Logo - Just Messing Around

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Originally Posted by Eric Alan

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...Logo2Small.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg

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This BP's face is too cute; overall I like the logo. My suggestions:

Scale down the BP's face to where you can see more of the "II", and hide the bottom of the BP's neck behind the bottom bar so the whole "II" is seen. I'd stay with a bright back color with a more subtle BP color: keep with the black borders.

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Originally Posted by Eric Alan

Thanks, Justin. You're right - I am going for simple here. Should I actually take this any further down the road and go for banner/website design, that's when I can go for more detail.

Having said that, I feel like I lose a lot of the life/character in the original logos (to the left) by the time I break it down to the basics (to the right). Any recommendations?

On that note, I was only making them huge for my own sanity. It's much easier for me to make a large image and then shrink it down than make a small image larger without significantly compromising the quality.

Small Versions:

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...Logo2Small.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...iLogoSmall.jpg

Eric

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I really like #5 with the blue background.

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Originally Posted by Daybreaker

This BP's face is too cute; overall I like the logo. My suggestions:

Scale down the BP's face to where you can see more of the "II", and hide the bottom of the BP's neck behind the bottom bar so the whole "II" is seen. I'd stay with a bright back color with a more subtle BP color: keep with the black borders.

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What do you think now?

Before & After:

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...Logo2Small.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...LogoSmall2.jpg

Eric

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Originally Posted by ChaosAffect

I really like #5 with the blue background.

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:) Agree to disagree. The last couple look like sock puppets to me. I think a redesigned head is in order if I go that simple.

Eric

Added the name to the top. It looks pretty sweet as the lock screen on my Samsung Galaxy S3. :gj:

Side note: DANG this has evolved a lot since the original idea.

Eric
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...miniMorphs.jpg

Much better!

I agree much better. The only thing I see is the word "morphs". Because of the color it is blending in with the blue background. I would either change the color of "morphs" or move "Gemini morphs" up a little to put a little space between "morphs" and the blue background.

I agree. Much better, and much more graphic. With the text, I think outlining the words and maybe making the black "fade" into the blue, or vice versa would look cool.

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Originally Posted by 4theSNAKElady

I agree. Much better, and much more graphic. With the text, I think outlining the words and maybe making the black "fade" into the blue, or vice versa would look cool.

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I agree that something needs to be done with the words in this example, but I'm not sold on just what that is yet . Personally, I like how "morphs" overlaps "GEMINI" (honestly, I had it overlapping more earlier) but I can't figure out how to get it to stand out better. I don't want to add yet another color to the mix, so I'm looking for other options. When I get home I'll play with fading a bit, but I'm thinking that'll look out of place since I have block colors everywhere else.

Any other ideas for the text? Thanks!

Eric

Edit: I just had another idea for the text that I want to try out! Too bad I'm not home for another several hours to see it in play...

When I first start brainstorming logos, I try to get as many different designs together as possible. I see you have done a lot of iterations of the same basic concept just with different colors/slightly different line work. This kind of thing should be done once the logo is really finalized, much later in the process. If you are just starting a design, don't go for the first one that looks just ~okay~. Really get those creative juices flowing. Even a simple google image search for snakes or gemini might help spark some ideas.

Try to think of something completely different than what you have been doing. I don't think it is a bad logo, but I think there is a lot of disconnect between the gemini symbol and the snake face. They don't relate at all. In my opinion, a logo doesn't really need a foreground and a background. Its all about Meshing your brand with what you are selling. In this case, gemini with snakes. You could totally abstract the gemini symbol with some snakes and I think it would look awesome!