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SOUL DOGS

cursor

Industry — SaaS AI analytics

brand & strategy

2022

Soul Dogs

NFT & Metaverse Collection

Illustration of a dog with an afro and sunglasses above the text 'SOUL DOGS city' surrounded by floating orange and yellow dog face coins on a green background.

Soul Dogs City is a metaverse NFT project with cute, fun dog characters from a 70s universe. The project focuses on community engagement, transparency, and shared decision making through a DAO.

The challenge

Create a visual identity that captures a warm, funky 70s vibe while scaling across characters, environments, and touchpoints in a transparent, community driven project.

Approach

During discovery we defined the brand essence as Warm Groove. The idea is a sunny, positive place that channels the groove of the 70s in a light, colorful way. The look and feel is fluid and movement oriented, echoing the lightness of soul and funk.

Text reading 'The Underdogs of the Metaverse' with a dog face wearing sunglasses and a hat, a red globe icon, and a pink star sparkle on a blue background.
Graphic logo with the text 'Soul Dogs' in white rounded letters on a dark blue background, and 'city' in dark blue inside a yellow oval, over a red background with large pink letters.
Illustration of a dog with a large afro and round sunglasses above the words 'Sunny Groovy Funky' and 'Soul Dogs City' on a blue background.
Stylized dog face with large black afro and round sunglasses against a split orange and blue background.
Logo with retro sunburst background and text reading 'A Retro Inspired Metaverse Soul Dogs City' in bold and stylized fonts.

Identity

The identity draws from a Soul, Funky, and Groovy universe. Retro is the first characteristic, communicated in a playful, funky way. Characters are central to the brand and carry significant weight for the audience, with small stylistic details that make the difference. The system considers expansion across the project’s own metaverse.

Four stylized dog heads with sunglasses, each matched with a corresponding 3D dog character below, featuring different hats and accessories including a headband, conical hat with pipe, black bucket hat, and afro hairstyle.
Three rows of Soul Dogs City logos in black and white showing standard, fill, and fill+stroke styles with vertical, horizontal, reduced, and four dog face symbols.

Key Visual System

A mix of retro 70s graphic elements simplified into a distinct language: Stickers, Funky Effects, and Groovy Textures. These elements combine to frame characters and messages, creating energy while keeping things recognizable.

Colorful collection of retro-style stickers featuring text and cartoon dog faces, centered around the phrase 'Soul Dogs City' on a blue sticker.

$bones token

Soul Dogs City has its own token called $bones. The symbol stays true to the identity and appears throughout the metaverse. It references the initial B and subtly echoes bone tips through its curves, uniting the token with the broader visual system.

Illustration of multiple orange dog face coins with sunglasses floating over bold white text '$BONES' on a blue background.
Branding design for Soul Dogs featuring the Poster token.
Branding design for Soul Dogs featuring the Poster token red.
Branding design for Soul Dogs featuring the Vinil Disc.
Poster with text ‘Stay Sunny Funky Groovy for rebels, misfits and dreamers’ featuring a dog with an afro hairstyle and sunglasses, under the brand name Soul Dogs City.

Merch

The identity is built as a system that scales effortlessly across touchpoints. Its core shapes, character energy, and rhythmic textures maintain instant recognition while adapting to different formats and sizes. This flexibility lets the brand show up consistently, stay playful, and expand presence with each new release or activation.

Tablet with keyboard on wooden desk displaying a website for Soul Dogs City, featuring a dog character and virtual city graphics.
Yellow tote bag with a blue cartoon dog face and 'Soul Dogs' text placed on a wireframe chair.
Skateboard deck with colorful green, pink, and orange design featuring the words 'Soul Dogs,' 'Feel the funky, feel the soul,' and 'Ruff Ruff'.
Close-up of a green skateboard deck with colorful retro text 'Soul Dogs city' printed on it.
3D Dalmatian dog wearing a red cap and blue hoodie with text promoting retro-inspired Soul NFTs on Solana blockchain.

Outcome

A cohesive identity that expresses a warm 70s spirit and supports a community first project. The system scales from characters to token, helping Soul Dogs City feel friendly, energetic, and ready for metaverse expansion.

Outcome

A cohesive identity that expresses a warm 70s spirit and supports a community first project. The system scales from characters to token, helping Soul Dogs City feel friendly, energetic, and ready for metaverse expansion.