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FourYears business logo for startup college website

FourYears


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A Logo, Monogram, or Icon | Created by rv297205

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    $775
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  • June 2, 2011 2:15 PM rv297205
    Project Holder

    Draft #681 has been selected as the winner.

  • May 31, 2011 2:24 PM rv297205
    Project Holder

    Well the contest is over. Thanks to everyone for submitting designs!

    I'm looking them over and should have a decision made in a couple days.

    Message me with any questions!

  • May 30, 2011 1:03 PM DesignersDrive

    feedback #645, #646, #647 ?

  • May 29, 2011 12:14 PM DesignersDrive

    please check #636 for me and pm me feedback id really appreciate it

  • May 27, 2011 9:54 AM rahul4logos

    Thanks Sir

  • May 27, 2011 9:49 AM rv297205
    Project Holder

    Still trying to decide, so I extended the contest by three days. It will now end 3 days and 2 hours from now.

    Thanks for all the great designs!

  • May 25, 2011 11:43 PM DesignersDrive

    could you rate #360 for me please

  • May 25, 2011 4:15 PM rv297205
    Project Holder

    Tomorrow morning I am going to clean up the star ratings so you all have a clear idea of what designs I like the best. I just want everyone to understand exactly what I like and don't like so that there is no confusion.

    5-STARS
    6 designs will be given 5-star ratings. This DOES NOT mean these designs are perfect or that they are going to win. It just means that these are my 6 FAVORITE designs at this point. They aren't perfect, they are just my favorite of the ones I've seen here. You could come along and submit one that is TOTALLY different from my 6 favorite and I might love it. It just depends.

    4-STARS
    12 designs will be given 4-star ratings. These are in the next echelon and have lots of promise. I just simply don't like them QUITE as much as the 5-star designs.

    3-STARS
    30 designs will be given 3-star ratings.

    2-STARS and 1-STARS
    The rest of the designs will be given 2-star and 1-star ratings. These designs are lacking in my opinion and just don't display the look I am hoping to find.

    Thanks everyone!

  • May 25, 2011 12:25 PM DesignersDrive

    at least im at 3 stars now..getting better lol not giving up just yet

  • May 25, 2011 11:55 AM rv297205
    Project Holder

    Absolutely, courantdart. I'm sending you some things right now.

  • May 25, 2011 11:43 AM courantdart

    Could use some feedback :) Preferably via private message if possible :) Thank you PH!

  • May 25, 2011 11:41 AM rv297205
    Project Holder

    Thanks to everyone who has spent time revising their logos and coming up with some really cool, eye-catching, imaginative logos!

    You can see my taste based on the logos I posted and the logos I have liked above. This is another site that I just found that had some interesting designs:

    http://siahdesign.com/portfolio

    Keep up the great work!

  • May 25, 2011 11:37 AM bluegenel

    As I said, it was just my opinion. And there is no need to get personal. There is no such thing as a bad design. It's all perspective.

  • May 25, 2011 11:27 AM rv297205
    Project Holder

    bluegenel and azerty123,

    There has been no problem at all. I've received nearly 350 designs, there are plenty that I really like, and I think at least four of these designers are getting really close.

    The reason I'm paying $775 is to get creative ideas. The one common theme I have seen on every single project on here is that inevitably someone complains when their designs are rejected.

    Yet, for a half dozen of these designers, they keep trying to think creatively and have come up with some really cool, imaginative designs.

    There are plenty of ways to go with this logo. I've said a hundred times that you can take two approaches, one with some sort of significance (as someone did by showing four arrows to indicate movement through the four years) and one that is just aesthetically pleasing and might have less actual significance.

    If I wanted a logo that looked like #35 I would have contacted the local elementary school.

  • May 25, 2011 9:14 AM azerty123

    Agreed with BlueGenel. The logos you listed as examples are not made following a brief. They are proposed on websites like branstack that sells logo designers imagine. So of course, they imagine the name that goes with it, and that's how you end up with "clever" logos, they don't come from a brief.

    Also, as Blue stated, those are easy things to represent, "four" and "years" isn't.

    It might also help to guarantee your contest, as we almost always end up working for nothing, the client only walking away with a handful of stolen ideas.

  • May 25, 2011 8:18 AM bluegenel

    The problem is that the first few of the logos from your brief are rain, dog, and fruit. These are all easy to find an expressive image for.

    Four and Years are not.

    Just my opinion.

    Blue

  • May 24, 2011 4:33 PM rv297205
    Project Holder

    I just uploaded some additional logos that I found online and really like. The file saved as logo 28 is really a nice logo.

  • May 24, 2011 3:21 PM DesignersDrive

    any thoughts on #244?

  • May 24, 2011 12:47 PM rv297205
    Project Holder

    UPDATE

    Something I have struggled with through the logo design process is how to express the idea of college.

    And there's books, notes, professors, classes, dorms, fraternities and sororities, etc. But it was hard to think of just ONE image that could really convey all of that, something that could explain the four years you spend in college.

    Now seeing a few of these newer designs, I really like the idea of four arrows pointing forward. I think that's a simple, smart way to convey movement through your four years of college. During college, you grow and change throughout the four years and arrows express that message.

    I'd like to see any/all of you try a few different takes on that. I like the sophisticated use of color in #221 as an alternative to some of the more brightly colored designs (it's just interesting to see both ways of using color). In #221, only one color is used, but it the logo still stands out. It's smart, simple, and professional-looking.

    Thanks!

  • May 23, 2011 1:02 PM rv297205
    Project Holder

    Yeah, Blue, I understand.

    When you see what designs/logos a person likes, you start to understand their style. That should help you pattern your logo, absolutely. I just want people to know they can get real creative and off-the-wall with this. It doesn't have to follow strict guidelines.

    When I look at these logos:
    6, 55, 103, 126, 138, 140, 143, 147, 148, 150
    I see some similarities, but there's a wide variety of styles there I believe. I like all of those for different reasons, but you can see that it doesn't have to follow some strict rigid formula for me to like it. Some of those I like more than others, but they all caught my eye to some degree.

  • May 23, 2011 12:50 PM bluegenel

    Fair enough. But if a contest holder lists all the design numbers they like, people are naturally going to follow that idea. Because they know you like that style. Especially if most of the design numbers you list look similar. But, I agree. People should aim at an original design. But the law of averages say there will be a degree of overlap. ~Blue

  • May 23, 2011 12:46 PM rv297205
    Project Holder

    With #153, I like the abstract feel of it. As I mentioned with #138, it resembles a textbook/pages/notebook, but it's subtle. It's an abstract creative design as opposed to just a picture of a book.

    I think the designs are headed in the right direction for sure!

  • May 23, 2011 12:27 PM rv297205
    Project Holder

    No, there's nothing wrong with improving upon an earlier design. What I was saying is not to restrict yourself to that.

    Don't ALWAYS just look at a four-star rating and just take that EXACT concept. Try a few that improve upon a 4-star logo that you like and also try and take some ideas from it and do your own thing. And do some that are purely yours, just something you thought up. Try a few different approaches. That's all I was saying.

    Thanks everyone!

  • May 23, 2011 11:47 AM bluegenel

    Sorry, but you gave one 4 star rating today, and it went to a carbon copy. I'm just saying. And I don't see anything wrong with improving on a design.

  • May 23, 2011 11:32 AM rv297205
    Project Holder

    Another thing real quick: just because I single out certain designs or give some designs 4 stars doesn't mean that I just want to see a bunch of carbon copies of those few designs.

    My favorite ones TODAY were ones that totally deviated from the other designs that had been posted. They were brand new and unique and I loved a few of them.

    So keep on coming with new and creative ideas, don't worry about trying to make designs that are very similar to the ones that I have given four stars to.



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