Yes Logo

[jennyaxe]

I registered a company name so I can pay tax (well, more like getting VAT returned) on the things I sew. Since I'm mostly making vaguely medievalish clothing, I chose the name "bodice".

Now I want a logo. I've been playing around with the Gimp. I'd really appreciate some feedback on the ones I've made so far!




1 is bad, 10 is good. Have as many 10s as you like!

[Poll #349481]

Comments

[megabitch.livejournal.com]

My business name sort of grew rather than being a conscious choice :) I don't have a logo as such, but I generally try to use a chancery style font whenever I can (oh, and a purple/lilac colour).

I think my favourites were 6th and 8th out of the above choices considering what you've said you're making.

[archbishopm.livejournal.com]

I like the last one best.

[sweh.livejournal.com]

What sort of image are you trying to portray? I don't think the rainbow colours look too good, to be honest. Unless you're targetting the gay market, that is!

[apel.livejournal.com]

I'm with sweh, I don't like the rainbow coloured background. To me that says tie-dye, hippy, granola.

With a name like Bodice you can either choose to go with the boudoir feel and choose a wine red, velvety colour. Or you can go completely against it and choose linden green perhaps. Maybe linden green with a soft, dark moss green drop shadow. Drop shadows are good, drop shadows are your friend. Or you could use the dark accent colour as a border.

Either way, I like the third font from the top the best. Increase the height of the B so that it's at least as tall as the d. Perhaps even taller. Also make the letters sit tighter together. That's going to make it look a lot more professional.

[trixieleitz]

(all comments in my arrogant opinion!)

I've gone for versions 3, 5 and 12, where you've used a relatively simple font, and coloured the letters themselves, rather than the background. I'm not mad keen on the rainbow, either, but if it's important to you to use it, those versions are less in-your-face hippy.

A drop shadow could be nice, and they're very simple to do. I felt the icon I've used for this comment was really missing something until I put the shadow on.

Also, the use that you will make of this logo may influence the design. If you want to put it on a web page, you know better than I do the specific limitations of the medium. If you want to get garment labels or business cards professionally printed, you'll probably find that more colours makes them more expensive to print. If you're going to print them yourself, try a few test prints to see how they come out. Maybe have different versions for different uses.

And go you! for taking this further. I wish you every success :)