Accidental Octopus "page not found" icon for OpenChannels website

Nwehner needed a new icon or button design and created a contest on 99designs.

A winner was selected from 58 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.

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Entries from this contest

by BaDOAN

by FishFinger

by Fussion Web ™

by FishFinger

by zizar

by shyne33

by lindalogo

Some of the designers who made it happen

Winner - BaDOAN

BaDoan has been GREAT to work with!!! Thanks for making my logo & business card project straightforward and I appreciate the files for the website, business cards, as well as pdf's for my invoices, etc.

- JasonFimrite

Finalist - Situa

Very professional and well worth the money. Top notch logo and designer thanks Situa!

- Koenigmedia

Finalist - Mikoli

If you are looking for a world class graphic designer than look no further! Mikoli has the talent and skill no matter what the task! Highly recommend :)

- Anonymous

How Nwehner started their icon or button journey

Who are you known as?

Marine Affairs Research and Education (MARE) and OpenChannels.org

What industry do you think your business is most related to?

Environmental

Tell us a bit about who you are and the people you reach

MARE through the OpenChannels website provides news, guidance, and community discussion on sustainable practices in ocean planning and management. Our audience is primarily scientists, policymakers, and environmental managers.

What inspires you and how do you envision the design for your business?

We would like an icon for our website's 404 "page not found" error page. Drawing on the inspiration from Twitter's Fail Whale (http://www.whatisfailwhale.info/) we would like a similar icon. Since MARE's logo is an octopus, we have decided that an "accidental octopus" would make a funny animal icon to quell frustrating website errors.

Other notes

The Accidental Octopus icon should draw from the MARE logo and the look and feel of the OpenChannels website. Please consult Homepage and Landing Page examples. The icon should follow the website's color scheme.

The icon should be funny and cartoonish, and reflect that the Accidental Octopus is confused/cannot find the correct page. The icon does not necessarily need to include text.