[proposal] A more Zen-ish logo?

[Donnnno]

Hi, I stumbled on this browser yesterday, and it looks neat!

But there's a thing bugging me a bit, the kinda generic Z logo 🙃. So that got me started on thinking about how to give it more of a zen feel and more character.

After some tinkering, I came up with this:

I went for some rounded, and curvy shapes, giving it a more friendly, but also calming look.

With an alternate icon for the alpha, for example:

If you're wondering how it looks as the actual icon, i've tested that out too:

If there are any questions, feedback or other thoughts, please let me know!

[bdbch]

Funny I had a similar idea for the Z.

In general I'd like something that fits the "Zen" name.

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I tried with multiple ripples but that looked weird.

[Donnnno]

Oh! I was tinkering with that shape too! But the 1/4th circle wave looked a bit off.

[TheBestUser01234567890]

Oh! I was tinkering with that shape too! But the 1/4th circle wave looked a bit off.

I think 2 and 5 are really good.

[bdbch]

Some more ideas:

[mauro-balades]

oh my... so many great options! I dont know which one I should use

[NOCanoa]

i like the first one alpha version and the last one 0.0

[mauro-balades]

I dont want to let anyone down, they all look very good

[Donnnno]

Don't worry about letting me down haha, take your time and think about it :) And if you have any feedback, just let us know :-)

[Donnnno]

While, I'm at it. More food for thought. ;)

Iterating a bit on the first designs

[TheBestUser01234567890]

While, I'm at it. More food for thought. ;)

Iterating a bit on the first designs

3, 4, 7, and 8 look the best. 1, 2, 5, and 6 don't look very "Zen-ish".

[mauro-balades]

id like more neutral colors, like in this one https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/150#issuecomment-2267583521.

(Im gonna make a poll anyways)

[mauro-balades]

https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/discussions/168

[Donnnno]

Poll time! 👀

Also I would think about the shape first, colors can be edited more easily after that :)

[IAmJafeth]

Hey @Donnnno could you please share a PNG with transparent background of your logo? I want to add it to my Zen right now and start using it <3

[Donnnno]

Tweaked some stuff. Monochrome works pretty good in my opinion.

[mauro-balades]

We've talked about this in DMs but I wonder if the middle bar could blend in a bit more to make it look more like a Z?

instead of living so much whitespace

[Donnnno]

Presenting the new logo:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cb5e71ed-b7b3-4dd3-9237-c1dc88d24a07

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2820156d-82b8-48ad-a461-53e39b09aeac

[win98se]

Hijacking this issue - the new icon in Windows executable seems to be 256*256 only, however it needs to be in 16*16, 32*32 and 48*48 as well.

[Donnnno]

@win98se thanks for reporting. I'm having some difficulty understanding the ico format. The version before that, the resolution was actually too low. But I'll look at it again :-)

[Donnnno]

A fix is on the way:

[win98se]

A fix is on the way

It looks much better now on 1.0.0-a.26. Thank you!