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Have you ever been working on a project and thought to yourself “How many more ways can I draw a freaking eagle?” This situation is an all-too-common problem when creating animal logo designs.
Everyone wants a unique logo. A common trend is for businesses to pick an animal to help embody the company’s spirit. However, this is easier said than done. Animal logo designs can be some of the trickiest to get right.
What style should you use? How abstract should it be? How can I make this distinct from other logos of its kind? These are the questions that drive designers crazy. Nonetheless, we creatives endure and enjoy the torture of taking something familiar and making it unique.
Still, we know how difficult it can be to get creative juices flowing. As a result, designers find themselves stuck thinking inside specific boxes. Some designers force themselves to do creative challenges, like the 36 Days of Type, but we know you don’t have time for that.
You’re too busy overthinking your animal logo designs. Overthinking something can often cause a designer to overlook simple, smart, and creative solutions to design problems.
Therefore, if you’re working on an animal logo design and can’t fathom coming up with another variant whale shape, don’t fret.
This beautiful bear logo by Yoga Perdana uses a watercolor aesthetic to create a comforting, inviting tone.
This logo by Alexa Erkaeva uses an adorable modern design of a rabbit for a mark. However, it’s use of vintage font, and subtle texture makes it feel timeless.
Steven Rodic makes excellent use of geometric shapes with this owl logo.
This design by Alfrey Davilla makes excellent use of rounded-edge line art and accompanying font. Unlike other logos, Pawpulous’s mark rests effortlessly within the text logo.
Due to inspiration from logo designer George Bakhua, Aldo Hysenaj created this awesome panda play-button icon.
Unlike many of the more abstract logos, this design relies on an adorably illustrated cartoon koala as the focal point. Above all, we have to give kudos to Kudos Design!
It started as a sketch, but it soared from page to screen as Ted Kulakevich designed this crisp, stylish eagle logo.
Similarly to his pawpulous design, Alfrey Davilla uses sleek line art and smart color choices to create this bird-based Shiptory logo.
Spoonlancer uses thick, powerful lines to create this strong modern Lion logo.
A challenge with polygonal logos is limited detail, but this fox design by Steven Rodic pulls it off through the brilliant use of color shades.
I honestly love a well-crafted “cutesy” logo, but many of them tend to sacrifice professionality. However, this fawn heart logo by Dalajlampa keeps a crisp, modern logo style while remaining warm and cute.
Voroni Logo Design Co. created this slithering s-shaped liard logo for an insurance product.
I’m sorry, but how is a logo this clever allowed to exist? Either way, Slavisa Dujkovi created this original rabbit spades logo by extending the spade’s outer lines to form bunny ears.
Some might think that there should be a limit to how many times an artist can appear on a given list, but I disagree. I scoured Dribbble’s best animal logo designs to find logos of all different shapes and styles, but Alfrey Davilla‘s name just kept showing up. This octopus logo and its variations are gorgeous.
I’m not sure why I feel safer about telling all my secrets to turtles now, but I do thanks to this inventive “Turtle Protection” logo by last spark.
You can try not to love this llama logo, but you will fail. It seems like Kudos Design gets even more kudos from us!
This logo is one of the classier animal logo designs on the list. Jonathan Schubert may have had a difficult task making a ram look sleek and sophisticated, but he pulled it off!
This Japanese crane logo by Mykola Striletc is one of my favorites on this list. A simple stamp-pattern can quickly end up looking generic, but the bold lines and gritty textures make Craen Clothes stand out.
Look at me; I’m king of the whales! This design by Brian Rau uses a beautiful color palette and simple typography, but it’s the teardrop mark that lets this whale of a logo design make a splash! …Okay, sorry about the fish puns. I’ll try to…reel them in.
This design was just a work in progress, but I love the in-your-face attitude it has. Stevan Rodic’s splatter drawing of an eagle stands in stark contrast to his modern, sleek owl logo shown earlier in the list.
When branding, it’s always important to think in terms of iconography. Unlike other line art logos, this stylized, angular eagle logo by Lucas Fields gives Never Forgotten Apparel the feeling of an iconic American brand.
I wish I had a tech company just so I could come up with a squid-related pun and use this logo, but sadly, I do not. However, when it comes to animal logo designs, this squid design by Deividas Bielskis feels perfectly modern and trendy.
While on the topic of cephalopods, this symmetrical octopus mark by Alexender Tsanev has me swimming in a sea…the jealou-sea! I don’t know what it is with me and fish puns, but I can’t kelp myself. One might say I’m seasick.
Through the clever use of negative space, artist Nick created a brilliant b-themed logo for Birdhouse Books.
In the race to get the most mentions in a single animal logo designs article, Alfrey Davilla had a substantial lead. However, Stevan Rodic has been inching his way to the front of the line, and this minimalist line art tiger logo puts the two at an even tie.
The use of subtle gradient shading and stylishly-layered shapes make this wolf-yang design by Jord Riekwel one of the coolest looking animal design logos on this list!
This bright, poppy “Everhouse” eagle design by Steven Wolf makes excellent use of line art and color to create a modern, yet historic feeling.
Alfrey Davilla isn’t going to lose this race without a fight. His fourth design on the list cleverly uses negative and positive space to show a cat nestled within a resting dog’s embrace. I’m sorry, but that’s adorable!
Kakha Kakhadzen’s deer design feels warm and relaxing thanks to a gorgeous sunset gradient. However, it’s bold use of thick negative-space line art gives this logo a proud and dignified feeling.
Call me crazy, but I might like this bird logo design by Roden Dushi better than Twitter’s newest re-design! This design does have smaller details, but the stylization and bold color palette give this design its wings! (We’ve moved on to airborne puns, now, I guess…)
This lion logo is Yoga Perdana’s second design to make this list, but it stands in stark contrast to his watercolor bear logo. Regarding animal logo designs, this one is about as simple and modern as you can get, yet you can still readily recognize it as a lion.
Flat, simple, and sleek seem to be a common theme in modern logos, but that didn’t stop Irvan Pratama from making this Letter S Swan logo unique and eye-catching!
Artist Kakha Kakhadzen is at it again, but this time with an ultra-modern and super-sleek line art drawing of a cat. It’s so simple, but it is most definitely one of my favorites on this list!
It didn’t take long, but Stevan Rodic once again ties up the race for most animal logo designs in a single list with this timeless, elegant bird crest logo.
Another bird logo and Yoga Perdana’s third design on our list, this modern badge icon looks gorgeous. Sweeping lines give the icon logo a sense of motion, but the beautiful blue and purple gradients make this logo stand out.
This hand-drawn line art by Tatak Waskitho aims to give you hope that even the impossible can come true. Imperfect lines provide an intimate tone to this logo.
This armadillo design by Jude Landry is cute, clever, and fun. The line art is bold and straightforward, but the distressed texture gives the logo some depth.
We’ve had lions, tigers, and bears (oh my!), but this simple and effective Banouk bear mark by Ryan Feerer may be my favorite of the bunch. It’s extremely minimal, yet very effective.
Mark Farris captured the vintage stamp style with this bold bull logo design for Forgotten Creek Farm. These logo marks are simple with subtle textures, yet still retains a level of detail that keeps your eye interested.
Wave the checkered flag, because we have ourselves a winner! This list could go on forever, and Alfrey Davilla and Steven Rodic would continue battling it out like an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object.
However, my fingers are getting tired, so the final logo on our list will crown Alfrey as being mentioned the most in our list of animal logo designs. Congrats, Alfrey!
To be fair, he sort-of cheated. Look how cute the puppy and the kitty look, all snug in their little logo bubble! How could I say no to that?
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