Hi, I thought I'd give you a dressed up version of the logo with a punched up color scheme. I'm not sure what your preferences are with regard to color -- there are so many shades to choose from! Your feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
#47 basic colors are better colors than the gradient look. A 2 color logo is much cheaper to print then a full color one. We like the look of your first entry, just the mountains kinda throw it off. Makes us look like we're in Aspen Colorado.
Hi, I've made some variations for you. I'm glad you appreciate the idea that two-color printing is more economical -- many contest holders like the flashy gradients and glossy effects without realizing that. As a result, all my new entries will use two Pantone spot colors. In order to take advantage of two-color printing, your logo should use spot colors, as opposed to process colors or CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black).
There are three variations here in logo and color scheme. Of course, I can mix and match if there's a design you like from one entry and a color scheme from another entry -- and I can try more colors if these aren't doing it for you.
One advantage of spot colors is that even with two-color printing, if you want to have subtle gradients to create depth, that is possible. You can use tints of a spot color and still do two color printing. If that interests you -- if you'd like to see what that might look like -- I'll post some examples.
Hi, I thought you'd appreciate seeing some entries with variations on the windows, as well as an idea of what the logo might look like without the bottom blue bar. Thanks!
we really like #52 design. We'd like to see it with #12 colors. Also, we are interested in seeing the gradients in the same look as #52. Meaning, one with solid colors and a couple examples with gradient. Thank you so much for your promptness on changes we;ve asked for. You really are a talented designer!
Hi, I've uploaded some new entries based on #52 for your review.
#67 is a version using the darker blue + gold color scheme, with two pantone spot colors. #68 uses the same two colors with subtle gradients -- this technically qualifies as a two-color image for printing purposes (same cost to print as #67). #69 uses the same base color scheme, but in 4-color -- for use on the web or other digital media, and when you want full color printing).
#70 is a subtle gradient version (like #68), also in two pantone spot colors, using the same color scheme as #52. #71 is a full color version with this base color scheme.
And #72 shows you the logo in one color, black -- it's very important for a logo to work in one color. Sometimes you have no choice but to print in black and white!
Many thanks, and I'm happy to create more revisions if you need them! Lindsey
Lindsey, You are on fire! Thank you again for your quick responses. LOVE #52. Would it be possible to change the colors to the same as the flag (red,white,blue). The PMS colors would be PMS193=RED, PMS281=BLUE. I got these colors from: http://desktoppub.about.com/library/weekly/blcpflagsrwb.htm Look forward to seeing it in these colors and thank you again for all the hard work you've put in thus far.
Hi, here's an entry with the PMS colors you specified. The blue in the blue/gold version I had already submitted was actually the blue you specified (281). The red in this version is 193, but on the screen, it will probably look a bit like a dark pink. One thing about Pantone colors is that they will never look on screen exactly as they look when printed. Also, the red in the American flag is actually a bit pinkish -- a red that leans toward blue (which means it's closer to purple than to orange on the color wheel). It's easy enough to make a version that looks on screen like the flag colors that you can use for digital media (web, video, email, etc.) and have a version that is colored for print.
#73 looks great! I'll look at a printed version in the morning. I like the idea of having a print version and screen version. BTW, I looked at your other logos and am blown away. You truely have talent and such a varied sense of style.