FGTeeV Logo PNG
If approached casually, the FGTeeV logo reflects the number of Ryan family members. But from a serious perspective, it’s an excellent marketing sign that attracts the attention of gaming enthusiasts and curious individuals. It’s atmospheric, extravagant, and unusual, and it represents a gaming YouTube channel.
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Meaning and History
This is a project of a family from Charlotte, North Carolina. Its members are not just passionate about video games and talk about them, but they also create game videos, sketch comedies, clips, parodies, and blogs. They even have their mobile game, FGTeeV Ape Chase, and four graphic novels recognized as New York Times bestsellers.
The channel name and family group are creative pseudonyms formed by combining abbreviations, with uppercase and lowercase letters mixed. The name originated from the phrase “Family Gaming Teams’ Extraordinarily Entertaining Videos.” An equally unusual emblem was added to the unusual name. For many years, it was a joint “portrait” of the family, and then it turned into the main attribute of every gamer: a joystick.
What is FGTeeV?
FGTeeV is an American YouTube channel belonging to a family from Charlotte, North Carolina. It specializes in gaming content of all kinds, from personal, humorous videos to funny reviews of official games. Its hosts (and participants) include Shawn “Funnel Vision” Ryan, Chase “Lightcore Chase” Ryan, Michael “Skylander Boy” Ryan, Alexis “Lex/Skylander Girl” Ryan, Samantha “Moomy” Ryan, and Vincent “Duddy” Carter. The channel was founded in 2013.
2013
The FGTeeV logo is graphic. It features the faces of all the family members at that time: Vincent Carter in the upper-left corner, Samantha Ryan in the upper-right corner, and Alexis Ryan, Michael Ryan, and Shawn Ryan at the bottom. The images are, of course, symbolic and only remotely resemble the prototypes. They can be recognized by appearance: glasses, eyeshadow, lipstick, and hairstyles.
Eleven yellow rays extend from the center of the emblem in different directions. They are narrow in the middle and wide at the edges. This is the background on which the participants and owners of the YouTube channel are placed. Their improvised portraits are arranged as if forming a neat square. In the middle, centered and right-aligned, is the family group’s name. It is typed in a black sans-serif font, making it easy to read despite the abundance of surrounding faces.
2013 – 2016
As a result of the rebranding, the logo’s inscription changed. Instead of the abbreviation FGTeeV, the expanded channel name The Family Gaming Team appeared. It took a central place between the drawn characters. To fit the whole phrase comfortably, the designers broke it into segments. The article “The” ended up at the top, between “dad” and “mom.” The middle part, “Family Gaming,” fits on the second line. The word “Team” was placed at the bottom right.
2016 – 2019
With the addition of two-year-old Chase “Lightcore Chase” Ryan to the creative collective, the logo was updated to include him as well. This step proved very profitable, as the YouTube channel’s rating skyrocketed because the little boy appeared on the emblem and starred in family videos, attracting gamers’ attention. As before, each face expresses some emotion. The new character’s emotion is skeptical.
2019
After returning to the abbreviated name, the abbreviation FGTeeV reappeared on the emblem. But now it is styled as a joystick: the letters are centered, and the control handles are on the sides. The design was harmonious thanks to the reduced “G” and enlarged “EE.” The developers “hid” them under the caps of the large glyphs: “F,” “T,” and “V,” whose right sides are connected to the previous letter. Interestingly, the heads of the two characters (on the right) have become the same size as the face on the left. This was done to show that the boys have grown up and already surpassed their sisters in physical parameters.
2019 – today
The FGTeeV logo is now more associated with gaming than with the family because it features a joystick shaped like the channel’s name. Between the large white “F,” “T,” and “V” are the red “EE” and a small “G.” Interestingly, the “V” resembles the mathematical symbol √ (the square root) rather than a letter. The background consists of a shapeless yellow spot with numerous spikes.
Fonts and Colors
The font in the emblem is custom-made, specifically for the gaming channel. The letters are harmoniously combined in the center of the joystick and appear as an integral part of it. They are large, blocky, and sans-serif. In other versions, grotesque is also used with tall glyphs, including uppercase characters and lowercase ones.
The color palette is diverse. It comprises red, white, yellow, black, and a wide range of beige shades used for faces and hair.
