Autism Pride Symbol

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Yeah, barring the color bars, this symbol would just be the not quite complete circle with one or two triangles cut into the bottom of it. Solid colors would probably be better than the gradient, I'm just not sure how to do that in illustrator off the top of my head -- would have to figure it out, which will have to wait until later.

I like this one better but perhaps we could give it a contrasting background to make it stand out more???

Once the basic design is finalized you can put it on whatever kind of background you prefer... at least that's my thought.

Wow, that's good artwork. But the openness at the bottom makes me feel too vulnerable.

My suggestion is to stay away from spectrums. And I don't like ribbons much either. How about an "A+", perhaps on a gold star background? I'm joking about the gold star, but I like A+, since it would indicate we're autistic but more than that, and it's top grade.

Here are some works to get inspired by:

And here are some more works to get inspired by:

Ike I agree with Anemone ^_^ Also perhaps lower the center triangle down to the rim so its easier to see the A in the circle.


Now then KenG I like the basic design of this picture but not the word on it, people wouldn't know what it means.




However I like this one the best then again I like bright color ^_^

From nearly two years ago, I came up with:

I still quite like it.

What Lau... a broken image... I could have done that.

(seriously though... it didn't display for me).

Don't worry... I did a browser refresh and got it working... and it is a good logo after all.

looks like it could be seen as 'outisde the box' which those with autism almost always get described as... it could work. would you mind if i took the design and added some ideas?

Feel free... in a sense.

I think, at the time, the idea under discussion was an emblem of some sort that was extremely simple, so that it could be used in a whole range of situations.

If you view the above as an icon, it is still very recognisable. Try just viewing the image, when it should appear as the icon in your tab - i.e. scaled down to 16x16 it still works.

Another curiosity was that I felt that it not only would work as a badge, or small stud, but the plain outline would then be recognisable as well (i.e. from the back).

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Anyway... I got carried away, and here's the ODG original file:
http://www.bergbland.info/aspie/images/

I like Lau's idea, because in addition to being simple and direct, it will still look good and be readable in variety of display formats (even down to straight black-and-white, or small icon-sized images). I would play with the position and proportions of the infinity loop to see if there's a combination that really jumps out, and definitely add a thin white border around the loop so that it's separated from the box's border visually. You might want to play with the colors, too...

I got to disagree I am not fond of Lau's idea I just see it as a viable and the colors are a turn off. Sorry Lau I call them like I see them.

That's what I was thinking, too. I like it, but that empty bit at the bottom makes it feel too empty. It's like there's a piece missing, like we have a piece missing.

I get that it's an A, but there's a symbolism I interpret that doesn't sit right with me.

I've seen the infinity symbol used but then this one episode of Law and Order SVU just killed it for me when a serial killer used the infinity symbol.

The earlier "outside the box" comment got me thinking about another alternative that would eliminate the open part of the bottom that some of us find uncomfortable... I'll create another graphic later -- I can't right now, but I'll get to it after the move in a week or so. The current thought is a box like Lau's and instead of having an infinity symbol using a big delta symbol that stretches from the lower corners of the box up to above the box, such that the line at the top of the box then forms the cross-bar of an A. And then we might fiddle with some other ideas about spectrums or plus signs or infinity symbols within or attached to this basic frame. The A would then be both "outside the box" as well as being in part formed by the box, which could be seen as a decent symbolism for our being a part of the same humanity that gave rise to the neurologically typical "box".

I have no idea what you mean by "a viable".

The colours... I think I had a justification for them, originally. I suspect it was mainly to avoid the "spectrum" ideas completely. Just three shades means it works in a simple grey scale, if need be. Why those particular colours.... I've no idea now.

I found most of the other images on this thread to be too "busy" and/or not original/distinctive.