Rud,
We wanted to let you know that you are one of our final two designers, and thank you for the hard work so far. We like how you have "broken" the box by extending the ground curve in #298 and making the bottom of the emblem curved in #178. These are our two favorite designs. We have a few requests to finalize the concepts and make our decision:
On #178, we would like to see the concept as it is with an inverted color scheme (dark green background), and also retooled with the name within the emblem, similar to the style of #298? We would also like to see that version with both colorways.
As for #298, can you please develop it a bit more, and perhaps make the breaking of the box a bit stronger? I am a bit worried it won't work on embroidery or show up well in small iterations, such as web thumbnails. Additionally, will you please show this logo with the name of the company out to the left and the emblem with just the tree, ground, and box? We will probably be using the emblem by itself on some of our marketing materials and would like to see how it looks without text, much like you did in #178. Also, as we asked for with #178, can you develop this concept with both a light and dark background color?
Lastly, with both concepts, will you show the tagline as "Custom Contacting and Design", "Contracting and Design", and have them stand alone with just "Boyce" and no tagline? We need the logo to work with all three.
Thanks again for the hard work. Feel free to ask any questions if you need clarification on these requests.