Hi, I was turned on to this site by a friend who very impressed with the results she got to her post.

This competition has a $75 prize. The final design will be chosen from this site. My small company is starting to grow and I am trying to keep up. Due to travel commitments this contest is starting November 2 and ending November 13 at 8am Mountain time. A logo will be chosen at that time. If none are what I am looking for it will be extended while I am away, but I do not believe that will be needed from what I have seen from other contests that I have seen.

I need a new company logo, one that is simple, professional, easily recognizable and one that will provide an identity. The logo will be used in color and black & white. Some green in it would be good and perhaps mountains. We are a wilderness medical education company. It is a side job that has been growing. We are located in Estes Park, Colorado next to Rocky Mountain National Park. We teach wilderness medicine to Search and Rescue groups, Park rangers, rock and ice climbers, cyclists, paddlers, climbing guides and will be starting dive medicine next year. We run classes internationally. Some of our students guide on K2 and Everest. Most students need our courses for their employment and are outdoor professionals.

The company name is Trailmed Wilderness Medicine. I would like to see " Medical training" or "Medical training for outdoor professionals" somewhere in the logo too. Please do not let me curb your creativity though. Let's see what you got.

This logo will be used for all promotions, t-shirts and web site. If this works out I would be willing to pay for design of cards, shirts and other things.


***I am running a seperate contest for a company patch as well for $50.*** Enter both if you wish.


I am looking for a design for a company patch. Preferably round or square. It will be given to students on completion of courses and for all of our instructors. Please use the above information. It should not say 'wilderness medical education' on it though. One idea that I liked was the serpant around the climbing ax in a standard medical configuration.

Please ask questions! I have tried to give as much info as I could think of. I wish I could offer more $, but the winners designs will be used internationally and I am happy to put a small 'logo by...' on the bottom of the website.

Cheers and good luck,

Vern Miller
Trailmed Wilderness Medicine

This is a place holder, will submit my logo in about 3 hours or so.

I havent done logo's in a while.. But here's my first try:


I'll have more soon.

I'm going to enter, I'll submit some ideas later on

My first try.
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Er, you just totally ripped off my idea..

Well, I hadn't seen yours 'til I finished. I was worried you'd think I ripped it, but I seriously hadn't seen yours until I finished. If you want, I can retract my entry, or just make another one.

Go ahead and enter as many as you would like.

Vern

Hahahaha, good one!

Hi everyone,

To better give some direction, here are some competitors and organizations websites to check out their logos. Mine is www.trailmed.com .

http://www.wildmed.com/

http://www.wilderness-medicine.com/

http://www.nols.edu/wmi/

http://www.wms.org



Thanks,

Vern

Here is my first attempt....




Do you like horizontally orientated logos, i mean, like logos strictly made for banners, or would you like something iconic to represent your company without text?

I'm open to new ideas! If you have something in mind, give it a try.

Here's another entry:

Nice one dude!

Second..

This is looking good. Is there a way to incorporate the 'Medical training for outdoor professionals'?

(Also, to make sure that it is sized right check the spelling of wilderness.)


[size=4Everyone, don't forget we are looking for ideas for a patch logo as well.[size]

Yup my bad, anyways few letters are the smallest problem...

About the 'Medical training' issue, I think that logo consisting of 3 + 2-5 words can be a problem, to much information, difficult for the eye, plus it wont be visible in small sizes.

But If thats your wish I can do it aswell

I looked at it again, you are right. It can always be added where it needs to be.

Quick attempt, got caught up on some things this weekend.

Thanks for the comment NothingMan, I hope you dont mind that I tried out your style on this one though:


Without gloss:

Now I dont, at least you admitt it







Edited!

Another one:




Ill do the patch aswel, have you considered shield shaped patch?

Sorry if I seem to be stealing your style, but it's just a really cool style

I've got an open mind, lets see what you are thinking. VM

Somewhere in the name must say 'wilderness'. Neat ideas. VM

Oh ok, sorry. I'll put it in next time

Wow, you guys are doing great work as usual! I think Mountain Medic will find his logo & patch here!

Vern, is there a separate thread for the patch contest, or should they post both ideas in this forum?

They should just enter in this thread. Keeps things simple.

And yes, a lot of great ideas! Thanks Suzanne.

Well that's not syle anymore, its becoming ripping.
I mean You even used the same font (at least almost identical).

But hey, I cannot stop you from using it...

first try


another one

OK, here's the first version of patch, Ill do the round + square one later on...

P.S. Any form of feedback would be most appreciated...

Yeah, sorry about ripping it man.. I'm not gonna use it anymore.

And as for the font.. that was just a coincidence.


By the way, nice patch! That's just awesome.

ok, this is what i do in this night.
NothingMan one question, what program do u use?

Slick logos dude

No prob man .

Another one:

Another one,

Nothing man, wow, that looks great!

Well thank you, shield logos are my specialty

Wow, There are a lot of good ideas here. I am starting to send this link to my instructors to get their feedback. Keep them coming! Vern

Nice fresh ideas.

Hi, could we try it with a few mountain and trees with a more outdoorsy font? V

Sure, but I allready made another version

I use photoshop CS2, just like everbody else here does I suppose

FYI I use Flash

I torture myself in ilustrator CS2
I will try photoshop. thank man

Geez , I use illustrator for 3D shapes, but I'm pretty good with vectors in PS, illustrator is getting on my nerves .

@darkstone:
Check this web out, completely flash made:

www.tokyoplastic.com


New ideas:

Wow - Strong work from everybody. My instructors have been giving me some feedback. I will share it with everyone later tonight.

Please keep the ideas coming. Remember, after a logo and patch is chosen there will be additional design work if the winning artist is interested.

Well, As I see it, the rest of the work is coming from me .
Im always interested in more work, actually, this is the only work that I love to do
If I win that is...

Yes, some feedback would be very useful, I mean Im full of ideas, I just need to direct them somewhere.

Vern & NM,

I am fairly certain that the "red cross" in any representation, i.e., a red cross is trademarked by the red cross. I have afriend who used a red cross in his personal blog (not even a business venture), and they emailed him a note telling him to stop using it. Other versions of a cross, like the inverted one, that is, the graphics inside of a "knockout" cross, are probably OK. Just an FYI, you'd better look into it before deciding on a final logo that has that included.

Hey Nothing Man, what about me???

-S

Hey Suzanne,

Using the 'red cross' that the organization uses is off limits, however, they do not have domain over much else. In the past I was a training site for the Red Cross and am up to date with the do's and don'ts of what we can do. As a current American Heart Association and American Safety and Health Institute training site and faculty member I have permission to use certain insignias. I will make sure that the final design of what is chosen is legal. Gotta keep the paper pushers happy! Thanks for watching out for me! Remember, I need someone to look after me at the April class too.

Vern

Hmmm, youre probably right, but I dont see any other thing representing medicine as red cross, I mean every hospital in the world uses it. I thought it was ok if the company who practises any form of medicine uses it.
Anyway, I can always come up with something different

As for your logo, Im having few problems with getting the end result, well I dont like the end result yet. But today is a new day, Ill see and submit some work. I allready made the logo on black background, i just forgot to send it. Sorry.