DMMG is a web site and brand centered around electronic dance music.
Industry
Entertainment
Top Three Things to Communicate
#1 - Hip
#2 - Electronic Music
#3 - Web 2.0
Our Target Audience:
The target audience consists of individuals between the ages of 16 and 35 that are located throughout major metropolitan areas. They are somewhat internet savvy and enjoy online collaboration, electronic music, and dancing. The culture is considered "underground" and is similiar to the hippie movement of the 1960's. Free love, peace, unity, and respect are all characteristics of someone in this scene.
Color Preferences
Blue, white, green, red, and yellow are all colors that may work. Blue and white being my favorite.
Our Ideas and Additional Information:
The logo needs to be transparent so it looks good on a vertical gradient web site background (as well as on a white background).
I created a logo on my own, but have since lost the original .PSD file (see the attached .jpg). You'll notice it has a white background and not having the .PSD means that I cannot change any of the font treatment. The thing I do like about it is how the turntable arm is incorporated as the "g" in "dmmg". I'm completely open to new ideas though, so work your magic!
Themes
Playful
Colorful
Bright
Expensive
Modern
Refined
Exotic
Sporty
Adventure
Style
Pictorial Mark
Literal or representative imagery is used to symbolize the brand.
Abstract Mark
Abstract shapes and symbols convey an idea or feeling.
Emblem
A badge that usually envelopes the logo
Famous Logos displayed under fair use to enrich the general publics' knowledge of graphic design.
Applications
Web
Print
Signs
Television
Clothing
Diamond Contest
We're sorry, but this contest is presently open to a limited pool of designers.
Maybe you could elaborate on what you mean by "transparent." The logos created here will ultimately be supplied to you in an EPS format, which is inherently transparent (i.e. no white bounding box). Where there is no image or lettering, your background will show through.The logos above all support this type of transparency.
Also, if I can offer a suggestion as you go, you can click in individual entries and make a comment in the box associated with that specific logo. Using this method, you'll find you get better results as the artist in question will receive an email alert, and generally take a more detailed and personalized approach to your logo revisions.
For everyone's benefit, what I mean by "transparent-friendly" is something that would look good if the surrounding background is substituted. What this means is, if you have the DMMG letters as a single color, the lettering should have a surrounding border. An example of this is the Skype logo.
The symbols (if any) that are used should also have a border around each element to ensure they stand out as well and contrast against whatever background that is chosen. I like white and whitespace, so a white area in the symbol would need some border or shadow definition to ensure it contrasts well when the surrounding background changes.
Hope this helps all of you! Thanks for all of your efforts!!!
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1st place - 50 points 2nd place - 20 points 3rd place - 10 points 4-6th place - 5 points 7-10 place - 3 points 10th on - 1 point
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