I like entry #13 the best of all but I think I prefer a font style more similar to the entry #10. Entry 10 is interesting but the doesn't quite do it for me.... will try to get more specific if I can figure it out myself Entry #13 I like the 2 tones of grey because it ads dimension so I would be curious to see what the balloons would look like if they were 2 tone as well.... or maybe just the lead balloon having a lighter streak in it would be enough. The hills are a bit steep and a bit too strong. Would prefer less of and emphasis on the mountains and more on the balloons. Also the hills flattened out might help the name not look as long as it is. All in all a strong start.
Okay, #38 is getting closer. So I'll walk you through your two entries that I like and tell you what I like about each. Bare with me and I'll try to clarify what I wrote previously.
#38 - I like the mountains and I feel the font is an improvement as well. Your entry #10 font and color was good and the color of the "Balloons" in entry #13 is strong enough as well. #38 is a little too light/weak. I am curious about how 2 different options on the text would look. First, I would like to see the "Balloons" not bolded and left the same as the other text and second not bolding the "Balloons" but giving it a stronger color than the other text similar to how you did it in Entry #13.
#13 - I like the gray used in this logo. It's strong and makes the logo crisp and it's simple.
So putting it all together and trying to clarify my last comment a bit as well: 1. Keep the color scheme of logo #13 2. Keep the font face of #38 3. Use the color of the "Balloons" in #13's text as the text color 4. Use the mountains from #38 5. Try one logo with 1-4 and the original balloons from #13 6. Try a different logo with 1-4 and then a modification to the balloons: I liked the 2 grays you used in #13. And, I liked how the 2 grays worked together to give #13's mountains some depth/dimension. What I would like to see is what that second gray in the balloon would look like if it were used just like it was on the mountains where you used the contrast of those 2 greys to give the mountains some dimension(let me know if non of this makes any sense, it's a bit tough to describe). Okay I'm barely making sense to myself so I'll try to get more specific to describe this. The lead balloon is in dark gray. So looking at the top of that balloon and going from left to right it goes from dark gray to white to dark gray to white to dark gray. I was wondering what it might look like for that balloon to go from dark gray to white to the lighter gray to white to dark grey. Let me know if that makes any sense at all. Thank You!
We're getting closer, let's make the font all the same color using just the dark gray and then see how it looks with the original balloons from #13 (without the shading/dimension on #38s balloons)
So essentially, start with #13, flatten the mountains and then add the darkened text from #48.
The 2 grays you used for the first design (#13) were perfect.
Looking good, now next step...... The mountains, there are 2 strips/lines for the mountains. The top one is good the bottom one should be the same dark grey color as the first/close balloon.