Tiffany Gagnon

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Company: Optimal Strategix Group, Inc.
Website: www.creativehotlist.com/tblessing

About Me: I'm an in-house designer at a market strategy consulting firm. I'm also starting to do freelance work on the side. [If any of you big fish have requests you may consider too small for you... send them down my way! Why not help the little guy] : ) I earned my B.A. in Graphic Design from Regis College in Weston, MA in 2008. My ultimate goal is to become an art director, and eventually a creative director. I have a passion for design, and a real interest in branding. I'm always open to advice and words of wisdom from those more experienced than me. I'm very driven, and I look to learn something new every single day.

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Users Last 25 Reviews

  • Logo Design

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    Very nice work

    Posted on Jun 24, 2010 at 3:23 PM

    I wish I had more to offer you, but I think you nailed this one. its clean and professional, like everyone else has said. I love the color choices. and I think the abstract reference to a "connection" works beautifully. good job!

  • Business card

    1 Vote
    The back spacing

    Posted on Jun 24, 2010 at 3:21 PM

    I think the back could use a little more "structured chaos". the grouping of larger sized words seems to be mostly on the top right. which is what's drawing my eye and creating a kind of unbalanced shape in the word cloud. try spreading those larger point sized words a bit

    • Aaran Casey
      Aaran Casey commented:
      Posted: on Jun 24, 2010 at 3:32 PM

      Yes I know Tiffany, unfortunately sometimes the client does have a say, but i do agree...

  • SIGMA Contracting

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    I like this alot

    Posted on Jun 24, 2010 at 3:17 PM

    I really like this design. I especially love the red and orange colors in the roof gradient. Some others have said raise the roof level on the right to create more of the M shape, and I would say take away that second chimeny. I really think you only need one. That way you can use the roof as a single house element, instead of two houses that overlap with distance (if thats what you were going for here) I would play with though angles a big more without the chimney. but overall I think this is great : )

  • Logo Design For High School Student Council

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    2 Votes
    Non-cohesive

    Posted on Jun 24, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    At first I read "tudent" and "ouncil", so I would kearn the letters a bit. I would also smooth out the curvative, it looks like you might have some extra points, especially on the C curve. I would lose the drop shadow, or make it smaller. I would also limit the colors of the surrounding shape, I don't think the gray is necessary. Maybe remove the gradient from the lettering as well. Overall I don't see this as a cohesive design. I think you should play around with the relationships of the forms some more, especially theyre spacing. Right now I see three very different and unrelated elements. maybe overlap some and play with proportions? Have you tried printing this to see how the gradients translate? I'm just wondering if the gradients and shadowing would even work if you were to say, print out tshirts? I would also create a better glpyh for the people. Maybe something more abstract that represents students but doesnt necessarily look like students? IF anything I would remove the white stroke on the desk shape, and on the heads. The stroke on the heads is too thick and kind of looks like a neckbrace. I would see if you could re-create that element and make it a bit more interesting.

    good luck!

  • Logo Redesign for LetThereBePraise.com

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    Needs to be more modern

    Posted on Jun 11, 2010 at 8:13 AM

    I feel like this is a little old fashioned. I understand the church may tend to lean that way, but I think making this more modern and eye catching is a good thing. From what I hear, church goers aren't as common as they use to be. It seems like its mostly older folk. So you could make this more modern to attract a younger audience, or you could aim towards the current audience. Either way I think this needs work. I feel like the colors are a little bland. Church is about celebration and happiness and love. Sometimes its somber but I think you should focus on the cheerier aspects. I just feel like this isn't professional looking enough. It looks like something that could be done in Word.

    Definitly play around with typograhy, and I would lose the graident in the cross. If you want that eternal light concept, I think it can be achieved in a different way.

    Good luck!

  • bizart logo

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    I like this

    Posted on Jun 11, 2010 at 8:09 AM

    I think this is a great concept that you obviously thought about and it makes sense.

    At first glance, before I read the description, I thought this was for a printing company. The colors you chose are CMYK looking... and I image interior designers don't often work with printers colors. I could be wrong, but what about playing around the the color choice? If this was an online print company I would say this logo looks like a lot of others going with the CMYK theme. But since this is an interior design logo, and I read your chair concept, this works.

    Good luck

    • Imad Gebrayel
      Imad Gebrayel commented:
      Posted: on Jun 12, 2010 at 12:45 PM

      thanks a million for posting .. im not a fan of these colors as well .. but too bad the client insisted on them ..when your client names such colors as fushia, yellow platine and petrol blue, are you expecting him to figure out that these colors r CMYK ?! i had to cope with their choice .. too bad for them ... thanks again dear :D

    • Jackie Villegas
      Jackie Villegas commented:
      Posted: on Jul 30, 2010 at 3:18 PM

      I cant tell that there is a chair in the logo. You can try looking at modern chair designs.

      http://www.sharesomecandy.com/furniture/index.

      htmlhttp://cribcandy.com/home/?s=chairs

  • Logo design aenon company

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    Play with droplet

    Posted on Jun 11, 2010 at 8:04 AM

    I feel like this is a cliche go-to design. I think you can definitly improve upon this.

    I feel like the proportion of the water droplet, maybe its height, is creating an akward draw from the eye. If you have your heart set on a water droplet, then how about play with the curvature of it? Instead of it being a straight angle up, why not curve the top of the drop from the serifed stem of the N? It'll give it a better flow.

    good luck

  • Logo Redesign for Construction/Storage business

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    1 Vote
    Draft

    Posted on Jun 11, 2010 at 7:57 AM

    Logo7.jpg is most modern and would be an interesting contruction logo. I think the other ones like logo18 and logo5 are good, but I feel they fit more with retail and outwear. I think you need to lose the reflection, because this logo will probably be going on a truck, and I'm not sure how a vinyl sticker will hold the gradient reflection.

    Also, I would play around with the font for construction. I personally like the font choices, but I'm a female. Maybe you could play between the words Bear and Valley and make Bear more masculine, and keep Valley as femine. After all, when it comes to building things, such as houses, there's always a woman somewhere telling a man what to do : )

    Lastly, I would work with the V shape for the valley. It seems slightly akward with the bear standing in there. Have you read the Da Vinci Code? When I first saw it all I could think of was the Chalice.. so maybe you want to think about that moving forward.

    good luck!

    • Jill
      Jill commented:
      Posted: on Jun 11, 2010 at 9:23 AM

      I will work on a few more ideas with logo7. I like your thoughts and everyone else's, so I'll definitely incorporate that. I hate when I can't get into the design. I need to go build something, maybe then I'll be a little more inspired!!! Thanks soooo much for your input.

  • Personal logo

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    tagline spacing

    Posted on Jun 11, 2010 at 7:48 AM

    I think the ambersand needs more cushioning around the words. If you want to make that portion of the tagline different, then I think you need to do something else with it. Maybe change the color of the & to green? Or change graphic design to green? You can make that typography different without putting them soo close together.

    Also, have you tried to work with the leaves more? See what it would look like if you added some detail to them?

    Good luck!

  • Post Styling for Personal Site

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    The background color

    Posted on May 27, 2010 at 3:43 PM

    I think the shades of violet in the background are getting a little too bland. I understand you have all the bright colors you need in the header, which is great by the way, but I think you could find a color that doesn't take away from the header but still adds some pop. I like the overall look, it has this interesting retro feel... I would try and do something more interesting with the bullets under Aims and Goals. I don't know anything about html or web stuff.. so I'm not sure how feasible it is, but doing something with the bullets would be interesting. Maybe something else to play off the measuring idea. good job : )

    • Joe Mulberry
      Joe Mulberry commented:
      Posted: on May 27, 2010 at 5:37 PM

      Thanks,

      Good point about colour, have been trying to get it right to no avail!

      Bullets points can be customised and i like the idea, thanks

      Joe

  • Portfolio Site

    0 Votes
    Draft

    Posted on May 27, 2010 at 3:38 PM

    I think this is interesting. I think the scroll down to the link is great.

  • sample logo for flowers company

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    Needs spicing up

    Posted on Mar 25, 2010 at 10:31 AM

    I think you should play with the font more. That font is very plain and seems a little common. I would also do something about the flower illustration. The scew isnt really working for me, it looks a little unintentional and squished. Maybe go a little more abstract like Nate said. Push it a little further. Also keep playing with colors. If you keep these colors then I would chang the text color to match the darker purple.

  • Non-Profit: Stiggy's Dogs

    1 Vote
    I love this idea

    Posted on Mar 25, 2010 at 10:29 AM

    My husband is in the Armed Forces and we also have two rescued dogs. So this concept is something I really appreciate and respect. I think you did a wonderful job encapsulating the feel of the desert and deployment. The one thing I would suggest is add a little more of the dog reference. When I first looked at the page without reading your explanation I wasn't quite sure "Stiggy's Dogs" had anything to do with dogs. I thought it might have been a nickname for a troop or squadron. So I would try and incorporate some more dog images. The one image of the dog isn't very clear on the purpose. Does that make sense?

    Otherwise great start

    • Noel
      Noel commented:
      Posted: on Mar 27, 2010 at 4:28 AM

      Thank you for the kind words Tiffany! Good feedback there too!

      Cheers

  • Avantgarde.fi updated

    2 Votes
    The girl

    Posted on Mar 25, 2010 at 10:13 AM

    I'm a a 23 year old female. The most likely client of this site. It doesnt matter that all these men keep saying "shes so hott". Your clients aren't going to look at the site and say "wow she's hott, I should go get a haircut".

    This is my opinion as a fashionista and a young female in her 20-somethings...This girl doesnt work. She looks like she's wearing a bikini because you can see those straps under her shirt and her hair is a mess. She's totally at the beach right now. When you spend 100 bucks on your hair, the LAST place you go is to the beach where there's wind.

    AvantGarde hair needs to be cutting edge and modern. It needs to challenge things. Wavy long locks are not avantgarde. The picture Ezequiel posted is pretty good. You want someone with an edgy hair cut and vibrant color. Not someone smiling in the wind. Most likely the model you want shouldnt be smiling at all. She should be couture and high-fashion. check out fotolia.com for some better images. They tend to have some high-fashion shots.

    I think the rest of the page is good. And switching the model will do wonders for the whole presentation.

    • Miro
      Miro commented:
      Posted: on Mar 25, 2010 at 1:47 PM

      Hi Tiffany! Thank you for the comments, you are very right about what is a "AvantGarde" hair, and so is Ezequiel. However the client was happy with this more of a "girl from the neighbor" type model, as the city we live in is quite small and he does not want to scare any customers away by showing a top fashion model type girl. But he is reading these reviews also, may be that he thinks this again after reading your comments.

      Thanks again!

    • Ezequiel Jaime
      Ezequiel Jaime commented:
      Posted: on Mar 25, 2010 at 5:13 PM

      Hi Miro, if the clients is happy we all are too, aren't we guys??? The layout is perfect, good job!

    • Miro
      Miro commented:
      Posted: on Mar 26, 2010 at 1:30 AM

      :-) Thanks, Ezequiel. At least I am happy!

  • Logo for vinyl.co.il

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    Awesome job

    Posted on Feb 08, 2010 at 9:15 AM

    I love how much this logo has progressed and I think this is the perfect final outcome. This is a great logo... good job! : )

  • Pregg.net logo

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    the last one

    Posted on Feb 02, 2010 at 9:44 AM

    I think the last one is the best. Since yellow is "gender neutral" ( which is beyond me) and it also helps with the identification of the URL.

    .. I think you said all this in your description. But I agree..

    btw.. I liked the very first logo with the blue background and the pink text. : )

  • TIDES Logo

    0 Votes
    Work on it

    Posted on Feb 02, 2010 at 9:06 AM

    This seems more like a banner than a stand alone logo. Especially with the sides vertically cut off. I think you need to make it more self-containing if that makes sense.

  • Personal Logo Design

    0 Votes
    work with 11

    Posted on Feb 02, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    Instead of having the text aligned straight across, why not adjust it to angle with the colored blocks? That might make it more interesting, as long as it stays readible.

  • The ORGz

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    Good start

    Posted on Feb 02, 2010 at 9:01 AM

    I think this is a good start. I think you definitly need to work on the relationship between the two words. I'd also like to see some more interaction with the leaves? Maybe give them some kind line treatement? Or illustrative flair?

    Keep it up!

  • Logo for graphic design studio

    1 Vote
    Totally Rad.. ya I said Rad.

    Posted on Feb 02, 2010 at 8:52 AM

    This is an awesome design. I just hope the small color circle don't blend together optically when its printed at a small size.

    Great job! : )

  • Logo for a high end shellfish supplier

    1 Vote
    I think you've definitly got it down

    Posted on Jan 29, 2010 at 11:47 AM

    This is a great design for your demographic. I wouldn't change a thing.. the typography is beautiful and the design is wonderful.. Great job!! : )

  • Pregg.net logo

    1 Vote
    I like this

    Posted on Jan 28, 2010 at 11:09 AM

    I like the subtle reference to pregnancy with the parenthesis and period. Its definitly simple and won't draw away attention, but I also feel like its missing something? What if you changed the words to a different color and keep the glyph a different color? Maybe that will give it something but not make it too bold...

    • Adam Tal
      Adam Tal commented:
      Posted: on Jan 28, 2010 at 11:50 AM

      That's an interesting idea, thanks. OTOH, I like logos that aren't depended on color, so they could be used on faxed, etc.

      My reference logos were Nestle, American Apparel, The North Face, etc.

  • Valentines Email Marketing

    0 Votes
    play with the divider

    Posted on Jan 28, 2010 at 11:02 AM

    Its too straight, how bout making it curvier? I think that would incorporate it into the design a litte more. Have it S-curve from New Website up into the bottom left of the copy. Either that or make it completely straight and wider... it just seems like its kinda floating right now

  • Poster for online printer design award (2)

    1 Vote
    Move the Druck

    Posted on Jan 28, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    I think if you made the Druck larger and left Aligned it, it would balance everything better. When its center aligned its taking the focus off the illustration. What if you found an interesting font and made it All caps? I think that would create a nice block of space for the title.

  • Logo for DreamsMedia.in

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    It looks better with the black background

    Posted on Jan 28, 2010 at 10:53 AM

    The logo looks a lot better on black than on white. If you're working with a white background I would change the hue of the black in Dreams Media. The pure black is standing out a little too much, maybe shift it to a blue/black to soften it?

    I don't think I mind the cut-outs so much. But maybe make the cut out on the blue circle smaller to its more proportional? or change the stroke of the green circle to make it look as thick as the other circles visually. Its probably the same stroke, but it looks a lot heavier with the smaller counter.

    Good luck, I think youre almost there : )

    • Harish Chouhan
      Harish Chouhan commented:
      Posted: on Jan 28, 2010 at 12:38 PM

      Thanks, Yes the stroke of Green circle feels larger but is actually same.