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Author Topic: FreewareWire - Nice small freeware review site plus some homemade utilities  (Read 15812 times)

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DC member hewhoeatspie has recently shared with us a few cool new little freeware utilities he's made.  Turns out he also writes a neat little freeware review blog called FreewareWire.

I note that in his sidebar he lists a few things he'd like help with, including a logo design, so if any graphics guru feels like giving it a shot, it would be a nice gesture!


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Aw, Thanks, Mouser! I really appreciate the attention! :)

Yes, a logo really would be greatly appreciated.
<a href="http://www.FreewareWire.blogspot.com">FreewareWire</a>

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Let me see what I can create as far as a logo goes. :Thmbsup:

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Here we go for a first prototype: http://carrolld.dcme...wire_logo_all_p1.png  :Thmbsup:
« Last Edit: June 30, 2009, 09:21 AM by hamradio »

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Hey! I like it! The only thing that I would ask is can you maybe put some more emphasis on the F and the W? Otherwise, it's perfect. :)
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Which color do you prefer before I start messing with the F and W?

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Nice blog! plain but it gets the job done...just like mine O:
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Which color do you prefer before I start messing with the F and W?
Probably Orange.
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I'll work on a quick prototype for you. :)
R.I.P Terry Winstel, you were a musician, a hero, and a well loved man.  But above all, you were my dad. Forever in my heart 1953-2009.

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Here we go for a second prototype with the orange coloring: http://carrolld.dcme...wire_logo_all_p2.png  :Thmbsup:

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maybe the F and W could be slightly redder to draw attention to them.. just an idea.

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Here we go for a third prototype with the orange coloring taken a little further than second prototype: http://carrolld.dcme...wire_logo_all_p3.png  :Thmbsup:

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My first attempt, can't say I like it too much.. You tell me what you think. Ham's is better XP
http://i305.photobuc...altman25/FWWLogo.png

The text laying over the right side of the image is just a watermark and the grey things on the orange pieces are like buttons? Just kinda doodling, per say.
R.I.P Terry Winstel, you were a musician, a hero, and a well loved man.  But above all, you were my dad. Forever in my heart 1953-2009.

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I like it! Thanks, Loki!

I've been thinking about it lately (I haven't had internet the last two days,) and I was thinking that maybe I would like the logo to have a wire somewhere in it? Like maybe the F would be made of a wire splitting, or something. I just would maybe like something more exciting than just text (no offense).

I know I'm being kinda picky...but I really don't mind that much.
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What if the F and W were converted to hollow fonts that I applied a metal colored gradient too?
R.I.P Terry Winstel, you were a musician, a hero, and a well loved man.  But above all, you were my dad. Forever in my heart 1953-2009.

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Um, that would be good.  :D I'm really bad at graphic design, so I'm just lucky if I can understand a small amount of what you just said. :P
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Haha I made a design with the letters hanging on a wire, my oh my, it looked horrible.
R.I.P Terry Winstel, you were a musician, a hero, and a well loved man.  But above all, you were my dad. Forever in my heart 1953-2009.