[Closed] Logo design - ball park figure/potential work offer

I was just thinking this forum could do with some more pie charts.

I'll do it for £20 but I'm limited to Arial and Comic Sans.

[i]I was just thinking this forum could do with some more pie charts. [/i]

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I was just thinking this forum could do with some more pie charts.

Or some hilarious animated robots talking to each other.

Don't we have a few of them already??

try [url= http://www.peopleperhour.com ]peopleperhour.com[/url]

to be honest your logo looks fine, I can do a 3d version if you like,

Don't we have a few of them already??

I said animated.

TJ's good with logo's. Loves 'em he does

Right, anyway... is this where the bidding war commences?

[i]Loves 'em he does [/i]

[yoda voice]

weak in that one the logo is

[/yoda voice]

can you do it in word?

Sorry what I meant to say was:

[b]DESIGN ME A LOGO FOR FREE - NOW[/b]

Right, anyway... is this where the bidding war commences?

Is offering paid work and asking for prices frowned on by designers now? It's no wonder they are always whining about there not being enough work. You can email me if you don't want to reveal just how cheap/desperate you are on here. 😉

£400 by an arty, web design mate.

BTW to the OP, any image gallery flash thing that takes more than a few seconds to show the first picture is probably not a good idea.

Dude, your website is slllllllooooooooowwwwwwwwwwww

Spend some money there first

grum - FWIW, the slideshow on your page isn't working for me on Chrome. Clicking on the arrows doesn't do anything either(works OK on IE though).

Balls.

Thanks for the feedback on the website - been having a few issues with it lately. 😡

Though it works fine on my puter/on Chrome, but maybe that's because I've got the pages cached?

(oh, and cheers SSS)

Grum; you have mail....

Thanks Elf.

I've just selected an option to optimise the images rather than show full res versions. If anyone can have another look and tell me if it's any quicker that would be spiffing, cheers.

works here on chrome no probs.

im not sure you need a logo more than you have?

great pics though, as usual.

Yes, great pics grum.

Grum,

I'm a big fan of your photos but the website does need a bit more work. Slow here even over a 30meg connection using Chrome. It should be slick regardless of browser type or version (within reason!). I also find the tooltips on your link-bar distracting since they obscure the menu content and appear to be redundant since they simply echo the menu headings.

I agree with others - invest in functionality and UI before tweaking the look (which I think is fine as it is).

Good luck with the business!

SC

Cheers for the comments everyone.

That's very frustrating that the site is being slow - not sure if it's my web host or something to do with the site itself.

stuartie_c - the tooltips don't appear on my iMac or Macbook but I just tried it on my GF's PC laptop and they appear - I agree they look a bit stupid. WIll try and work out how to get rid of them.

Good luck with the business!

Thanks - I'll need it I think 🙂

Grum my brother is a graphic designer, I have forwarded him a link to this thread.

I'm sure he will be able to help you out.

The plants section and the buildings section seem to work fine for me, the ones in the other format only seem to load the first image, either that or it takes longer to load the second than I've got patience for.

This was on a mac running safari.

Thanks you two. ARGHHH!!! Been wondering about switching to a completely different system for the website - using a photography specific Wordpress template at the moment but I've been having quite a few issues with it. It's just I've put quite a bit of work into it - needs to be right though I suppose.

Geeks - is there some way I can tell whether it's my host or the website itself that's making things slow? 🙂

I used PDC in Manchester to design my logo. Costs were £48 per hour for design and layout.

My mate works for them. Great bunch. Friendly people and Dave that works there is a cyclist so that's a +1.

They did my company logo and I'm made up with the result. Have a chat and see what you think.

russ@pdc-manchester.co.uk

We've engaged a couple of grpahic artists in the past, spent many hundreds and got crap. Have a look at the off-shore online places. They'll do you half-a-dozen to chose from for £50. We've had much better results that way.

They'll do you half-a-dozen to chose from for £50

£8.33 per design, amazing.

If it was me I would charge a full day at £60 per hour and that would guarantee at least three alternatives but usually about five or six - supplied as .pdf files for your feedback and up to three sets of design progression. For that you would get a logo drawn in Illustrator and saved in the native format along with RGB and CMYK .jpg files for your own use. It would not include a style guide but that can be done for an additional fee.

www.mixd.co.uk

I have just looked at your site on Chrome and it all works, but it's very slow.
I clicked on a few images to look at from the gallery and gave up waiting. A few of them didn't take too long, but weren't exactly snappy.

Not trying to be critical, just trying to let you know so you can investigate.

grum - Member
Thanks you two. ARGHHH!!! Been wondering about switching to a completely different system for the website - using a photography specific Wordpress template at the moment but I've been having quite a few issues with it. It's just I've put quite a bit of work into it - needs to be right though I suppose.

Have you looked into the 'photo website' companies like Photium & Clikpic.

I don't know if they are sophisticated enough to get the look you want, but they offer trials, so you can have a fiddle with them.
I have a very basic Photium site, that I have not really done anything with since setting it up. It needs a LOT of work that I just don't really have time for, although I am trying to get back into it. The guy who seems to run the show, Will, is very helpful with any questions you have, problems with set-up etc. and there are numerous sample websites on the Photium website.
My website is in my profile, but please bear in mind that it was very quickly put together and needs a lot of tinkering with. I am not that pleased with many of the photo's and the size of them when clicked on in the gallery etc. But, it might give you an idea.......

For any of the gds looking at this, I thought I'd copy and paste something that mrs deadly got yesterday...I shit you not 🙂 :

I liked our old one (mine is attached) so want to keep it quite similar. All we really need to add is ******** underneath and change the details. I’ve done a quick version (also attached) on paint and I don’t think there is too much detail on it. Obviously the fonts ive put in aren’t correct but if you could match them with the previous font and tidy it up (im sure you can make the twitter part look good) – and see what its like?

To be fair to her, she remains remarkably stoic in the face of it.

We were charged £150, semi mates rates, for something basic but very well executed.

I had expected to pay double that.

To be fair to her, she remains remarkably stoic in the face of it.

At the end of the day any paying work is ok. After a while you learn to give as much back as will be appreciated by the client. Some want good design some just want stuff artworked.

Occasionally I actually prefer the artworking stuff, music's on as loud as you like, churning stuff out on auto pilot. The good stuff takes concentration and effort.

is there some way I can tell whether it's my host or the website itself that's making things slow?

The biggest cause of slow page speed seems to be that all your images are server scaled.

Basically you have large images uploaded. These are then scaled down as they are requested to fit the site design. To increase the page speed the images should be optimised - dimensions & quality - for each instance they are used.

There are also a few coding things that can be improved, these are quite technical and will only give a small gain in comparison to the images issue.

Thanks everyone. stumpy yeah been looking into other options and Photium seems quite popular, will check out your site.

phil.w - I'm pretty sure I uploaded the images in the dimensions they are displayed, they're certainly not full resolution ones. How can you tell they are server scaled? Cheers.

I would like a set of black superstar nanos and you would like a logo designed.

Email in profile if interested.

Obviously the fonts ive put in aren’t correct but if you could match them with the previous font and tidy it up

I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing..... comic sans? 😀

Have a look at the off-shore online places. They'll do you half-a-dozen to chose from for £50.

(Weeps) 😥

Will those be unique original designs though? Just that I've seen companies with very very similar logos, which makes me believe that increasing numbers of businesses are turning to 'designers' using clipart=style templates, rather than working from scratch to provide something which suits the individual needs and requirements of each company. Granted, many businesses just needs something eye-catching and colourful, but it's sad that yet another aspect of something we do really well in this country is being eroded by cheapness from abroad.

Sigh.

I really love designing stuff. Sadly it's a market with a detachable arse, it seems.

Grum; I sent you another email, isn't it?

How can you tell they are server scaled?

One of the tools I have for analysing sites tests page speed.

I only did two or so pages on your site and have assumed a little about the rest. Maybe I just picked the exceptions.

One of the pages I looked at could definitely do with some work here's the results...

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Euro - is that a serious offer!?

Elf - replied innit.

Thanks for the design advice/offers etc - as suggested above I need to concentrate on getting this slowness issue sorted as it could well be costing me business right now. 🙁

Cheers phil, that's really helpful - what's the tool BTW?

I didn't make the thumbnails, the template system I use generates them from the full size image - it seems it doesn't do it in a very efficient way. Balls.

Will those be unique original designs though?

Lulz, this is graphic design we are talking about. You show me a unique and original design and i'll show you where they copied it from 😀

Yeah Grum, as long as they're new.

Lulz, this is graphic design we are talking about. You show me a unique and original design and i'll show you where they copied it from

[i]Verily, for there is no new thing under the sun,[/i]

BUT

The 'offshore' approach isn't about getting a unique logo designed speshly for you, it's about choosing from a range of 'clipart' designs what've already bin created. Perfectly fine for many people/applications, but doesn't put food on a UK designer's table...

It's a buyer's market. Capitalism, innit?