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[NothingMan]

I improved the cart...

Edited by NothingMan, 09 September 2006 - 03:52 AM.

[ChrisGilmore]

Finally did another one this morning, it's available in different colour schemes, I may post some later.

[Discontinuity]

Generally I've seen an improvement in fonts! Chris this is much better than your first as it has something that makes it become a 'brand' not just a line of writing. Trebuchet MS / Verdana are a bit 1998 though, and the globe a bit 2001.

I'm thinking about running a Typography 101 course if I have time to prepare the materials. Hope this may interest some of you - it would cover some semi-essential parts of 'font use for the corporate environment'.

My favourite so far is the one attached (uses a rough de-arrowed version of MattyK's shopping cart with other typography - have sent you a PM by the way).

Anyone can feel free to rebuild this or replace the shopping trolley/cart icon with a basket or box - I'll juggle the prizes around based on end contribution to the logo. Following extensive discussions and feedback from a few potential clients and RedDragon/MattyK, I'm back to the box/basket/trolley rather than globe/clock. Long-term despite the slightly mixed branding it makes for a stronger message about the product.

Orange would be considered for the logo but only goes well with grey/white and cream/sage as far as web design goes - brown often works but is not a good selling colour.

Hope this helps!

John

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Edited by Discontinuity, 09 September 2006 - 08:39 AM.

[ChrisGilmore]

I'd be intrested in the course. I always struggle trying to find what fonts to use. Will it be free?

Anyway, thanks for the feedback, I'll have a go and If i win I cant accept the money. But I wont win so that's pointless. I'll try to do some vectoring now.

[Griffin]

Been busy this last week so I havent had the time to submit anything else. Hopefully I can whip a few logos up this weekend.

- Griffin

[mattyK]

Alright, I got this design by altering one I had made a couple days ago, and then I spent over an hour trying to get a basket/bag/cart to work, but it doesn't. So I figured 'It already says shop in the title, and it technically isn't a store itself, so a text based logo might be better anyhow'. So I just kept it the way it was and saved it.



And here's how it could work with the layout...



edit: but in the layout have the header a little smaller actually (just did it quick)


edit2: After reading the post above and the PM I've changed my original one too...





edit3: thought I should mention that these are all available in scalable, vector .ai format

Edited by mattyK, 09 September 2006 - 03:23 PM.

[Matheus]

so, we have to use that shopping cart you posted?

I think I'll turn more to the bag/basket thing, becouse the shopping cart remembers mroe a supermarket then an online store...

By night, I'll be back with more entries

[mattyK]

No he just likes the style he posted, not necessarily my cart

And almost all Shopping sites use "My Cart" or "Add to Cart"... I've seen "Add to Basket" to so if you wanna try something other than a cart I'd recommend a basket.

[mattyK]

Very nice image, what'd you make it in?

I must say though it doesn't quite match the text (I'm not sure why... it must be a 2d/3d thing because gloss and stuff looks fine), and it seems like the image is better for a graphic than a logo in my honest opinion. But I couldn't draw that so I'm still very impressed.

Well done.

Edited by mattyK, 09 September 2006 - 06:54 PM.

[Griffin]

I know you said you like the baskit but I thought id post one I did a few days ago with a clock:



Now to try and make a basket...

- Griffin

[Matheus]

And almost all Shopping sites use "My Cart" or "Add to Cart"... I've seen "Add to Basket" to so if you wanna try something other than a cart I'd recommend a basket.

yes, that's my point: go to the basket idea istead of making the cart one

[mattyK]

I know you said you like the baskit but I thought id post one I did a few days ago with a clock:



Now to try and make a basket...

- Griffin

Nice clock... theres a teenie little smudge beside the 5 so you know, but it's probably just the way it was saved.

[Discontinuity]

I know you said you like the baskit but I thought id post one I did a few days ago with a clock:



Now to try and make a basket...

- Griffin

Nice clock... theres a teenie little smudge beside the 5 so you know, but it's probably just the way it was saved.

Really nice Griffin, good use of fonts, colours, and familiar typefaces. it does make the '365' stand out more than the webshop though!

[Discontinuity]

just wanted to say 'drop shadows/reflections should be avoided. just a bit too web2.0 for me



nice logo alex but doesn't 'integrate' quite as well as mattyK's and griffins do - possibly the basket in the middle splits the text up too much, and the overuse of capitals/verdana/trebuchet makes it slightly too 'forced' in a viewer's subconscious.

[NothingMan]

My first illustrator work (the box)







Any for m of feedback would be appreciated....

[V31]

My first illustrator work (the box)

Any for m of feedback would be appreciated....

the shopping cart has strange perspective

[NothingMan]

My first illustrator work (the box)

Any for m of feedback would be appreciated....

the shopping cart has strange perspective

Well I drawed it by the rule of perception, I mean all 3d shapes must have perspective to look real...
But you have piont, it looks odd when compared with 2d font...
Anyways Im drawing a basket now, And im thinking of using another perspective, more frontal maybe...

[dEcade]

These ones are probably my favorite.

dEcade

[NothingMan]

I made this one with basket...

[dEcade]

I made this one with basket...

Everything in the first one seems really pixely.

dEcade