College Board Logo Desgin

[wethematthew]

Design for Wisconsin Technical College District Boards Association, or WTCDBA, for short. A mothfull either way.

It was 100% their concept. It's a sixteen-part section of a dome, representing the sixteen tech schools in Wisconsin. Very Three-Musketeers, "One in sixteen, sixteen in one." Anyway, here it is.

WTCDBA LOGO (http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t215/mattonicam/WTCDBA.jpg).

[sierng]

I don't get how this is supposed to work in black and white?

[tZ]

You should visit this thread.

Seems like your in the same boat.

http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=32718

[budafist]

Before you attempt colour, you need to sort this out in black and white. As it stands, I think the type is too small for the image. If you shrunk the logo to a sponsor size (say 10mm), the type would be too small to read.

Aim for the height of the text to be about equal to the illustration. You stand a better chance at readibility at smaller sizes.

The linework is also very small, it may start to break up at small sizes.

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2583/smalleo5.jpg

I've shrunk it down to about 1 inch. The text is barely readable. Most handbooks and newsletters will have the logo printed at about this size. A business card might have it even smaller! To have an unreadable logo is not acceptable.

[Broacher]

>>It was 100% their concept.<<

Welcome to the world of educational in-house. (The world where good design decisions and ideas are regularly designated 'political prisoners.')

That said, at least the element count is far lower than most of the stuff I get ("it has to have six dancing virgins wearing tri-coloured flags, rotating an outline of the county and bordered by the phases of the moon"-- that sort of thing).

I think budafist and tZ have made great suggestions. I hope you take them seriously. Many people have a hard time accepting good, honest criticism.
But I tell ya, in this business one slap in the face from a peer is worth a hundred pats on the backs from everyone else.

[Toad_1]

But I tell ya, in this business one slap in the face from a peer is worth a hundred pats on the backs from everyone else.

This is perhaps the best quote I've read this year, on any design forum. Such a true, true statement.

[icekitty37]

thats a great quote. im writing that one down!