The Patriot Brass EnsembleLogo Design Contest

Logo Design Contest
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The Patriot Brass Ensemble has selected their winning logo design.

For $650 they received 322 designs from 21 different designers from around the world.
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#267
4th
#164
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#268
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#263
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Discussion

 
Logo Designer
All American Pride!

(This comment references Entry #13)
14 years ago
 
Awesome job! Could you make a simpler version? I REALLY like this though! I like how you used our name and BRASS since you did not have an instrument. Any way you can get our "To Serve Veterans" on there?

Thanks! Please submit more stuff!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
I am just a little worried how it will look embroidered on our uniforms. I think it would look AWESOME on our website!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Revision 1.

(This comment references Entry #15)
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Is this the direction you were thinking?

(This comment references Entry #16)
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
I think entry number 16 would do well as an embroidery. Ad you could use the flashy version for the website.
14 years ago
 
Yes, thank you, Do you think there would be some way to include the shadow of a soldier or musician? I am not an artist and you clearly are. Our mission is to bring music to veterans in hospitals, I want to make sure some how that is in the logo, not sure how to though...

You ROCK...

Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
I drew a silhouette of a soldier to fill the empty space. It added balance, but made it busier.

Thanks so much for your feedback. It is very helpful.

(This comment references Entry #17)
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Simpler version.

(This comment references Entry #18)
14 years ago
 
I love #17 LOVE LOVE it! What would #18 look like if you could see the soldier better and did not have the white stuff around it? I am worried about both being too busy, the soldier is more important to me that ALL the patriotism, patriotism is good but maybe we can down play that part. After all the mission of our organization is to help soldiers in hospitals. Any ideas?

- Steven
14 years ago
 
could that soldier be gray, we can only use so many colors on our uniforms when we embroider them.
14 years ago
 
What are your ideas for making it more about the soldier and less about the flag thing. Also maybe a bugler? http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=999408&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=201787873522&id=1382453500
This is maybe what the bugler could look like? Would a simple outline work?

Thanks!
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
New entries

(This comment references Entry #30)
14 years ago
 
I LOVE the new place the soldier is, is there any way to also have a bugler like that also or some sort of music? I think the back ground red white and blue may not work for us. Any other concepts? I really like it but I am not sure how this would work on an embroidery...

I really like where this is going!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
This one is my favorite. It is simple in colors and says it all.

(This comment references Entry #35)
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
I am changing the direction, but I believe the stars and stripes can be a great embroidery. I envisioned the white to be blank (not embroidered) than the rest of the colors put on a white uniform (assuming your uniforms are white?)

I like this new bugler as well. Are you uninterested in the trumpet "brass" graphic?

Many thanks!
Zac

(This comment references Entry #36)
14 years ago
 
I really like #37, how about red for the word "Patriot" so we have full red white and blue. Yes our uniforms are white, thanks for asking. I do like to Stripes too, I just want to make sure our message is No. 1.

Thanks Zac!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Steve,

Good suggestion on the red. It made the image pop.

Here are a couple of submissions that help tie it all together. It would be a 5 color embroidery. Leaving white out and instead letting it shine through from your uniforms.

(This comment references Entry #39)
14 years ago
 
#40 Looks awesome! Btw It is spelled Veterans... :-) its ok. Maybe a different font? Otherwise, great job!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Ooops. Thats rule #1. Don't mis-spell.

Do you like it being a script font? I have many.
14 years ago
 
There are two directions I can see this going, No.1 we go military/government emblem/coat of arms thing No.2 We go modern logo. I have been directing you in the more conservative (and my choice) military emblem stuff. I really like what you have done and I think it works really well as a patch for a military uniform. (BTW a member of the president of the United States Old Guard fife and Drum Corps was the one who noticed the miss spelling lol) Thanks so much for putting so much time into this!

Would it be possible to have it in a circle?

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Here are some other symbols that might be useful.

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

Be creative as you like :-)

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Steven,
Anything is possible ;-)

BTW- what would the modern direction look like? Ideas?
thanks, Zac

(This comment references Entry #50)
14 years ago
 
Zac,

#53 I am very impressed with. Here are my ideas, can we make the outer ring a like dark blue? and make the rest of it stars on the outside? Maybe a blue like on the flag? Thanks for keeping it in the circle.

I trust your judgment on how to do this.

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Steve,

OK... Please replace my latest entry with this one while I work on the changes you mentioned. I am feeling a little dumb today, as I mis-spelled "ensemble" in the latest version :-) I am definitely one of those folks that need spellchecker daily, but sadly the program I use for drawing (illustrator) doesn't have spellcheck :(

Thanks again.
Zac

(This comment references Entry #65)
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Is this what you were talking about. I'm not fully sure.

Let me know,
Thanks

(This comment references Entry #68)
14 years ago
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States

The blue is still not quite there.

I like...

- Steve
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Gotcha.

This is a darker blue. There is an issue with colors looking different on different screens. So a dark blue could look a lot lighter to you on your screen due to the differences in our monitors. They actually make a device that can calibrate screen colors for users, but they a pricey.

(This comment references Entry #71)
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Even darker, and maybe the best match to the flag color.

(This comment references Entry #72)
14 years ago
 
For #72 What would it look like if "Patriot" was black and the stars went all the way around?

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Sorry for so many entries, but I feel like this is the best way to guide you to your final image.

(This comment references Entry #73)
14 years ago
 
Zac, this is really great!

#75 is awesome! is there a way to see more of the solider, I do not mean putting the soldier in the letters but getting more of the torso, maybe make him smaller? I like the soldier but I want to make sure there is no question what that image is. Also, the stars seem a little close to the edges...

I am sorry to be so picky, I really like it! I am not the only one making the decision on this but I can tell you it is definitively at the top of the ideas we are looking at.

- Steven
14 years ago
 
The soldier in #75 might be perfect, but the way we see this... this is going to be with our organization for MANY years :-)
14 years ago
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States

can you match the colors that it specifies for the US Flag? It has the technical names at stats there.

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Steven,

Like I always say, nothing is too picky when your picking the design that will brand your organization for years to come. Let me know if you see anything that is needing adjustments. I would guide you more, but you have been going in a direction I really like also, so I am interested in seeing where it ends up.

PMS color code is corrected for the red and blue to match our flag. (great idea I should have thought of already).

Thanks,
Zac

(This comment references Entry #78)
14 years ago
 
I am sorry, is there something wrong with the bottom of the soldier in #78?

I am really excited about this!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Small mistake on that last one.

(This comment references Entry #80)
14 years ago
 
Love the shadow buglers, here is an idea they may put you over to top with our group, since you have 3 buglers, could you make a version with one holding a trumpet, one a trombone, one a horn or one a tuba? or maybe 2 trumpets and a trombone would probably work best. We are getting a lot of different ideas, maybe this would work better since we are a brass quintet usually (2 Trumpets, 1 french horn, 1 trombone, 1 tuba)

I would LOVE to see your ideas, you read my mind about putting the musicians in a lighter color then the solider.

- Steven
14 years ago
 
I also like the solid colors better with the stars!

Thanks!!!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Hey, GREAT job with the brass quintet!!!

Just so you know some of your logos I have tried to make #1 at times but the contest wont let me. They are going to look at your stuff since you are new.

#132 is great! Any ideas for using that brass and soldier in the circle?

Also #132, I am not a big fan of mixing Gold and black with red white and blue.

Thanks!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Like this?

(This comment references Entry #134)
14 years ago
 
Hey Zac,

Ok here are some things I have noticed. about #134 and others, The french horn is on the wrong side, it is always on the right side of the french horn player, never the left, I am sure you can easily move it from the left to the right side, so you can see the bell the correct way.

I really like the white stars the best, I miss them!

Can the upper and lower part of the circle blend a little better? It seems like the bottom red stripe got cut off? I am not sure about the gold stripes around ensemble. I would love to see some other ideas for the words Patriot Brass Ensemble. Keep it simple, I like it but I think it can be better, I also think brass does not need to be gold now that we have the players. In fact I like keeping gold away from red white and blue :-)

Very excited!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Not sure, but I feel like having the horn player this way throws off the balance. I wonder if it is just a matter of perspective that the horn seems to be on the wrong side since it's just a silhouette.

Let me know what you think.
-Zac

(This comment references Entry #136)
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Ooops

(This comment references Entry #137)
14 years ago
 
Logo Designer
Better balanced

(This comment references Entry #140)
14 years ago
 
Could all the brass face the same way? Or could we move the horn player to the other side?

- Steven
14 years ago
 
In #144 do you think the brass could be more spreed out evenly?
14 years ago
 
Can you fix the background in #160?

Nice changes!

Steven
14 years ago
 
Something else about #160 is that some of the musicians look bigger then the others, and I understand the distance thing, its more the front two people in the brass.

You have done such a great job with the brass players and how they are holding their instruments, thanks so much!

- Steven
14 years ago
 
Hey Zac!

#186

Here are some things that I think can really help with this.

I think the only instrument that fits our brand as a solo instrument is a bugle, so lets stick with that. It represents military, veterans and music all in one.

I hope this helps :-)

- Steven
14 years ago
 
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