Looking for feedback: Logo design for TDD

[Galenmereth]

Here's the magenta design with the ribbon symbol; it reminded me of something specific a bit too strongly, and thus I moved away from it, but tell me what your immediate reactions are:

 

[??????]

Immediate: circle seems too big for the logo.

 

[EternalShadow]

Well, I like it. Shrink the circle a little.

 

[Galenmereth]

So no other immediate associations? Here it is more tuned up; I'll still have to spend more time adjusting small details, but you can see how it looks with less negative space / smaller circle:

 

[EternalShadow]

It reminds me of something, but I can't remember what. If you're concerned about the Breast Cancer association though or anything like that, just make the logo orange perhaps? I like it though.

 

[??????]

Looks much better with the smaller circle.

It also reminds me of something that I have not yet been able to put my finger on.

 

[Makio-Kuta]

lol 'shark'...

Lol gosh darn auto correct (sorry sharm)Anyway I think it looks a lot nicer this way :>

Random suggestion: maybe try colouring some parts of the white a slightly lighter colour to try to bring out the t and the d more? Hard to explain with words I can show what I mean when I'm home from work if that's unclear

 

[Adellie]

• Reworked lengths: I prefer this!
• Pixel icon: I wouldn't use this for a business card. The magenta backing is an improvement from facebook-blue. I'm also cool with the pixels standalone. It has a bold look, so it would be cool as an avatar, media icon, or favicon. But at that resolution, with a circle backer, it's just far too basic and not appealing overall.
• Reworked in circle: Looking good! Although now that dekita's mentioned it, neither circles are "just right" to me. It doesn't remind me of any existing logo i know of.

I definitely think you should try makio-kuta's suggestion, although the first few arrangements that i can think of don't look good in my mind's eye. 

 

[Galenmereth]

Thanks for the feedback again guys. Yeah, it'll need a lot of tuning, but I try to avoid that before I'm fairly certain about the direction, to not lose myself in the detail work But since I do like this concept a lot, I'll be fine tuning it now.

I did try a lot of combos of Makio's idea earlier, but none of it looked right in practice. I still feel like there is one ingenious solution to the puzzle, just need to find it

 

[Makio-Kuta]

Yeah I was having trouble imaging what would work best for that as well trying to figure it out in my head. I'm glad what I was saying made sense though. I bet when you find that ingenious solution it will be a great feeling xD good luck!