Re:The Brand New Thunderbird Logo
by OnACoffeeBreak on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:14AM
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The new logo can also be seen as the bird opening a gaping maw about to devour the envelope.
Or protecting the envelope.
Yeah, it looks like a bird throwing up an envelope to me. Wish they'd just make it more apparent that the bottom beak is not a beak, because otherwise it's a slick logo...
The bottom beak (which I now can’t unsee) is suggestive of being the bottom half because it matches the gradient of the top beak.
Easy enough to fix, but the bottom beak and the gaping maw isn’t too obvious… unless it’s pointed out.
Re:The Brand New Thunderbird Logo
by cutemonster on Friday May 26, 2023 @06:55PM
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Wow you're right.
The old logo can be seen as the bird holding the envelope with its wings, hence unable to flap, without dropping the envelope. But if the bird doesn't flap, it'll fall? It's caught between a rock and a hard place.
Anyway I like both logos, beautiful
The old one was bringing you the envelope whereas the new one is protective of it. The old bird had a neutral but confident expression. The new one looks angry and it looks like it's in free fall - no sure footing. I like to imagine it as a goalie who just saved a super fast shot and is now drifting backwards with the ball. It also looks like an infant, it might be because it is not depicted in flight and the way they chose to use the wing like a hand makes it looks like underdeveloped wings. Plus the lack of confidence and or discontent communicated with the angry face.
All said, I think visually it's quite nice. I don't mind an angry infant bird doing its best to hold onto my email.