Logos

Oct 4, 2003 at 11:58 AM

Do this two look any good??

If they do, which one's better? And if they just downright suck, what can i do to improve them??

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ApochPiQ

Oct 4, 2003 at 12:00 PM

It ALL depends on context, but the second one is too gaudy, there isn''t enough room between the text and the bar, the colors are off, and the spikes'' proportions are off... so despite the flaws with the first one, its the better of the two. The background stuff (lightning? whatever it is) is not balanced nicely and is distracting. Its also not self-contained, so if it appeared in the middle of a black page for example it would look very out of place.

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Oct 4, 2003 at 12:00 PM

Out of those two I''d pick the top one ... but I don''t really like either one very much.

Lightning background = noes.

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Oct 4, 2003 at 1:13 PM

Would it look better with the lighting in the center of the piece?? If i should get rid of the lightning entirely, any ideas on what to add to the [:::]Charles Hwang[:::] ??? I added that stuff because it looked kinda empty. Any ideas???

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Oct 4, 2003 at 1:16 PM

If you must have an image made from text then try to keep it to something that "flows".

The reason the lightning looks bad is because against any background it is going to look superimposed; the lightning ends abruptly. Keep things behind your text to a contained area with no abrupt edges.

Try framing the text with your lightning effect with a few little forks going off in other directions, but have the entire image self-contained.

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Oct 4, 2003 at 1:17 PM

Thought this looked too plain...

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Oct 4, 2003 at 3:33 PM

Any other thoughts?? (*bump*)

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Oct 4, 2003 at 3:45 PM

My logo is teh r0x0rs.

Made in Photoshop a couple years ago. It''s basically "BradDaBug" typed over and over. Very simple. Anyways, maybe that''ll spark some creativity, or something.

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DukeAtreides076

Oct 4, 2003 at 4:04 PM

I''d get rid of the [:::] on the sides, they make you seem like some CS clan member or something.

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Oct 4, 2003 at 4:04 PM

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I''d get rid of the [:::] on the sides, they make you seem like some CS clan member or something.

I agree.

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Oct 4, 2003 at 4:05 PM

How about these??

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Oct 4, 2003 at 4:08 PM

don't make your letters so bluppy. it's ugly. make the bump only one pixel deep and very sharp. I don't have much problems with the lightning, only I would like it better if it goes horizontally

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Raymondo

Oct 4, 2003 at 4:51 PM

Terrible.

You're making one of the typical logo making mistakes. The photoshop bevel effects alone make both the logos dumpster worthy.

I find that a good method for logo design is creating a background and color scheme before you even add text. Once you've got a base you like, you can add text and blend it into the picture. You shouldn't depend on 'cool' (And I use the term cool loosly) fonts to make your logo look good.

The bright orange and black blue background clashes horribly. Again, picking a color scheme before starting wil help immensely.

That lightning background might have some potential if you tweak it a little.

Cheers.

[edited by - raymondo on October 4, 2003 5:52:51 PM]

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Oct 4, 2003 at 5:03 PM

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You shouldn''t depend on ''cool'' (And I use the term cool loosly) fonts to make your logo look good.

I''ll second this.

fancy fonts are the number one sign of unproffesional logos. take a look at any real logo. they''ll always use very simple fonts, or, if they use fancy fonts, they use a font specially designed for that logo, that will only look nice for their name (if you use the same letters in a different order, it will look ugly too)

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Michael Tanczos

Oct 4, 2003 at 5:03 PM

Check this logo. I made it in Adobe Photoshop 7 using only 8 layers. You gotta get away from the Eye Candy plugin.. that thing has cookie-cutter graphics written all over it.

You need to start finding tutorial sites out on the net that will show you how to do various effects *without* plugins. Try as many tutorials as you can find and *then* try making your own logo.. Only once you know the possibilities of the software can you really start creating things that are exactly like what you want.

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Oct 4, 2003 at 6:00 PM

Ok, these are less clashing colors and some better stuff i think...

What do YOU guys think??

(On this one, I think the bevel and emboss accentuates the difference between background and text which makes it easier on the eyes. Or do I have an abnormal pair of eyes??)

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[edited by - Tazel on October 4, 2003 7:01:51 PM]

[edited by - Tazel on October 4, 2003 7:02:04 PM]

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Oct 4, 2003 at 6:05 PM

Hmmm... it does make it easier on the eyes, but it still doesn''t look quite right. I''d say make either the fore-text lighter or the back-text darker.

Still, it''s starting to look good!

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