BBQ Logo idea

[Jriddim]

Hey Guys, A friend of mine asked me to do a logo for his BBQ business. He has a mobile cooker and cooks all kinds of meat.. He said he wantet to incorporate a pig, and flames into the logo. I sketched out some ideas and during the process I thought to maybe keep away from a common illustration of a pig with an apple in its mouth, and move more twords a logo type... know what i mean? I tried to incorporate what the client wanted... but also keep it in the simple print-friendly category..

Should I go back to the drawing board?.... His business is called Cyr BBQ. Do you see the pig? is it easy to read that the Q is a pigs nose and mouth and the flames are the pigs eye?

This is kinda on a whim. i apreciate any ideas..comments...crit

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9294/chadhg6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Riya]

Love the pig's nose in the Q. The flames feel like they were kinda slapped on there though. Maybe move them inside the C and make them a bit bigger. I would also like to see you experiment with different fonts. Also, the kerning differences on top and bottom bother me. I love the pig snout though.

[Riya]

Oh wait! The flame is the pig's eye. That will show me to actually pay attention when I'm reading. It's kinda hard to see, but I love the concept. See if you can emphisize it more.

[Jriddim]

Thanks so much! I shall most def try and emphasize the flames... they were kinda a last min. thing lol. and yes im not married to that font either. thanks again for the feedback. I will rework and repost asap

[Jriddim]

and oh yes...WOW now that you mention kerning... yes it needs lotsa work

[balou]

This is neat concept. I recognize the pig with just the snout only - kind of how a the Nike swoosh screams nike, the snout says pig. I wouldn't worry about adding eyes or a mouth. Maybe the crossline of the Q could be a log with the flame on it? Flame under the pig? A thought.

[John G]

Is it C Y R, or Cyr as in "sire"? Not sure how I should pronounce it with the kerning and the caps.

You could make the snout a little 3d ish and then have the now 3d looking snout become the cross of the Q. Help give it more of an instantanious recognition rather than "... *squint*... oh, it's a snout! I get it!"

And just on a personal note, I don't terribly care for the "curvy" sort of sans serif look. I generally, and this could just be me, have always thought of good, killer, BBQ being a nice, established sit-down resturant (hell, even if it wasn't, I still picture it like that), and the extra curves on the font chosen just doesn't give me that. =\

[fredrich]

The flames does not do it for me, but the pig nose concept was really neat. Saw it pretty quick. Just wondering about how it would look in B/W.

[spider]

really like the snout too - wud consider changing the font for the cyr to differentiate from the bbq element. how bout some flames coming up round the outside of the Q?

[Jriddim]

thanks so much for everyones input so far... I seriously need more fonts... I have been going crazy working only with the default adobe's. I think I am going to try and rework everything and keep the snout idea... work with a couple diff. fonts like spider mentioned.

maybe even some type treatment

[1ooScreamingTrees]

I like it - the kerning is confusing though.