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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Issac Newton Posts: 3528 | From: Warner Robins, GA | Registered: Oct 2004
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I doubt if they pay off in Iron City Stevo! I'll see a lot of that Iron City being downed by fans when I'm at the Arena for the Penguins-Canucks game tonite.
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If sign makers go on strike, is there anything written on their picket signs? Posts: 835 | From: Wooster, OH, USA | Registered: Jul 1999
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Do they give "extra points" for market research?
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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I think it's kind of a shady to have these so-called 'contests'. What they ultimately get is a lot of talented people wasting their time, and then they get to 'choose' the winner without paying for all the other work. Hire a company, pay them to do the job, and be done with it. Why have a contest? You can't find a company to actually do the job and pay them what it's worth?
Sorry, but I find these 'contests' insulting. Its like asking people to work on spec. I know I don't work on spec. Like the old 'Oh can you show me what that design might look like, and if I like it, I'll pay you for it."
I guess if you want to do it because you have the time, well that's one thing I guess.
Just my two cents. In my opinion, Stevo, you're way too talented. Helping a fellow letterhead with design tweaks is one instance where I believe is not only helpful, but also honorable. But assisting a company in an exercise like this, well, maybe thats another issue itself.
Am I the only one who thinks so? If so, I'll just go back to my corner and be quiet!!
"Some are born to move the world, to live their fantasies. But most of us just dream about the things we'd like to be." - Rush Posts: 1192 | From: Washington, NJ | Registered: Feb 1999
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I can see your point Dan. I spent just over an hour on a design and it's already submitted. I really didn't want to spend too much time on it because it's such a shot in the dark. If I win? Great! I could sure use that 1000bux right about now.
Stevo
-------------------- Stevo Design Illustration Logos Sign Design Clip Art www.stevo-design.com Posts: 1680 | From: Edmonton Ab Canada EH! | Registered: May 2001
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I agree with you too Dan, I never do contest for the same reason. It's basically the same thing that clients do to signshops that provide free design to sell a job. What makes this worse is there is no interaction, no creative brief so you guess at the style, unless you take the website as the basis to design off of. These guys posted thier contest on a few professional design boards and for the most part got ran off or ignored. Designing or tweaking a logo for a fellow letterhead is funner, you have a better idea what is needed and it's sharing in something that is most likely more appreciated and will probably be used.
-------------------- Rick Chavez Hemet, CA Posts: 1539 | From: Hemet,CA U.S.A. | Registered: Jun 2001
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I just figgered it was good practice....to bad it won't let me submit mine. Love....Jill
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I am the world's most anguished designer, so I don't contribute much to "design suggestion" posts.
What I do do, when dealing with clients, is spend a lot of time feeling them out to find out what they want or need...then proceed from there.
I see no sense in beating my brains out with off the wall stupid ideas until I have a handle on what the client wants or needs.
And in most cases, for me, the client already has an idea in mind and can give me a sketch of it so I have somewhere to start to make them happy.
Despite what some folks might think..it IS all about the money!!! LOL
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Shame on you Stevo!Your an established PRO even though it crossed my mind also, guess thats my competitive side:-) this was how I started into the logo design biz. I entered a few of those back when. But now I see Dans point so strongly. Hope you do win though.
-------------------- Mike Erickson Logo Motive Designs 2022 Mineral Sprngs Dr. Roseville, CA 95747 http://www.logomotive.net Posts: 27 | From: Roseville, CA. | Registered: Aug 2005
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I agree with Dan too- BUT... if you can do it with no other colours than red and black (& white), AND no other fonts than helvetica & brush script, THEN it becomes a letterville contest and is quite legit
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"...there are no limits when you aim for perfection..." Jonathan Livingston Seagull Posts: 7014 | From: Highgrove via Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | Registered: Dec 2002
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thums up to dan. alot of talented folks are taking their time to submit a logo for 1000.00. this logo is going to be pretty widespread...i assume. i would do it if i could take on other things like specialty advertising, tshirts and pop signs.
other than that they are just raking in the ideas, screw that!
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Joseph Diaz is in there too! Way to go, my son! Here's the whole logo....I'm not sure why they didn't include the legs and the beer.
[ February 03, 2006, 12:53 PM: Message edited by: Jane Diaz ]
-------------------- Jane Diaz Diaz Sign Art 628 W. Lincoln Ave. Pontiac, Il. 61764 815-844-7024 www.diazsignart.com Posts: 4102 | From: Pontiac, IL USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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Jane, when I saw the one that Joe did, I thought - whoever did that one knew what he was doing. :-)
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