Jupp? Is that like pronounced yupp? If it is can I use it?
I think that is getting close - just the basket that is worrying me. It is kind of like a block of red against the delicacy of the canopy. Is there something we can do with it? Either add woven texture to it (and thereby break up the blockyness) or tone down the colour. Is the first option possible?
Could I ask for one more permutation on the colours too? Could we try it without the white border between panels? My question is simply how would it look? I'm hoping this isn't too hard to do? As an alternative, we could try making the white border even thinner?
I'm really happy with where this icon is at. If you could soften the basket that would be great. If it isn't too labour intensive, it'd be good to see the same design with thinner or no white lines.
The other consideration is that an icon must be square. With the balloon sneaking out the top of the box, one way to handle this is to slightly truncate the box (so that it is a rectangle not a square). The point being that the square of the icon needs to encompass the top of the balloon. Presumably, the balloon will dominate and people won't notice that the box is not exactly square? Alternatively, the top of the balloon gets chopped off. What do you think?
Yes my ears have stopped ringing.. Lol.. Im glad you liked the new balloon, I like it best of them all too.. :) Its not a problem white the white lines, nor the basket case.. I'll get right on it!
The app icon we can work with, but my idea actually came from an app on my iPhone that have a circle that comes out of its box.. So Im guessing on apps thats okay? But we can work more with that after we got the balloon perfect with the lines and basket.. :)
No lines just edges out thin lines - the thin lines sometimes kind of vibrate on the screen.
Think I like red at the bottom of the balloon as it seems to close off all those panels in a stronger fashion.
The basket seems better as a lighter colour - or at least not so strong as that red. #342 is better. Maybe try the burnt orange colour that is on the panel 4th from the right? I dunno.
Thank you and dont worry about the staying up.. I love working on this design, so its actually hard to close my mac.. But my eyes wont work anymore at this time.. :)
Just to tell you what's happening. I'm really happy with the design - and would like to proceed with getting it finalised. However, my business partner is still keen to explore the dandelion design (#254) by zrox. We expect some iterations on this sometime today (US time).
I hope to have some news for you tomorrow. For the moment though we have everything we need. I'm going to get an really night. We'll talk tomorrow.
We would like to select your design - well done! Hopefully you will see it floating around the internet in a couple of years time.
Before we award the prize to you, can we finalise a couple of variations, so that we can use the logo across formats? What we would like, if possible, is:
1) The balloon by itself (like in #334) 2) As an app icon (like #343) 3) With text "GEDDUP" - as a banner 4) With text "GEDDUP" and tagline "Free your time" - as a banner
For the font, we are attracted to the symmetry and fine lines of fonts like Futura. The best example from the contest was in design #254. It was the roundness of the G and the slightly off centre E that works with that.
Is this all okay? Tell me if its unclear or doesn't work. Thanks and congratulations Rohan
Im truly honored! And very very happy!!! Cant wait till I see it floating around!!! :) Its not a problem at all to send you the logo in "pieces" in addition to the whole logo! But in here I can only upload one design, so I have to sende all additional files to your private email if thats fine by you? (I always send a package with all kinds of files for print, screen and in black/ white after winning a contests so that works great).
Do you want me to upload some versions with new fonts first? If so, do you want me to use the design ranked as 2 to try out the fonts?
One interesting thing from this view of the design, I think it loses some of the 'escape the box' effect when the box itself is simply a red line (as opposed to raised edges and background colour in the box).
In any event, all good. Did you want to move to email for the rest? Then I can go ahead and award the prize and close the competition...
I have uploaded a version with #357 font and with the same icon as the app entry.. :) Let me know how this one look, I would like to have the perfect logo finished in here so I know whitch one to send as pieces for app icon etc. (I have 60 different logo files on this design now, so its good to have one specific that we agree on to go by :)
So to summarise - could we get that base design with:
1) The balloon by itself (like in #334) 2) As an app icon (like #343) 3) With text "GEDDUP" - as a banner 4) With text "GEDDUP" and tagline "Free your time" - as a banner
And (if you are feeling generous!), with the original concept that grabbed my imagination with the U being lifted away at an angle - like #143 - in fact, I'd be happy with #143 as is, if it was going to be too fiddly to replace the balloon etc...
#360 - Its the final one? I uploaded versions with the mirror effect too.. No, I dont think that would matter.. I would love to have just the icon on the first row on my page :)
That damn delay - #363 with mirror effect wins! Fantastic.
I'm going to rank that as 1st and then ensure other designers make up the top 10.
In terms of the banners - I'm just trying to make it easier for myself. If you give me the pieces, I can always move them around etc. using Inkscape. But I figure you will be able to do this about 100 times faster than me. So if you can, what we'd like is to have a banner where the logo (the app icon) is on the left and the text is on the right - first with just 'Geddup' and then with 'Geddup' and the tagline underneath. If it doesn't make sense, don't worry too much about it...