Here are some of my concepts. I've gone for something that's fairly clean and simple, yet striking. Creating an icon that works well within the logo or as a stand alone element, one that can be used for things like favicons or watermarks.
The logos are 100% vector so will scale well to any size, and works well in full colour, B&W and on coloured backgrounds if needed,
It would be my pleasure to work up any variations so please do say. I look forward to your comments or thoughts.
Thanks for the great submissions and the helpful comments. Your work is really good.
Let's start with 41. I like it. It feels light, clean, airy. I'd like to see it maybe with the circle shifted to the left or right so that it encloses one end of the names. Let's try some experiments with the placement of the circle. I'm open to any other great idea you come up with too.
My only concern with 41 is that it reminds me a bit of a restaurant logo... like maybe something from a fancy restaurant at a nice hotel. I hope that moving that circle some will fix that problem.
39: This is probably my next favorite. I like that it has the separate element for the initials. That is something I had considered, the being able to use just the initials part for favicons, etc. I like that this design has a clean, professional look to it.
Concerns for 39: I don't know if I like the black dot. I like the airy sense that I get from 41 and I'm wondering if there is a way to incorporate some of that here in 39. Could we try hollowing out the black dot? Or maybe some other variations on it.
40: Not bad, but probably not what I'm looking for. The red dot reminds me of a Japanese flag which I find a little distracting from the message. I do like the font used for the names. Maybe we can keep that as an option to try out in 39.
I'll look forward to seeing your revisions. Thanks for the great work.
Now you're making it difficult because those are some good choices you've added. Here are a few general thoughts: I like the orange, but what if we tried it somewhere between true orange and yellow? Just like to see how it looks. Ok, now specific comments:
97: I like the design, but I've decided I don't really like the font of the initials in the circle. I'm not exactly sure why which I know is not helpful so I apologize.
95 and 96: I like both of these. My concern is that in the initials I think the M gets lost or neglected a little. Could we try making more prominent too? Also, can we experiment with separating the initials?
93 and 94: I really like these. There is something about these design elements that just jumps out at me. However, I can't shake the feeling of "restaurant" when I look at it. I'll have to get some feedback from facebook friends on that. I feel like I might have to separate myself from my personal attraction to it and let it go in favor of another.
Thanks for the awesome work so far. Also, thanks for your communication in the process.
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Its been my pleasure, and thank you for the compliments and kind words, its greatly appreciated. You guys have a great logo, and I wish you all the best with it.