DE Production is a start-up in the music industry. A logo is needed to target this market for new and existing artists. Offering one-stop shop for artists and/or vendors.
Submitted by natobasso (3922 points) on Sun, 2008-07-27 05:27.
Interesting, but not a logo. Turn it into just black and white and you'll see what I mean. Read this post here for great info on "What is a Logo".
The fonts don't match. The fonts are too small compared to the blue container part and so as the logo gets reduced in size, the legibility will disappear. Definitely read the What is a Logo article to tighten this up.
Submitted by jHouse (1347 points) on Mon, 2008-07-28 15:57.
Firstly, I disagree that this isn't a logo. Of course it is a logo! A logo is simply a graphic used to represent a company! Although the trusty "What is a Logo" guide covers the basics, just because this logo may not be entirely vector or black and white still doesn't take away the fact that it is a logo.
To the OP, I feel that as said, the fonts are badly chosen. Also, I'd suggest losing the exclamation mark if possible! And the shapes below PRODUCTIONS detract from the logo and make the word difficult to read.
Submitted by natobasso (3922 points) on Mon, 2008-07-28 18:59.
Shrink this "logo" down. Does it work? No. Try to reproduce it in one color. Does it work? No. It's NOT a logo. It's nice art, and I said as much, but it needs refinement before it can be called a logo.
You might want to read through What is a Logo too.
Submitted by gwells (1214 points) on Tue, 2008-07-29 17:58.
maybe a different way to put it might be...
on some level, it's a logo because it's being used that way. but that doesn't make it a *good* logo. or a *versatile* logo. or one that's usable in more than one context. and maybe not even in that context all that well as currently constituted.
it's shortsighted not to create a logo that's easily used in most any context. and one of those important contexts would be pure black and white and at a relatively small size. this logo would not work at all like that, thus it's not a very successful solution. could it be called a logo? i suppose. could it be called a successful logo design? no, not really.
Submitted by archmedia (584 points) on Mon, 2008-07-28 19:58.
i know, faxes aren't used much, but none the less, i was always tought to fax a concept to see how it comes out. i guarantee this would come out looking like junk.. sorry to say it. it looks nice on the monitor, but that's the extent of it.
Submitted by onegirlcreative (1069 points) on Thu, 2008-07-31 17:17.
First of all, it's way TOO busy to be a GOOD logo. Not to mention, if you took it out of PS and designed it in Illustrator (where logos should be designed) then not only will you lose the filters (thank God), but you'll have a nice, vector image to start with.
The whole thing is wrong on so many levels.
1. The fonts are just wrong. Start over and experiment.
2. Get rid of all filters and gradients and start over in a vector program.
3. It's too busy. When you go to color separate it will be a total nightmare.
4. A good rule of thumb for a logo should be keep it simple. Simple is best when designing a logo. A good way to tell this is decrease it to the size of a thumbnail and see what I mean. Not only will you lose all detail that you just worked I don't know how many hours on, but it will look like crap.
That's all I'm going to say for now as it's obvious this needs to be completely redesigned.
Interesting, but not a logo.
Interesting, but not a logo. Turn it into just black and white and you'll see what I mean. Read this post here for great info on "What is a Logo".
The fonts don't match. The fonts are too small compared to the blue container part and so as the logo gets reduced in size, the legibility will disappear. Definitely read the What is a Logo article to tighten this up.
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Firstly, I disagree that this isn't a logo. Of course it is a logo! A logo is simply a graphic used to represent a company! Although the trusty "What is a Logo" guide covers the basics, just because this logo may not be entirely vector or black and white still doesn't take away the fact that it is a logo.
To the OP, I feel that as said, the fonts are badly chosen. Also, I'd suggest losing the exclamation mark if possible! And the shapes below PRODUCTIONS detract from the logo and make the word difficult to read.
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Shrink this "logo" down.
Shrink this "logo" down. Does it work? No. Try to reproduce it in one color. Does it work? No. It's NOT a logo. It's nice art, and I said as much, but it needs refinement before it can be called a logo.
You might want to read through What is a Logo too.
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Thanks for the advice
I half agree with you. All good logos will achieve everything you say there.
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Yes, but in this case you're
Yes, but in this case you're saying a cat is just as much a dog just because it's an animal.
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maybe a different way to put
maybe a different way to put it might be...
on some level, it's a logo because it's being used that way. but that doesn't make it a *good* logo. or a *versatile* logo. or one that's usable in more than one context. and maybe not even in that context all that well as currently constituted.
it's shortsighted not to create a logo that's easily used in most any context. and one of those important contexts would be pure black and white and at a relatively small size. this logo would not work at all like that, thus it's not a very successful solution. could it be called a logo? i suppose. could it be called a successful logo design? no, not really.
Against all odds
I agree
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Just goes to show that
Just goes to show that change IS possible in the world. :)
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Too complicated and I don't
Too complicated and I don't understand what it is. You can make a complex logo, but it should be easy to interpret.
Not to mention it will print
Not to mention it will print horrible. Start by sketching, then black and white... then work your way up to something more complex.
fax it...
i know, faxes aren't used much, but none the less, i was always tought to fax a concept to see how it comes out. i guarantee this would come out looking like junk.. sorry to say it. it looks nice on the monitor, but that's the extent of it.
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If you want to stick with this I think you need to change the productions font.
To me it looks a bit "legal" and needs to be fresher.
Get rid of the gradients
First of all, it's way TOO busy to be a GOOD logo. Not to mention, if you took it out of PS and designed it in Illustrator (where logos should be designed) then not only will you lose the filters (thank God), but you'll have a nice, vector image to start with.
The whole thing is wrong on so many levels.
1. The fonts are just wrong. Start over and experiment.
2. Get rid of all filters and gradients and start over in a vector program.
3. It's too busy. When you go to color separate it will be a total nightmare.
4. A good rule of thumb for a logo should be keep it simple. Simple is best when designing a logo. A good way to tell this is decrease it to the size of a thumbnail and see what I mean. Not only will you lose all detail that you just worked I don't know how many hours on, but it will look like crap.
That's all I'm going to say for now as it's obvious this needs to be completely redesigned.
Sorry!
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Lovin the new icon, Suz.
Lovin the new icon, Suz. :)
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Thanx Nat. Isn't it PERFECT???
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