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#1 SimplicityDesigns

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Posted 02 August 2006 - 04:04 PM

One of my website clients is going to be in charge of this 1st Friday thing (Many other cities have it so I'm sure you know what it is), and they asked me to design a logo for them...here's what I came up with. I wanted to get some feedback from a couple of different places before I did the ad and site, etc.

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Thanks guys!

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Posted 02 August 2006 - 05:18 PM

Nice concept. Only thing that looks a little off to me is the "st" and that 1 pixel line seperating the 1 and the F. That line is only going to get blurred and be almost indistinguishable once that logo is shrunken down. I think it would look better with the "1" and "f" stuck together, and maybe have the 1 be a lighter or darker shade of blue...

Its still a nice logo either way, good job.

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Posted 02 August 2006 - 08:12 PM

Thanks. The only thing about making the 'st' lighter is that it may not be as visible when shrunken, but I'll try it out.

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Posted 02 August 2006 - 08:28 PM

This is kind of what I meant, I edited the original pic some, hope you dont mind:

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Its just easier for me to show what I mean :D

So I hope that gives you some ideas, if not, ignore it heh.

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Posted 03 August 2006 - 05:48 AM

that's better

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Posted 03 August 2006 - 06:11 AM

why dont u put the fading color back in also? i liked that

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Posted 03 August 2006 - 08:07 AM

Thanks guys, a lot more feedback than I'm getting other places. :)

Here's a few different versions of the logo, trying a few things out..

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Thanks again for the comments - I really appreciate it. :(

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Posted 03 August 2006 - 10:34 AM

Looking good :D

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Posted 03 August 2006 - 11:26 AM

I liked the second in your last post.

Just an idea maybee make a gradient from top to bottom with the 1st Friday.

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Posted 03 August 2006 - 05:26 PM

I agree in that the second logo is the better of the 3.

If I may make a suggestion:
I'm interested to see how it would look with a stroke around the letters. Like a mid. sized stroke not to large not too small.

Nice work so far. :P

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Posted 03 August 2006 - 05:42 PM

Wow, thanks guys. Two it is! When I get back to my work computer I'll try out the stroke.

EDIT:
Here's the semi-final version with the stroke/drop shadow, and a different font for the bottom line or whatever you want to call it. I'll give it two more days and then get to work on the site and ads.

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Edited by SimplicityDesigns, 04 August 2006 - 01:20 PM.


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Posted 03 August 2006 - 06:18 PM

call me weird but I like it with the stroke and shadow. :wacko:

Dan, one more comment. Try "Georgia" as you font for the text on the bottom.

Edited by xis, 03 August 2006 - 06:24 PM.


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Posted 03 August 2006 - 06:38 PM

I like the stroke too. However, the Georgia thing isn't working for me. I like sans-serif :-)

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Posted 03 August 2006 - 07:01 PM

I like the stroke too. However, the Georgia thing isn't working for me. I like sans-serif :-)

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I'm never good with fonts anyway so rejecting that idea probably wouldn't be a bad idea.
the logo is looking really nice. Good work.

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Posted 04 August 2006 - 10:57 AM

The last one you posted is great. Stick with that one.

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Posted 04 August 2006 - 11:04 AM

I think the 2nd one is the best in my own opinion, the latest one looks more ... Fake.

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Posted 04 August 2006 - 02:17 PM

Hmm...what do you mean by fake?

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Posted 04 August 2006 - 03:06 PM

Didn't think you'd understand, I mean, like the 2nd one ihas the style that your more likely to see around alot. Looks very nice.

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Posted 04 August 2006 - 04:22 PM

Lookin good :love:, but since you are going for the clean/retro look, you should add a subtle gradient on the 1stFriday part. Also, I think that the text under it should be made more modern.. like dots instead of the vertical stripes and add some underline like dots :) (yes, i like dots :D) Though it's still lookin very sexeh :P :D

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Posted 04 August 2006 - 04:28 PM

wow, i like the last one alot more, very nice job there.
maybe you can give a stroke to the st, so i will make it more noticable?? just an opinion.
and about the text down, dont know what you should do with it but it doesnt look that good, i mean, u got a nice logo, try doing something with the menu/nav, whatever.

good job though on this

Edited by d2Squared, 04 August 2006 - 04:28 PM.





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