Liquid Planet StudiosLogo Design Contest

What's the concept behind the name "Liquid Planet"? Perhaps that will help us designers come up with better illustrations. Please give feedbacks on what you have seen so far and your likes and dislikes. It will help you get better results.

Thanks

Hey guys, any matters to discuss will be good to talk in forum instead of here. :)

Ivan just posted and hope we all will read it.
https://logotournament.com/help/designercodeofconduct

Cheers

Kimberly, do you intend to print the logo in black and white?
Also, are you familiar with RGB and CMYK colors?
Do you follow originality or WOW factor?

Yes we intend to use the logo in both full color and black and white. No I am not familiar with RGB and CMYK colors. Not sure what you mean by your last question. We want BOTH originality and WOW factor.

Hope that helps.

Kimberly

Kimberly,
RGB printing it's called digital printing and it's limited by the number of colors used for acheiving the rinted image.
CMYK has a wider color spectrum and it's mostly used and known as professional printing.
You should know that what you are asking here - e.g. vivid colors, shaddows and so forth - are looking absolutely great on web but they do bad in printing. Or at least you should request a logo that works very well on web and can be used in CMYK printing without loosing the impact from web...

Also, since you are a production and renting equipment studio then you will want your logo probably printed on t-shirts and other objects. That printing is using PANTONE colors for that proccess and you should get your logo in a flat color and two three color option as well. You should request these along with the full color submissions as well.
It will be a shame to pay 1500$ for a logo that you will not be able to place in small places or use it on fax sheets.

My bests
Emi

I think ulahts is giving you a good advice. This is my view also - For example, if the client picked a specific pantone red and black in the digital files that were sent for print, they were able to print this using only those 2 colors, which kept cost down and provide extremely sharp printing. However, if the supplied digital files did not specify the pantone red and black, then their graphic design program would select approximated CYMK values to reproduce what looks like the same colors, but are really made up of 4 colors. This will for sure cost more as the job also requires more careful attention during production to ensure perfect registration. Unless you are ready for just 2 or 3 colors only, I suggest you let us know which of the colors you prefer as you may want it to look best on tee-shirt. But some company did by sewing up the logo on the side pocket of the tee which may not need the importance of the color being used. Maybe you can call up your nearest printing company to get better advices and I believe you will understand better from them. :)

Cheers.
Denji

Hi Kimberly,

RGB = red, green, blue - the standard for blending light such as from backlit screens and projected images.
CMYK = cyan, magenta, yellow, and blacK - the standard for blending inks, dyes, paints, and the like. This is the standard for offset printed materials, among others. Using CMYK colourspace, there are a host of colour 'systems' that have been devised for blending colours, each with their own pros and cons. Pantone, Focaltone, Trumatch are just a few but they are each well known and well used by specific segments of the 'printing' industry.

There is a lot of physics behind it, but perhaps the main point to consider is that what can be achieved with one standard will have its limitations in the other. Crossing over from one medium to another will render an approximation which in most instances will look very close to most peoples' eye. The tricky part comes when you try to push the limits of one medium or the other because what one does best the other cannot. You can stay within the limitations of RGB and CMYK-based media by playing it safe and only choosing colours capable of being rendered accurately in both. Being a media company however, you may wish to 'max out' the capabilities and presentation of your screen-based imagery/branding, especially since you work in high definition - put your best foot forward, as they say. I could go on (and on...) but I hope this helps as a starting point.

Cheers, Steve.

Thank you Emi, Denji and Steve for you guidance. Due to these outstanding questions and our collective lack of time to focus on this logo this past week, we have opted to extend the contest by one week. I will consult my partners and will hopefully have a more clear idea of what exactly we want and need by end of day on Monday.

Once again, I thank you for your input, efforts and feedback. It is very much appreciated.

Aloha,

Kimberly

To ALL the designers that participated in our logo contest:

A very warm and heartfelt MAHALO (thank you). It has been a fun and informative experience for all of us here in Hawaii. We are pleased that we had so much interest in our contest and we are very happy with the results that we have gotten.

The most challenging part was getting consensus with our partners. There were so many great logo designs it really was difficult selecting just one. We even had one person suggest using more than one logo.

Unfortunately we will not be using multiple logos for our branding initiatives, so we did select our winner.

You are all extremely talented and creative. It has been a priviledge working with you all and we appreciate your efforts..

Thank you again. Best of luck to all of you in the future.

Liquid Planet Studios

Thank you for ranking, I hoped I would have some more time to submit some revisions, but I can see that you're satisfied already. Best of luck to you too.