Brain Dump: Logo Design

[AndrewLyle]

So i do some web design work for a friend of mine's company.

He has some potential work that is coming up in about a week, and wanted a logo for the site...

I feel im creative, but in no way am i pretending to be a professional graphic designer. (mechanical engineer in training atm)

He gave me very little to go with. I used photoshop (i know i should be using illustrator or fireworks, but PS is what im most comfortable with)

These are VERY ROUGH ideas. so im expecting the "this is amateur" feedback.

Brain Dump:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/Gajitmods/rivik.jpg

Lets hear it!

EDIT: BTW the current site is rivikmedia.com (http://rivikmedia.com)
it is a work in progress

[Brien]

I think the top-left one is by far the strongest of the bunch, but I'd try and lose the red fill on the i's. It might look better.

[That-Is-Bull]

I think the top-left one is by far the strongest of the bunch, but I'd try and lose the red fill on the i's. It might look better.

I might be wrong, but I think he's trying to make the "ivi" part look like an M, and the K next to that look like an E, which comes before the "dia" - as in, Rivik Media. It's a cool idea but the "dia" part doesn't fit very well.

[dantherevelator]

I like the second from the bottom on the left.

[AndrewLyle]

I like the second from the bottom on the left.

Thanks, that was my quick journey into incorporating the web into the logo (backslash, forwardslash, and the tags <>)

[mkrishnan]

Of these, I personally like the one on the right with the red flourishes best. It's fairly simple and traditional, but I think a lot of these logo attempts are just too esoteric. Unless you're courting a clientele that basks in the esoteric, I think a text logo that's really hard to read just creates more problems than it solves.

[decksnap]

The second from the bottom on the left could be nice if HE did web work. Bumping up the scale of 'media' and simplifying a bit. But what does he do?

[AndrewLyle]

The second from the bottom on the left could be nice if HE did web work. Bumping up the scale of 'media' and simplifying a bit. But what does he do?

didn't explicitly mention that. The company as of now does web design. I function as an aesthetic input for that company on certain projects.

The founder would like to expand the services of the company which likely means the web style logo is a bit focused

[decksnap]

didn't explicitly mention that. The company as of now does web design. I function as an aesthetic input for that company on certain projects.

The founder would like to expand the services of the company which likely means the web style logo is a bit focused

In that case it's still an interesting direction. I don't actually think you need the closing bracket piece as the slashes sort of get that point across, but in a subtler way.

[AndrewLyle]

This is also just my thoughts on what a text based logo would look like. I haven't even begun to look at images at the basis for a logo


everybody who took the time to share their thoughts, thank you

[Sun Baked]

I've always liked simple over people trying to be too cute, so the bottom right catches my eye.

But of course it is harder to add as anything other than a graphic on stuff.

[mikeinternet]

Thanks, that was my quick journey into incorporating the web into the logo (backslash, forwardslash, and the tags <>)

I like that one best myself. And i like that idea.

[AndrewLyle]

A very related question:

what is the deal with using fonts off of sites like dafont.com?

if they are free to download, are they free to use? albeit copyrighted?

[design-is]

dafont.com will have a note by each font saying (see attachment).

They also often come with licences in a text file when appropriate.

Contact the creator if worried :)

[AndrewLyle]

thanks for the quick reply

[thunderweb]

I like the second from the bottom on the left.

Same here. It's the most unified of them all. It looks really nice.

[paolo-]

Second bottom on the left for me too. Has more consistency!

Might be worth trying it with regular I instead of \ /. Another good thing with it is that you already have a smaller logo without the lettering you could stamp everywhere : k >.

[Kwill]

I like the logo on the right of the last one. :rolleyes:

[Blakely028]

I think the font above the one at the bottom left corner. :cool: