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[HaroldDesign]

What the shweeze are you talking about... I was condescending! I think you were being sarcastic... But it's to get you to think.

As I told a few others on here... stick to the "design process"... design is more thinking than pretty pictures... especially logo design. You ask a series of questions to see what might work.... you are designing logos like they are trying on a dress.

On your situation, you might try made up design jobs to show your potential (college student portfolios are almost all conceptual)... try working on designs for newbies on this site for portfolio pieces. But on real work, use the process...

 

[HaroldDesign]

You mean you design logos for customers without a deposit or any agreement?

To some degree... yes.
However, they do not get any art, and in some cases never see where I ended up with it. I know, I know...

 

[HulkSmash]

I might still be wasting everyone's time including my own, but I was inspired and came up with this conceptual crap.

Not this.

 

[HulkSmash]

Colin, what font is that. for the signature part.

 

[Colin]

PM sent.

 

[HulkSmash]

PM sent.

Thx!

 

[Deaton Design]

Heres a couple ideas I came up with.
If you use the initials in any way, seems to me to go bold would be better.
Course, I like bold, thats just me, lol.

 

[SlightlyChilled]

What if you just moved the words around. Or if you some how you could make a flash bulb look.

 

[SlightlyChilled]

something like this

 

[Rick]

Here are quick designs after giving it some thought... one is an obscure reference to "look at the birdie" saying photographers used to do. One is sorta pinched from one of my favorite designers and modernized.

Some are cute, some corporate, some literal...

After thinking it, just started drawing it out as fast as it dropped out of my butt.

Pretty pictures, if this is a made up job, some are probably portfolio worthy, but if this is a real job, without a design brief, it's not real "design"

 

[signswi]

Have you played 20 questions with the client? Have you researched their competition? Have you done 20-100 sketches of potentials in order to find 10 or so to develop further?

You can't just make up something and throw it at the client and expect good results. Graphic Design, as Rick pointed out, is a process. Otherwise it's just screwing around in Illustrator and that doesn't serve your client or yourself.

 

[Colin]

Have you played 20 questions with the client? Have you researched their competition? Have you done 20-100 sketches of potentials in order to find 10 or so to develop further?

You can't just make up something and throw it at the client and expect good results. Graphic Design, as Rick pointed out, is a process. Otherwise it's just screwing around in Illustrator and that doesn't serve your client or yourself.

Bingo!

 

[HaroldDesign]

Bingo!

I know this. Unfortunately there is a middle man who should not be serving as one, and I can not go around him. I can not attempt to brand him without further information. That is why producing anything more for him to see is dead. I had the feeling right off the bat that this individual isn't ready for a logo, as the information simply isn't there. Probably a guy with a nice camera that wants to look professional, and doesn't know who for yet. However, I can turn this into something for myself if things go that route...

 

[Rick]

So I'm guessing it didn't do anything for you? Nada? Zip? Zilcho?

 

[Colin]

So I'm guessing it didn't do anything for you? Nada? Zip? Zilcho?

I don't know about HaroldDesign, but I didn't like yours as it once again mopped the floor with my design.

:Big Laugh

 

[HaroldDesign]

So I'm guessing it didn't do anything for you? Nada? Zip? Zilcho?

Yes! (well, we'll see...) Simply haven't done more with it yet!

 

[HaroldDesign]

As far as concepts go, my presentation has sucked. Hell, next to the excellent designers here everything has and always will suck. Sometimes I'm inspired, and sometimes I just throw up for a while and think I should quit trying while I'm behind. I know better than to put much for time into initial ideas, but outside of the occasional round-table meeting for work other than my own I have done nothing in the way of presenting my own work professionally in quite some time.
It's high time to try again, and I'm going to clean up this mess from the inside out.
There are many great designers here, but I'd like to single out Rick to give an extra special thanks to. That you took ANY time to try to make me see the root and not the fruit is much appreciated!!
~ Caleb

 

[SignosaurusRex]

....... Unfortunately there is a middle man ...... I can not attempt to brand him without further information. That is why producing anything more for him to see is dead...... information simply isn't there....

.....kinda like fishing without bait?

 

[HaroldDesign]

.....kinda like fishing without bait?

YES! Four minnows left, and I'm not going to the bait shop for more without getting a glimpse of what's biting. I may not be setting the hook right, but I'm certain it isn't the Walleye I thought might be running through. It or myself is bound to be a sucker. I'll walk up a way and try around the bend.