logo design

Undertoad · 12-20-2010, 04:56 PM

what say you? my design skills have gone up since the webscalpel years, this is my first take on my new venture.

Griff · 12-20-2010, 05:04 PM

ere...

Actually the original looks pretty sweet.

jimhelm · 12-20-2010, 05:10 PM

ha!

Undertoad · 12-20-2010, 05:11 PM

Or combine the line and the text below?

jimhelm · 12-20-2010, 05:58 PM

1st one is better, imo

skysidhe · 12-20-2010, 06:10 PM

looks good

Griff · 12-20-2010, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

1st one is better, imo

Ditto.

monster · 12-20-2010, 08:49 PM

It looks really nice and professional -not too fussy or too simple ...but it looks like a vacation company logo to me. -A little bit the colors and a little bit the casual font (very beachy, like waves lapping onto the sand......). What image are you trying to project?

Also, the name.
I'm assuming it's a done deal and that the "To" bit is from your name, but I still have to say the first two thoughts that came to my mind were
(a) insincere -as in a token gesture
(b) false and gambling -as in tokens to replace coins in slot machines.

I'm sorry, I know I'm probably coming across as a complete negative bitch, but please trust me, if I didn't care, I'd say nothing.

footfootfoot · 12-20-2010, 09:04 PM

Following up on what monster said, I think if you were to keep Token, then the font and graphic stripe below aren't reinforcing anything token-ish, other than the very easily spoofed reefer allusion.

I think the graphic should direct or drive the meaning of TOKEN. What does "token" represent, and how can you depict that? So, if you want to steer people away from the negative read of the word, then the graphic has to put a different idea in their head before the cognition of the word takes place.

So, in other words, a symbol first, then the text. Is Token arbitrary?

Undertoad · 12-20-2010, 09:15 PM

The name is pretty much done. The word has about five actual meanings, and we find that everyone thinks of a different one when they think about it. It's actually just TOny and KEN doing this bi'ness, y'see. We hope to define the new meaning ourselves. The name is not all that critical, as sales will be driven on a more personal basis.

We are selling to small businesses, hopefully in high volume. The conveyed message is that the product is affordable, personalized, non-corporate, and will include tasteful design.

footfootfoot · 12-20-2010, 09:20 PM

In that case I like the first one.

monster · 12-20-2010, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

It's actually just TOny and KEN doing this bi'ness, y'see.

I totally guessed that! But why use a word with so many meanings? You say you hope to define your own meaning, so why not coin a new word? So much harder to scorch your own groove in a well-travelled road. What about Kenton? Sounds very business-like.. Or if you need to be first, Tonken, Toniken, Antken.....

Shepken?

So you want to present a professional, but friendly, real-people approach. I'd go for a businessy name and the casual logo or the casual name but a less beach-holiday logo.

Undertoad · 12-20-2010, 09:31 PM

I'll run it past the Ken part of the bi'ness. What about TOPAZ? My brain keeps going there.

Pico and ME · 12-20-2010, 10:26 PM

I like it. Its accessible and 'token' conveys the one you always go to.

wolf · 12-20-2010, 10:29 PM

Well ... with Topaz you could stay with the yellow and blue color scheme ... but they might expect you to sell jewelry.

(I happen to like the subhead on the line version ... but I would pick a less swoop-ful font. You might consider the classic, Countdown.)

12-20-2010, 04:56 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	logo design what say you? my design skills have gone up since the webscalpel years, this is my first take on my new venture.

12-20-2010, 05:04 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	ere... Actually the original looks pretty sweet. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

12-20-2010, 05:10 PM	#3
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	ha! __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

12-20-2010, 05:58 PM	#5
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	1st one is better, imo __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

12-20-2010, 08:49 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It looks really nice and professional -not too fussy or too simple ...but it looks like a vacation company logo to me. -A little bit the colors and a little bit the casual font (very beachy, like waves lapping onto the sand......). What image are you trying to project? Also, the name. I'm assuming it's a done deal and that the "To" bit is from your name, but I still have to say the first two thoughts that came to my mind were (a) insincere -as in a token gesture (b) false and gambling -as in tokens to replace coins in slot machines. I'm sorry, I know I'm probably coming across as a complete negative bitch, but please trust me, if I didn't care, I'd say nothing. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-20-2010, 05:11 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Or combine the line and the text below?

12-20-2010, 06:10 PM	#6
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	looks good

12-20-2010, 09:04 PM	#9
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Following up on what monster said, I think if you were to keep Token, then the font and graphic stripe below aren't reinforcing anything token-ish, other than the very easily spoofed reefer allusion. I think the graphic should direct or drive the meaning of TOKEN. What does "token" represent, and how can you depict that? So, if you want to steer people away from the negative read of the word, then the graphic has to put a different idea in their head before the cognition of the word takes place. So, in other words, a symbol first, then the text. Is Token arbitrary? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-20-2010, 09:15 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The name is pretty much done. The word has about five actual meanings, and we find that everyone thinks of a different one when they think about it. It's actually just TOny and KEN doing this bi'ness, y'see. We hope to define the new meaning ourselves. The name is not all that critical, as sales will be driven on a more personal basis. We are selling to small businesses, hopefully in high volume. The conveyed message is that the product is affordable, personalized, non-corporate, and will include tasteful design.

12-20-2010, 09:20 PM	#11
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	In that case I like the first one. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-20-2010, 09:31 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'll run it past the Ken part of the bi'ness. What about TOPAZ? My brain keeps going there.

12-20-2010, 10:26 PM	#14
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I like it. Its accessible and 'token' conveys the one you always go to.

12-20-2010, 10:29 PM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Well ... with Topaz you could stay with the yellow and blue color scheme ... but they might expect you to sell jewelry. (I happen to like the subhead on the line version ... but I would pick a less swoop-ful font. You might consider the classic, Countdown.) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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