Here is my first entry for your project. The main concept here is a simple yet appealing and professional design that uses a group of people huddled together to create the letter "Y" while the other one creates the letter "C" to represent the name.
This design works great in any color and in black & white. It also scales pretty well.
Looking forward to your feedback. Thanks and have a nice day!
what i like: - i like that you've created a YC with bodies that signify being together in a group. very creative. - the colors on both versions work pretty well.
why this wouldn't be my choice, even though i'm ranking it for now: - it's too feminine, light, and doesn't fit the sense of "cartel". please see the sliders and what i hope the logo communicates.
here's a thought: what i WISH i could have for a logo icon is a silhouette of a castro-like figure smoking a cigar. unfortunately, that really wouldn't play with my customer base. but you can see how that would communicate a certain vibe that i'm still hoping for.
Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate it. I think I quite understand what you might need. Let me do some sketching and rendering and Ill get back to you with some new designs.
Here is another design concept still utilizing the 3 people forming a group but instead of the 3 figures, I created 3 mysterious faces that join together to create each other.
Something intriguing and edgy but still maintaining the clean look.
(my earlier comments referred to entry #1 and #2; this comment refers to entry #5)
interesting.
what i like: - it has a stronger feel, and the mysterious (almost "shady") vibe i'm looking for - the red star in the O is a nice touch - the 3 faces communicate "group", which is good
what doesn't work: - the faces are just too large, i think. the brand name gets lost a bit in the overwhelming presence of the faces. - (and here's where i'm going to start to sound like that annoying art director who can't describe what he really wants:) it's a tad too menacing. like i said earlier, i do want some of that vibe (and this one is very much in the right direction), but this feels like it borders on threatening (i'm exaggerating to be clear).
Thanks again for commenting. Will look into the pros and cons and will see what I can do to slightly "soften" the whole threatening vibe. This is actually good and I really appreciate the leaving of feedback. This helps us designers come up with what the client (you) need.
and, even though you decreased the overall size of the faces, the outline around them actually seems to put the focus on them more, and makes them feel more set-apart, or less connected.
blue, i don't think tweaking these faces is going to get us there. i think there's a good vibe in the first one (entry #5), but it's not going to be my choice in the long run.