Elvis: Logos of the Gods

[ffutures]

I've created logos for a couple of the musical Gods mentioned in Elvis: The Legendary Tours and their servants.



From left to right we have Eyepoade, Goddess of Recording, Sol, God of the Sun and Music, and the Groupies, the half-woman, half-bird servants of the Gods of music. They'll be reproduced very small, about 2cm wide per logo, so they need to be simple.

What I want to check is that they aren't too similar to the logos of any particular company or (more importantly) religion, since I'd prefer not to start a jihad.

The Eyepoade logo is supposed to be a face bitten out of an apple, and is, fairly obviously, a parody of a certain company's logo. The Sol one is just an eye in the sun. The Groupies one is a bikini with wings.

Any thoughts, or suggestions on improving them?

Comments

[elementalv.livejournal.com]

If you were going to have trouble with any of them, I would say the Eyepoade logo will be it. Copyright law in the U.S. protects parodies, but Apple's logo falls under trademark laws, and I'm not sure if trademark protects parody or not. It's a question best answered by a lawyer.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Okay - maybe I ought to make it a pear instead.

[elementalv.livejournal.com]

Good idea -- it will keep you out of trouble with Apple Records as well, no doubt.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Well, a face doesn't quite work on a pear, so I've made it just a bite mark.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

You'd prefer not to start a jihad? From the man who brought us Diana: Warrior Princess?

Frankly, I'm disappointed. :)

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Don't mind an argument about the royals, but religion brings out the serious nutters.

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

I think that the Eyepoade one ought to have an eye. Perhaps an apple (or pear) with a large single eye, and perhaps no bite mark?

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

There's a chunk of mythology in the book about an attempt to poison the goddess, the bitten fruit which is sacrificed to her, etc., so it pretty much has to be bitten.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

Keep it. The Elvis people are far more likely to sue you.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

You know, even if Apple or ElvisCo did sue you: think of the free publicity! Don't change a thing.

[speakr2customrs.livejournal.com]

It could still have an eye.

Even more apt if it was a potato rather than an apple or pear.