YouthfulCitiesLogo Design Contest

Hi Shihara -

Wow your designs have a very wide range, that's great from a client perspective. Thanks!
I'm most interested in #62 - can you make the wordmark more prominent though? What if youtful cities lived inside the burst? How could those 2 elements coexist comfortably? I like your colour choices, but try pairing it down a little or refining the palette.

Thanks again,
Urban Decoder

thank you very much, will updated you soon

Actually while I was commenting you posted #73 - I like this one very much. Could you try the same finessing though? I'd like to see the wordmark a little more prominent (I like the font choice) and the feature image a little de-emphasized, also with a more refined colour palette.

Way to go!

hi,

i have updated please advice any changes,

thanks

hi,

i have made entry #96 prominent and also check #88 and #92

thanks

In number #88 can you experiment with some graphic/ colour separation between youthful and cities? I'd like to see the difference between the words stand out more. Thanks! Great work so far.

hi,

thank you for your encouraging feedback's, please see new designs i uploaded and advice any changes further,

thank you

Hi Shihara

For #88 can you do one more iteration where you remove the white box behind YouthfulCities? I like the velocity and movement of the floating orbs and that feeling gets a bit lost when they're covered. Also I appreciate your playing with the font of YouthfulCities, but I wonder if you could be a little lighter in your touch. I think you're almost there in this version, but could you try to de-emphasize cities a little bit? Keep youthful as is and bring down cities a bit to create a difference between the 2 words.

Thanks again for your hard work!

hi UD,

1.do you want the cities to be below the word youthful or as it is in the same line?

2. and do u want "YouthfulCities" first letter capital and other simple? or keep it capital as it is?

3."Lighter in touch" do u mean the color of the font or the size?

since the orbs are colorful i will have to use a out line on the fonts? will upload both with and without outlines,

thank so much for your feedback, will update you soon

1. same line please
2. keep it caps, I like what you've done
3. lighter font, colour and size are fine

yes, I'm sure you'll have to experiment a little with the orbs to balance the sense of movement while keeping the wordmark solid and stand-alone
I look forward to seeing your solutions!

Hi UD,

please see the changes of #118 and #119 , i have refined the orbs to balance the burst

1. one with and without outline (stroke)
2. the cities i have made bit smaller
3. any specific color you looking for the font?

i like the way you are thinking, please advice me for further changes

I was skeptical about the outlines, but you were right! they work to situate the wordmark within the orbs ;)
It's almost there... I wonder though if you could experiment with CITIES. Keep it the same size but tone down the weight of the font. I'm not sure what you're using but try the 'light' version. I'm not sure about the colour, it could be the same colour as youthful or another less prominent - grey maybe? I would also try playing with the kerning and reducing the space between Y O U - maybe even substituting an O from a different font that is less circular and more oval. I think it will make it easier to fit the whole youthful cities into the floating orbs.

Hope that's helpful and not too confusing!

Hi UD,

your description and guidance is very clear and its very helpful thanks UD :)

thanks i will update you soon

Hi UD,

i have used the light font for cities but i had to increase the space between letters. for an experiment i colored O blue to blend in with the burst,
#120 and #121
please advice further

#120 is so close! The oval O in youthful is just a little too chunky, please find a substitute font with the same thickness as the other letters.
Cities is almost there too - can you make it the same size as youthful? it still seems smaller and make the colour grey a few shades darker. I don't the words to seem too different from one another, just that the youthful is more prominent.
It's so close! Everyone in the office is getting really excited about your work ;)

ps May I ask what program you're using?

Hi UD,

thanks for your kind comments, im going through my font directory now will find the correct font and update you soon thanks.

i am using Adobe Illustrator CS5 :)

Hi UD,

please see #123 and feel free to advice further

same thickness as other letters - done - i used the same font its the oval version
cities same size - done
cities few shades darker - done

please advice further changes thanks

Hi Shihara!

Thanks for all your work, I'm pleased to let you know that you're the winner ;)
If possible please provide us with the .ai files so that we can use your logo in many applications in the future. We really enjoyed working with you and in the future would be happy to connect with you for freelance graphic design work if you're interested. My email is ruth@decode.net - feel free to email me directly with your contact information and your cv/ portfolio. Everybody in the office is very curious to know your story!

Hope to hear from you soon,
Ruth

Hi Ruth,

thanks for all the friendly support and encouragement i received from your side, and it was a pleasure working with you too. i feel proud to be part of your team. and i wish all the best to you and your team for your future work/business. your contact information is note will keep in touch!

is it ok if i upload the files within 24 hours since i have to organize the .ai project file so it will be easy for you to work with it.

thank you very much again and pleasure working with you!

Hi Shahira,
24 hours of course! it's the end of our work day in toronto, so please don't feel too rushed. You've put a tremendous amount of effort in so far and we're very appreciative. If it's okay with you, I'd love to have #92 #88 and #82 as .ai files - but no worries about delivering those as clean files.

Thanks again!