Michigan Custom SignsLogo Design Contest

SURE THING!

Hey, if I pick this one as the winner right now will you work with me on a couple of little tweaks? I was looking at some of the earlier submissions and you had one with a thicker boarder and the bolts were inside of the border. That might look cool here. Also still trying to figure out how to get Custom Signs to pop a bit more. Maybe the Custom Signs letters need a thin border.

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Brooklyn

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Minimalust is also cool. Just trying to give it a bit more refinement.

Hey, could I see this in something more contemporary, like Monique?

Cool. Can you give just a littlemore vertical space between Michigan and Custom Signs? and maybe just a tiny bit more between the letters in custom signs?

Hey, on this one, can we make the bolts dark blue and make the Michigan a little smaller and the custom signs a little bigger, but everything else the same?

Hi SKO... what about this one with only the following changes: Michigan the same size, but moved up so that the bottom fo the letters justifies with the top of the box. Then run the box into the bottom of the M and N (not all the way underneath the word Michigan, just so that it connects at the end, then move custom signs so that it is centered in the box. And change the bolts to dark blue. Thank you!

How about moving Custom Signs up a bit so it is either centered or almost within the frame and move the michigan up so the bottom is just below the top of the box?

Any chance you can update number 169 with the changes noted above? Some of the other changes you submitted go a bit further, and I think 169 is actually pretty close with a few tweaks.

Hi SKO... appreciate your note, and it is a close call right now. Would you please try this: on #169, let's make the box a bit taller, remove the tagline all together, and give the letters in custom signs a little more spacing between each other. It feels crowded right now.

gkovtun,
is there anything I can do to change your mind?

Thanks on both fronts. One last (I think) thought here... what if the Michigan was just the light blue without the dark background and it sat right on the top edge of the custom signs box?

I think this is what you ask for. What do you think? Also you should be able to edit the vector art if you would want to change your tagline. You would need a program like Adobe Illustrator for a Mac or Corel Draw for PC. If you pick mine and have any issues editing it I can help you out.

A couple of questions: First with regard to the design, I'm wondering if we could, without changing anything else, change the negative space behind custom signs to white and change the letters to navy but leave the outside frame of the sign as is (navy with the white bolts). Second, I've never done this before so once a winner is selected, will I be able to make changes directly to the file... for instance I'm not sold on my current tagline and may want to swap that out occasionally. Would I be able to do that myself?

Yes. Looks good. Can we make the background of the hanging sign white?

can we try this using the same blue you used in #169?

gkovtun,
I think this is looking good!

gkovtun,
I think this is what you were looking for with the small sign below the other.

I like this, but I prefer the Michigan up higher and the custom signs centered in the rectangle like in #177. With those adjustments can we then also see how it looks with the Michigan in the light blue and the custom signs in white?

What about taking the tag line out of all caps and hanging the tag line rectangle from the main rectangle. Like a subtly hanging sign?

gkovtun
What do you think of this one. I did the changes you asked for or are you going on another direction now? What is it that you want to stand out more Michigan or Custom Signs? Is there anything else you would like me to try. Do you like the font I am using? Please let me know
Thanks

I added a little more negative space, made sign in background taller and shrunk the slogan. Let me know what you think. Thank

No. I was referring to the background within the rectangle.

what if we made Michigan the lighter blue, the custom signs white, and made the background of the sign (rectangle) the blue currently in the Michigan?

I like how this is coming along. Feels a bit crowded though. seems like it needs a little more negative space. Maybe make the box a bit taller and maybe shrink the tag line a bit relative to Michigan Custom Signs.

"Custom Signs" seems to disappear on this a bit. Maybe outline them in white, or make them white and the tagline blue?

yes, and I like this. but I'm not of fan of it being curved.

gkovtun,
is this what you meant by dark background?

How do you think this would look with a dark background behind custom signs? You might need to then put an outline around Michigan and the tag line letters so they don't half disappear in the darkness.

gkovtun
Is there anything I can do to get this to the top? Is there anything else you would like to see? Thanks
Sean

what do you thin about adding another color here? I like the state as the i and I like the elements here, but it seems a bit flat or muted. Needs to pop a bit more, but I'm not sure how. Maybe the outline around the blue line should be black or the custom signs should be blue with the tagline in black or grey.

What if we make the black background (not the border) a grey? Perhaps that would soften it up a bit.

What if we change the internal black background to a grey to soften it up a bit? Also, in Michigan there are a lot of Michigan type stickers that people put on their car from the various vacation towns (michigan proud sort of thing). I don't want this to get lost in that noise. I'm thinking the Custom Signs portion needs to be not necessarily the same size as Michigan, but larger in proportion to the Michigan than it is here.

gkovtun,
Is there anything you would like me to change or tweak? Your input would be great. Thanks

How do you think this would look with more of a retro font vs. distressed?

what if instead of the map of michigan in the background, it was the map of the great lakes in a good shade of blue? and is here a scaling used in the letters? Need those to be solid.

gkovtun
If there is anything you would like me to change or tweak please let me know
Thanks