At the end of the last millenium there were two things immediately indicating that you are a stylish nerd - metal band t-shirts and custom desktop icons. This week we are going to make the former... kind of.*

We are not designing a t-shirt but a logo.

Make a metal logo of a PJ handle/real name of yourself or a PJ friend. If you find all the PJ names uninspiring you can also use a name of an Ikea product**. Allowing any possible word from any language or inventing your own would not make a lot of a challenge, so it is forbidden. Also using an existing bands name is not allowed, because we want the designs to be 100% original and free from bias.

If you have no idea about metal band logos, don't worry and just try ho have fun with it. Yes, one can can treat this very seriously (the history and theory of this design niche is gradually becoming less of a source of mainstream laughs, and more of a topic of in depth analysis), but you can also go for a very ironical or parodic aproach (becasue bands do that aswell), and I promise no one will get offended... I will make sure of that!

If you wan't to get some familiarity with the topic, but have no time to search for articles, and sort out which are legit and which are just biased misinformation, watch this 20 minute video. It is very informative, while still being entenrtaining in a Youtube way.

So prepare your best lightnings, blood drops, skulls, branches, horns, wires, claws, razors, crosses, monsters, bat wings, spider webs, nerves, forests, body parts, gothic architecture details, and gothic fonts, but also sport fonts, and any fonts actually, and make a cool metal logo.

Very similar ideas used in heavy music logos, like grafitti stylised or robotic, mechanical, technical stuff, have been used in many other genres of music (hip-hop, electronic, etc.), so please don't feel restricted by this metal inspired general idea of a challenge. I'm sure there are plenty of ways to participate even for people who find metal music or aesthetics repulsive.

Everyone are very welcome.

Canvas Size - Max 666x666.

Colors - Max 11.

Transparency - Optional.

Animation - No.

* This challenge idea is a completely accidental result of what I wrote in the previous challenge description. I had no intention for doing this, but "why the hell (nomen omen) not". I promise we will return to standard challenges next week.

** This is inspired by an online quiz "Ikea or Death" where you had to guess if a word is a name of an Ikea product or a metal band. Unfortunately it is not available anymore, but you probably could find videos of people taking it years ago.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.