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Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

hmm this is the logo i have for my site, any critique on how to improve it?

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Imo a logo should be something original.
Either way you should either take out the text or the guy's head, one or the other.

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

define original? i made it from scratch, any custom font ideas, or image placement?

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Gaige wrote:

define original? i made it from scratch, any custom font ideas, or image placement?

I say change the font weight so they're the same. I took a look at the site btw and it has a modern, simplistic feel. So in that case remove the guy's head ASAP.
Change the font to something like Helvetica or Futura.

Also a logo can be text or it can be an image (The simpler the better).
For instance my logo (avatar) - which was supposed to be phoenix, I plan on changing it - But I made it for the moniker "Revival", hence the so called phoenix and the use of negative space to create an arrow pointing upward.

So you could try to express a Last Hope through an image.

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

how bout that

Deadsolid · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 1789 **Location:**

Logo's should be a .png with a transparent background. That looks like a signature. A shitty one at that.

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Change the weight of the text so they're the same.
Remove the gradient; move and scale the arrow down the left of the "L"
.Getting there :sohappy:

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

hey man, its a simple logo, i'll make it transparent later, and kep the critique a tad bit more polite

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

Shomari wrote:

Change the weight of the text so they're the same.
Remove the gradient; move and scale the arrow down the left of the "L"
.Getting there :sohappy:

im confused about the movement, where do u want me to move it at?

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

better?

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Gaige wrote:

better?

Something like this:

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

how about this

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

I think a heavier weighted font would be better as well as a darker red. One less triangle as well. Three looks like overkill.

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

better?

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Keep the triangles how they were just two of them.
Another thing I would do is make the triangles the same size, doesn't matter tho.

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

is there anythign else i can change or add to make it good looking?

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Looks good imo.

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

it does, but it looks like i made it with a logo maker, any other ideas?

Heosphoros · **Joined:** Apr 2009 **Posts:** 682 **Location:**

I don't like your current font used, the a, s and t look ridiculous to me.

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Gaige wrote:

it does, but it looks like i made it with a logo maker, any other ideas?

Looks fine to me.

Deadsolid · **Joined:** Dec 2007 **Posts:** 1789 **Location:**

Deadsolid wrote:

Logo's should be a .png with a transparent background.

dom · **Posted:** Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:47 am

What do two red arrows have to go with last hope?

It looks like you wrote Last Hope and used the polygonal selection tool?

1st one is text, without AA, on a low opacity cut out.

Sorry, not a fan of any of them.

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Deadsolid wrote:

Fixed

Gaigemasta · **Joined:** Dec 2006 **Posts:** 4474 **Location:**

dom wrote:

What do two red arrows have to go with last hope?

It looks like you wrote Last Hope and used the polygonal selection tool?

1st one is text, without AA, on a low opacity cut out.

Sorry, not a fan of any of them.

well then, any ideas?

Stragosphere · **Joined:** Mar 2010 **Posts:** 149 **Location:** Hampton

it's too complex.. sadly.. to be a logo.. simplify it with less letters

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Stragosphere wrote:

it's too complex.. sadly.. to be a logo.. simplify it with less letters

Big effin' LOL
Are these simple enough to be a logo? What about my logo (avatar)?

Stragosphere · **Joined:** Mar 2010 **Posts:** 149 **Location:** Hampton

Shomari wrote:

Stragosphere wrote:

it's too complex.. sadly.. to be a logo.. simplify it with less letters

Big effin' LOL
Are these simple enough to be a logo? What about my logo (avatar)?

those are shitty logos.. and yes yours sucks too

good logos are simple yet effective.. Apple logo , Nike, Addidas, Puma

Shomari · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 2341 **Location:** Limbo

Can you do any better?

Btw don't come in here all arrogant, acting like you know a whole lot about everything.

Panu · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 3536 **Location:** Around

lol @ Strago.

I personally dont know Shomari but I know his work, and I'll tell you his work is by far one of the best I've seen. To those who have touched photoshop, Shomari knows what he is talking about. Theres no need to waltz in claim to know art, knowing design, flow and even the works of logos comes with time, not by a simple post count.

Stragosphere · **Joined:** Mar 2010 **Posts:** 149 **Location:** Hampton

post count is all i have!

lol.. you don't know anything about logo's... you may have a symbol you like to use.. like i like to use a Decadentia R in my tags to symbolize Renzo.. but as a logo.. simplicity is key

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