Keli Marks

Septima Studios Logo

By Keli Marks

   on Jul 25, 2010
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  • Jeff Ballweg

    Jeff Ballweg

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    Work on the face

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 8:55 AM

    The face is distracting and slightly creepy looking to me - it needs some work, but this is what I see.

    The upper lip colour doesn't seem to match the others, and there doesn't seem to be much harmony in the palette. The chin looks too narrow and maks me think the face is quite jowely and kinda fat. I mostly get Phantom of the Opera. Also, I'm not so sure about the salmon coloured highlight - I think work on those face shapes and maybe pop over to colourlovers.com for some palette ideas.

    • Keli Marks
      Keli Marks commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 5:17 PM

      Totally, check out the new version!

    • Jeff Ballweg
      Jeff Ballweg commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 6:14 PM

      Nice! I really like the new version. The 'sound & art' concept comes out in the logo and anyone should get the reference instantly. Brilliant idea, well executed. Nice job. As for the font, I'm not as sure. I feel like a slightly distressed looking font for the "Septima Studios" might be a better fit with the new painted-waveform logo design... just a quick look on dafont.com and something like http://www.dafont.com/a-love-of-thunder.font?text=Septima+Studios feels like it might be a good fit. But great work! this is coming along nicely and I like it!

    • Keli Marks
      Keli Marks commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 7:58 PM

      Wow, thank you so much for the feedback. THe font looks better but im not sure still. What do you think? I uploaded two small possibilites

  • Rick Battle

    Rick Battle

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    the face

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 10:48 AM

    i have to completely agree with Jeff Ballweg. all i can see is a creepy old version of the phantom of the opera.

    also agreed that you've got too many colours in the face. the eyes don't need to be different colours and the upper lip doesn't need its own colour.

    also agree with dropping "human" from the bottom line. "a place for music & art" would do just fine.

    i do think your font choice was ok though.

  • Matthew Ruddy

    Matthew Ruddy

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    Pretty good

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 4:13 PM

    Pretty good. The colours you have going are good and work well together. Maybe change the subtext to more of a navy blue rather than a black to match the face better.

    However, I'm not so sure about the face itself. If your going to use something like this, maybe use one that looks a bit happier. This will great overall a better mood and attitude towards the company. People may see a scary looking currently, and get a little frightened off. A happy one (as stupid as it may sound) would do the opposite.

    • Keli Marks
      Keli Marks commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 5:16 PM

      Thanks, i changed it complety based on feedback

  • Cristian Simina

    Cristian Simina

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    You must further refine it!

    Posted on Jul 27, 2010 at 8:22 AM

    The idea behind your concept isn't bad, but you still need to refine the shapes, and maybe also try choose different colors.

    Also try and redraw the human head, so it looks like a human head. The idea of sound and art doesn't really stand out enough; maybe you can try and integrate a music note instead of one eye.

    Try and shorten the text in the bottom line (maybe "music & arts" sounds better).

    • Keli Marks
      Keli Marks commented:
      Posted: on Jul 27, 2010 at 5:16 PM

      I agree, i think though that the face doesn't communicate all that i want to. THis new idea feels more cohesive to me.

  • Jackie Villegas

    Jackie Villegas

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    Logo

    Posted on Aug 03, 2010 at 11:28 PM

    I like the idea the type as well I would like to see the brush strokes larger maybe descending from larger to smaller and show more artist color palette.

    check this website out: http://logopond.com/search/

    http://justcreativedesign.com/2009/07/27/what-makes-a-good-logo/

    http://justcreativedesign.com/2010/04/21/2010-logo-design-trends/

  • Abdul-Hadi Hawari

    Abdul-Hadi Hawari

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    The face and it's colors

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 4:27 AM

    I think that there is too much colors in your logo, and the font you chose is not that good !

  • Nick Stewart

    Nick Stewart

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    fonts

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 5:57 AM

    I do understand the arts side with multiple colors, i wouldn't use those colors per say but I would possibly go a little bolder with them. Also the fonts used aren't strong at all. Something for the music and arts is supposed to represent power through creativity and this font doesn't show that very well. Good clean concept I do like it.

  • Aco

    Aco

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    I would tweak the face shapes

    Posted on Jul 26, 2010 at 7:20 AM

    I would tweak the face. not sure about how human helps the slogan. colors are nice