The Blackfish Logo – The Perfect Art of Subtlety in Negative Space Trickery



Blackfish Logo Design Fin Close up

The Blackfish Logo – The Perfect Art of Subtlety in Negative Space Trickery

I’ve not seen Blackfish documentary as yet, so this is probably why I’be only just cottoned onto the one small, but beautifully part of the Blackfish logo.

As it stands, the Blackfish logo type is really rather beautiful, with that gentle fading out to black on both sides of the wording.

It instantly conjures up the idea of the deep, dark depths of the ocean without so much of a visual graphic.

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That’s until you are pointed towards the rather cunning placement of the fin bottom of the ‘K’. A super subtle application of Negative Space of logo design if I’ve ever seen one.

I think it’s reasonably safe to say this would have been missed by some people, maybe for a small period of time, and maybe for a long period of time.

I’m only late to the party because, as I said earlier, not yet watched Blackfish (I think it’s on Netflix), or really know anything about it. But I’m likely to suspect I would have still missed the ‘fin’ initially, especially if only seen the smaller version of the logo. Once you see the enlarged versions, then it obviously stands out a little more

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http://www.seaworldofhurt.com: Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s critically acclaimed documentary Blackfish centers on a captive orca named Tilikum. He was torn away from his family and ocean home when he was 2 years old, and out of frustration caused by nearly 20 years of intense confinement, isolation, and lack of emotional and intellectual stimulation, he has killed three humans.

In her documentary, Cowperthwaite pieces together Tilikum’s story with shocking film footage, expert testimonies, and heartbreaking interviews with the people who know Tilikum better than anyone: his former trainers. Watch the trailer now:

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