I have made a bunch of logo variations, and I have looked at them for so long I can't really tell which are good anymore. My brain is fried - maybe you can help me out!
Please give any feedback - which one do you like best? Why? What sucks? Why?
The logo is for a technical education company. I started with the open source hardware logo as a base, hopefully I have moved far enough from that design not to confuse anyone.
I made a ton of variations.
Does text in this logo make any sense?
More M like
I know this one isn't a winner, but I'm posting what I made, maybe there will be something good that comes of it
I honestly like the one at the top of the thread the best, but I'm pretty sure it's lawsuit bait. Are any of the other options not worse?
I used InkScape and GIMP. I'm really not a pro with these tools, but these are concept sketches, really.
Posting is slow, so I'm skipping smaller variations and posting major changes
This is the latest.
What do you think?
Cleaned up in black.
If /gd/ doesn't comment or critique, I'll probably end up using this logo.
If that makes you happy or sad or anything, please comment.
Please, /gd/. It's so lonely.
>>268817
>Please, /gd/. It's so lonely.
don't be that fag.
start by using illustrator after you have some sketches done with pencil and paper. the concept is not that bad but the execution sucks. make it simple avoid colors until the shape seems right. research similar logos or things that inspire you. be curious. learn new tricks and effects. pic is my 3 mins remake of this >>268819
>>268842
Thank you.
I kept researching, and I did learn new tricks!
>>268851
Thank you!
I'm loving Krita. It opened the GIMP file I was working on with no problems at all. I'm converted!
This shows how this logo is related to the Open Source Software logo and the Open Hardware logo. They are supposed to build on each other.
I tried to pick a colour combination that was in line, I don't know if there's a better way to succeed.
>>268891
Yeah, I know the OSI and OHW logos.
I still think >>268825 is probably the best one, although maybe I would make the edges at the bottom perfectly vertical rather than slightly inwards-tapered. All-in-all this logo looks the least unbalanced and bulky. It still doesn't really quite click though, so the best recommendation I can give you right now is that you just put it on the backburner and try a few alternative ideas. Play around for a few more days and keep picking out the best things you make.
You'll probably come up with new elements and ideas you might incorporate. Also look up some tutorials on the various aspects of making logos and lurk in logo threads.
Usually you'll want to make at least a version of this logo that is also supplied with some text on the side, some text with some subtitle below it, something like that. You'll have to pick out fonts for that.
Also make some "product mockups" where you put this on various things (whether that's fake silkscreens, a letter header or sth) to see how it works.
also, once you have something you think you want to pursue, PRINT IT OUT! print it as big as you can. Ideally at least 1m by 1m or 2m by 2m, if you have a plotter available that can print that large. Printing gives you an entirely new perspective on things.
>>268892
Thanks for the advice on 2d printing, I'll make a point of it. I have been 3D printing my chosen shapes of the day to see how they feel, and that has been an interesting bonus for this bit of 'design research'.
I have kept at it basically non-stop, and this is the latest batch.
The red one on the far left is basically ready to be done correctly in vector now, I think. I have been loving Krita! I'm so glad I made the switch! THANKS INTERNET!
Picking fonts is tricky. Any Free recommendations?
>>269016
The M can be folded thusly.
>>269019
>>269016
A bit too late here ATM to review all those iterations, I'll have a look and give some feedback tomorrow.
Yeah, krita is great. If only something better & free existed for vector-art...
For fonts, either lurk in the font share thread, or, if you want a libre font, use googles font search engine, which only includes fonts with open licenses.
>>269019
I did something with this: tinyurl - victoriousjank
Learning SVG animation for this was a stunning 6 hour journey of WTF and WHY.
Let it not be said that I gave up before getting at least half way there.
>>269053
I believe in you citizen.
needs a name for the logo
M Gear?
>>269055
I would say "Maker Gear" but that name is already the name of a company
>>269055
GEARMOD
>>269090
MERE GOD
>>269019
3D-ification in progress
>>269055
M Gear appears to have won!
>>269097
where is that?
>>269110
That video is streamed from the RasPi that commands the 3D printer in my living room. It's loud, it makes living in the room hard.
BUT it all somehow seems worth it a lot of the time!
I printed a few sizes, to get a feel, and one is a perfect clinging nosering size. I'm never getting a septum piercing, but this feels comfortable. Probably not cool. Whatever.
This is a thermochromic plastic, so you see my breath heat is turning the plastic white.
>>269097
This is a gif of the timelapse.
>>269129
i think your logo could look really good with a metallic texture on it (since its a gear). however i've been doing logos for 5 years and metallic things are kinda difficult to make. maybe there's a tutorial for the software you're using elsewhere.
