My company van design, feedback please.

[jkdbjj]

Why is your first displayed bullet point list something that you admit to be horrible with and outsource? Unless you providing "graphics" means something that I am not thinking.

I have a designer now. However, I've always been committed to hiring Dan for branding our company. We simply don't have time to do our own work.
You are correct though, I only wish I could design and do outsource occasionally, just not to crowd sources anymore.

 

[Salmoneye]

With the name visual impact and that logo, maybe less will be more. A tasteful use of negative space and simple font oftentimes has more 'visual impact' than anything. Impact and assault are not synonymous even though one often involves the other.

 

[SightLine]

As mentioned by others already. Love the logo, the splattered grunge design is tired. Just not digging it myself either.

 

[DSC]

I agree overall it does look great! BUT, if it was 2003- 2005. This was the MOST used distressed splatter, edges "go media" type vector packages that was sooooo hip then.... and are still available.. I know I used them .. ALOT In the mid 2000's.

Honestly , arbitrarily, this is severely dated, and very trendy..

That being said.. If you like it, who cares what anybody thinks.. props to you for following your gut..

I certainly don't listen to anyone, I either really succeed or fall flat on my face.. either way it's a lot of fun!

Good Luck !

 

[visual800]

I also realize some hate me on this website, so no matter what, I'm gonna get bashed, so I have to take some things with a grain of salt, ya know.

No sir I do not hate you nor do i know you, lol but I do hate your van design.....NOW get it done and go to work

 

[FrankenSigns.biz]

Mike. My 2 cents.

I like it. It's colorful. That will get gobs of attention. That's job 1. Your logo is huge and it's legible. That's job 2. Your message. MAYBE try a more legible font but what you have works. Charlotte is pretty soulless, I agree with your comment about it being conservative. In this economy, I think anything goes.

 

[HulkSmash]

Retro is getting old and beginning to all look the same.

 

[Rick]

I like the design a lot... I mean if you want your company too look "professional" and you don't use this design, then might as well get a haircut and shave that fuzz nub off your chin too... as if that mattered, and if it does, you may not want customers like that, do you?
Run with it....

 

[jkdbjj]

Here is a toned down version. Comments are welcome.
http://vivisual.com/livesite/images/chevy4.jpg

 

[GAC05]

I like this one much more than the first.

wayne k
guam usa

 

[Rick]

The toned down version looks good too... looks like a good solution.

 

[Si Allen]

Much better!

 

[SignManiac]

Big improvement

 

[Craig Sjoquist]

Huge improvement.

What I did not like about name & color contrast is light orange on lighter orange brought out visual more, now this one blue name on blue brings out impact more.

Since being on 2 lines reading both words is not the problem so if both were same color, you could contrast or harmonize what ever you fancy alot better & cleaner.

Only other thing I dislike is the area code same weight as the other 7 which are the most important.

 

[Techman]

much better, them orange banners look like they belong rather than before..

 

[Salmoneye]

Huge improvement, the background still looks really dated but not old enough to be cool. It doesn't scream out as much as the other one did. Why not pick out a background that everyone in the world hasn't seen 1,000 times and recognizes instantly? Your services do come out way more legible on this one.

 

[visual800]

much better! do it!

 

[peavey123]

yes!

 

[Billct2]

Much better

but I have a question, (maybe I missed it along the line), did Dan design the van or just the logo? I thought the logo was his and the van your inhouse design.

 

[jkdbjj]

Logo is ours, though Dan modified it. The design is Dan's. Though his modification to our logo made it much better! On my website is the original logo.

However, I asked him to try a halftone background next, because I am a big fan of halftones. So that's next, without the splatter.