Capitaine Train Icon Suggestions

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1. 73 logo
2. 58 identity
3. 54 logo design
4. 5 brandmark
5. 5 logomark
6. 4 train
7. 3 concept
8. 3 icons

10 Responses

1. Pro Graham Smith

   After the initial logo concept, I have looked at the best way to create a French train icon that captures the many varieties of these streamlined trains. I don't want to pick on a train in particular rather to create an 'average' look.

   At the same time, simplifying it as much as possible. So initially I have 4 train icons with 6 variations of the windscreen. I am not expecting that it 'has' to be one of these, quite likely further rounds of icon design will be needed.

   Look at the logo concept in context on the proposed website :

   Logo in context

   So it's not my intention to create a uber realistic design, but a clean and detail free icon. One that when you look at it, conjours up the general sense of a French train, but also one that makes you feel that booking tickets via Capitaine Train will be a quick, clean, streamlined process.

   Capitaine Train is not a train company, but a ticket booking company.

   over 1 year ago

2. Pro Jamie Wright

   nice work :) second row, third from left is my favourite

   over 1 year ago

3. Pro Gavin Hoffman [holeycoww]

   At 1st glace I honestly didn't think they were trains. I thought they were little ninja characters.

   Maybe add something to it, to keep it minimalist but also define it as a train. Some of the french trains had split windows, like a plane, maybe add some lines down the front window screen to show paneled glass rather than one big window?

   over 1 year ago

4. Pro Jamie Wright

   maybe even headlights for them too?

   over 1 year ago

5. Pro Graham Smith

   Gavin : Fair enough comment. Thing to remember once hey are coloured they will look less like hooded ninja's. :)

   I did play with headlights, but explain why they are missing in comment below.

   over 1 year ago

6. Pro Graham Smith

   Jamie : Yeah, I did look at headlights, but with the original coloured version with the white stripes, the headlights clashed quite a bit.

   headlights
   So it depends on how I end up colouring the icon. If it's a flat colour only, then I will certainly look at headlights to help define the train.

   over 1 year ago

7. Pro Gavin Hoffman [holeycoww]

   I did think that pal, which is why I clicked on the rebounded shot of the coloured train, and again, to me, just looked like a colourful ninja.

   over 1 year ago

8. Pro Steve Lowtwait

   I like the bottom row with the track. To me, those are the only ones that look like trains. Maybe have the track in slight perspective like the iconography of railroad signs. There's something to be said for creating your own look, but there's also something to be said for pulling from what already works.

   over 1 year ago

9. Pro Patrick Haney

   The bottom row, 4th from the left, is my preference here. I like the idea of having a track below the train, which reinforces what it is I'm looking at (at first glance, I thought these were mobile devices with screens). The 4th from the left has a rounded windscreen, which is similar to the current logo's look, and reminds me of a French train (even though I've never been on one).

   over 1 year ago

10. Wills Bithrey

    Humming, I don't really see anything that I would recognize as track in any of the options, sorry! Why not try maki the track re obious with some sleepers cutout of the black? Maybe it will work and maybe it won't ;). Otherwise I quite like the first on the second row :), that to me says modern train the most.

    over 1 year ago