Sign critique / logo

[Ink Splash Graphics]

Do you guys have any suggestions on font choices? Perhaps I could use the barber pole as the "I" in Headliners instead of using it on the side.

 

[Dave Drane]

Wow! I think it has all been said! that "barber's pole"...whew! I ain't going there!

 

[Ink Splash Graphics]

Here's a new version I put together... Any better with this one? I dropped the dots between the phone #'s and lost the LLC. Obviously changed the main font for Headlinerz and position of the pole. I know many don't like the pole but this is what the customer had designed. Suppose I could try just a straight version?

Thoughts, suggestions?

 

[SignManiac]

You still have a long way to go. Two graphics are overkill. Choose either the clipper or the barber pole, not both.

Minimize the size of the phone numbers, they're too damn big. Might even try reducing the number of fonts down to two.

 

[fmg]

Invest in some decent sign fonts!

 

[showcase 66]

I dont care for the clippers. Gloria n' chad is too big and over powering IMO. IT seems to compete with the HEadlinerz. I like the idea of the barber poll but that one looks a little cheezy to me. I think it is better than your first draft tho.

 

[JR's]

getting better. you just have to prioritize. right now every thing is calling for my attention.

JR

 

[Ink Splash Graphics]

should I leave the numbers with a sold background like the oval or pull them out by themselves? Perhaps I'll try removing the pole and then try without the clippers...

 

[Ink Splash Graphics]

Okay here's another take with a new pole Let me know if it's any better.

 

[SignManiac]

You're going to have a hard time pulling off using the barber pole as the letter I. It still reads headl nerz!

 

[showcase 66]

You're going to have a hard time pulling off using the barber pole as the letter I. It still reads headl nerz!

+1

The pole is to big on this one.

 

[Rick]

--- Design the logo first, and disregard the sign shape while you are designing it....

---Stop slapping barber pole, scissors and cutters on the logo or layout, you would have to be a total nimrod not to know what a barber/salon is. Oh and instead of an image of a barber pole... sell them one http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/p...pid=CSE_Froogle&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=120182

--- If the client wanted a certain look, then do a little research.

--- Stop stretching type... no really, stop stretching type

--- does the place have windows, maybe put some of that unnecessary copy on the windows instead of the sign.

---What size is the sign... is the size within code standards, is it backlit or non-illuminated.





Oh yeah, and stop stretching type....

 

[signmeup]

How about something really simple to start?

 

[Keith Jenicek]

I agree looks like "nerz". Need to condense yet a little more. No one needs to know the names of the hairstylists. Even if the client insists on this, steer them in the right direction. Why two phone numbers? Should only need one!

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[HulkSmash]

Bleeding Cowboy plagues this world..

 

[Marlene]

this sign looks like it will be hung in a neighborhood where most people wouldn't dare even drive thru. it looks cheap and just all around not a place anyone would go into if they cared about their hair. I would expect to see a sign like this hung next to a pawn shop with all the bars on the windows, a liquor store, a couple of burned out buildings with boarded up windows and there would be a few cars up on blocks and lots of trash and litter blowing around. this is the image I get when looking at the layout, any of the versions you posted so far. not saying this to be a jerk to you. a sign layout sets an image of the business so be aware of what you are doing when you design a sign.