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Mark, I don't know man, I kinda like the original sketch. haha Seriously, ya dun good! Take a look at it with the black type knocked down to about 75/80%... the Vs are suckin at my eyeballs a little. Just a thought.
------------------ Bill Dirkes Bethel Hill Signs Butler, Ky. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
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I agree with Bill. Have you tried making the entire M out of the colomns? Or making all M's this way. Possibly use the top colomn cap on the bottom as well. Or a large column laying on side under the standard text. Just a thought.
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Hey Mark. Nice design. Cool concept too. Maybe little less detail on the columns as the lines seem to run together, and how about putting a stone base to match to run underneath the whole name? It would give the columns something to attach to , maybe.
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Hi Mark. I think what may improve the readability would be to change that first "M" to one with vertical upright letterstrokes. That first "M" establishes that the letter should have slanted strokes, and your eye begins looking for that in the succeeding "M's". When confronted with vertical colunms, the perception becomes a bit confused, and you start seeing "V's" instead of "M's" Nice concept though...it certainly has the mood and feeling of a museum.
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Now yer done! Dropping the double 'M' made a big difference in readability for me. The typesyle change and the marble effect give the logo a sense of mass/stability. I really like this version! And I think it is cool to see the metamorphis of a design. Thanks fer lettin us in, Mark.
------------------ Bill Dirkes Bethel Hill Signs Butler, Ky. Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
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Boy what an improvement, don't ya just love customers with ideas like this? I'd like to see you try the lower case m thats in museum, something about the slanted parts of the upper case m that give me the impression they are trying to shore up the columns. The lower case m will also balance out the negative space. I think it would still be recognisable as an m.
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