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Calling all designers! Please design me a logo!
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mr stroke
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Just 'cause I love this thread so much. And my previous reply was far too mean.
huge improvement
Vicetrailia
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Go ahead. Now that I think about it, though, it might be worth playing around with and making THUMB the leading word and using the U in that instead, like
or something. Maybe play with the spacing a little if you think THUMB seems kind of overpowered by the text above it. I don't know... see what works, I guess. Good luck anyway.
Actually I like this more than the other one.
SteveWinwood
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Today I learned what Kerning was.
Thank's very much guys!
I'm assuming those are some great tips, but I don't even know what kerning mean - med student here! - will check that later.
Special thanks to Hturan, that's really, really better.
If any other guy would like to give it a try, go crazy with the colors and the green "thing", it would be nice to see something related to psychiatry like a brain or something.
I'm assuming those are some great tips, but I don't even know what kerning mean - med student here! - will check that later.
Special thanks to Hturan, that's really, really better.
If any other guy would like to give it a try, go crazy with the colors and the green "thing", it would be nice to see something related to psychiatry like a brain or something.
I don't know why but this made me have to seriously hold back laughter in a lecture, I think it was the accompanying text...
(it's a scarf)
phillipgessert
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Why does a study group even need a logo? Not everything needs a logo.
Mr. B Natural
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That was just unreal and hilarious
Like I said it's not a simple study group, we organize events for public mental institutions that need help and raise money for them through lectures for other health related students, it really sucks when we have to make advertisement material for those and have to use that awful logo =/
Joel Was Right
If you smell burning, it's probably the generators acting up. Report it anyway.
This is true but I'd like to hear their reasons for doing that.
phillipgessert
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That makes sense, sorry I missed that.
It's partly because we're trying to pay our bills, and seeing people ask for freebies is frustrating. There's a laundry list of reasons people don't like this which I'm too lazy to recite.
But as for why they bother to say something about it, well that's partly because on the internet, we run around looking for an easy thing to raise a ruckus about, and GRR CHEAPOS is some seriously low-lying fruit. <--- cool runon sentence there.
Devolution
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There's also nothing more hilarious than someone being given a free logo (or any kind of graphic really) and they're like "hey I got this done for free why do I have to pay you." And you look at the quality of said freebie and you just sigh.
phillipgessert
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And then they (and everyone that sees it) starts to see design as a joke, and those of us trying to charge have a harder time charging what it's worth, etc etc.
Cosmonaut X
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Indeed.
"Why on Earth should I pay you $XXXX? My friend designed this logo for me last year, and I just gave him $50..."
Never mind that the logo is poorly designed, that it's wholly unsuitable for reproduction on other company materials etc. etc.
This sucks. Does it happen very often?
weekend_warrior
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Just 'cause I love this thread so much. And my previous reply was far too mean.
Winner.
This is awesome, thank you very much!
Awesome, loving the old textbook vibe! Great gradient, too.
Haha, no kidding!
Dreams-Visions
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woah
I mostly lurk in these threads but tell him to take the type off the top logo. It isn't needed. And then on the right side he has green on green for no good reason.
Erase the black text in the logo. It's unreadably small.
Also, the site doesn't get any bigger when I zoom. That might be a serious problem for people with poor eyesight.
Also, it somehow messes with text selection between paragraphs on the applications page.
The only good design choice about that website is the logo.
phillipgessert
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Agreed.
That's being pretty generous...
Devolution
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Tangent in that logo just drives me bonkers I'm sorry. (the one on the site).
I wonder if the guy even told the person who designed that logo that he was gonna use it.
Seems to me there's a bunch of people in this thread with no idea how capitalism works. If you're as good as you think you are, people will pay for your services.
If people have friends or in this instance, forum members who are willing to provide a free/cheap alternative that satisfies them, I don't understand how you could have a problem with it, not to mention the melodramatic "it devalues our industry" crap.
If people have friends or in this instance, forum members who are willing to provide a free/cheap alternative that satisfies them, I don't understand how you could have a problem with it, not to mention the melodramatic "it devalues our industry" crap.
Heh, in a similar vein if he created it at work his employer could claim ownership depending on his contract of employment.
Wow...
I just talked to the president of the group and we are willing to give a "symbolic value" through paypal for the guy that help us. This is NOT a payment, please designers don't be offended, it just a way of saying thanks.
phillipgessert
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Wow...
I just talked to the president of the group and we are willing to give a "symbolic value" through paypal for the guy that help us. This is NOT a payment, please designers don't be offended, it just a way of saying thanks.
The right way to go about it is to choose someone, then work out the 'symbolic value' thing (which I assume has to do with not being allowed to call it payment, right?) and let him do the work. That way you don't have a dozen people chasing their tails for nothing, the only guy doing the work is the one getting paid (lol symbolically)
weekend_warrior
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Wow...
I just talked to the president of the group and we are willing to give a "symbolic value" through paypal for the guy that help us. This is NOT a payment, please designers don't be offended, it just a way of saying thanks.
huh?
Slurpy2k20
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Wow...
I just talked to the president of the group and we are willing to give a "symbolic value" through paypal for the guy that help us. This is NOT a payment, please designers don't be offended, it just a way of saying thanks.
Please tell me this isn't the fucking logo you chose?
Either way, noone should have put a shred of effort into designing anything for you for FREE. It shows how much you care about the endeavor when the total sum of money you're willing to spend on a logo, which will be the face and representation of the business for a long time to come, as $0.
Read the thread. I think a bunch of people are confused because of the weird bump. That's the logo he/she wanted replacing.
Also, people really need to chill. I always find the discussion of spec work to be arduous and circular. Don't purport to know the value of another person's time.
And devalue the entire industry while they're at it? I did read the thread, but that doesn't take away from the fact that the original logo he posted is terrible.
If you're a business making money, pay someone to design you something, or have nothing at all. Taking advantage of inexperienced designers and giving them hope for success is bad business. Please note this isn't related to jbbb but spec work in general.
Even if you were a not for profit group, association, etc - ask for a donation of services rather than just flat out asking for a professional to create free assets. Your reception would go over much better. I've done a bunch of free work in exchange for advertising, or having a speaker mention my company during his/her speech, etc.
If you're a business making money, pay someone to design you something, or have nothing at all. Taking advantage of inexperienced designers and giving them hope for success is bad business. Please note this isn't related to jbbb but spec work in general.
Even if you were a not for profit group, association, etc - ask for a donation of services rather than just flat out asking for a professional to create free assets. Your reception would go over much better. I've done a bunch of free work in exchange for advertising, or having a speaker mention my company during his/her speech, etc.
My Sedatives
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That GDG logo really looks out of place on the website.
Which is why you pay someone to design an identity not just a random logo. Develop a color pallet, look and feel, typeface etc etc. You rarely just need "a logo". When all you get is a logo you're getting about 20% of what you actually need.
That website is a great example. And this thread is a great example of why "designers" need to stop cheapening the process.
phillipgessert
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It's also horrendous, why's the D bleeding out of its butt.
I'm listenin...
I'm a big fan of not giving away your labor under any circumstance.
I love Harlan Ellison's rant on the matter and his take on the devaluation of writing as a profession. Even if he is crusty old man who just wants his free DVD.
Pay the writer! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj5IV23g-fE
Devolution
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