Logo crossroad - critique appreciated

**Red Kittie Kat** · 10-26-2012, 09:37 PM

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Northern Lad · 10-31-2012, 09:44 PM

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Hi Red Kittie Kat,
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/NL

Sketcher · 11-01-2012, 03:05 AM

Neither of these read FP. I didn't see of f at all until I read your description. They both just look like stylized P's.

You mention stroke width - are these going to stay stroked like this or are they going to be filled in? Stoked logos like this come with a whole mess of problems when it comes time to reproduce them.

Northern Lad · 11-01-2012, 10:46 PM

Hi Sketcher and thanks for your honest feedback.
I will of course re-evaluate the first creative step.

Regarding strokes, I have searched this forum and the net with limited success. Can you elaborate on the problems you expect, post a link or maybe just give good keywords, which will not result in too many wrong hits.
/NL

doctorfoz · 11-01-2012, 11:00 PM

Hi NL. I suspect what Sketcher may have meant is that with strokes as slender as those, if you were to reproduce the logo at a small size, the strokes would become hairlines and, if printed (especially screen printing), may not reproduce well.

I seldom comment on other people's designs but in this case, I like where 'A' is going...

Northern Lad · 11-01-2012, 11:04 PM

Thanks a lot Doc.!

kion · 11-02-2012, 01:59 AM

I would go with A, it's more coherent to me.

Sketcher · 11-02-2012, 01:59 AM

Printing at small sizes is just one problem you'll run into. I don't know how you're planning on using this logo, but logo's need to be able to work in ALL situations, regardless of initial intent.

I work in printing and production and I've reproduced logos in more ways than I can count. Thin strokes are just one of those things that continuously cause problems. You can run into issues anywhere from printing on a t-shirt to making a 3D sign from the logo.

kemingMatters · 11-02-2012, 01:46 PM

What other concepts do you have? "a" reads as "HP", "b" reads a "P", and they both look unfinished as outlines.

Is this for your own company? what kind of company is it?

Northern Lad · 11-05-2012, 04:10 AM

Thanks Kion and Sketcher.

KemingMatters, the rough outlines are unfinished and at this stage I do not have other concepts to show. I had not seen the HP coming, but now that you have mentioned it, then it is obvious. Thanks. I have to come up with something to downplay that.

The logo is for a foundation.
/NL

tom55 · 11-07-2012, 04:41 AM

I would like to add something quickly, OP did you do this in photoshop becaue the artowrk is not smooth to say the least, the edges could be silk smooth in illustrator.

Northern Lad · 11-07-2012, 05:36 PM

Hi Tom, I use Inkscape, but convertin to .gif makes the pixelation.
/NL

woodwardo · 11-07-2012, 08:00 PM

I would make the F a little more like an F - by that I mean extend the top more to the right if that makes any sense. It's hard to see what you're going for here, but maybe (hopefully) with colors, stroke weights, shading etc. it can further define a F and P - which I think it needs.

Also for what it's worth, I like the second one better, but again, neither letters are looking like the letters they're meant to be and if you hadn't told me what they were I might not have figured it out.

Northern Lad · 11-08-2012, 08:54 PM

Thanks Woodwardo, Mentally I can picture what you mean. Will see what I can make of it without creating too much un-balance.
/NL

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