I like the idea of the H with orange and blue. Can you switch the fade so that it's split vertically? Also, not sure about having the "slogan" in there. Overall, I like this though.
Entry #3 - Orange and blue gradients split horizontally (I hope this is what you meant since they were already vertically split) Have changed the "High" to orange as well as I feel this gives consistency overall.
Yeah, that's what i meant, but I was wrong. You're original design is better. The way the bottom blue bar ends up being shaped makes it look "sad". If you have any other variations or ideas, I am open to them. So far you're designs are great.
My entry #19 has been taken to Logo Court by logope claiming that it is a copied concept of combining the "H" and the "M" in the same way as his entry #4.
As I write, I have 20 hours, 48 minutes to remove my design or be totally removed from your competition. Unless, of course it is judged not to be similar.
I'd like to question you about your business/company name. Is it registered as a one word name "HighMark", or as a two word "High Mark". I need to clarify since a monogram style logo would be only the capital of the name. i.e.: H for Highmark and/or HM for High Mark. Examples would be the stylised "M" for Motorola or the two letter overlapping "LV" for Louis Vuitton.
I hope you can reply soon, so I can continue to (hopefully) design a winning logo mark for you.