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≈ can't nudge this ≈
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What's it for? Context is required to determine if a logo is successful or not, otherwise it's just a crab claw and a tilde that was flipped and turned 90 degrees. -
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No, I'm only interested in the shape, form, color combinations and anything the logo may imply that I might have overlooked. Whether or not it applies is a separate story.
Thanks for the crab thing, that's definitely something I haven't noticed.Comment
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It's hard to wrong with analogous colour schemes. It's not really a separate story though, design serves a purpose or it's just art, whether it serves its purpose or not is the meat of a design critique.Originally posted by Elixan View Post
That being said, the curve on the left side of the mark creates tension as it creates a line that harshly intersects the tilde bit. This curve should lead into the tilde bit to be more akin to how a flame acts IRL.Comment
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The Marquis of Meat
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On the ones on the right, I think the blue version takes too large a jump in gradients. The red version is a little more subtle, which I personally prefer.
As keming said, without knowing a brief, this is all just subjective aesthetics.Comment
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Thanks for that guys.
Well here's the brief. I've been posting similar threads for a while now, and I sometimes feel a little bad about keeping on posting about the same thing since I just can't make up my mind. For those who have not seen familiar threads, these studios cover a vast variety of media, including photography, music, design and others. I was trying to think of a generic and yet catchy logo, and this is my outcome so far.
Those of you who's input might have been neglected in the least earlier - thanks I paid attention to every bit, but I have a lot things to consider, not only from a design standpoint, so don't be offended if what you may have said has not been heeded. Yet.
So uh.. yeah. Which do you prefer? And yes, it's misspelled.
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It looks a little more natural.
What are you trying to communicate with your logo? Generic is always going to be, well, generic. What is your USP? Why would someone choose your studio over another? These are the things to consider when the scope of your services/products is quite large/you don't want use a completely literal representation in your logo.
I'm not sure any of those fonts are strong enough to be paired with that mark like that.Comment
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I'm sorry, but this is completely the wrong way to go about designing a logo and as a client, I would never hire a designer to design something that is supposed to represent my company if he can't even design a logo for himself that represents his business.Originally posted by Elixan View Post
What would you tell a client if he/she asked, "I like your logo, what does it mean?" Are you going to say, "Well, I just liked the look of it, so I slapped it next to some text"? Your logo needs to have reasoning behind it. It has to mean something to you and your business. Designing without meaning defeats the purpose of graphic design. Graphic design is visual communication. What is this communicating?Comment
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Everything I post here is the result of days of thinking and sketching. I am obviously bad at making up my mind, since I've already posted other versions of what my logo could be.Originally posted by Sketcher View Post
I've thought about the meaning, a burning flame, a spark of hope, warmth, power and glory, just to name a few things that I believe the logo projects. I've pictured the logo for each of the venues and how it would look, I've sketched a hundred flame shapes before squeezing out this one, I've gone through a good long process.
Obviously, we all miss details at times, like the crab claw and the conflicting lines, but with only a half year of experience I can't whip up something glorious on my first try. I'm really thankful for your feedback, I just don't really like your assumed feeling of my disregard or slackness, or something
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My comment was based off what you said about going for a generic design. I took that to mean that you chose your logo only because you thought it looked cool, rather than choosing it because it of the meaning behind it and how it represented your business to your target market.
I'm sorry if you thought I was questioning your work ethic. That wasn't my intent. However, you can do a thousand sketches, but if you're going in the wrong direction, those thousand sketches mean nothing. You never mentioned what the flame meant to you. You only said you wanted something generic. And that is the wrong way to design a logo.Comment
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Since this is for your business, your mission statement, is a good place to start. If your mission statement invokes "hope, warmth, power and/or glory" please ignore this comment. If it doesn't, then you may want to rethink the concept. If you don't have a mission statement, you should, it's pretty much step one of any business plan.Comment
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If your gas bill turned up with this logo on what would you think?
Look at it from a potential client's POV, not from the endless things you're trying to express from one logo. The place for dissecting clever symbolism is grade 10 english, which i can't imagine is your target market. As designers we try to be too clever by half with our own logos. Just keep it simple. If you can't find a solution that hits the spot, just use a wordmark. Nothing wrong with that.Comment
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Maybe you already realize this, but you've spelled it Elixan and Elxian.
I see a firey crab claw, or an "I'm rubber, you're glue" hand facing upwards.
These are just my observations. I'm not saying bad or good, because I don't know enough to know ... but it could be that it's memorable even if it doesn't really mean anything, I dunno.Comment
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I've been thinking of a wordmark, but then I'd really like 1 symbol to represent the whole brand, if I had the need. On a social page, for instance, or anywhere where words would be a distraction. Using a plain E is possible, but... it's too simplistic for me. That's why I made this one.Comment
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