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So I've been working with my first real client, and it's been shockingly pleasant so far. I know I'm in for a world of hurt with others in my future. Point being, we're nearing the end of the design process. They're very happy with this design, and the only thing they truly were uncertain about was the font before I presented them with this. I guess what I really need is some critique which might refine the design. If anyone was wondering, they are a nutritionist and will be using the logo on their website. 
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Apr 13, 2015 13:39
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A font change I could see happening, they're satisfied with that one but might there be any recommendations? A "lively" font was how they described what they wanted, but I tried to refrain from using anything too crazy. The colors... well that might not be something I can budge them on. This here is their website, and they wanted the colors to be based off of the red and green shown. Thankfully I was able to convince them that the green was going to be horribly bright when I showed them what it looked like with the silhouette of NC in that blinding neon green.
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Apr 13, 2015 14:34
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Ferrule posted:You can have a lively font that isn't ca-razy. I'm going to bring these concerns up with her and see where things go. Changing the font is a piece of cake with how I set up the layers, same goes for the color. As for the brushed circle not being perfectly round, I think that's because of how I made it two-colored. A circled stroke that had half of it deleted, and reflected. I'm wondering if the effect might be more even if I instead used a whole circle and simply used the cut tool to separate it into two halves.
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Apr 14, 2015 02:13
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Yip Yips posted:This is more than you asked for but: The triangle is actually the overall shape that the three areas within the state she works in makes. To be specific, she's going to use this in regards to recommendations for restaurants in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area. I think I agree on it being odd that the circle is two colors, it just never occurred to me to try it as one color. As for the colors, I think lacking the white/grey to help balance it is what made the original change to her website colors feel far too bright. The entire reason for the circle was to represent a stylized plate, she didn't like more simple flat lines but loved the brush effect. Overall I'm going to suggest that I revise things to have the brush effect be one color, change the font to something less wild and try to work out how to balance the colors better and also simplify the state outline. The colors are going to be the most difficult part, I had thought of suggesting I use North Carolina state colors but that might just might come off too patriotic for what she wants as it's red/blue/white. I'm just wondering if there's a more gentle way of telling her the combination of font and colors makes it look like something for a Mexican restaurant.
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Apr 14, 2015 03:05
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Excellent! My client is actually very welcome to the suggestions on the font and colors. I worked out a simple example for her using the lime green of her website, and another using a red of a similar brightness(Though the more I stare at it the more pink I see). We'll probably end up using a green of some kind as I'm sure she'll want the health angle to be put across in the logo. She actually went into a little more detail as well, the logo is for a completely separate website which will be linked with the current one she has. These are far from final, although I personally like this font better. I'm going to suggest making the brush stroke one single color as well. 
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Apr 14, 2015 12:39
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I did notice the poor fork just gets lost in all that bright, cheery color. I recreated the state shape, and while I put aside the circle idea I'm experimenting with a couple of things. Now my first concern here is that another shade of green might lean the logo too far towards a nature theme, but I think especially the right shape says "plate" better than what I had going before. Edit: I actually went back and did a little fiddling around.   Now that brush stroke might not ever be a 100% perfect circle just by the nature of it being a brush stroke, but I think the one on the right is pretty drat close. I've asked her what sort of background color the website this will be used on will have, along with anything else she may use it for although she said it was only for the website. Arthil fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Apr 14, 2015 |
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Apr 14, 2015 13:34
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The client liked the changes, I appreciate all the critique and suggestions. Especially about making the outline of the state more simple and trying to get the brush stroke to be more circular.
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Apr 17, 2015 06:34
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I know I am not as experienced as many around here, but just my two cents in regards to the logo resembling a P. Right from the start, I recognized it as the letter P. Stylized of course but there was no mixing it up with another letter. Maybe it's because of my own point of view, but the idea that anyone would look at it and see a random combination of two shapes is a little baffling. I feel that at a smaller size, the P shape is strong and holds up. But you have the issue of the actual text just getting completely lost at smaller sizes. I'm also not sure what is going on with their old logo, between the horrible kerning making the name be read wrong to the random squiggles added I just can't help but feel as if someone created it in five minutes. I've actually completed the work with my client now, looking back it may have been good to space the top lettering out slightly as suggested but overall I believe the design is sound. I did also recreate the triangle, at the request of my client in fact to better represent the geographical shape of the area encompassing Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill. It is meant for a separate website apart from the client's main site, focusing entirely on suggestions for healthy dining in their area. I'm keeping myself busy now with a project where I am attempting to rebrand a local pizza place. Simply trying to decide on whether I should continue or move on with the idea of branding a pizza place but instead create my own. Even have a possible name or two thought up for it. Pizza Palace or perhaps Pizza King, they both give quite a few fun ideas for not only a logo but the pizza boxes/napkins/employee uniforms. Arthil fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Apr 21, 2015 |
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Apr 21, 2015 22:26
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I've recently been using redbubble myself lately, there's been some minor success but if I want to make any money I'll need to cater the designs towards t-shirts and other products they offer more.
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May 5, 2015 01:03
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