Destroy this logo
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- Ruffian0
- All the other brands have some futuristic mumbo jumbo going on. I like where this is going.Ruffian
- Definitely.detritus
- yes it does look a bit runic when simplified. nice.theredmasque
- maikel0
hey let's not go crazy about the whole thing! i'm a shite designer, but my clients are happy (or went busted) !
brand-wise, i'd say that if you check rip curl, billabong ad reef you'll see that all of them have a solid corporate-like branding, and then they go crazy on the way it's implemented in boards, fashion lines, etc. billabong use many illustration-like typefaces, but they do not put that on the invoices, for a say... OR in the wetsuits
- orrinward0
I like where you're going with it, and as Detritus has said it seems quite on target for the demographic.
Kite surfing/extreme sports brands like to stand out as an art piece and not a letterhead. With some work on it this could make a great piece to stick on a board or bumper sticker/decal thing.
I think the type doesn't stand out that well and you could tweak it and enlarge it so it fills more of the centre.
The 2 objects that are just line work without fill aren't even noticeable - Delete them and see what the "AKS" looks like if you make it big enough to fill that void.
Maybe try it with the AKS fitting snuggly inside the circular kind of shape of the whole logo, and then try and make it break out the sides and see how it looks.
It looks very surf, which is good.
When people say it won't work as a logo, I'd disagree, simply because the imagery that goes with the type of brand tends not to be a neatly trimmed, well aligned placement job. These logos are big and slapped on things and shout on top of the product rather than fitting neatly like a jigsaw piece.
- Salarrue0
Thanks guys, is crazy how all this flows... But I always appreciate the random QBN critics. As it was mentioned before, the idea for destroy was because last night I found myself creating a clipart and not a logo... thanks for the input.
- detritus0
I don't mean to be rude, and I concede the need for development of the overall form, but I was merely warning him from weighing too much the opinions of people, it would appear such as yourself, who favour sterile word forms. Your Trueform and Wellspace logotypes are exactly not what kite surfers would want to be about.
Don't get me wrong - I'm saying this because I blundered here years ago, trying to corporatise work for the legal high industry.
It doesn't fit.
- btw, i'm not critting your work - just considering it out of context.detritus
- no offence taken mate. i work for awfully boring clients and i'm not suggesting to use helvetica... again!maikel
- btw, you can check the creative stuff at www.dfclstudio.com
maikel
- maikel0
d'oh...
that won't ever work as a logo. it needs loads of work. it can be a nice illustration if you are into that, or even a cute tattoo, but if it's a logo what you want, that will put you in trouble. hard to align, impossible to reduce, and not sure how would you relate that to usual things us designers need to deal with, such as text, paragraphs, etc.
@ detritus, don't come up with crap like 'be free'. one thing is an artist and another a designer. we are usually hired to do something that works, and if you 'ain't know nothing' keep that way but I think that many people here know their stuff (probably the reason why the chap posted the logo here for a start!).
- quack0
imma need to aks you something...
- fxone0
detritus, right on.
- bored2death0
I really have no idea what i'm looking at. This would not work as a logo.
- taxiguerrilla0
Not a designer, but: the type in the middle reminds me some neo-nazi symbol.
- detritus0
I find crit requests for logos like this amusing when seen in a place like this - more used to haughty, sterile, inhumane brands. So inevitably, the junior designers here share thoughts from beyond their station, offering the hapless effluete of their 'opinion', based on nothing more than an expectation that's been drilled into them by years of compliant servitude to the corporate machine.
Fuckit - do what you will. Ignore the naysayers here. Most, like me, haven't got a fucking clue.
Mind you, ali has a point - balance out the line weights - imagine what your logo will look like at 1" size. Same goes for the flat, uncontrasted colour scheme too.
Personally, I kinda dig it - I really like where you're going with the type - not my thing, exactly, but seems right on target for your demographic.
- -inhuman'.detritus
- by right for the demographic are you saying that kite surfers have bad taste?maikel
- I'm suggesting that your sense of taste isn't nearly quite so nearly shared by all as you want to believe.detritus
- - one nearly.detritus
- don't take it personal boss. the guv said 'destroy'... not 'tell me your opinion about the demographics'maikel
- Good points!Salarrue
- Didsomething0
poor bastard
- PIZZA0
looks like a bad tramp stamp
- monospaced0
It's already destroyed
- digdre0
is this for some sort of pitch of yours?
- cannonball19780
keep working on it