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So i am the process of working on improving my personal brand and have created myself a new logo.

I thought it would be interesting to see what you all think?

"As a developer/designer hybrid i wanted to create a identity that was able to form a symbolic reference.

My initials (nb) are formed into one continuous line making a connection to two seemingly different fields that represent both design and development."

Full Resolution: https://dribbble.com/shots/...

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  • 7
    @kp15 Ah shit, how did you see through my plan?
  • 1
    Whats the name, whats that logo meant to represent... ?
  • 1
    aw... NB rite?
  • 1
    @Nelson Yeah, it's my initials but i updated the post with the details from Dribbble too.
  • 4
    It looks really nice, especially when compared to other personal brand logos out there. I would like to suggest 2 things if you don't mind: make the lines a bit thicker (not much), and add some kind of backround/frame or something like that (it would add another dimension to it)... Beware: I have no knowledge of designing logos, this is just from a user POV and i could be wrong :D
  • 12
    It looks slightly swastika-y to me. Besides that, nice and clean. I like it
  • 0
    @CrankyOldDev It's intentional as it's from Dribbble (hence the quotes)
  • 1
    @iam13islucky You are not the first to say that, not sure how to address that.
  • 1
    @nblackburn I don't know either. Right angles off of a center cross will always look similar to one
  • 0
    @CrankyOldDev No need to apologise, it's designery language.
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    @nblackburn I deleted my comments because I sounded like an ass and I don't mean to be. Too used to people posting tongue-in-cheek things on here.
  • 0
    @CrankyOldDev I already said it was fine, i was looking for critique.
  • 0
    @Letmecode Thanks for the feedback, i am currently trying to make it less swastikary but also widen the gap and thicken the lines a little.

    I am doing this by offsetting the 'n' and 'b' so it no longer joins in the middle, hopefully breaking the resemblance.
  • 1
    @Nelson eh, looks a bit to busy to me. Lacks the simplicity
  • 0
    @iam13islucky Yeah, it's too cramped.
  • 2
    I really really like it. Cool. 😀
  • 2
    @Gradle Thanks!
  • 1
    Really cool. I'm so jealous of devs/designers, I can only into dev.
  • 0
    @zedrubber Thanks and welcome.

    Don't be jealous though, it just takes practice ;)
  • 1
    @letmecode So i have made some tweaks but am trying to decide on either a 20px (left) or 40px (right) gap.

    What do you reckon?
  • 0
    2 ideas: If you take it like this, lenghen the lower left line so that the thought line meets with the full, thick line... Yeah, i hate to explain this.

    Another idea (my favorite): Turn it by 45°.
  • 1
    @vortexman100 Not following on the first one and the second defeats the point.
  • 3
    Jup
    It's a nice one
  • 0
    @nblackburn I second the one on the right.
  • 2
    OK so i made some more tweaks to get the edges aligned instead of them meeting in the middle.
  • 3
    At a glance, it looks more like 'rb' instead of 'nb' . That's because of the joined downstroke. Try changing it because I think that's a bad thing for your brand identity.
  • 1
    @Deserter FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!
  • 0
    @nblackburn I think the joining downstroke is okay. For the symbolic meaning, it works. Don't sweat it too much
  • 1
    It made me think of the Telerik logo. It's one line away.
  • 1
    @brettski saw the same thing.

    I like the first version, though.
  • 1
    @nblackburn, for what it's worth, i think you've got the start of a great logo there..

    What about using a two-tone effect? In color, you could have the "n" in blue and the "b" in black, while in b/w you could simply make the "n" a lighter grey.

    Other than that, you could try playing with the vertical position of the lines a bit; for example, make the riser from "b" shorter, make the right leg of the "n" drop down more, etc.

    Play with the whitespace a bit and you might just find what you're looking for there. (:
  • 1
    FINALLY I understand what it feels like as a non-programmer listening to programmers talking shop! Thank you, mr. Designer.
  • 2
    This is the final version, hope you all like it.
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