all

I may change the order of each face later. (but since this emulator is mostly a Gamecube/Wii, I thought that the front faces should use the "main" logos).

Here is the icon with different faces/same, and alone (like it should be)

I don't like to repeat myself, but I still think it'd look better if the cube was rotated by 15° or 30° around the y-axis.. (so that the dolphin logo gets more attention).
Idk how much work it'd be for you to recreate the icon that way.

(05-08-2011, 06:56 AM)NeoBrain Wrote: [ -> ]I don't like to repeat myself, but I still think it'd look better if the cube was rotated by 15° or 30° around the y-axis.. (so that the dolphin logo gets more attention).
Idk how much work it'd be for you to recreate the icon that way.

I agree It's good notta forget what dolphin is after all...

I think NeoBrain got a good point. Dolphin icon needs to be focused more than any other icons. Triforce icon is looking out of the set - it's not filled, other icons are filled.

I feel icon Dolphin needs an eye to be alive. In that case Triforce icon can have small triangular hole in it. All icons will have hole in them.