Midnight Oil Consulting, IncLogo Design Contest

#2 I like the depth you gave the letters over #1. I would like to see the purple a little darker, more towards dusky blue instead of so close violet. Think Midnight. Perhaps a gradient as well.

I want to say thank you for all the designs that are coming in. They are great. I would like to say that for further refinements I would like to see the submissions move more toward the pictorial or abstract mark types.

I think this is important because the name of the company and my slogan will be present in other areas of the brand design and its a mouthful. So emphasis on a compelling icon or graphic is where I would like to see the contest go. Thanks!

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Thanks to the rash of late entries. I want to repeat the last comment:

"I would like to say that for further refinements I would like to see the submissions move more toward the pictorial or abstract mark types...the name of the company and my slogan will be present in other areas of the brand design and its a mouthful. So emphasis on a compelling icon or graphic"

So in short: Lose the entire "Midnight Oil Consulting Inc." Use either "MOC" or nothing. If you use the slogan make it unobtrusive.

As for the imagery, remember I am a technology consulting firm, not an oil company so I need to distinguish that. Time, Technology. Putting forth the effort to meet our clients needs. Those elements are just as important as the "oil" part which is easy.

Thanks!

So we have moved into the "second phase" I read the instructions and it says I am supposed to 5 designers. Does that happen automatically at the end of this phase, based on my rankings ?

Yes, feel free to rotate through designers as needed by ranking them higher (temporarily, at least). You or they may have additional ideas you'd like presented.

So is it possible to buy more than one at the end ?

Ditto