Hi. Of the two, #9 and #10, I really like #10. The Chickadee is awesome. I like the look of the letters as branches. Just wondering if you could lower a little of the height of the letters R, E, E in #10 to create a more tree like appearance? I do like the leaf as the apostrophe Thanks for your hard work!
Thank you. :-) Yes, I chose to draw the Carolina chickadee rather than the standard Black Capped chickadee (although they both have black caps!) I liked the combination of just the shades of gray.
Let me know if you would like to see anything else.
Thanks so much for your comments. Since I am in the Great Lakes area, we unfortunately do not get the Carolina Chickadees, but I do agree with you, I love the markings and the design of the Carolina Chickadee. It is a more common bird that most people would recognize. Since doing birding and photography, I have become more aware of other songbirds - warblers and kinglets, but the general public would not be as familiar with them, so I think keeping to a more commonly recognized bird would be best in catching people's attention.
But, that being said, if you have any other ideas, or want to try a bird in a nest, I am open to that as well. You have a great eye for design and I appreciate that! Most of the birds I photograph are rarely in nests, but perched on branches or plants just like the Chickadee!
Sure, that makes sense! My next step was also to provide a black capped chickadee which has a little bit of a golden breast.
One of my design concerns is the fact that you will be using logo as a watermark for your photos. Being a photographer myself, I know that simple logos with less colors (or even one color) work best as a watermark. From experience, your logo needs to translate to a dark gray or black for placement on light colored photos, and white for dark photos. Of course you would adjust the opacity to taste. :-)
Part of the agreement provided by LogoTourmanent is that whoever wins this contest (be it me or some other lucky designer) we must provide color variations for you if needed. So rest assured you would have a separate set of logos specifically for watermarking.
That being said, if you take a look at #20, the chickadee is devoid of detail. He's just a black and white impression of the bird. So I think perhaps you would want to have logos for two purposes. One for your business cards and website, etc that has a detailed and realistic bird, and then one with the same exact bird but silhouetted like in #20. It would translate better for watermarking.
Of course, you could always try using your more detailed logo as a watermark as well, and who knows it might look better than what I am imagining. :-)
Thanks so much for your insightful comments. There is so much to learn about starting a business on the web. Of all your designs, #11 is till my favorite. I like the simplicity of the Chickadee, yet there is so much beauty in just the shading. I do understand what you are talking about for #20. I have not yet used a watermark to date, but will be doing that soon :)
I have some questions to ask about your logos - I am specifically trying to decide between #10 (first choice) and #11 (second choice).
For the font of "photos", the color is great, but can you use a font that is crisper, the edges seem a bit rough and crackle like appearance? The font style is fine, but more solid.
Would it be possible for you to do this logo in the following files? Adobe illustrator, a scalable EPS, and a jpg version. Would need 300bpi.
For the watermark, a non-color version, a white, translucent and a darker one. I was thinking of using the same wording as the logo, but putting the Chickadee from #20 on top of the lettering and making it bigger might be a better fit for the water mark.
I talked with my nephew this AM, and he is rather savvy in graphics, and I am a babe in the woods (not my realistic age though) :)
Would this be possible or am I asking too much. I have liked your designs from the start.
Absolutely! All of that is possible, and yes you would get all of the color and opacity and file type variations including the bird without the feather detail for your watermark.
I can also change the font. I was going for 'rustic' :-) I will do that in a bit. I'm just about to get my morning coffee and then I will make that change.
Hi there sorry for the short delay. I am actually designing 'away' from home right now, as my son has been in the hospital recovering from surgery. Any rate, sometimes mornings get crazy with doctors in and out and nurses asking questions. Finally was able to update the font on the logo. I uploaded two.. one with a heavier weight to the font.
Wow - talk about overload! I hope that your son is on the mend. Hospitals are no fun at all! I've worked in one for a while. I like the one with heavier font. I will get back to you, my dog just jumped down 4 steps straight into the wall and fell down. Vision impaired, 13.5 years, and a big boy. Will talk with you soon. I like your design the best!
Thank you. And yes I liked the one with the heavier font too. Poor doggie! I hope he is okay! I have had a few aging and elderly dogs and cats over the years. It's hard when they get to that point.
Let me know if you want to see anything else specifically, and I will try to accommodate! Going to bed now. It's been a long day. Found out we get to spend 10 more days here in the hospital. Hey, it least it gives me time to design. :-)
How are things going? I do hope that your son is doing better.
I was wondering if things have slowed down, and you had a chance to try designing a watermark version? I was thinking about using the Chickadee in #20, based on your recommendations, making it larger and centering it over the lettering.
Okay I have uploaded a few different possibilities for the watermark portion of your logo. #67 shown as how it might look if you needed to place it over a darker photo. You may keep the color in there, or not, depending on the type of photo you are watermarking.
Hi Desiree, How are you? How is your son doing? You must be exhausted!
Thanks so much for uploading the logos. I like what you have done with them. I do prefer the sizing of #69 over 65.
My brother and sis in law were here to visit Mom (I live with her and help her); I showed them the logos, and #37 was given the thumbs up. I like what you have done. Will have to re-look at them tomorrow, as it is approaching 1am and am fading fast and starting not to make much sense.
There are so many beautiful and unique logos, but I still keep coming back to #37 as my first choice. I must sign off, as I have lost this email once already and just can't stop yawning. Until tomorrow,
Had somewhat of a turn of events for the better today, and may be getting out of the hospital this week, and have been preoccupied with that. (Mostly I've got so much family expecting to be updated when thing change that it takes me half the day! )
So did you have any more questions or want to see any more variations for this logo? You seem to really love the original Chickadee, so I have just been sticking with that!
I am going to bed now, but back at it int he morning!
Am so glad for you and your family that things are improving. I fully understand. I hope that I haven't bothered you too much. I love the original chickadee. Hope that you get some good sleep.
You might not be hearing from me till later in the day, we have a bit of break in our nasty ice and snow and rain, so I hope to go birding a little tomorrow if Mom is doing ok.
I was just informed I MIGHT be released today, or tomorrow for sure. YAY! If you don't hear from me right away it's because I'm packing up to go home or driving there. (I live 3 hours away.)
Also, one more thing to keep in mind when you finalize the contest.... the top three 'award' spots have to be three separate designers, or it won't let you move it beyond judging. The rest of the spots, 4 through 10 can be anyone.
Assuming you choose me as 'winner', I will only be able to upload the 'winning' file here through Logo Tournament (They only allow 2 file slots, one EPS and one JPG) and the rest of the files (Like the watermark version) I will have to send you via email, outside Logo Tournament.
Thanks so much for your comments. I am glad that your son is coming home. Wow. 3 hours to hospital is a long haul. I do hope he will be on the mend and improve daily. You will have a lot to do.
Take a breath and get him home, and load the files when you can. I am not in a deadline rush. From the start your Chickadee has captured my attention. It has been tough, as there was one other designer who had awesome graphics also, making the choice very difficult.
The weather did not pan out to what I had hoped, very cloudy, 35 degrees not counting windchill, up to 22 mph today, yesterday was up to 50mph, so, have opted to stay home. Snow is due later this week, and this has been a mild winter for Chicago. Oh, well, the birds will have to wait.