The prize for this contest is $50 which will be awarded either via PayPal or business check thru the mail for the winner from this site. I am working with 1 or 2 other desingers as well, so I may not end up using your design in the end. If I do use your design, I may ask if you would like to contribute to other ideas (business card, web site template/design, jersey design, etc). (i.e. there may be more work available!)
The contest will last for about two weeks, ending on October first at midnight. I'll pick a winner ASAP after that date. From the winner, I will ask for the "standard files", which I think are the .eps files typically? As well as digital format (png/jpg) that I could use right away. Let me know if there is something 'screwy' with this request...like I said, I'm not a desinger!
I am in search of a "cool logo" for my newly formed coaching business, which I am running strictly as a hobby. It is a coaching service for endurance athletes, specifically triathletes and x-terra (off-road triathlons) of all distances. I can also do single sport coaching as well. My fees are low by industry standards, as I am new at coaching and like I said, this is a hobby. Therefore I don't have a lot of money to hire the "professional" desingers I have contacted so far. I have seen some of the work on this site and think it's great...I am hoping $50 is enough to get a fair amount of interest.
The logo will be used on my website, business cards and flyers and possibly on a team jersey/hat as well. I would like a color version that will look good in B&W.
About the business and sport:
For those of you unfamiliar with the sport, the triathlon format is typically swim, then bike, then run, each followed immediately by the next, with just enough time to change clothing (typically 1-3 minutes). Distances range from sprint triathlons (500m swim, 20k bike, 5k run) to IronMans (2.4mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run) adn range in time from 1 hour for the fastest sprint triathletes, to 16 hours for a longish ironman finisher.
I will specialize in local athletes, typically doing the sprint and olympic distances (times from 1-4 hours) for both regular and off-road tris.
THe name of the business is "Steel City Endurance", based in Pittsburgh, PA (the Steel City, think Pittsburgh Steelers)
Some things I would like to see...please keep in mind I am not a designer, but I want to give you guidelines to keep you "on track"
Bold lines & colors, but not a large color palatte. POssibly black & gold (steelers/pirates/penguin colors), or black and red, or some other similar strong feeling palatte. Open to suggestions.
Something "iconic"...like a single bold graphic with the name of the company for example.
It should convey the strong work ethic that pittsburgh is known for in its heritage, as well as the strong work ethic required of an endurance athlete. There are a lot of Pittsburgh 'icons' that could be used...but I don't want to cloud your ideas, nor derail a great idea by putting my own images into your creative mind. Basically pittsburgh is known for a few things...Steel Making, Bridges, The 3 rivers, the "point" where the 3 rivers come together (arial view from football games), the city skyline (ppg building & US Steel building).
I don't want "3D effects", just a bold, proud look. It shouldn't be overly masculine, much of my target clients will in fact be women, but I definatley don't want a feminine "look".
While I would like to be able to see that the logo is for triathlon without having to explain it, I don't want a logo that's just an icon of each of the three sports with the name below it...those logos are far too common. However, creative integration of a swimmer, biker or runner with the logo theme would be considered (or references to these sports...a wave, a bicycle cog or wheel, etc...)
What else will help you out? I was hoping I could get some initial posts from you guys, then provide feedback. If no one is headed in a direction I like, then I could tell you some of the specific things that came to my mind, but like I said, I don't want to stifle a great idea by giving you an inferior one of mine to start off with.
Thanks a lot guys!
Sincerely,
Suzanne Atkinson
Steel City Endurance
Edited by AdventureBear, 11 September 2006 - 05:26 PM.