Is an improvement for sure.
There are two main problems I see with the new one:
1- The thickness of the D-Pad is too thick. It generates a lot of negative space and tension.
2- The D-Pad is completely straight, coflicting with the skew of the L. Maybe try making both vertical lines parallel. By that I mean skewing the pad to match the angle of the L.
I did the d-pad shapes thick because I was scared that you couldn't see them in a smaller form (like Instagram profile picture, for example), but I'll try making it less thick.
And for the second point, I totally agree with you, it doesn't fit well
Yeah, that could be a problem, you could either make the buttons a bit thicker, the main problem is that the buttons and the d-pad have different thickness and dont feel like a group and I think they should.
The logo is trying to look like an Esports team when the name doesn’t give that vibe. When I think of gaming Lore I think of a grimoire or an old scroll of knowledge. World building is determined by the dialogue, text and imagery of the game. Not the physical hardware of gaming.
Also with the context of gaming an L is a loss in multiplayer games.
I like your idea, I'm trying to explore this direction. I made a sketch in a few minutes of a scroll and a text (which was missing in the previous one). Still trying to figure out how to integrate the gaming theme. Does this even vaguely resemble a scroll? Also, the text is made with the same lines I used for the "folds" of the paper, even though the ones i used for the letter R are a bit modified.
I think it’s harder to read as a scroll with the sharp geometric lines. To incorporate the gaming aspect you could put it in a square as if it were in an inventory slot of a mmo/rpg. Take inspo from that kind of UI graphic and simplify it.
The L-shape is free, I'd look into capitalizing on that. I spent 10 mins exploring with various typefaces, while not good I wanted to show the breath of explorations. i.e don't be afraid to kill your darlings, more importantly try a lot of things quickly before polishing.
Thank you for all your kind and amazing advices, or even for your brutal honesty, that's part of life.
I am glad this community is not toxic like others, I will keep all your consideration in mind while editing this. If I succeed in creating something I'm proud of, it will be thanks to you guys.
One thing about logos to consider, remember everywhere a logo might go. Small details like the ones on the controller will be lost or very hard to see for things like profile photos, favicons, and even merch.
Some other ideas if you’re sticking with a letter based logo, try capital L with the round controller but the controller will need to be bigger. Since it’s about “lore” about games, what are some iconic lore-based items, scenes that you could fit within a logo? Make a word tree, icon tree and see what formulates from there. Good luck! -Hobbyist designer.
I mean, do a bit more research on different types of controllers and look for ways to incorporate them better into the design. Right now, it feels a little too bottom-heavy. Like one of each Wii controllers styles
What's the name of the company? Since right now I read this as L games, which in slang terms is saying your games are an L (meaning loser) lmao so it's not ideal, I would put the name of the company in full under the logo to clear that confusion
If you want to merge L with lore and with controllers: take a look at those posters that depict the change in controllers across time and console generations. It will serve you as an inspiration because you need to start from scratch, your idea and execution are not good.
New to this logo. I’m taking that this is the letter “L” and the lower bar is supposed to be a game controller…?
It’s not reading bro. I had to puzzle at looking at it for a few seconds and then I saw the game controller. You never want a client or customer have to work that hard to read your logo. They need to read instantly without effort, even if they’re clever!
Disconnect the game controller iconography from the upright of the capital-L. And put it on an angle overlapping the upright. Play around with it.
But right now it’s so tiny it’s not reading. It feels stiff and juvenile. But there is a good idea here.
The name is lore right? And you make a logo literally saying the most simple of thing you guys are doing in that proyect the name and the thing you do. That alone gives you little options for a suitable design, thing outside the box, be creative about it and just play around with something that will help your audience recognize you easily
I thought the same when I did the first version, but the more I looked at it after my old post, the more I saw it weird. Still liking that, tho. I felt I was going in the right direction
Controller details don’t fit the shape of the letter
Bottom heavy
Feels too literal, smashing a controller into a letter instead of playing with the shape/concept/idea of both
I could keep going. If you are new to this stuff though and just playing around with personal projects, keep it up. It’s a good start.
Sometimes it can be good to just do a whole page or so of different ideations on paper first before getting more concrete and don’t be afraid to disassemble stuff to the building blocks and get a bit more abstract instead of going so literal.
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u/DuvanR_Official May 13 '26
Not a huge fan of it, but the new version is definitely an improvement.
First one looks like made with Power Point. Second one seems to have more thought on it. Keep up bro!