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132 posts & 36 voices | Started 2 years ago by stratobiker | Latest reply from satsoma

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Junkyard - Member

M6TTF- yes that link you posted up was indeed very funny I liked his tone and use of graphs it was superb.

I think the OP is not asking you to rebrand and re launch Ratners or something huge - well I assume not for £50. It seemed resonable , to an outsider, to get a logo.
I assume the OP knows what £50 will get him a logo without the BS

less than a plumber, and that's simply joining pipes together, right?

Depends one wanted £50 from me to fit a compression joint to stop a pipe so not even that. I did not pay him £50 for 10 mins work due ot hsis wealth of experience in tightening nuts to squash an Olive.
May industries overvalue/charge for their worth plumbing [imho] is one as the average DIY can do about 50-60% of their job IMHO - dont get me wrong I am not fitting a boiler but I have done all the water plumbing in my house including the radiators.

Please some of this is tongue in cheek dont flame me go for Grumm he desrves it ...ask him what he does for a living

Posted 2 years ago #
barca2 - Member

After a quick speed read this could be summed up with:
A guy asks designer types to knock up a quick logo for £50 if he likes it and uses it.
Some designer types pull a button off of their frilly shirts in exasperation at their precious time being far too expensive than that dahling but obviously being on this website is worth more than the 10 minutes (= 50 squid in the sky rocket) that it would probably take to do it.
A more mature and reasoned person(s) has suggested that maybe the above types would not be interested in knocking something simple up for £50.
Mastiles Fannywhateveritevenmeans is being a cock again.

Posted 2 years ago #
grumm - Member

Grum - the best thing about this is the bit you can't even see. As designers we all possess a carefully honed look of withering condescension that we deploy in meetings/pitches and suchlike.

It saves us the trouble of pointing out in words what a visual illiterate/philistine you actually are. It works every time. You should see mine. I've been deploying it to great effect for nearly 20 years. Its a belter

Got any pics? For free of course.

Please some of this is tongue in cheek dont flame me go for Grumm he desrves it ...ask him what he does for a living

Oi! I'm not a plumber.

Posted 2 years ago #
tracknicko - Member

think you have hit the proverbial nail there barca.

no idea why anyone would be offended... im sat here, with potential free time on my hands, if some one offered me 50 notes to knock something up that i could do in half an hour then i probably would.

bit like someone giving me a fiver to true their wheel. if i was in a shop it wouldnt be enough, but in my spare time why the hell not?

Posted 2 years ago #
MrSmith - Member

Rather lazy to hide behind insults there.

i was going for a bike ride to didn't want to waste any more time typing a longer reply,

Do they teach you to sound that snobby and pretentious or does that come with your obviously enormous gift of creativity?

they are independent of one another.

Posted 2 years ago #
Cheeky Monkey - Member

I'm with Barca on this one, put it better than I did.

Posted 2 years ago #
headfirst - Member

this gives you a feel for my work.

my terms are £49.50 upfront and the balance (50p) payable on receipt of logo

Posted 2 years ago #
grumm - Member

The amusing thing is that there are probably loads of people who would be happy with that

Not everyone wants everything to look like an Apple advert

Posted 2 years ago #
chakaping - Member

I think that'd look sweeeeeeeet on Stratobiker's downtube.

Posted 2 years ago #
headfirst - Member

See, there's 2 recommendations already. I'm getting a name for myself...

Posted 2 years ago #
MrSmith - Member

bad kerning.
probably passable for the visually unaware

Posted 2 years ago #
tracknicko - Member

ah but next time you'll now have to charge for this last hours experience...

Posted 2 years ago #
grumm - Member

Oooh look he can use technical terms like 'kerning' - he must be so visually aware.

Posted 2 years ago #
MrSmith - Member

i bet you had to google that.

Posted 2 years ago #
the-muffin-man - Member

The amusing thing is that there are probably loads of people who would be happy with that

So true - I've produced many a shite logo at the customers request!!!

Posted 2 years ago #
chakaping - Member

Actually he better not put it on his bike.

I can imagine him being run over by an Audi estate with an irate graphic designer at the wheel in a trail centre car park.

Posted 2 years ago #
chewkw - Member

It's not about the logo, it's about the product or service that you offer.

Excellent logo -> shite product or service = shite.

Shite logo -> excellent product or service = Brand (Yes, it's called a brand now... even with shite logo).

Bottom line, even if your logo is shite and your product or service is excellent ... your shite logo will be perceived as unique.

Therefore, only successful product or service can have a Brand (called it brand) and not the other way round. You can spend all you have on a logo but if your product or service is shite then you will be shite.

So once you have accumulated all the success then perhaps it's time to upgrade your logo but then why would you do that?

Posted 2 years ago #
glenp - Member

A smooth or polished or flash logo is not a good logo if the ideas it is supposed to convey aren't smooth, polished, flash. You don't redesign Aldi to look like Audi for example. Wiggle is all blobby for a reason. And so on.

So it is perfectly possible for the flaming Stratobiker logo to be "good", and perfectly impossible to judge it without knowing what the intention was.

Think about it like writing. If you want to write a fast-paced thriller for the masses you don't go about it using impenetrable language that would only appeal to the most erudite and learned professor. In other words your writing could be "better" but actually be much worse. Same for design.

Posted 2 years ago #
geoffj - Member

JoB - Member

"What is your hourly rate?"

less than a plumber, and that's simply joining pipes together, right?

No, that's a frame designer.

Posted 2 years ago #
M6TTF - Member

nice little piece on the evolution of a logo here

http://www.logodesignlove.com/greenpeace-airplot-logo

Posted 2 years ago #
redthunder - Member

Post the brief.

Posted 2 years ago #
headfirst - Member

EDIT: This is my last free sample...

Posted 2 years ago #
Supafemale - Member

Stratobiker if you're serious about needing a logo designed - I wouldn't bother asking professionals to do it for £50. Why not go to your local Art College and supply your request as a competition brief/live brief for their design students to do? That way the professionals don't feel insulted, the students gain experience and something for their portfolio and you don't get one design, but a range to select from and within your budget?

Posted 2 years ago #
mastiles_fanylion - Member

As a professional who spends time working with two local colleges (yes, I do things for free - it isn't all £5k brands you know ) that could work if you get an enthusiastic student or two - I have been rather underwhelmed by *some* students application in recent years.

Posted 2 years ago #
Supafemale - Member

Actually what you said echo's at the college where I work. I do find it really hard to understand - when I was at college, it was the best years of my life and I know a lot of my fellow students felt the same I guess times are changing...

Posted 2 years ago #
mastiles_fanylion - Member

Yeah I do find it very odd. We often have walls of silence and blank looks. Until their mobiles ring then they just get up and take the call. Saying that, we soon see who wants something and they normally go on to get it. We employed one ex student and he is great.

Posted 2 years ago #
satsoma - Member

Sometimes I can't believe people on here. Stratobiker just wanted a quick logo for £50.

This is obviously not aimed at the designers that are able to charge lots of money for their work.

I have a full time job, but I do design work on the side, usually for friends, as I've found that I'm alright at it. I'd be more than happy to get paid £50 for a couple of hours of enjoyable 'designing'.

I think if people had taken a bit of time to think about it, they might have realised that it wasn't aimed at designers who can command far more money than £50.

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