Designing for the Groups That Made Me
Over the years, I’ve found real joy in creating logo designs for gaming communities. Whether for guilds, Discord servers, or board game groups, these designs gave identity to the circles I was part of. They weren’t just symbols—they were reflections of shared time, inside jokes, and the people behind the usernames.
This collection brings together several of those logos. Some were for real groups that lasted. Others were for teams that never got off the ground. A few were just fun projects made on impulse. But all of them were shaped by connection, curiosity, and the desire to express something beyond pixels on a screen.
I’ve always believed that giving a group a name—and a visual mark to go with it—makes it feel real. It creates a sense of belonging. That’s why I keep coming back to it. These are my personal logo designs for gaming communities, created with memory, friendship, and story in mind.
Zombie Bunny Studios (2008)
Long before any formal design gigs, my friends and I were plotting to launch a game development studio. We called it Zombie Bunny Studios, and while the project never went beyond Google Docs and caffeine, I still made a logo—neon green, cartoony, and a little deranged. It was everything we thought we were at the time: rebellious, silly, and full of ambition. A fun “what-if” that still makes me smile.
Solitude Guild Logo Variations (2011)
This one was a favor for a friend who ran a Ragnarok Online guild called Solitude. The concept was clear: isolation as strength, elegance over aggression. I played with wings, gears, and serif typography, mixing steampunk vibes with subtle symbolism. The logo was never used in-game, but it became one of my first real explorations into branding a gaming group with layered meaning.
Mars & Pars Discord Community Logo (2020)
This one’s still alive today—Mars & Pars is a Discord server I made for my siblings and cousins to keep our board game nights organized. The name came from our family nicknames. The logo? Bold shapes, bright colors, and a giant ampersand tying it all together. It’s one of my favorite pieces—not because it’s flashy, but because it continues to represent a real, active community built around laughter and late-night tabletop battles.
Guild Logos for The Unseen & The Oasis (2021)
Back when I was deep into Golden Bazaar: Game of Tycoon, I ended up joining The Unseen. I designed the logo for our discord server, which had an abstract, eye-like visual.
When The Unseen later allied with one of the bigger guilds, The Oasis, I also had the pleasure of creating a logo for their discord server. The idea for this logo is inspired by how a desert mirage would make us see a blur of colors.
Coup Pals Discord Server Logo (2021)
This one was personal. I made Coup Pals as a Discord server to keep in touch with coworkers who bonded over bluffing games like Coup during lunch breaks. The server never took off the way I’d hoped, but the logo—simple, clean, modular—stuck around. I even reused the server for a D&D campaign later on. Sometimes, a logo outlives the group it was meant for.
Final Thoughts
Looking back at these logo designs for gaming communities, what stands out most to me isn’t the logos themselves—it’s the people. Each project, whether it was a guild emblem, a Discord badge, or a pretend game studio brand, was shaped by the friendships I had at the time. The real value wasn’t in the final files, but in the connections built along the way.
I’ve always believed that when a group bonds over something—games, stories, late-night raids, board game nights—it creates a glue that holds people together. That sense of community is what I try to reflect in the logos I make. Even now, I still design logos for fun, and I’ve offered to make a few for free just because I enjoyed the idea behind them.
If I had to pick the one that feels the most like me, it’d be the Zombie Bunny Studios logo. It came from a genuine dream: a game dev studio I wanted to build with friends. It never got off the ground, but the energy and hope that went into the design still lingers. Sometimes, a plan that doesn’t push through still teaches you something worth keeping.
Designing for passion projects, I’ve learned, isn’t all that different from designing for real-world clients. You still need to understand what the project is about. You still need to give it the right personality. And most importantly, it gives you space to grow—to experiment, to reflect, and to get better at creating something meaningful.
In the end, I think that’s what makes logo design special. It’s not just about what it looks like, but who it was for—and who you were when you made it.
