Phil Holmes

Be Noticed - logo idea and design

By Phil Holmes

   on Nov 27, 2010
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  • Luke Marohn

    Luke Marohn

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    relied too much on the effects.

    Posted on Nov 28, 2010 at 8:22 PM

    Hi Phil.

    The idea is pretty good, and you have a lot of ideas to work with.

    the only problem is that what you started with a FULL on FX covered design, gradients, textures, inner shadows.

    The design needs to work in two colors before it can work in 2 thousand.

    I would reccomend better font choice, and refining the concept.

    Here is something i put together in like 10 minutes

    NOTE: the image is purely to show that you will need to be able to make it black and white, i really dont like my version much but i think it illustrates the point.

    with a design like this you will have readablity issues, even I did.

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    • Aaran Casey
      Aaran Casey commented:
      Posted: on Nov 29, 2010 at 12:46 AM

      I totally agree with Luke, hence why I didn't review it. Sorry, I just felt that I might be a bit too harsh, as there's just too much going on. I would suggest using some negative space...

  • Stephanie Smith

    Stephanie Smith

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    The "caution" stripes

    Posted on Dec 05, 2010 at 11:23 AM

    Hi there,

    I think the grungy stripes don't work at all. To me, it looks like a caution road sign or something along those lines. The subliminal message to this design is "caution/do not enter". Which sends the complete wrong message.

    On top of that it's a grungy/dirty look, which I also think is the wrong direction if you're trying to get corporate clients.

    The font is boring, needs work.

    In my opinion, this is a redo.

    Sorry for the harshness :(

    • Phil Holmes
      Phil Holmes commented:
      Posted: on Dec 05, 2010 at 11:27 AM

      No need to apologise for being harsh at all! How would you go about making an identity for 'Be Noticed'? I've been playing around with certain ideas for a couple of months now!

    • Stephanie Smith
      Stephanie Smith commented:
      Posted: on Dec 05, 2010 at 11:40 AM

      Well you could go in any direction, really. I don't think you necessarily need something visually recognizable, maybe even just a super strong wordmark would work. But if you wanted something recognizable, you could try: binoculars, fireworks, bullhorn, etc. Granted, those are pretty cliché, but I only took a minute to think of it LOL... sometimes even cliché can look great if well done, though.

      Here's a link to a gallery that has some really strong logos, maybe you can find some inspiration :) http://thedesigninspiration.com/category/logos/

  • Johan Albertsson

    Johan Albertsson

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    Try to not use to many Photoshop effects

    Posted on Dec 07, 2010 at 7:29 AM

    Hi

    Try to hold back som of the effects. It might feel a bit 2005 otherwise. Maybe you could use Illustrator?

    Chers, Johan

  • Cedric Ruiz

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    Shadow and background

    Posted on Dec 13, 2010 at 9:58 PM

    To be honest I don't like this. The font is ok. The background pattern is ugly and the blue background is too dark. The gradient in the font makes it dull, so not to be noticed. Why use a point at the end?

  • Michal L

    Michal L

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    Draft

    Posted on Dec 23, 2010 at 10:27 PM

    I don't think it's working overall. I would drop the caution block in the background and go for a much simpler design where "noticed" is much more emphasized. Make it bigger and possibly change the font.

    I put together something really rough that kind of illustrates what I mean...

    Good luck!! :)

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  • Imran Mulla

    Imran Mulla

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    good

    Posted on Dec 24, 2010 at 12:47 AM

    good

  • Milli Riba

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    will be the entire image.

    Posted on Dec 25, 2010 at 7:45 PM

    Doesn't look like a logo. May work as a banner.

  • Bryan Mathews

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    Not good

    Posted on Feb 27, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    To be honest, this logo doesnt take my attention at all. I hate to say this but I think you need to start from scratch. What is that yellow grey thing in the back?

  • Brian Wangila

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    Font

    Posted on Nov 30, 2010 at 6:24 AM

    The striped background looks nice, gives me the idea that you are going for a grungy feel. The font however is more of a clean elegant design.

    I would suggest you change the font to something grungy. You can get some good fonts at http://www.fontsquirrel.com/