#3 This is my favorite so far. Eye-catching and nicely balanced, but a little busy. #2 Could we see this one without the dot where the eye would be and done in rust or burgundy?
here is another take on the concept... I'm not really sure how the original comes off unprofessional though - its clean, simple, strong, communicative, conceptually relative, conveys the idea well, works great in one color or styled up, reads well at small sizes... has all the makings of a strong identity with an iconic logomark that can sit on its own to represent the brand... let me know what you guys think about either of these and how it isn't coming off professional.
#3 This logo seems to produce a strong emotional reaction (not always a positive one) in some of our members. I appreciate the effort to come up with a different treatment, but I don't think it works as well. I moved #2 back up to the top. I'd suggest another couple of tries at that one. I may have been wrong about moving all the dots outside the head. That seems to reduce the feeling of being overloaded. Please show me one without the tagline and the name rendered in two decks. Thanks.
#3 Mogeek - I'm sorry you withdrew your entries before we declared a winner. I would have awarded you third place had your work still been there. Thanks for your efforts. You're very talented and I'm sure will continue to do well in LogoTournament.