Something along these lines would be fun.
I’m not the greatest designer, but I think you get the idea: a cute rocket with a rainbow trail.
A few other musings:
the rainbow trail reminds me of nyan cat, an animated version in that style might make for a nice loading screen
I looked up “rocket nyan cat” and saw this hamster with a rocket attached: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/nyancat/images/5/58/RocketHamster.gif/revision/latest?cb=20210923233749
It would be cool if someone could do something similar with a lemming.
That reminds me of Buzz holding Woody with a rocket strapped to his back: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/bd893090-c6dc-4d2f-96a5-9ec62637242e
It’s a similar feeling, with Voyager (and other apps) picking up Apollo and trying to keep it flying.
The word Voyager makes me think of the Daft Punk piece, there’s a bit in the video with an anime style star, this could make for a simpler icon theme: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CqZgd6-xQl8&t=2m29s
I think the name “Rocket” would be a cool name for an Apollo inspired app - simple and effective.
The rocket idea could be anthropomorphised (smiley cyclops) and become a character in an of itself; there was an astronaut with Apollo, there could be a rocket character with Voyager.
I looked up Wallace and Gromit’s rocket, because I remember really liking the look, but I don’t think it translates: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kb0ooQKbflM&t=2m38s
Orange and Blue is a popular contrasting colour scheme though.
I like the rainbow focus in the brief and I hope to see some cool creations. I’m not precious about the rocket idea, but I hope it inspires some more creative submissions, I definitely think something other than a slight variation on the lemming motif would set this app apart from the rest.
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I like it a lot but it’s kinda close to the ‘Boost for Lemmy’ logo
Liftoff also has a rocketship as the logo
the icon is nice but it could bring confusion since liftoff app already has a rocket for app image. maybe pitch it to them
Interesting to have a rocket as a departure from the Lemmy face or alien head from Apollo. Not a bad thing necessarily but I do like the personality of a character
Not sure it’s a great idea when a competing app is called Liftoff and uses a rocket already though. I like the icon in general but it might lead to confusion when it fits a competing app more accurately.
It would be cool to have the Lemmy face in the window
With the Voyager name change, I’d like to see some sailing ships!
Completely agree! I love characters too. I think Christian was inspired by Tapbot’s robot characters for their apps, particularly Tweetbot. His was like a mix between their robot and reddit’s logo. Tapbots now have an elephant character for Ivory.
I actually almost drew a smile under the window port, as it’d look like a cyclops character à la Leela, Mike Wazowski, Minions etc.
Two other ideas:
The lemming character could be flying inside the rocket and be seen through the window port.
The lemming character could be flying with a rocket strapped to its back.
I like both of those ideas a lot
Thanks!
I just re-looked at aeharding’s brief, and noticed the link to some illustrations by David Revoy… and there’s one with animals on a rocket!
Cool. Looks like Boost app icon with a rainbow
Wow, I hope this or a variation of this gets chosen. Great job! Using it now.
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Weirdly, I hadn’t noticed a lot of rockets testing on iOS… most of those seem to have the lemming, but apparently there are a few on Android with a rocket.
I agree with you and I’m not precious at all, I was hoping to inspire more creativity and uniqueness. I’d love to see/hear your ideas!
Liftoff and Boost use this logo
It’s worth mentioning that the name Voyager was chosen because it was a NASA program closely related with Apollo (hence the astronaut character).
All of these apps build on Apollo’s legacy.
I would like to see something original too, if lemmings and rockets are extremely overdone, do you have any ideas for something unique?
If you’re on iOS and want to use this as an icon for a web app here‘s how.
I think you should keep politics away from this
Ditto
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