NEED INPUT ASAP :)
Submitted by ladylee on Tue, 2007-11-13 18:07.
This is for a client that has already selected their name. It is a "eco friendly" branch of their current company, and they sell eco friendly promotional products and apparel (basically like pens/frisbees/notepads/shirts with your logo on it. Do you guys think it works? Any suggestions/comments are greatly appreciated! Thanks!

not bad
a little predictable but okay. clean type. sorry that i dont have any suggestions right now, my creative juices are low today.
Is this the only idea?
It doesn't look very inspired to me, rather generic. I think you could do a lot with this logo and there are tons of examples on the net, everyone seems to be "going green" these days.
Does the logo have to be typography based? Or can the mark be separate from the name? There's a lot to read here.
With the one you have posted though, there's an awkward space between the "e" and the "t", maybe tighten them up a bit? Also, the "m" and the "a" seem a little too tight in comparison to the other letters. The ending "g" in marketing seems chopped. I see why, so you could get "gone green" under there, but it looks lopsided with the big top and little bottom. Maybe you could move the "gone green" over to the left, bring back the chopped "g" and the "stem" of the "t" could continue up from the "g" in green. I don't know, just an idea.
I hope at least some of that helped. Good luck!
It's amazing how hip it is
It's amazing how hip it is to be 'green' these days. :)
Can you first do this in black and white (standard practice) and then separate the icon from the logotype? Read this thread, it will explain the exasperation with logotypes intertwined with their icons:
http://creativebits.org/what_is_a_logo
Is the 'gone green' a tagline or part of the business name?
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I agree with Natobasso,
I agree with Natobasso, start in black and white - not colour or grayscale. You'll need the logo to stand on it's own with it just in black and white. I think that this logo relies a fair chunk on the two different tones of green. If you were to convert this logo to just black and white, it would look quite crowded.
My biggest complaint is that that although there are a lot of "green" logos in style right now, they all seem to be doing the same thing. Century Gothic/Avant Garde (or similar) with a leaf mark. Why not step away from that and do something that will really stand out? A leaf is not the only thing that symbolizes the ecosystem.
I very much think turning the letter "T" into something is not working. It reminds me of those alphabet books for children that have each letter formed by something that begins with that letter. I also think a stem that looks cut off at the top is awkward, like it's chopped off - not very "green" when you think about it. (Trees being cut down for paper, etc.) I think a separate mark would work better for this.
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Leaf and plant is too
Leaf and plant is too obvious a symbol in this case. I would dig deeper.
Agreed
I agree with the comments so far, the color green is a convenient symbol in and of itself. take advantage of that and leave the "leaf" and "vanilla fonts" to those who are less creative out there.