My submission for your review. the icon visually represents Golden Acorn, I'll be tweaking this design over the next few days. Your input is welcome and appreciated.
25 is great really like the icon design. could you add A Golden Acorn Company Limited. to the wording with a siingle line and a 2 line logo option please.
entry 41/42 are quality. really like them. can you try tweaking to a brighter gold in the font though, like in entry 4. any maybe a few different textured backgrounds etc.
Advice on eye candy...eye candy does not make logo yes it looks all shiny and new, if an when I chose to use these effects I use them in a minimalist form other wise it really starts to look tacky and un professional thins the 90'
eye candy effect take time to soak in when viewing and if the effects are over kill then the design forgettable. Solids on the other hand do not have this problem.
can you make the tree look more oak shaped, and use the vivid green from the acorn design, maybe have the golden acorn dropped at the foot of the tree.
I know you'll understand that purchasing a font for 50.00 for a 200 dollar contest in the end with taxes and LT fees it comes down to 100 bucks. I can certainly find a illegal copy which is what most people do but unfortunate I do not operate that way....I am licensed for every typeface and or software I use. No Exception.
The font you indicated is to script to be readable, however I do have a similar and is readable in fine print.
hi ranked one and two so far, your designs are great. can you shine/polish up these entries, brighter gold, reflection etc, and maybe icon at start of words with tree and acorn, in second logo.
Pretty much won the contest, great designs, could you make the words have a shadow, try 1 in black and one white background design of eaxh, with the tree icon and the acorn icon design.
You can always end the contest early at this stage. I have no problem working with you to tweak the design after.
I do not recommend the horizontal layout unless we use LTD. the name is too long to support horizontal and icon, or we use 2 lines...but as I mentioned we can make these minor adjustments at anytime