eggShell farmette coopsLogo Design Contest

#181 #182

the simplest way to soften the look and feel is to round the corners

Scott,

Here is what is happening in my confused brain-- my husband and his Zen ideas, which I like but now realize don't apply here, and trying to balance the contest ethics with what I like.

Williams Sonoma uses a classy pot as its logo, even though they now are into a wide range of products and services. My start is pet hens and tasteful hen coops that look good in a backyard. Coops can be funtional, yet add to a yard, not look like a chicken coop traditionally does.

Eggs are a huge reason to have chickens, so having an egg in the picture is important.

--A simple hen, classy hen. I'm drawn to #104 because it is so crisp and the current hen isn't.

--With my upside down egg comment, I was referencing #47. Take the whimsy from #47 to lighten the edginess of #153. Maybe making the hen less serious will do just that. I also think the roofline needs to hang over the bldg more and not be such a thick strip of blue (which others tell me is actually grey), because the current design is more modern than I like. Going back to the Williams-Sonoma pot, it is an old pot, but it is very crisp. I also very much love Talbots and their traditional crisp red door. Oh. I just looked and they've dumped that logo-- oh well.

-- I like a steeper roofline, even though my coops don't have one. I am forced to have the shallower roofline to accommodate my dimensions. Wider white stripe of trim board and a thinner roof might do that.

-- Lose the tagline as part of the logo.

Hens will be up soon. I'm going to let them out and go back to bed. THanks, Scott.

no on the rounded edges. I like the bigger hen.

and where is that other font you used last night? Or is it here and I'm just not seeing it?

#184 #185

Roof angle and thickness adjusted

#186 happened by accident while I was removing nodes I think it's interesting

#187 the other font I had used

I've remove the highlight gradient it's just not required and actually takes away from the clean look and feel

#185 is my absolute fav

Good morning, again.

#185 is very nice, but can look a bit like a bird house. What if you turn the egg on its side? Then it will unmistakably be an egg.

#187 I realize what I am missing is what #185 has-- red at the bottom. So put the chick back in and a trifle red under her like in #142 but keep the bigger hen. She looks cozy in there.

Also, for laughs, can you throw on some red feet? THAT is what is so fun about your #47. I wonder even, if they'd work hanging down outside of the coop (could imply that the coop is too small, though and mine are small). Or like bears sit, (and hens never do) with her legs sticking out in front of her.

#189 #190 #191 update and I have squared off the bottom section of the hen house

#192 is more cute, invokes family with a 2nd baby chick

I am IN LOVE with #189!!!! Let me stew on these while I work in the shop for a few hours.

Thanks, Scott.

Dang it! When I looked at it ranked 1 (so smaller) it looks like a man with a big nose and a tiny mustache.

The chicks are super cute, but busy.

okay you are spending way to much time in the hen house hahahahaa

Boy, you aren't kidding. It's great to have the business but I sure could use a weekend at some point.

#190 Are you recommending the simpler font? I like it because it removes the railroad tracks that my Ls create, but don't want to mess up your design.

I'm leaning toward the rounded edges, but not sure, yet. Also, could you do 2 things:

1. ditch the tagline

2. change the blue to black or dark grey, which will emphasize farmette?

I prefer the #190 font over the #187

I have been using grey and depending on your monitor it may not be calibrated correctly or if it is a low end monitor

#193 #194

darker grey and lessened the rounded bottom corners

Oh. Well I like the color that my screen has, which is blue-grey. I'll have to track down someone with a graphics card to see what it really looks like.

I'm on a thinkpad matte screen, business version, I think, as it's from my consulting days. So high quality graphics aren't or haven't been a priority.

Now that it is darker, I see that it is grey. I like the farmette being darker but I like the blue-grey of the roof.

Can you find an actual blue-grey and put that on so I can see? Since my screen isn't accurate, how do I describe the color for you?

I'm not a fan of flat grey, as it reminds me of those horrid uniforms the TJ Maxx people have to wear. (You are from Canada, so this may not mean anything to you.)

Just change the hen/chick one.

Why do you like the simple font better than the one with the tweaked Ls?

#195 and #196

have more cyan

CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow black) think ink cartridge

#195 : 25, 3, 2, 60
#196 : 20, 2 , 0, 60

by adding more or less colour will change the value the original grey I have been using is 0,0,0,50

font it's my personal preference and aligns better than the other as well, but it's what you prefer.

Is it bordering on boy scout? :)

Ok, I'm going back to building. Catch you later. Thanks, Scott.

The Moose is Loose
ya don't see this every day

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2013/04/11/bc-moose-smithers-safeway.html

watch the video

Hi, Scott. Funny about that moose; thanks for sending it.

I got lots done today on the coop, but have visited the designs many times. I need to work on the color choices, but, as I mentioned, find a monitor that works well. Or will I be able to tweak colors and fonts with the file you give me?

I'm going to move the line drawing gal into 1st for tomorrow and then make up my mind over the weekend. I've got to get moving onto other projects.

Have a fine Friday, and thank you for your continued support and kindness.

Shelley

Good Morning Shelley,

Regarding fonts, due to licensing I cannot give you the actual font, which is fonts are converted to outline. But The fonts I've been using are included in most vector programs such as CorelDraw or Illustrator. I'll give oyu the name of th3 course.

Yes, you will be able to edit color when ever you wish, as the elements are separate objects.

Logo Tournamet requires us to supply EPS (encapsulate Post Scrip) file and a JPG image. I personally send an additional file package that includes the following formats.

1. hi res 300 dpi image CMYK
2. hi res 300 dpi image RGB
4. hi res black and white 300 dpi
5. no background PNG for web use 3 sizes
6. favicon, used for website bookmarking. Favicon is those tiny images you see when you bookmark a website and my icons are the perfect shape and size for this
7. illustrator vector file

Hope this helps

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