David-Dorian RossLogo Design Contest

#8 beautyful mark.

Hi All,

I've been in some discussions with the contest holder, and although he appreciates the effort that has gone into the entries so far, he feels that the design community is missing the "feeling" that he is looking for.

Here are some questions that I asked in an email exchange which should be helpful:

Thoughts on a pictoral element:
I think that IF the design contains an image of a T'ai Chi practitioner, silhouette would be better. The logo that I'm looking for should be more suggestive than literal. At the same time, I don't know that the design has to have a person in it at all.

Thoughts on the illustrative stances so far:
Well, the designers that have submitted human figures have generally picked pretty good stances. Extrjoker and Chris318 have the best so far. There are a lot on the web that anyone can find.

Can you provide links to 5-10 different logos that you consider to be great:
Here are a few that I like: Wiley Publishing -- who have the "for Dummies" series of books www.wiley.com; one of my favorites is in your pictorial mark samples -- the Jaguar logo; also FTD florists -- www.ftd.com (this one is awesome). I've gotten the sense from looking at all the designs that most of the artists got hung up on using my name and tag-line, and trying to make it part of the logo. I've commented to several of them that I don't care about using the text so much. What I want is a pictorial mark that will evoke the FEELING of America's T'ai Chi Champion -- the future of this art, with solid roots in the past.

I'm going to put in my two cents here. I think that Dr. Tai Chi is looking for something subtle and abstract in nature. I think designers should avoid the obvious in this case, which is true to life illustrations of a Tai Chi practitioner. I think a more abstract, symbolized version is what he is looking for. Another option might be a completely abstract mark that captures the feeling of Tai Chi. I recommend heading on to Youtube and searching for "Tai Chi" for further inspiration.

Hi All,

I have extended the contest by 2 days to facilitate entries based on the updated information above.

Best of luck to all!

Tyler

Wolv great entries man!

thanks Mare :)

congrats wolv.... and thanks david. really enjoyed your contest

congrats wolv

thanks all :)