Animated Logo for Forums?

[Katrina]

How do you feel about animated logos for forums?

 

[Deleted member 49125]

I don't care for them. Ads are bad enough but I hate seeing out of the corner of my eye flashing lights & animation. To see it on one page is one thing, but not on all pages. Too distracting.

 

[Page]

I'm a member of many sites that have animated logos 🙂 I do not mind them as long as they are not overkilled and not too bad. Plus end of the day it does take more resources on the server and your end.

 

[tdbnz]

I rather Just General Site images 😉 rather then animation

 

[Page]

I rather Just General Site images 😉 rather then animation

But they look so COOL Xd

 

[tdbnz]

But they look so COOL Xd

They do indeed look good but can be distracting at times lol

 

[vans]

I always prefer static images, specially for logo brands.

 

[Varlot]

No no no! Way too disturbing and in most casea super tacky

 

[Katrina]

Some of the examples here are amazing and really fit the brand!

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[zappaDPJ]

A professionally created logo that animates once on a landing page could work but anything more is likely to be a distraction.

 

[Deleted member 17779]

It depends on the forum and the "theme" you're using with it. The rest of the theme would have to look good with the banner.

 

[meetdilip]

Agree. It can be very charming as long as it does not take the eye from the content.

 

[Katrina]

My idea for Crafter Craze is to create an animated ball of yarn incorporated into my logo or even a new logo. I would want it to be basic and not too detailed and I think it's a mascot as well as being a moving logo. I'd love to take it further and create little animated short videos with the ball of yarn doing the Reviews or whatever.

 

[meetdilip]

Something like this?

 

[meetdilip]

😉

 

[Katrina]

😉

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Not really. I wanted the ball of yarn to actually move around the logo. The ball of yarn would have a cute little face on it so it's more of a mascot. It wouldn't stay in one position but would change how its loose yarn moves as it flows around the name so that it's really fluid looking.

 

[meetdilip]

I know. But it will take a lot of time 🙂

 

[meetdilip]

 

[Katrina]

I know. But it will take a lot of time 🙂

Yep, it would be very time consuming to produce what I have in head.

 

[Katrina]

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I appreciate the attempt but what I had in mind was a little more fluid and animated with the ball of yarn being somewhat life like and using my existing logo that I have. I know it's too much work but it's something I'd like to play around with myself if I can get the right software.