The Patriot Brass EnsembleLogo Design Contest

I like #3, A LOT do you have some more of your work in this direction???

Thank you!

- Steven Behnke

Thanks for the feedback I shall look for other options, This logo would translate well onto uniforms. Just from a technical point would you be embroidering or silk screening onto your uniforms.

Regards Brendan

Embroidering has a more military look... I think that's what you are talking about, silk screen is when it is printed? Sorry I am not up with all of this. I love #9 would there be any other military symbols (such as a rifle?) or maybe a shadow of a person playing a bugle/trumpet or a soldier? We go to military hospitals and raise the moral of soldiers back from Iraq with terrible injuries.

Thank you for all of your help!

- Steven

Thanks Steven will look into it.

lol the rifle was a bad idea on my part lol, but I do want our logo to some how show that our main mission is the help veterans in hospitals. I really like the trumpet one, but is there a way to make one that features the outline of a soldier of some kind? I can never forget our group is about helping soldiers in hospitals... we are a brass group but our mission is about helping people. There has never been a project like ours so be creative :-) Thanks so much for showing us your talents we love it!!

- Steven

Maybe a musket will look better http://www.tiffinohio.com/bilger/Musket.jpg something like this but I worry how it would look on a uniform, could you simplify it enough?

Another idea would be to turn the "I" in patriot to http://redriverpak.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/fallen_soldier_27122428_std.jpg the gun there... not sure how that would work. This also give you an idea I have about the shadow people, but then again you are expert, what do YOU think? Any ideas?

Thank you!

- Steven

very nice #25! What other options do we have for the word "Patriot"?

Thanks!

- Steven

#26 is great too! What if it was just a solid color?

Hi Steven sorry not following you which part would you like to see in a solid colour. or are you refereing to the whole logo.?

What about in #26 "Patriot" Being a solid color?

Sorry I think that is more clear, my bad!

- Steven

I really like #27 but I worry about people not being able to read it, ideas? (The word "Patriot")

A lot of people really like it!

- Steven

Here are some other symbols that might be useful.

http://www.abclace.com/images/applique/military.jpg

Be creative as you like :-)

- Steven

#27, is there some way to keep it as is but make it easier to read patriot? We also think we would like to see what you can do with this idea in a circle format, a lot of organizations in our field do this.

Do you have a bugle version of the trumpet you have? Its a little more military that way.

Thank YOU! We love love your work!

- Steven

this is how it would look on say a dark blue uniform

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Hey Brendan, sorry I was not being clear. We want this to be able to be a circular patch to go on our uniforms. I would love to see your ideas to keep it all in the circle.

Thanks again!

Steven

What if the outline for #58 was all blue?

#108, very very nice can you make the trumpet the same blue? I REALLY like it.

#104, can the outside ring also be solid blue?

Really like these concepts!!!

Please refer to this website for the exact colors we want to use, just scroll down a little. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States

Fantastic!

Steven

#111 and #112 seem a little too busy.

I really like #104, could it just have a blue ring? I love it how it is :-)

Also, Ensemble is spelled wrong.

Steven

Hi Steven
I thought I would submit one which represents all the armed forces
#114

Blue is now official USA flag blue.

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#114 just raised the bar... awesome... Can there be a bugler facing the other direction? Also, I think darker colors are a little more military. Your concept just blew me away!

Wow

- Steven

Can #116 have more red? Maybe Brass Ensemble? What do you think. Is it the regulation colors I sent out? Sorry just want to me sure, they are here: scroll down

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States

#122 is just fantastic... wow. Do you know if there is a way to make a patch in that shape or how we would do that? I do not think the little trumpet is needed since we have the bugler. Is there a way to fit that into a regular shape? I do not know how it works, can you help me with this?

Hi Steven The Embroiderers can, make odd shaped badges, I designed this logo with that in mind, however the more rounded it is and the less ins and outs the better I shall look at simplifying it further.

Brendan

Hi Steven, I have simplified the outer shape and made it more badge embroidery friendly I am not sure if it is necessary, here are some web sites I was looking at as you can see the badges can get quite involved
http://armyequipments.tradeindia.com/Exporters_Suppliers/Exporter18283.285145/Embroidered-Badges-Insignias-Gorgets-Banners.html
http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=http://www.championbadges.com.au/assets/embroidered_range.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.championbadges.com.au/html/embroidered_badges.html&usg=__qklSza89oKW3qqFl1OVf6Nts-FU=&h=510&w=348&sz=52&hl=en&start=4&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=3AZPbEKi9IIkSM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=89&prev=/images%3Fq%3DEmbroidered%2BBadges%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26tbs%3Disch:1

You could even have a shape for embroidering and a shape for printing.

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Brenden! Thanks so much! #152 is fantastic! The upper part I am just floored with, you might of just taken us in a completely new direction. I love the concept so much and I can not believe I did not think of something like that! How can the words be different? I feel like Patriot may be a little too big and the other words cant be read?

I love this concept!

- Steven

http://www.kanstul.net/detail.php?pass_search=50.0000&pass_instrument=Specialty%20Brass

Can you make a version of this Regulation G Bugle like your trumpet? We just ordered 2 of these and they are a big visual part of us, thanks!

- Steven

I just noticed in #117 not all the red stripes go all the way across the letter. just a small thing.

Thanks!

- Steven

I have removed the white key line I had going around the letters and made it red, this was the reason for the red lines not running all the way through the letters.

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hey Brendan!

I really like #192 #193

I think the bugle is not necessary, sorry about that.

Also I think the red background is too much for me. Can it be white?

Thanks, I really like this one!

- Steven

In #217 could the air force just be a streak across the sky? Or something more subtle? I am also not sure about the word "Patriot"

I love #217 otherwise.

- Steven

I love number #230, can it be grey?

make the plane gray... thanks!!!

#237 is perfect! I would not change one thing about it!

It is now up to what style our business whats to go with, thank you so much for your talents!

- Steven

Actually there is one thing, we wear berets and I think it would look better for us to have them on. Here is a good example,

http://www.armystudyguide.com/content/moxiepix/b1_1909.jpg

Other wise it looks AWESOME!

- Steven

Hey Brenden, the beret looks great in #244 but the beret is facing the wrong way, maybe if you switch the soldier and bugler it would work better?

Thanks!

- Steven

I still feel there is something not quite right about the Beret in #254, it is the right way, but it does not feel very organic to me. Here are some other Beret pictures, http://images.google.com/images?q=army+beret&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=vh2VS6bSKuag8QbDjsCoBQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQsAQwAA

See how it falls down the right side? Its a big deal in the military.

Thanks so much!

- Steven