hey folks, quick update to say you’ve probably noticed our new community icons.
these icons were lovingly crafted by @UrLogicFails@beehaw.org, who posted them a couple of days ago over in Creative. we took notice of them and obviously–because they’re our community icons now–really, really liked them.
thanks to his generosity in working things out with us, we’re pleased to announce we can use his icons under a Creative Commons license for the site! until further notice they’ll be our site icons, with credit to him on our sidebars. we’ll also be adding attribution to the community sidebars over the rest of day as time permits.
we’re also pleased to report that, thanks to your generosity, we’ve been able to reasonably compensate him for all 33 of the icons he’s made for the community! the agreed to rate is $5 per icon, for a total of $165 that’s been paid out to him as of today. this expense has been reflected on our Open Collective. (we’ve also agreed to, as possible, commission him for any future community icons until further notice, which will be subject to that same rate.)
hopefully you enjoy the new icons, and please thank UrLogicFails for the work here! thanks for using the site again folks!
I love the new icons, now they fit perfectly with the instance. I think that we also need a new logo, maybe a more minimalistic one (while still having the cowboy bee).
Fit perfectly is right. I refreshed and my eyes instantly detected a change but it took a minute to hone in on what it was. They just fit in like they’ve always been there. Fantastic execution.
I think it would be super cool to regularly rotate the logo with user submitted and/or funded art, but I might be a little eclectic 😅
I would love a rotating logo like this. It would be awesome, and tbh why should we be concerned with branding? Why can’t our brand be “kickass cowboy bee art”?
Hell yeah I got one vote 😤
That’s a good idea, but I think having a single great logo is better for our identity
Yeah I’m not pushing for it, I understand why a cohesive brand is desirable, perhaps even more so in a confusing landscape (especially for those new to the fediverse).