
Need your suggestions on this logo that i'm co-creating with my wife. Ty a lot!
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Need your suggestions on this logo that i'm co-creating with my wife. Ty a lot!
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http://islab.org/irc/
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Megan posted this at 13:12—1st August 2007.
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The penguin is a little on the small side here and on the webiste. It's hard ot see what it is. I mean, yo ucan tell it's a penguin but can't make out what he's wearing very well. The dressed up penguin is a good idea here though. It also looks to me that the penguin has a bit too much shading and effects - try to simply him a bit so you can see what he is without all the extra effects. Good logos are usually very simple and clean.
For the typeface, I'm not sure that the basic typewriter type font is a good choice here... I'm not sure what to suggest though. It needs to be something that works better with the style of the penguin.
Not a bad job though - it's a good start.
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zhaoke posted this at 13:48—1st August 2007.
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Megan, i really appreciate u give me useful suggestions. i will consider designing a simple penguin with a better typeface.
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Kufr posted this at 01:03—2nd August 2007.
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Try drop shadow on the typeface to give it a little more dimension.
demonhale posted this at 06:09—2nd August 2007.
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looks pretty ok, although at this size, the penguin looks a bit blotted, if your using this on a website, make it a bit larger. The main font looks pretty ok too, just make it a tad darker/deeper, and make the system text a little bigger.
This looks quite promising, but it will also depend on the type of business you're trying to portray. Maybe you can use the penguin as a site mascot, but make a separate corporate header logo for the site, which you can also use on your letterheads and envelopes, and other uses in the future...
zhaoke posted this at 10:08—2nd August 2007.
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I have increased the size of penguin. thanks for separate corp header logo idea, Demonhale. Also thanks for kufr's idea.
Any comments welcome.
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andy206uk posted this at 19:41—2nd August 2007.
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Personally I would make the word 'system' the same size as the rest of the text. Because it's a light grey colour and very small it's really hard to read. Failing that, move the main text up a bit and increase the font size for the word system somewhat.
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zhaoke posted this at 12:16—4th August 2007.
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Thank u, Andy, i have increased the font size of the word system.
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demonhale posted this at 05:44—5th August 2007.
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Ok, looks pretty fine now, you can try darkening the red and gray, then increase kerning of the bottom system text...
Ill try my version for you, and see if you like it...
Here it is...
zhaoke posted this at 15:36—7th August 2007.
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great, thanks for ur design, demonhale!
zhaoke posted this at 17:48—14th August 2007.
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Change the logo, ur comments welcome!
MrCat posted this at 00:08—15th August 2007.
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Hi there! Is your logo already in vector graphics? It would look better if you could have the original LOGO where you have the full penguin image. Also include the word "SYSTEM" for better branding. Make the penguin image symetrical with the text font. Just a suggestion
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sitesupport posted this at 01:06—15th August 2007.
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I like the bust of the panguin, but for someone who sees it for the first time it would be hard to tell what it is. You could make it with the full panguin and remove the feet and lower belly (but keep the wing showing 100%). Then slide the "system" under the penguin and Islab, so it's centered, keeping the font the same size but using the islab font.
I don't know what font that is so you'll have to change it.
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mc319 posted this at 23:33—26th August 2007.
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I like Sitesupport's version but go with your gut.
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Babarali posted this at 17:09—21st September 2007.
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It looks nice but "Islab" should also be written in bluish or grayish but prominant shade for showing determination because such type of contrast usualy give a non determined look.