I'm not a designer, but ...
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- monospaced0
For not being a designer, you have put more thought effort and time into your task and revisions than most of the clowns out there. Good show, keep it up.
- Ever read the definition of insanity?albums
- yes... I'm just impressed with the willingness to keep tryingmonospaced
- Thanks mono, that's very kind of you. And encouraging.eoin
- albums0
Try
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CUTIn a medium stroke wide serif
- eoin0
- feel0
you could try an option of a little slice of meat falling off from the negative space over the cut word
- GRAC0
- cannonball19780
serrate the stem of the t
- SteveJobs0
My personal feelings are that a knife, particularly the one you're using, and treatment would be better suited for a butcher shop/meat market than a restaraunt
and ps. i don't think your color choice of red on the blade with a black or white handle would sit to well with potential customers either.
- Well it's just as well it's not for a restaurant then isn't it?eoin
- Go home Jobs, you're dead.eoin
- burn!monospaced
- hans_glib0
I think you need to think about what you mean by "the cut" - as I can understand it, it's about making a "best-of" list - so these outfits are going to "make the cut" (as in golf), making the grade etc.
the logo needs to reflect this aspect of it more. Many of the suggestions you've had are good, but they're more about cuts of meat or butchery than this type of "cut".
your first ideas looked too much like a restaurant logo, but now you're in danger of wandering into barber/tailor territory with your latest iterations
one idea might be to have a simple logotype applied over images of raw food ingredients being prepared, where the old leaves/bones etc are removed leaving only the choice bits
- doesnotexist0
just use the ribbon
kill the knives
done
- nikdaum0
I find the knife too menacing for a logo, unless the brand is supposed to feel menacing. In this case, it doesn't seem like it should.
- Miesfan0
- Nicemonospaced
- yep! you've said before...and now is when i read your advice ;)Miesfan
- it's why I get paid the big bucks ;)monospaced
- Hehe, big bucks ... Miesfan, I really like the second one, thank you very much for taking the time to knock that up, much appreciated.eoin
- appreciated.eoin
- don't take my comment so seriouslymonospaced
- I didn't! I always say that too : )
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- aceutopian
- identity0
I think the combination of varying skill-levels around here and anonymity creates an environment that isn't conducive for a thoughtful critique. That being said - here's mine.
The ribbon you're making isn't terrible and could possibly live on its own. Because the name of the place is "The Cut" I think showing a knife is kind of saying the same thing twice. If you feel like you want to show something other than the ribbon (and I'm only saying that because I don't see any other concepts) I would maybe try and work in something that is location, specialty or uniquely specific about the establishment.
Goodluck!
- eoin0
- The "CUT" need to mirror the lower half of the shape more I think.eoin
- And smaller 'hole' ...eoin
- And perhaps some typographic elegance ... !
eoin - I like the non-skewed two-tone version MUCH better (above). This 3D thing takes the sharpness awaymonospaced
- This makes the angle of the blade stand out less and gives it dimension, which reduces the "sharpness"cannonball1978
- MrNibs0
If you're going for the guillotine thing, this is not bad at all. (needs cleaning up tho)
Guillotine is a bit harsh but I do like the idea of the site as a chopping block. A guillotine blade is a harsh abrupt ending to whatever is being reviewed on that site and the butcher knife and chef knife are incrementally less so. It seems to focus on the negative aspect of reviews but if that's the attitude the site is going after than embrace it.
If the site is going to open up to more than just restaurant in the future then dropping the chef knife association makes sense.
You've done a lot of good exploration and like mono said 'more than most clowns out there'. I think you need to decide what best suites the site and narrow the focus to the ones that accomplish that. What ever concept that is, beat it to death until it looks right.
Good stuff! Time to finalize! It ends tonight! :)
- yeah, share your top 5 with the client and get a direction to finalizemonospaced
- eoin0
The whole "THE CUT" needs to mirror the shape. Trying to figure out how to do that. This was always a nice feature on Deluxe Paint 4, which I find lacking in modern software.
- eoin0
At this stage, all I'm reading is "the c*nt".