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ADOBEdante
08-06-2008, 07:25 AM
A few days ago I posted up one of my creations on the forum, and everyone pretty much tore me a new one. So here is my second attempt at this. I am designing a logo for a website, and I would just like to see what you all think. I was trying to get that really web candy 2.0 look, but if anyone thinks something should be changed I will. Thanks. Here it is!!
Here is the reflected one.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w2/love2bestowe/WickedGeniusGlass2.png
And the non reflected one.
http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w2/love2bestowe/WickedGenius-2.png
Thanks again.
-Dante
budafist
08-06-2008, 07:40 AM
Well, this is an improvement on the last one if the only thing in your brief is to copy the web 2.0 look.
What does the company do exactly? Why have you used this pink? Who are the customers? Will they identify with this logo?
ADOBEdante
08-06-2008, 07:52 AM
It is a social network for designers. I really can't tell you why I used this bright pink... I just did. What color do you think I should use? I was thinking since it's a website just text should be okay, right? I mean I see tons of sites now a days with just kind of like a text logo and no illustration. Also since this site is new and fresh I though I should kinda give it a edgy logo. IDK I wish I knew more about design...
Appreciate it!
-Dante
budafist
08-06-2008, 08:24 AM
I'm not saying you shouldn't use that colour, just hope that there was a reason.
morea
08-06-2008, 11:24 AM
In design, everything should be done for a reason, and you should be ready to explain "why".
I have no idea how the pink is relevant, but didn't T Mobile or something try to claim a similar magenta as "their trademark" and tell another company to "cease and desist" using the color? Memory is a bit rusty on that one.
So your brief was to make the logo in the "web 2.0 style"? Was there any more to it than that? What instruction did you get from the website owner? It's important that you know a lot about a company before you start designing the logo, and sometimes you need to educated a client about what will and will not work for their particular market.
Don't many designers find the "web 2.0 look" tired and cliché? I don't think that it's really going to be a big hit for a design network site. Is that what the client requested? If so, I wonder if they understand their demographic. To some designers, you might as well type out the company name in comic sans and be done with it. (Don't. That's even more despised.)
Didn't you say in your other thread that you are not a designer? If so, design a logo that will be featured on a site catering to professional designers may be a rather difficult undertaking.
If you're serious about becoming a designer, I would recommend starting with a study of color theory and typography. One of the first things you need to learn is that you can't take criticism about your work personally. The people on this site give really mild critiques compared to some that you will get.
Logo design is a very complicated type of graphic design, because a logo is not just a mark, it is supposed to represent everything about what a company is, who their customers/clients are, what they stand for, and lots more... and all of that has to be boiled down into one simple, memorable mark.
If you have not studied logo design, I would highly recommend that you read over the tips posted here (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showpost.php?p=349461&postcount=2) before you go any farther.
Regardless of the end application the process and guidelines shouldn't change. How about creating a web 2.0 logo that will reproduce well in print. Now there's a challenge…