David HousholderLogo Design Contest

Hello! Here are some hints for getting the most out of your contest as it progresses:

~~ You, the Client, are very important! Your active participation is the single greatest factor influencing this contest. Active participation by you, the Client, helps you get the logo design you want!
~~ What's active participation? It's updating the brief with more information for Designers to work with as the contest progresses, providing feedback to Designers on their entries when they're submitted, and ranking designs at least once a day.
~~ When you provide feedback to Designers, you increase the chances of getting the logo you want. More feedback = better results!
~~ Leave private feedback by clicking on a design. Feedback will be made public upon contest completion.
~~ Rank designs at least once each day -- this will encourage Designers to submit more entries!
~~ Ranking prevents your contest from going idle! Active contests attract more Designers.
~~ Ranking gets your contest noticed. Unless your contest is Private, 1st place entries are posted to the portfolio page: https://logotournament.com/portfolio
~~ Please note: if you're asking for a design that will require several hours to create, to attract Designers willing to invest that amount of time the prize should be at least $400-$500. All "Character" style logos fall into this category.
~~ Designers are not offended by "Not Interested." We'd like to know what you don't want so we can give you the design you do want.
~~ The first phase of the contest is the "Open" phase, and everyone can submit during that time.
~~ After your contest's initial "Open" phase closes, it will enter the "Top 5" phase; only the top 5 ranked Designers will be able to submit revisions at that time.
~~ The "Top 5" Designers are the first 5 Designers in a contest, not the first 5 designs.
~~ When "Top 5" ends, the "Judging" phase begins. The Designer of the 1st place design will be the only Designer who can submit revisions at that time.

More detailed information on how to get the most out of your contest can be found here:
https://logotournament.com/forum/general_discussion/914

You can also look in: https://logotournament.com/forum/contest_holder_discussion

#1 Try red white and blue. I like how clean this one is.

#4 Really like this one. Red white and blue is good, it exudes patriotism. The italic nature of the "flag stripes" expresses optimism. Play with the triangle topped shape a little.

#2 Not the clean look I'd like. Good "balance" between art and name, though

#3 Avoid the backward D on the DH logo. But it looks official.

The background shading in #4 and #3 is interesting.

The "ART" part of the logo has to fit into a square to be used as a FAVICON, etc.

FOR EVERYONE: I'd like to see the "Life and Liberty" part bolder. A little too faded out.

FOR EVERYONE:
1) I said "avicon" when I should have said FAVICON. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon
2) The art portion of the logo should also work as a stand-alone FAVICON
3) I'll also be using the new FAVICON on Twitter, etc: http://twitter.com/LibertyHous < Right now I am borrowing the FAVICON from another one of my companies: http://blackberrybush.org
4) Stick with RED, WHITE, BLUE. Love it.
5) Can "Life and Liberty" be a little more prominent?

I like how Makinson has given me two different formats of the same design (see #44 and #45).

Bless you all for your work. I am blown away by the talent level on this site. Only FIVE HOURS until the first phase ends. Top five artists, I believe, go to the second round. Looking for some last minute artists to make the cut......

SO HARD TO CHOOSE. Outstanding work by everyone. Choosing one from among the top five will be almost impossible. But here goes....