Trying to Create a New Logo

[Stoic Joker]

Okay... So my logo - which I lost the original for - was getting a bit tired, so I thought I'd try creating a new one. Below is what I managed to cobble together in Photoshop...Opinions/suggestions welcome.



I'm thinking about releasing (my first) an App for the Windows Phone ... So I thought it best to tidy up my image a bit before shooting myself in the foot.

[tomos]

I'm no expert but think in general it looks fine. It's not as cute as the one in your avatar (I'm presuming that's the one you lost the original of?).

A couple of details that should be changed imo:
1) the hat need a little highlighting - very little I think, but needed to give it more 3 dimensionality
2) it needs a little perspective in the sphere grid lines (see below)

Trying to Create a New Logo

[wraith808]

I liked the larger hat and larger iris, personally.  It gave it more of the whimsical feel IMO.

[mouser]

Agree with above -- could benefit from larger iris, better hat.  Maybe less generic feet?

[Stoic Joker]

I'm no expert but think in general it looks fine. It's not as cute as the one in your avatar (I'm presuming that's the one you lost the original of?).

-tomos (September 15, 2015, 07:56 AM)

I was actually shooting for a bit less cute but still true to form. And yes my avatar was originally quite large (when created - before getting lost) and was done in Ulead's Cool 3D.

A couple of details that should be changed imo:
1) the hat need a little highlighting - very little I think, but needed to give it more 3 dimensionality
2) it needs a little perspective in the sphere grid lines (see below)

-tomos (September 15, 2015, 07:56 AM)

The hat does seem to be missing something...I'll poke it with a stick a bit when I get home...but I'm not really sure what you mean by "perspective" in the sphere lines.

I liked the larger hat and larger iris, personally.  It gave it more of the whimsical feel IMO.

-wraith808 (September 15, 2015, 09:54 AM)

Um... (for the hat) By "larger" do you mean wider at the base, taller or both?  The iris it appears (on and off line) needs to be larger.

Agree with above -- could benefit from larger iris, better hat.  Maybe less generic feet?

-mouser (September 15, 2015, 09:59 AM)

Generic feet?

[Stoic Joker]

Round 2:
  Hat is wider and a tad shorter (to push it back a bit more).
  I had no luck with highlighting hat..
  Iris is larger
 

[Stoic Joker]

Okay... One more version with a (i think) better hat.

[wraith808]

I like the first hat better 

And I did mean wider, like your icon.  In your icon, the iris almost meets the brim of the hat, and that's what makes it look better, I think.

[Stoic Joker]

[wraith808]

-Stoic Joker (September 15, 2015, 11:09 PM)

Well, you asked

[MilesAhead]

I like the first hat better 

-wraith808 (September 15, 2015, 07:38 PM)

I would have to watch some Lexx Zevivor episodes to decide. 

[Stoic Joker]

I like the first hat better 

-wraith808 (September 15, 2015, 07:38 PM)

I would have to watch some Lexx Zevivor episodes to decide. 

-MilesAhead (September 16, 2015, 01:13 PM)

Lexx ...This One?


Trying to Create a New Logo

[Stoic Joker]

-Stoic Joker (September 15, 2015, 11:09 PM)

Well, you asked

-wraith808 (September 16, 2015, 11:56 AM)

I know...

Other than the highlighting issue that Tomos has me wondering about, I'm kinda liking the last hat's subtle asymmetry. So I may go with it but save the others in the project file so it can be changed up once in a while. Right now I need to focus on figuring out how to get my new (WPF/XAML) Windows phone app finalized and submitted to the Windows App Store. I'd started to put the old one in the app, and on reflection decided enough was enough ... It's a low quality copy of an image that was created over a decade ago. New computer-->New OS-->New IDE-->New platform-->New language....and the same old tired ass logo?!? f!# it ... This thing needs to be updated, and given a wee bit of attitude.

[f0dder]

I kinda like it as an avatar, but IMHO it's too detailed to use as a logo - that's personal taste, of course, but I definitely prefer simple, stylized logos.

At any rate, definitely do something about the cropped drop shadow, that's going to be a problem for any place the logo won't have a border around it. And the hat looks flat

[superboyac]

here are my ideas:
make it gross.

big hairy hobbit feet
disgusting goat eye with rectangular pupil
raggedy gandalf hat

[MilesAhead]

I like the first hat better 

-wraith808 (September 15, 2015, 07:38 PM)

I would have to watch some Lexx Zevivor episodes to decide. 

-MilesAhead (September 16, 2015, 01:13 PM)

Lexx ...This One?


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-Stoic Joker (September 16, 2015, 02:47 PM)

 

[MilesAhead]

here are my ideas:
make it gross.

big hairy hobbit feet
disgusting goat eye with rectangular pupil
raggedy gandalf hat

-superboyac (September 16, 2015, 04:17 PM)

Reminds me of one of the teachers I had in elementary school. 

[Stoic Joker]

At any rate, definitely do something about the cropped drop shadow, that's going to be a problem for any place the logo won't have a border around it. And the hat looks flat

-f0dder (September 16, 2015, 03:39 PM)

I caught the drop shadow right after I posted the first version - kinda surprised nobody else nailed me for that one. It's fixed in the later versions. I need to find a Photoshop tutorial for the hat part ... I'm really not good at this artsy suff.

[Stoic Joker]

OMFG I really am a complete idiot sometimes ... I found a tutorial...and the answer really was idiot simple (literally increase brightness - Derp!).

So... Here is new logo:



Thanks for the input!