Logo needed

^ you know, that could look really cool as an animation (that came to rest at that position...)

yeah, I tried for the concept but it wouldn't be much as a logo, so becuase of my horrible first attempt i'll make an honest try at the perspective. Youd have to crop it all all, but its more...usefull than that first one.

slowpid: Thank you very much for your efforcts. Your first one is very interesting.

However, neither is what I had in mind, so I made a quick mockup of what I was thinking of:


But then with a different font, and a better logo.

Sorry if your logos took you a lot of time, I guess I should have made this mockup first and posted it with the inital post.

"daedalus" has two 'd' letterforms and two 'a' letterforms. There's also the infamous "ae" combination. I wouldn't let those typographical opportunities go to waste. The icon should also be on the left side if you choose to go with a similar format. You may also want to sharpen the wings a bit more and lose the border. Borders, especially sharp borders, constrain the eye. With that format, the eye misfocuses on the content and not much is communicated to the viewer.

Adraeus: thanks for the observations. Maybe someone could use the tips.

I'm wondering, why would the logo be beter on the left?

Assuming your target market is Westerners, most people in that market read from left to right and top to bottom; therefore, the symbol serves as an point-of-attraction in the logo which can be placed to the left or above the text. Examine the GameDev.net logo.

The "circular G" icon is a component of the GameDev.net identity systtem. Without the icon, what do you have? Plain-looking type restating the product name; however, the icon gives the entire logo style and serves to attract the eye first to the symbol and then to the "GameDev.net" text. This behavior is quick so you may not notice it if you're not trained to analyze visual communication. Since abstraction is inherent to human cognition, we are drawn to the icon and abstract its meaning. Of course, if there were no "GameDev.net" text next to the icon, we would automatically look for a connection, which would be the site address. Because the site address/product name is conveniently provided next to the point-of-attraction (or point-of-abstraction), a connection between the icon and the product is made thus facilitating cognitive association with the product and the symbol. Eventually, if done correctly, the "GameDev.net" text will serve no other purpose than a reminder and its removal may be executed for GameDev.net's market will understand that the icon represents the product. This is a similar process to how we learn to associate combinations of letterforms (symbols) with words and combinations of words with sentences and so on... As you can see, there's more to graphic design than "making things look pretty." Graphic design is about communicating a message clearly and effectively.