🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sun, Sep 3, 2017 07:29 PM UTC:
I just entered Chess into Duckduckgo and looked at the logos for several other Chess sites. With the exception of the House of Staunton, which I already knew about, none of them really impressed me. The font choice usually seemed uninspired, and the pieces used in the logos were often crude sillouettes. Some sites for kids used cartoon images of pieces, but that wouldn't be suitable for this site. None of them combined a Chess board with Chess pieces. It was normally one or the other and usually just one piece, though sometimes two or three. Compared to these, I'm happy with the latest logo I designed.
While it would be desirable to include something of Chinese Chess in the logo, I want to avoid letting it get too busy. When other sites included three pieces in the logo, they started looking less professional to me. So it's for the best that I don't include more than two pieces. That leaves the Shogi piece to do the job of representing all Asian variants, including Chinese Chess, while the unicorn represents the western tradition of Chess variants.
I just entered Chess into Duckduckgo and looked at the logos for several other Chess sites. With the exception of the House of Staunton, which I already knew about, none of them really impressed me. The font choice usually seemed uninspired, and the pieces used in the logos were often crude sillouettes. Some sites for kids used cartoon images of pieces, but that wouldn't be suitable for this site. None of them combined a Chess board with Chess pieces. It was normally one or the other and usually just one piece, though sometimes two or three. Compared to these, I'm happy with the latest logo I designed.
While it would be desirable to include something of Chinese Chess in the logo, I want to avoid letting it get too busy. When other sites included three pieces in the logo, they started looking less professional to me. So it's for the best that I don't include more than two pieces. That leaves the Shogi piece to do the job of representing all Asian variants, including Chinese Chess, while the unicorn represents the western tradition of Chess variants.