Illustrator and brushes?

[gr7ap2hi0cs]

For logos.

What are the + and - when using a brush stroke for a logo? Is this okay? I have heard both ways that it's fine and also to stay away. What are your thoughts? I have done it for one logo in the past and they had no problems, but I have always stayed away from doing it. i'm working on a logo right now and it would really spruce it up if i could use a brush on it so i'm wondering...should i not even go there before I show the client? :confused:

The logo will not be embroided but it will be carved out of wood.

[PrintDriver]

If you use a brush in a logo, remember the signmaker. You should always be able to convert a logo into shapes. That means Expanding the brush stroke so it isn't a stroke anymore and checking it for tiny useless points of material (Select>stray points works wonders sometimes). If you make a very complex stroke with a brush, sometimes the ONLY way to reproduce such a logo is to print it. If there is any reason to believe the client will ever want a tradeshow booth with a 3D logo on it or something cut in vinyl, try to keep it simple.

Someone posted a Lucent Technologies logo around here somewhere. Thats about as complex as you can get in vinyl and even then some of the smaller bits never made it. It never went 3D on anything we did.

I just read your last sentence. Carved out of wood how? Gouged into the face of a sign blank or carved in 3D pieces.

[gr7ap2hi0cs]

its for a "green" company so everything will be done out of nature which is kinda cool. they want to make a wood sign which i'm not sure exactly how it will be made yet. that's kinda why i wanted a brush stroke on it to make it look more organic. i tried to keep it simple, and i did another without the strokes and so they might actually go with that one, so it ended up looking better without it anyway. i think i'll be good to go. Thanks for the help!