[Closed] Logo...... what do you think? I may need help!

1 is better than 2

Honest opinion is that both of those are very amateur and rubbish.

You need to find a designer and tempt them to do you a proper logo for free in exchange for future riches*

*usually goes down well 🙂

Or write a proper brief and go here http://logotournament.com

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Why don't you ask one of the designer types on here to knock you one up in their coffee break?

shoot the designer.

1 is passable. 2 is crap

It just makes me think of Mars bars.....

I liked [url= http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/january/what-kind-of-logo-does-25-buy-you ]this one[/url].

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Aaaaaaaaaaah - the 'Bevel and Emboss' filter in photoshop, applied to text.

Nothing quite screams 'visual illiterate' quite like it 😉

You need to find a designer

If someone wants to have a go I'm happy to pay.

1 would likley get you a knock on the door from the Ferrari legal people!

these are from a designer suggested on here

😯 He was clearly using the term loosely. Was it fourcrossjohn?

Okay, I'll rephrase it

You need to find a sober designer

It could be that I am colour blind, but I find the first one is quite hard to read the word 'Rest'might be something to do with the choice of colours fading into each other?

Saying that, I prefer it to the second one.

Are you selling printed t-shirts?

the gradient across the text in the first one causes the "e" rest to blend into the background. Bad font choices. Bad colours. Bad Embossing (bleeding from one letter to the next). Overall Bad.

I refer the right honourable gentleman to my previous statement.

Anyone who uses photoshop filters on copy needs a slap around the chops with a wet fish. Just add a drop shadow in, and the visual horror is complete

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the gradient across the text in the first one causes the "e" rest to blend into the background. Bad font choices. Bad colours. Bad Embossing (bleeding form one letter to the next). Overall Bad.

Thanks Klunk, I though it was my iffy eyes 😉

I have a friend who's a graphic designer who might be able to help (paid of course)

Portfolio : http://www.flickr.com/photos/9505279@N04/

2nd one looks like those prove you're human by typing the contents of this box things you get on webpages.

But then again I'm one of those visually illiterate people binners was on about so what do I know.

how about ?

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The company name offer some potential, but these logos squander it imo.

The first isn't the worst thing I've ever seen in my life, but the second is definitely down amongst them.

If you *have* to progress with this particular designer and wish to select one to move forward with, I would choose the first, but I would remove the gradient and red background and then re-assess the type on its own.

If you can choose another designer, I would.

Or here's another crap one I just made

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xiphon, are you on commission? You post that link on everyone of these threads.

I'm quite liking the logotournament idea..... more than I was planning on paying though - there again I'm not that up on what these things cost.

Orrid

I had another thought.

How about a symbiotic circle showing the three elements of Work, Rest & Play in union.

Using colour to combine the three

Also think about how this logo may need to be used on clothing (assumption)

Also 3 colour print and out lines

anyway....

here another crap one...

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That's a step away from,

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MTG interesting article but I think they picked a bad fake business as an example, it's a plumber, WGAF if they have a funky logo? can the man stop the water coming in through my front room ceiling? That logo (to a visually....etc) looks serviceable, if I look back at it and critique it then yeah it's a bit mleh, but I wouldn't think twice about seeing it on the side of a van or on my invoice.

If santa cruz or intense or some other chi chi designer of dandy horses got the same designers in to tart up their website they may well loose sales. Mind you the Hope site looks bloody awful and it doesn't appear to have harmed them.

U a designer BTW?

How about a symbiotic circle showing the three elements of...

How's this?

I just like the idea of a French looking dog smoking a pipe.

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I didn't like the ampersand and the spaces and the lack of a comma also

OP, is this for a clothing brand?

OP, is this for a clothing brand?

I'd hazard that "WRP Clothing" is a clothing brand, yes.

I didn't like the ampersand and the spaces and the lack of a comma also

Actually, I think I prefer "Work, Rest, Play" or "Work. Rest. Play." perhaps; it flows better without the 'and' (and is less copyright-infringing).

well in that case I think you need to rethink the name. 'Work Rest and Play' is dreadful. WRP is not much better. would people want to see your logo and name on their clothes?

If that smoking French dog isn't a logo already, it should be.

In fact, I'd lose the company name and keep the smoking French dog. Call your company Smoking French Dog Clothing and slip Tiger6791 a few readies. Job done.

I just like the idea of a French looking dog smoking a pipe.

genuine lol

Anyone who uses photoshop filters on copy needs a slap around the chops with a wet fish. Just add a drop shadow in, and the visual horror is complete

They're layer styles, not filters. 😛

They should be a bloody criminal offence! 😛

Call your company Smoking French Dog Clothing

L'Apparel Du Chien Fumer.

I can assure you, it was not me who did those!

Tiger6791 - second dog is a winner.
Yes, and rethink the name - awful and just conjours up images of Mars bars. Assuming that's not the link you want to make.

would people want to see your logo and name on their clothes?

Not sure this helps, but ilbies tal-klieb tipjip is Smoking Dog Clothing in Maltese - and that's a pretty damn exotic language. Exotic languages and smoking dogs sell clothes. That's a fact.

So, ilbies tal-klieb tipjip it is, in Comic Sans please. I'll be first on your mailing list.

Be interesting to hear Mars' reaction. Obviously you are not making chocolate bars, but some brand owners can get a bit precious with use of their registered words.

+1 for Chien Fumer

nooooo wrong background,

Somehow the Comic sans makes it look Dutch

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Seeing Tiger6791's wonderful new logo, I have a sudden overwhelming need to buy high-cost performance sports and leisure clothing...

Why is he smoking Canadian tobacco? Or is it something else very Canadian?

The hat + cig the dog has is a tip towards French culture in Canada (well... to me anyway)

The logos in the OP look like they were made by a web designer which IMO is always a big mistake. You need to consider how it's going to look - and how difficult/expensive it will be to recreate it - on letterheads/business cards/embroidered t-shirts/vehicles/monochrome version etc. Look at any recognisable logo from a big company - they are simple with a limited colour palette. Logos are one area where photoshop trickery is definitely not required.

Don't call him French though...he's Québécois

If that smoking French dog isn't a logo already, it should be.

In fact, I'd lose the company name and keep the smoking French dog. Call your company Smoking French Dog Clothing and slip Tiger6791 a few readies. Job done.

This. A thousand times this.

A Smoking Dog Clothing conceptual ad (admittedly I don't know what you're clothes are so I'm blue-sky thinking on this one).

A mountain bike, ridden by a complete nutter on some gnarly terrain. It might be raining.

Rider pulls several generically sick moves.

Cut to:

Shot of mud spray (slow motion, possibly) as a crowd assembles to watch the rider's amazing performance. Thanks to his über high testosterone levels he's giving nature an almighty slapping.

Cut to:

Close up of rider. He's in control, at ease, at one with nature. He's also sick and way gnarly.

Close up on 2 cool girls, watching. One says:

Man, that dawg is suh-mokin'

Fade out to logo:

Smoking Dog Clothing

[i]Finis[/i]

i have a man-crush on your creative mind musings camo.

Aw shucks, Phil ... 😳

I think we're onto something. What are the tshirts going to look like? And do they come pre-smelling of dog and fags?

'Be Sick as a Dog'

Canine comfort, smoking looks.

Let's talk about logos we like rather than shitting on the OP (although those logos don't do anything for me in all honestly). Perhaps some images of good logos will inspire the OP?

Here are a few that have caught my attention as being pretty good:

Sun Microsystems:

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TheyFit Condoms:

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Lacoste clothing:

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TJ TO THE FORUM!!!!

REPEAT: TJ TO THE FORUM!!!!

😀

Perfection IMHO:

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So.....

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changed my mind

Have a look here for some cool logos

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