After seeing how everyone helped Doug Allan with a logo I had an epiphany... I NEED A NEW LOGO! [Smile]
SIGNART LOGO CONTEST! – -- Everyone who creates a legitimate logo for my business will get a FREE 1 Month -- Membership to VinylReady.com. -- The winning logo will get a FREE 1 Year Membership To VinylReady.com PLUS $400!
RULES: -- Logo is for "Signart.com". (I’m rebranding Vinylready.com to Signart.com) -- Include a short tagline. Ie: "Over 100k Vinyl Ready Images" -- Final art will be provided in vector form. -- I'll purchase the appropriate fonts. -- SIZE: The logo must look good on a web page. Must look sharp as small as 100h*200w. -- FLAVOR: I'm trying to appeal to sign makers so the design must catch their eye - be creative. -- COLOR: I'm game for just about anything. Keep it in mind it will reside at the top of a website. The site’s body will be primarily black text on a white background. -- Cutoff Date: 8/1/05 -- I am the sole judge. -- To get a 1 month membership your submission needs to be legitimate please.
Why do it via the Letterhead forum? Simple – I love the way you all critique each others work. I ultimately think my final logo will be better than if I were to just have one vendor design it.
Let your imagination go wild! All your help is greatly appreciated!
THANKS!
Peter
-------------------- Peter Gariepy Tucson, AZ Posts: 100 | From: Tucson, AZ | Registered: Jan 2005
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OK, I'm in, heres one that I was working on. I want to do a few more variations of it. like color dimension etc. This is the bare bones version. I can Jazz it up some more. I have a feeling this is going to be a tough decision for you Peter.
[ July 18, 2005, 01:15 AM: Message edited by: Steve Shortreed ]
...interesting question Bill, but Sign • Arts Products Corp. hasn't kept http://www.signarts.com from having a similar name, so I don't see reason to suspect they would have any rights to grumble about http://www.signart.com either.
(don't forget the 100 x 200 pixels folks... check our merchant link for some examples)
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If this is a contest wouldn't it be better to send entries to Peter rather than post them here and give others ideas (I like your idea Pat, think I'll use a variation for my entry hehehe)
Maybe Peter could set up a web page to show them all after deadline ... kind of the way Roger did for the Rapid-Tac t-shirt contest ... wonder if that page is still around somewhere, to check the eye-candy again?
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No Doug. I wouldn't expect the url to be any problem.
I was referring to the fact that this contest is to design a logo for Signart.com. Knowing that there's a company, in our field, out there with a similar name, might be kept in mind while conjuring up a design. After-all, we wouldn't want the winning design to be too similar to theirs. (not that it has yet, but it could)
Just making sure that what's created aint too much like what SignFoam uses on all their products & literature.
-------------------- Bill Cosharek Bill Cosharek Signs N.Huntingdon,Pa
bcosharek@juno.com Posts: 703 | From: N.Huntingdon, Pa, USA | Registered: Dec 1999
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quote:Originally posted by Mark Matyjakowski: If this is a contest wouldn't it be better to send entries to Peter rather than post them here and give others ideas (I like your idea Pat, think I'll use a variation for my entry hehehe)
Maybe Peter could set up a web page to show them all after deadline ... kind of the way Roger did for the Rapid-Tac t-shirt contest ... wonder if that page is still around somewhere, to check the eye-candy again?
Dead on right, Mark! Posting them here not only defeats the purpose, but would mess up the whole creative process. A contest isn't the same as a critique thread.
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"Why do it via the Letterhead forum? Simple – I love the way you all critique each others work. I ultimately think my final logo will be better than if I were to just have one vendor design it. "
For those that prefer to send them directly thats fine. I was just hoping that everyone would help each other out with constructive critisism.
Peter
-------------------- Peter Gariepy Tucson, AZ Posts: 100 | From: Tucson, AZ | Registered: Jan 2005
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This is a much better contest now, way to step up Peter. I imagine you will get a better end product because of the changes (more time being spent & more folks submitting). It swayed me. I will be submitting something soon. Are there limitations on the amount of submissions per person? I assume not, but want to be clear.
Just an observation... I don't see a lot of design critiquing happening, reason - people will want to win it for themselves rather than trying to help others win, so posting here may not have the effect you were hoping for as far as a design getting "tweaked". I'm not saying it won't happen, just not likely.
That being said, I hope everyone posts here just to be able to see different takes on the same thing.
Good luck all! I know I'll need it after seeing what others here can do!
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OK, here's my non-entry I like where Pat was going ... just tweaked the words a bit closer (without having the curl split the text) ... and added a bit of movement ... so this might be a critique or my "take" on Pat's idea but can't really be an entry... for obvious reasons. 200 pixels wide under 2k file didn't want to spend time to color... can't win, don't really use clip-art... just hav'n fun
-------------------- Compulsive, Neurotic, Anti-social and Paranoid ... but basically Happy Posts: 2677 | From: Rochester, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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I had a great design then I realized I used a Palm Ornament Clip.. Don't think it would be prudent at this juncture to use it so I respectfully withdraw myself from this contest.
Sorry Couldn't resist.
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wow.. can't say I took a good look at all of them yet, but of the ones I was inspired to look closer at by the small version... John Deaton's got my vote!! (not that I'm "voting"... but for the opinions you asked for, that pencilneck toon ROCKS!!)
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There must be more money in graphic elements than I thought.
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