Actually I'm going to say I really like the square blue logo. Looked at against the peer group of professional logos, it holds up well. It's somewhat outside of typical for coin logos, which tend to be overly designed and use too many odd colors and shadings imo. Take a look at the designs posted on the last page or two of this thread and compared with the top-tier corporate logos that Pegasus posted. Our logo fits in better in the latter group, which is a good thing.
I don't really care if the original developer banged it out in 15 minutes. Maybe he was a genius, or got lucky. The Tribune, Weather Channel, and even this version of Facebook (not shown in the post above but widely used) are very similar in style and probably cost a fortune (also some others of the "red" persuasion).
I don't really care if the original developer banged it out in 15 minutes. Maybe he was a genius, or got lucky. The Tribune, Weather Channel, and even this version of Facebook (not shown in the post above but widely used) are very similar in style and probably cost a fortune (also some others of the "red" persuasion).
Like I said, it manages to capture everything I'm looking for in a brand. It looks elite, shiny, luxurious, and futuristic. And it's approachable too. If a major credit card or bank came out with some product named "aeon" and used the exact same logo, font, and branding I would think the same and my simple monkey brain would be attracted to it. "Ooh, shiny." As someone who enjoys being an unthinking consumer, these are my instincts towards it - attraction.
As far as scaling:
128px:
64px:
32px:
16px:
Even down to 32px I can still clearly tell what it is. At 16px it becomes distorted, but I think you're going to have that effect with any logo. I did some analysis and didn't find any mathematical puns hidden in the logo, though the ratio of the word "aeon" to the rest of the logo is 4:27 which is also considered "international munchie time" (hardy-har-har). It does however appear more than something "slapped together". The ratios and placement is pretty precise and isn't random. Whoever made it definitely did a good job.
Anyway, I stand by smooth in thinking that this is a great logo, but am not opposed to seeing if someone can improve upon it.
critical, even if not used officially, your stuff looks ripe for a possible future aeon project (MyAeon?); even I might buy the rights from you eventually.