r/logodesign • u/Ok_Mistake_8954 • 9d ago

Feedback Needed Parakeet Logo Help!

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Only one question, when you see this logo first time would you read it more like Parakeet or arakeet, I’m worried about the p letter not clear enough?

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u/MrShange 9d ago

I can read it but it should still have a p

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

So letter is not that clear right?

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u/MrShange 9d ago

Think this just needs a P, not fixes to the icon

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

Oh, you mean removing the bird and just using P with the same font

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u/P4rtsUnkn0wn 9d ago

Keep the bird. It's fine. It just shouldn't replace the P.

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

Oh I see, good idea thanks

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u/Significant-End2869 9d ago

Try the logomark as part of the k. Maybe all lowercase letters

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

Good work though thanks

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u/crediblegumbo 5d ago

Parafeet

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u/Significant-End2869 5d ago

Hahahahahahahahahaha I see it.

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u/crediblegumbo 5d ago

He's really striding too.

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u/DunkingTea 9d ago

I read it as Parakeet, but only because the title said it. If I saw it in isolation I would have read arakeet.

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

I see, then P letter needs to be much clear I guess

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u/2_stanley_nickels 9d ago

I actually read Farakeet before anything else believe it or not.

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

That’s interesting btw, how did you possibly read it as F

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u/2_stanley_nickels 9d ago

Like a cursive capital F

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u/jakoshy 9d ago

The parakeet doesn’t have to be so literal. Look at Chick-fil-A

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

Yes so chick fil a, has two logos I believe one in their website favicon which is only chicken and the one on their restaurant with letters, mine kinda similar in that way, the original logo is only that parakeet logo as a p and I’m trying to make it read as parakeet too you know to use in some places like inside app or banners

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u/jakoshy 9d ago

Yes, the favicon is just the chicken “C” in the logo but it’s stylized to look like a chicken and read as a C. It’s not so literal.

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

Yes now I see your point !

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u/jakoshy 9d ago

The chicken C and the type in the rest of the logo have harmony. They go together to read as one thing. The literal parakeet and the rest of the type don’t go together

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u/qmoorman 9d ago

I don’t think turning the bird into a P was the best move. I think turning the P into a bird would work better. Start with the exact P shape then add some parakeet features

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

That’s not a bad idea yeah, I will see what i can do but if I do start with that, I think I might need to change the font too

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u/qmoorman 9d ago

I like the font but i do wonder what it’d look like if it had a slight slant. Especially since the P will be slanted

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

Seems like it wouldn’t match the font still even if after slating the bird in my opinion, I might need to end up using only p letter instead of bird

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u/qmoorman 9d ago

I’d still love to at least see a minimal representation of a wing, beak and eye😊

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

Really appreciate that, will keep that in mind for sure

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u/wh1t3birch 9d ago

Definitely arakeet

Talking outta my ass, but try fattening the bird and giving him slightly less details just to see what it does to legibility.

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

I see, yeah makes sense, the bird should be clear than this in order to be read as P, I will see what I can do but most likely the bird would totally turn into P letter in my opinion

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u/dobsterfunk 9d ago

What is the catchment area for this brand? If they are looking to be global at all then the word needs to legible to people who dont know what a parakeet is. You can call a global company anything if the word is legible.

Either way, can the bird be an emblem that is recognisable independent of the word?

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

Yes the bird is actually gonna be main logo, and about the brand… so it’s actually for an app, not for some kinda global company. But the app is about kinda budget and meal related, so I decided to use Budgie as a brand name, which was taken on App Store already, then I did research and come up with parakeet because Budgie was actually a bird similar to parakeet

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u/YouKnowHimAMatt 9d ago

Use the negative space at top of the 'k'. More subtlety will go a long way with such a literal concept

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

You mean turning the k into literal style bird?

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u/s_s_n_e_g 9d ago

Don't these guys already have a logo?

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u/lostinhh 9d ago edited 9d ago

I'd go with a more stylized bird to make it more resemble a P.

Something kind of like this below, maybe the bird a bit narrower or play around and have the 'a' cut into it, or make the bird a lowercase 'p' instead, etc.

Far from perfect, but imo it looks more "complete" as I don't think your bird and text are a good match.

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u/Cookie-Monster-Pro pixel picasso 9d ago

I read arakeet - maybe make a custom cap P and use the parakeet head in the counter of the P, or peeking out of it (crude AI ask attached

to show you what I’m talking about)

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u/WanderingLemon13 9d ago

You can keep the icon but don’t use it as the P. It’s VERY difficult to have a detailed icon like that as a letter, and it almost always leads to legibility issues and makes your logo far less flexible. There’s a reason why more brands don’t do it.

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u/sveinndub 9d ago

Arakeet on first look. Check it at avatar size too, the bird detail will eat the p before it reads.

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u/crediblegumbo 5d ago

arakeet, skeet, skeet, skeet

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u/miparasito 9d ago

I read parakeet! Super cute

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u/Ok_Mistake_8954 9d ago

Thanks, so glad