HERU there are great! I love the "jumbo shrimp" :) but I think the characters are too detailed for the subtlety of what I'm hoping for. I'm looking for the strength of the character to be demonstrated in as few lines as possible - similar to what you did for SilvaGonsalves? Not TOO abstract, but not too cartoony and cheesy.
Definitely in the right direction - can you do the same with an owl? With these specifically, If we do a treatment on one of the J's we should do something to both... I like incorporating them into the design.
heru - you are amazing! I love #60 and #50 - with 50 can you incorporate the other J with the same finess... and with the 60, the owl looks awesome, but angry. (is this the owl from the secret of nihm? looks to be :) )
Heru - I hope you don't mind that I extended the contest, I was advised to do so because there were not a large variety of concepts. With your design of the owl - #60 - Liz Gonsalves (she advised me to use Logo Tournament to begin with :) ) suggested the face is too severe - she also has suggested going even more abstract, but keeping the strength - does this make sense?