Ok, this might cause some bemusement and confusion, so apologies in advance. I’ve decided to change the logo again.
Why?
The answer here is relatively simple. It’s mostly because the more time wore on, the more I hated it’s overall look and feel. To me, it looked “cheap” and put together quickly without much consideration for the overall statement and services that this site offers.
Sure, it’s consistent with development, writing code, etc, but Sudonix has become so much more than just a support site for NodeBB. Admittedly, it’s still very much the main content of this site as it has never forgotten it’s roots, but I have ambition beyond NodeBB itself as the main topic focus. If you look at the services page, you’ll understand what I mean.
You can very easily see the justification here, and also notice that “Development” is only a portion of what Sudonix offers.
So, without any further interruptions, here’s the new logo
Great, but what does it represent?
Good question. If you look, it’s simple once you understand. The round circle in the middle is you - the user of this service. The lines around (which look very Japanese, but it wasn’t intended) is a wrapper around you - meaning that all the services and facilities here are designed for, and accessible to you - effectively, you should be able to find everything you want here, and more. Someone else made the comment about a strange sort of Turkish Eye, but it’s not
Ultimately, it’s a symbol of “community”. Somewhere we can all co-exist and learn from each other.
The “complete” version of the logo, which incorporates text etc is below
Now, I personally think that looks “hot” (probably the orange colour…) - I might be wrong here, but it looks catchy (and not cheap). You’ll also notice the intentional division of the words “SUDO” and “NIX” - it’s always been pronounced soo-don-ix
and that won’t change, but SUDO and NIX both have special meaning in the IT world as you probably know.
This is the logo, and it’s not going to change I also own the copyright for it, so it is protected at least where the jurisdiction extends to.
If you’d like to know where I got this logo from, it’s below.
https://looka.com/
The platform uses AI to generate suggestions for your logo. It’s not necessarily “cheap”, but not expensive either in my view, and you can amend it as many times as you like. The only thing I didn’t like was the lack of Google Fonts, so I used the .eps file and made my own version using the fonts I wanted rather than those I was forced to use.
I’d love to get feedback on the new logo!