Golf school logo

[thinksigns]

We are designing a logo for two guys that are starting a golf instruction school. He requested a golfball with flames. These designs are basically finished, but still working on the colors. Let me know what you guys think.

 

[HulkSmash]

I like your start man. How about making the flames blend into the ball a bit

 

[signcrafters london]

This has nothing to do with your designs, but as an avid golfer, I would stay away from a golf school which employed a flaming ball in its signs/logo. Makes me wonder what kind of clientele they are going after.

 

[signmeup]

Maybe it's Golf lessons and tattoos? I think it might need some green in it.

 

[thinksigns]

This has nothing to do with your designs, but as an avid golfer, I would stay away from a golf school which employed a flaming ball in its signs/logo. Makes me wonder what kind of clientele they are going after.

I'm trying to talk him into one without flames. He said his clientele is people already playing but are ready to get serious about it.

 

[Jillbeans]

I like the colors of the flamer but on the top one where the heck is the green?
I don't want to think of burnt orange when I think of golfing.
A nice bold Dan Antonelli Slime Green.
Love.....Jill

 

[omgsideburns]

Yeah, I'm not usually picky about color choice, but something in me wants to see green when I see golf.

 

[RadicalDesignHutch]

Here is what we just got finished up for a client over here. This is what the customer signed off on. I'm not too big on the two swoops on top and bottom of the "I", but the customer was happy and didn't want any other changes made to it. But the upside down arch is supposed to represent the swinging action by the golfer.

 

[iSign]

We are designing a logo for two guys...

...These designs are basically finished...

one for each guy?

 

[d fleming]

fire!

 

[iSign]

...the upside down arch is supposed to represent the swinging action by the golfer.

dear lord...

 

[Craig Sjoquist]

Sees nothing dynamic, or real profession here.

So lets start with the first one seems to be best start, besides green needed, this logo needs action lower case Dynamic, upper case impact both italicize, now the golf ball could use some movement, one of the ways to give it more of a dynamic image is to make the panel smaller then the words and ball.

 

[thinksigns]

Thanks for all the help. Here are a couple of revisions. I still need to go back to color school. Scrub green makes me want to puke.

iSign - one logo for both guys.

 

[Jillbeans]

The teal looks kind of blah and weak.
What's the matter with slime green?
A little more yeller than what is in your avatar.

 

[signmeup]

Try a golf ball with a mortar board on it. (You say it's a golf school.)

 

[James Burke]

Here is what we just got finished up for a client over here. This is what the customer signed off on. I'm not too big on the two swoops on top and bottom of the "I", but the customer was happy and didn't want any other changes made to it. But the upside down arch is supposed to represent the swinging action by the golfer.

Kinda reminds me of the Quake logo...even the color.

JB

 

[Dan Antonelli]

Here's a few we've done in this sector:

http://www.graphicd-signs.com/portfolio-logo-health#6

http://www.graphicd-signs.com/portfolio-logo-health#2

The last one, we did a pretty big branding campaign for with trade show booths, collateral, web and the package design for a neat flat sided golf ball (http://www.graphicd-signs.com/case-studies-csquare) . I just noted the URL is wrong on the sidebar - but the site we did for them is http://www.csquaregolf.com/ ).

As already said, just really think about the target audience. Very high end sport, and I think the branding should be very clean and upscale. The flame idea might be a little lowbrow for the given audience. The more you can do to make them look expensive, the more likely to attract that audience.

 

[James Burke]

As already said, just really think about the target audience. Very high end sport, and I think the branding should be very clean and upscale. The flame idea might be a little lowbrow for the given audience. The more you can do to make them look expensive, the more likely to attract that audience.

Ditto.

Have you ever really observed the commercials played during golf?

There are none of those wild beer commercials typically shown on football games, or any of those "in your face" deodorant ads. They're all high-end investment firms and fine sports cars spots. They obviously know their market.

Sure, you'll have the occasional redneck viewer who will strive for the finer things in life, but the general crowd leans toward toward the middle upper, to upper class.

 

[thinksigns]

Dan - those look great. I would love to be able to design something that direction and have him accept it.

At our initial meeting, he emailed me six different examples of flaming golfballs (who knew that many existed). This customer come to us because I lettered his Hummer 4 years ago when he was doing the rubber tiles for your garage. Now he is a golf instructor. I will have to come up with something great to get him to change his mind.

I have attached a couple of more samples. I recently upgraded our Flexi and I'm having trouble getting the colors to come out right when I open the file in Photoshop to create the file for here.

 

[Jillbeans]

The bottom one has promise if the name was in white.
I really dislike the white drop shadow on the top one...think about it, have you ever seen something cast a white shadow?
The shadow has more impact than the name, pardon the pun.