Anyone got any ideas for an icon or banner?

First off, we need a good icon for !newzealand@lemmy.nz. We don’t want to change the icon very often, if at all. It needs to work as a small circle and a square.

On the other hand, I would like to change the banner from time to time. I’ve just put one up, but it’s a stock photo. I’d love to use pics from the community. It can be hard to find pics that work because they get cropped very short and wide (740×230 px on the main page, even shorter and wider on Jerboa). Any ideas are welcome, doesn’t have to be scenery.

(If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go to !politics - the icon is the orange man lemmy, and the banner is the photo of the parliament buildings)

  • RaoulDuke@lemmy.nzOPMEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’ve tried a few things out for the icon. The two I think are looking alright are…

    1. Made in NZ kiwi

    I tried triangle ones too, check the other comments

    2. Modern Hundertwasser koru

    I also tried some koru rafter designs but I think they're too busy

     

    I’m not sure we should be using a military emblem for the community, even if it is the best air force roundel in the world. It might make people think we’re a military community or something.

    • Dave@lemmy.nzMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I don’t like the triangle one from your other comment, but both of these look good! I’d be happy with either.

    • witless@lemmy.nzEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I like the rounded made in NZ much better than the triangle one and it should be recognisable at pretty small sizes.