Welcome to LogoTournament!

To become a member of our community you will have to go through our initiation process. The process consists of:

• Passing a quiz on the designer code of conduct
• Creating an account & avatar
• Providing a link to your online logo portfolio that has at least 10 designs
• Answering a series of questions on your design background and designer ethics

Once you've put in your application, existing designers will vote for your acceptance or denial into the community as well as discuss your portfolio. After a minimum of one week, a LogoTournament administrator will make a final decision on your application which you will receive by email.

What type of designers will like LogoTournament?

• Designers who are professional and courteous
• Designers who have the highest ethics and strive to create the most original & unique logos
• Designers with a positive attitude

What type of designers will NOT like LogoTournament?

• Unethical designers who attempt to copy other designers on this site or on others
• Unoriginal designers who attempt to submit clipart or stockart in their logos
• Rude or unprofessional designers who cannot be polite to contest holders or fellow designers

LogoTournament strives to maintain the highest quality design community on the Internet. We protect your original designs and ideas through a system called Logo Court, which swiftly and transparently delivers designer justice. We also maintain a violation point system that tracks violators and quickly bans rule breakers from our site.

If you think LogoTournament is the place for you, please start by reading the Designer Code of conduct.

Designer Code Of Conduct

What LogoTournament strives to give Designers

• Great logo design contest prizes
• Fairness and the highest possible respect for intellectual property
• Recognition and promotion
• Professional, friendly community

Designer Standards

• Respect all community members, but most importantly treat Contest Holders like they are your own customers standing face to face with you in the same room. The customers is not always right, and probably doesn't know as much about logo design as you do, but the customer is ALWAYS the customer.
• Do not publicly criticize Contest Holder decisions or attempt to influence them through anything other than your designs. Making clients aware of general design issues is acceptable without specifically mentioning any other entries. Example: Logos with a heavy amount of graphic effects might be more difficult in print applications.
• If you have an issue with an individual, contact them politely through the private message (PM) feature FIRST. Do this before posting anything in the Forums.
• Private arrangements with CHs are unacceptable. (Example: offering free services if they select your logo) It is fine for a winning Designer to offer additional services outside of this site such as letterhead, business card design, etc.
• Do not post messages in the Contest discussion area regarding any entries, yours or others'.

Submission Requirements

• VECTOR ONLY - No Photoshop; use Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw etc. (Final artwork submitted in EPS with fonts converted to outlines)
• NO CLIPART - this includes ISTOCKPHOTO, SHUTTERSTOCK, etc. (even if you have purchased a user license)
• NO TRACING OR VECTORIZATION OF INTERNET CONTENT OR PHOTOGRAPHY Exceptions: 1) You own FULL copyrights to the image and have not used it before and agree to not use it again 2) The Client owns FULL copyrights to the image.
• IMAGE DIMENSIONS - 350x280 px or (width/height ratio of 1.25:1) in JPG, PNG, or GIF format. (if you have issues, see the FAQ)
• ONE CONCEPT PER SUBMISSION - Example: if you want to show a logo in red, blue, and yellow, create and upload 3 separate files.
• NO WATERMARKS - your design firm or other.
• IMAGE CENTERED - horizontally and vertically with sufficient spacing all around.
• NO BORDERS - we are building a clean and consistent community portfolio.
• BACKGROUNDS - White, Black, or Solid is best. Elaborate backgrounds (ie grunge, painted etc.) are allowed but not recommended. Do not show designs on buildings, vehicles etc. Moderators may remove designs that look unprofessional.

Moderator Code of Conduct

Moderators are nominated volunteers who represent the design community and greatly help make LogoTournament a fair and enjoyable experience for both designers and contest holders. Moderators are governed by the following rules:

• Moderators will not remove a logo entry in a contest that they are participating in. (A message should be posted in the Moderator forum so someone else can handle it.)
• Moderators will not remove any logo involved in a Logo Court case.
• Moderators will not take an action that could be interpreted as a conflict of interest, and must defer to another Moderator or LogoTournament Support.
• Moderators will be less strict in Designer forums.