Reid Sweatman wrote:
It might be salvable, though. I liked it a lot, just thought it too close. Got to looking more closely and noticed that you can (if you really want to <g>) see the cubes on and above the main diagonal as a spaceship, and the remaining cube as its exhaust. Were you to shift the "wing" cubes in the direction of the anti-diagonal (i.e., southwest <g>), maybe curve their links with the center, it might remain appealing and lose that unfortunate resemblance. It also kind of looks like Batman. (No, I don't have a comic stuffed into my copy of "C++ Template Metaprogramming" <g>). Could also just rotate it 45 degrees widdershins. That would probably also mess up the resemblance, although it also messes up the nice asymmetry of the original. Could also change the "flame" cube to a triangle by eliminating the half closest to the "ship." Just suggestions. It's the flu meds, y'know? I'm a zombie right now.
It would be easier to follow if you would post some examples.
But it would have been my first choice, too; ought to be some way to rework it while keeping the essence.
Unfortunately, the contest is closed now. I don't think we can open up one of the logos for major redesign without doing it for the others. Jonathan