Logo Competition

[obarthelemy]

I like that one. It has a Zen feel to it.

[JoeMomma]

I have submitted three more concepts in the Logo Contest.
The first two are refinements to my first logo.
I felt it was too literal and the detail was lost when I shrunk it down to the size that would be used on a product.
The third is a refinement of someone elses idea I saw on this forum.
I wanted to get away from a drawing of a Raspberry and do something that merely suggested a fruit.
I like #4 the best.

[JoeMomma]

Quote from euxneks on September 20, 2011, 22:07
I felt that a raspberry was too literal so I made it fairly abstract, instead focusing on the "Pi" element. (circles, arcs, etc)

Abstraction allows users to make of it whatever it means to them. (IMO)

Font is Tex Gyre Adventor found here:
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fo.....e-Adventor
I believe the font license allows for free use without penalties or royalties. IANAL though - perhaps some reading through it will enlighten someone else better than I at interpreting legalese.

You will also notice that the r and the tail of ? are the same, just inverted. The ratios are fairly simple too. They're not golden but they're simple


incredibly clean

[JoeMomma]

Logo 5 - The outline font is thicker to read at small sizes.
I can only critique my own work after I print it out.
I waste so much paper, but I need to stop wasting your time with unfinished work.

[JoeMomma]

Here is my #5 logo on a product.
I am imagining a tart pie tin with a piece of raspberry colored plexiglass on top.



P.S. I just noticed that in addition to looking like the top of a raspberry.
The logo also looks like a pie that has been sliced up.
I love when I see things in my art that I never intended.

[euxneks]

I just realized that there is antialiasing on lines that shouldn't need it in my submission (horizontal lines! Ack!). If selected I will redo such that antialiasing is not needed. (clean lines!)

[Montekuri]

It is not a entry, but an idea:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.....-Harpy.PNG
Got this imagem from here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy

Just playing with the name "R-Pi" ("ar" - "pi" ~ harpy)

[vladhed]

Quote from Montekuri on September 22, 2011, 20:34
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpy


too creepy - we're trying to _attract_ kids remember

[Montekuri]

Quote from vladhed on September 23, 2011, 15:47
too creepy - we're trying to _attact_ kids remember

No, I don't want to attack (hurt) kids.
Or even want to attract (seduce) them.

Any kind of subject can be drawn as funny as you want.
A bear is a dangerous animal, but can be drawn like a sweet toy.

Like this harpy:

[ukscone]

Just a quick reminder.

If you haven't already sent in your logo competition entry you only have until next friday to send it in.

The contest judges still have plenty of space on their harddisks/inbox that needs filling so get designing.

[vladhed]

Quote from Montekuri on September 24, 2011, 01:39
Quote from vladhed on September 23, 2011, 15:47
too creepy - we're trying to _attact_ kids remember

No, I don't want to attack (hurt) kids.
Or even want to attract (seduce) them.


oops! that was an unfortunate typo

[Thunder__X]

My Tongue-in-cheek submission.

[Rango]

Quote from JoeMomma on September 10, 2011, 21:05
Quote from ShiftPlusOne on August 29, 2011, 12:58
Quote from maximedev on August 29, 2011, 12:19
Hi, I hope you will enjoy this


swanky

This is great out of the box thinking!
It definitely reads as a raspberry.

It reminds me of the Blackberry Logo a little bit.

[MDC]

Did Pacman or any other retro game have a raspberry in it?

[register]

Here's my proposition

3 différent with a variation on the second. The last one remind me of an existing logo but can't find which.






PS: change my entry, I had forgotten the "Pi" word in the name
Regards,

R.

[thesynapseuk]

Quote from MDC on September 26, 2011, 23:21
Did Pacman or any other retro game have a raspberry in it?

Yes. If you want to go that way, search for a sprite rip of Pacman etc.and then just copy the aforementioned fruit from it into your graphics program.

[davirossini]

[theslof]

So yeah, I spent some time on producing a logo only to find out that actually using Flash for creating vector art instead of scripting is bad. Now I'm sitting here with a logo and no option to export to anything useful, like .eps or .ai.

Anyhow, here it is:

I started out making it as only lines, but ended up filling it as it's way too prone for JPG artefacts otherwise. (Original: )
There are perhaps too many colours, but that could be reduced without too much hassle.

It's based on the Barbury crop circle, depicting Pi in an unusual fashion.
Link to article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....ircle.html

I'm going to make a last attempt in using a friends graphical design software to export this to a useful format, but if I'm unsuccessful I'll just link to the raw vector file and anyone who feel like it can fix it up and submit it.

Edit: I see now I managed to mess up slightly on the colours, so I'll have to fix that anyway.

[ukscone]

Quote from theslof on September 28, 2011, 14:36
So yeah, I spent some time on producing a logo only to find out that actually using Flash for creating vector art instead of scripting is bad. Now I'm sitting here with a logo and no option to export to anything useful, like .eps or .ai.

Anyhow, here it is:

I started out making it as only lines, but ended up filling it as it's way too prone for JPG artefacts otherwise. (Original: )
There are perhaps too many colours, but that could be reduced without too much hassle.

It's based on the Barbury crop circle, depicting Pi in an unusual fashion.
Link to article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new.....ircle.html

I'm going to make a last attempt in using a friends graphical design software to export this to a useful format, but if I'm unsuccessful I'll just link to the raw vector file and anyone who feel like it can fix it up and submit it.

Edit: I see now I managed to mess up slightly on the colours, so I'll have to fix that anyway.

I kind of like that but i don't think it'll translate to small and 1bit colour that well, at least not without a bit of judicious colour twiddling. but definaly (one of these days i'll learn how to spell that word) one of my favourites so far. up in the top 10

[theslof]

Quote from ukscone on September 28, 2011, 15:14
I kind of like that but i don't think it'll translate to small and 1bit colour that well, at least not without a bit of judicious colour twiddling. but definaly (one of these days i'll learn how to spell that word) one of my favourites so far. up in the top 10
Cheers!

I agree that it might be difficult to reduce it to monochrome, but it could be done by either using the clean lines without fill, or by having small spaces between each "slice".

I was unsuccessful in exporting it to any reasonable format, but if anyone's willing I could supply it in high resolution PNG for tracing it in Illustrator (I can't use that program well enough, nor do I have a license for it), or supplying the raw .fla file. When I exported it to .fxg, the only vector option in Flash CS5, the curves were corrupted and completely jumbled.
I'll just hand it all over to anyone interested in trying to fix it up. I'll buy a number of boards anyway, so it's not important for me to win one.

[ukscone]

Quote from theslof on September 28, 2011, 16:05

Cheers!

I agree that it might be difficult to reduce it to monochrome, but it could be done by either using the clean lines without fill, or by having small spaces between each "slice".

I was unsuccessful in exporting it to any reasonable format, but if anyone's willing I could supply it in high resolution PNG for tracing it in Illustrator (I can't use that program well enough, nor do I have a license for it), or supplying the raw .fla file. When I exported it to .fxg, the only vector option in Flash CS5, the curves were corrupted and completely jumbled.
I'll just hand it all over to anyone interested in trying to fix it up. I'll buy a number of boards anyway, so it's not important for me to win one.

I was just messing around with the original image (not very well though) and looking at the original crop circle image and that would look quite nice both large and small copyright of the crop circle design willing. can you copyright a crop circle?

abstract wedges and arc's to give the illusion of the design would work i think and might be easier to work with in gimp or inkscape or similar

[theslof]

Thank you for reminding me about Inkscape, I'd completely forgotten about that program. Redid the whole thing from scratch, managed to export as .eps!
I guess I still have a day on me to tinker a bit before I send it in, but here's more or less the finished thing. I realize now that I forgot the decimal point on the line version, and it's slightly off-centre.



I did try to fill in the dots on top on the fill version, but it just looked cluttered. I think these two versions should work as both two colour or monochrome as well, so that's that.

[ukscone]

Quote from theslof on September 28, 2011, 22:37
Thank you for reminding me about Inkscape, I'd completely forgotten about that program. Redid the whole thing from scratch, managed to export as .eps!
I guess I still have a day on me to tinker a bit before I send it in, but here's more or less the finished thing. I realize now that I forgot the decimal point on the line version, and it's slightly off-centre.



I did try to fill in the dots on top on the fill version, but it just looked cluttered. I think these two versions should work as both two colour or monochrome as well, so that's that.

I like those two alot (not that my opinion counts with regard to logo choice). still not sure about crop circle copyrightability though which might be a stumbling block. a teeny bit more tinkering and it should look good both as a website logo and a chip logo

[could you make the second logo that is just the outline use thicker lines? ]

[theslof]

Quote from ukscone on September 28, 2011, 22:52
I like those two alot (not that my opinion counts with regard to logo choice). still not sure about crop circle copyrightability though which might be a stumbling block. a teeny bit more tinkering and it should look good both as a website logo and a chip logo

[could you make the second logo that is just the outline use thicker lines? ]

Better, perhaps? Twice the old thickness, now matching the font.

The question regarding copyright is indeed an interesting one. I Am Not A Lawyer, but since this is an old mathematical concept, the "circlemaker" is unknown and it is not a registered trademark nor otherwise copyrighted artwork I can't see how it would infringe on anything.

The problem I do see here, considering the (to me) odd laws of copyright and trademarking in the US, would be that the logo could perhaps be barred from trademarking due to it containing prior art (in the public domain?). If the foundation wants to trademark the logo it would probably be wise to think twice before using this.

Edit: "UK based charity" does not equal "US based company". I need to read before opening my mouth. Still, it might be a good thing to think twice if you intend to trademark it.
Considering it's a logo implementing pi, an abstract berry design and a UK crop circle, it does fit surprisingly well.

[ukscone]

i like it and and the whole a logo implementing pi, an abstract berry design and a UK crop circle bit appeals on so many levels