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Martin Koch's picture
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4th version

Please let me know when you're sick of seeing my crappy logo but I couldn't resist to post another version. I tried to decrease the whitespace above the k.

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JoshuaTree's picture
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I like it. Consider it a job well done.

- JoshuaTree

grafixforlife's picture
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Yes, this is better! I'm glad you took my advice!

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dpc's picture
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Graphic, Web and Logo Designer from Pittsburgh, PA http://www.davidpcrawford.com

Martin Koch's picture
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David, I don't understand what you mean.

Ivan's picture

I think he means that there is no idea in the logo. At least it's not apparent. It's a typo logo, where the style of the letters should communicate the message. In this case tension does come through for me.

grafixforlife's picture
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Check the original thread: http://creativebits.org/node/1704 and he explains what the logo is for :)

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Mitch's picture
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He means what are you trying to communicate.

What is the purpose of the logo?

Martin Koch's picture
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I'm not in your business therefore the term concept was not clear to me.

As explained with the first version http://creativebits.org/node/1704 it is a guitar peghead logo like e.g. Fender or Gibson. The practical benefit are the round ends that make it easy to rout the cavities for inlay work with just a router bit.

Tension is good, there's a lot of string tension on a guitar :-)
I had to release the tension in this version.

Martin Koch's picture
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Is logo perhaps the wrong term for my example?

What I tried to find is an unique and good looking expression of my name that's easy to remember.

I can see the shape of a mandolin body in it but that was not my intention. I could bring this out using a second color but I don't think this is neccessary for this application. And I don't build mandolins either.

Does a logo always have to express an idea? What's about IBM, amazon, eBay, or Fender? To me these are distinctive signs nothing more.

Greg's picture
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Amazon, ebay, IBM, google, Microsoft etc are also much more subtle then yours. I think he was just wondering if it was supposed to "be" something (other then your last name.)

I think it's pretty cool. (and like this version the most.)

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Martin Koch's picture
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I hope it's clear that I never intented to put my logo in line with these. I just named a few famous examples.

I'm glad to hear that my logo pleases. I've already chosen this version.

Greg's picture
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ha! I like yours more then some of those! lol

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matthew's picture
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I really like it. Its absolutely perfect for a guitar head.

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