What do you think of this logo?

[Nicolet]

The content of the site will be online games and pictures.

[Brian M]

Its cool...

[megamoose]

There's something weird about the M's. But apart from that the 3D and icey look is quite good.

Mark

[johniman7]

It looks nice but like meagmoose said there is a problem with the letter m.

[ssamm]

yeah check the M's

[Brian M]

[thePro]

that's very unprofessional imo

[Atom]

Originally Posted by thePro

that's very unprofessional imo

Will you tell us why?

[chicgeek]

I tend to agree with the non-elaborating "ThePro".

It has nice filters on it, but that's it. It's comic sans. It's plain. I think it could use some contrast - a small graphical element (3d icicle, 2d background shape), or different text treatment (on .com).

It just looks like you ran text through a tutorial, not like it's a styled logo.

[NothingButNet]

I agree that a little graphical logo would be nice - but I think this looks great - very "chilly."

[Nicolet]

Brian thanks for editing it. Thanks for the comments. But I just noticed that It would not blend with the page itself. I sort of not be using it anymore. Thanks.

[Brian M]

Well I'm sorry it won't work... Here is another I made... If you send a link to your site, maybe I can make it work..

[Nicolet]

Hey brian I appreciate the effort but I had my cousin help me with the design of the site. Thanks really for the effort. You're so cute and helpful. thanks again. *mwah*

[Forsh]

Are you making a logo or a header/banner?

If you're making a logo, I think bevel, emboss, and 3d logos look a bit amatuerish...when we make logos for clients they are always vector files.

Because...

1. You can reverse them in white.

2. You can reverse them in black.

3. There is no limit on how big they can be printed. Remember, a good logo needs to be able to hold up on a billboard....even if you never plan to use it on a billboard! It's just one of those things we consider that a client would want us to consider, if that makes sense.

4. You can easily punch the background when running the logo in print media.

5. Concerning backgrounds in logos: I'd stay away from them, unless they are a vector shape that works with your concept.

6. Most graphic designers doing page layout will love you when they place your logo on the page, and it's ready to go!

Hope that helps.

[imaginemn]

I would do something like this.



FYI: Vector image.

[Nicolet]

Thanks for the replies people.

[Nicolet]

Originally Posted by Forsh

Are you making a logo or a header/banner?

If you're making a logo, I think bevel, emboss, and 3d logos look a bit amatuerish...when we make logos for clients they are always vector files.

Because...

1. You can reverse them in white.

2. You can reverse them in black.

3. There is no limit on how big they can be printed. Remember, a good logo needs to be able to hold up on a billboard....even if you never plan to use it on a billboard! It's just one of those things we consider that a client would want us to consider, if that makes sense.

4. You can easily punch the background when running the logo in print media.

5. Concerning backgrounds in logos: I'd stay away from them, unless they are a vector shape that works with your concept.

6. Most graphic designers doing page layout will love you when they place your logo on the page, and it's ready to go!

Hope that helps.

PLease elaborate some more. This is the first I've heard of vector files

[Forsh]

The easiest way for me to explain it is this. Someone else step in here if they can break this down better:

Adobe Photoshop is a "paint" (raster) program, so you're painting and not creating shapes.

Adobe Illustrator is a "vector art" program so you use tools to make shapes. You cut up this shapes to make any number of designs and effects.

Adobe InDesign is a page "layout" program where you assemble everything.

There are hybrid programs out there also like Macromedia Freehand, Corel Draw, etc which combine several of these program attributes. Adobe likes to break theres apart and keep them seperate though.

Each of these programs requires very disciplines to master, though skills certainly carry of between each. I've known awesome Graphic Layout people who couldn't design a logo to save their life. I've known people who are masters of retouching photo's who wouldn't know the first thing about laying out a magazine spread. Hope that helps, it's not so easy for me to put into words.

[imaginemn]

Originally Posted by Nicolet

PLease elaborate some more. This is the first I've heard of vector files

A logo can mean many things to different people. For corporations, bigger companies, they will pay thousands of dollars for the right image, brand, identity. They will have many revisions, versions for all their marketing needs. A logo for the web, a logo for print, mostly EPS, Illustrator files. High Res vector images. These are images that consist of vector lines that are scaleable. You can have the same image and resize it to whatever size you want it from a small stamp to a large billboard without losing quality.

From that vector image, they will create web type images (photoshop) JPG, PNG, GIF. These are flat files (raster) that do not scale very well. If you have a small image it would look terrible if you make it bigger. It will get pixelized (blurry). The same will happen if you make them smaller.

If you require a logo only for a website, it really doesn't matter. If you are planning to print flyers, business cards, posters, etc. While a vector image is NOT mandatory it would be recommended because of the quality. If you are using a small inkjet or laser printer from home. The quality is so low it doesn't make much difference. Some print vendors that do digital printing would be able to work with a raster image but it would have to be the right size for them to work with.

Hope this helps and I played around with the logo I posted earlier a little more.



Just trying to give you some ideas on what I would do with it if it were my website.

[Dustin07]

that one made me giggle, but I like it.