Help me with a Logo, please

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December 12, 2011 at 11:21 pm #11322

indamix
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The link of the photo is dead

December 12, 2011 at 11:52 pm #11324

Dayvue
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is it still dead? I just checked it, and it’s still there…

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5666/photo1moc.jpg

December 13, 2011 at 8:04 am #11336

mr_john
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I like the general idea. But I can’t really make the name out. Maybe tweak the D a little?

December 13, 2011 at 2:28 pm #11348

softcore
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If you are not in a hurry, I can work out a logo for ya, based on your drawing…..Reply here if you are interested, give me about 2 days to have it ready…..dont want money or anything! 😉

December 13, 2011 at 11:25 pm #11378

indamix
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Dayvue, post: 11321 wrote: is it still dead? I just checked it, and it’s still there…

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/5666/photo1moc.jpg

i dont know but i cant see the picture , is says : domain unregistred , to view registre at … with little yellow frog in the ice cube

December 30, 2011 at 3:24 am #1002478

Troy Michael
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I would recommend you try crowd sourcing a pro to do a logo for you. http://99designs.com/ is a great way to get an awesome logo

December 31, 2011 at 1:31 pm #12172

Phil Morse
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It’s how we got our “square” logo 🙂

January 1, 2012 at 6:01 pm #12208

D-Jam
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First off, make sure that logo accurately displays your style as a DJ. It seems very “electro house”. So if you do that, then cool…but if you one day decide to be hip-hop or deep house, you might find trouble in selling your brand. I mentioned in an article to be careful on how you portray yourself, and explained why I went for a logo that did not allow someone to assume anything.

If you’re happy with that, then the best scenario is to draw the logo in a VECTOR-BASED imaging program. Adobe Illustrator is the more known program, but if you’re a poor student then try the open-source alternative, Inkscape.

Why vector? It’s the ideal way to have your logo so it can be scaled in any way, shape, or form. You can make it tiny to show up on a mobile device, or huge on a billboard. I’d tell you to either try yourself or hire someone to draw that logo as a vector. If you ever have a bitmap item in there (like an image of something), then make sure you have it large enough so any graphic designer can use it. Seen too many times where a client hands me a tiny little image of a logo, and I tell them this is useless.

That’s it. I’d also suggest having scenarios of the logo for different occasions. One for light-colored backgrounds, one for dark-colored backgrounds, etc.

January 4, 2012 at 11:26 pm #1002513

softcore
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D-Jam is of course right in his suggestions. Provided I havent worked with vectors that much and Dayvue contacted me personally to ask for the logo, I created a ridicilusly huge (in both size and pixel resolution) logo he can use. Of course I’m not a proffesional designer so Im sure the pros can spot some mistakes. 😉

Dayvue, Hope you like it! 😉 Its in png format so that you can drop it on any background 😉
Oh emmmm, if you dont know how to resize the damn thing to a sensible size, let me know and I’ll send you smaller images!

http://i39.tinypic.com/xbel8l.png

January 5, 2012 at 6:33 am #12375

FileSpnr
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I like it, but I think the d needs angled up

January 6, 2012 at 3:32 am #12424

Dayvue
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Cool! This is pretty good!

I have 2 ideas.
1). Would it be hard to squeeze the logo horizontally so that the letters are not as wide? It seems like there is lots of space between the D and A, Y and V, and V and U.
2). Do you think it would be possible to fade the top/bottom to black/grey, like in the concept sketch? Or would that be too complicated? And great job with the angled color fades!

Also, what if we made the holes in the D and the A look like this (with the idea of there being play/pause buttons)?

I would like to try to incorporate the play/pause idea, as it seems appropriate and elegant for a DJ.

Can anyone think of a better way to incorporate the play/pause symbols in this logo?

January 10, 2012 at 8:36 pm #1002581

softcore
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Tried those “play – pause” ideas! Didnt look too good. Then its also the D thing. I understand where you might be coming from as Δ is the greek letter Delta which to me, being Greek is automatically assumed to be a D, but as you might have discovered by now, this association will not be made by most of the people seeing the logo.
And then it hit me: a nice, simple idea, which can also lead to a more “simple” secondary logo out of the whole name logo which will definitely help your “branding”, incorporate the play-pause buttons and get rid of the Delta D, all in one.
One question before Im done though, are you absolutely sure about that bottom third color: cant say I agree aesthetically but hey, its your logo!

January 10, 2012 at 9:39 pm #12642

softcore
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Ok! Here we go!

January 10, 2012 at 9:41 pm #12644

softcore
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Let me know if you are happy with it, and I will correct some minor imperfections and send you the final files! 😉

January 10, 2012 at 10:22 pm #12646

Dj EarGazm
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softcore, that looks solid!
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