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by makeitdouble 263 days ago
The small eyes version is freaky for such a logo. With Big eyes it looks friendlier, but still not cute...

For something neutral and scalable, having a side perspective could perhaps work better ? Like this one for instance, with very few lines yet looks good.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMINEP...

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Yeah, the front perspective evokes associations with a predator locked on its prey.
The Small Eyes + Standing + GNU Chimera version is straight up a demon doll which could feature in the Twilight Zone.
Yet its expressionlessness captures the lobotomized drone-like corporate flair that characterizes mainstream Linux today.

I'm not against it as long as we don't erase Tux from older projects.

Not unlike one of the Penguin Books logos.

https://i.ibb.co/srBgHt0/7db42060b910d2a81ae18b0fd807947a.jp...

I had the exact same thought. I wish the eyes were bigger, it looks scary.
the way the big eyes are drawn it looks scared, the way the small eyes are drawn it looks sinister