Designing a logo

**Availor** · 10 October 2006, 06:45 AM

Ankhor it says "cat"

**Big Frank** · 10 October 2006, 08:16 AM

No, it actually says CATAD.

Great logo as long as your customers are avid word puzzlers or, better, psychic

**Big Frank** · 10 October 2006, 10:45 AM

I thought I'd see what the world's greatest designers had come up with with regard to this ACT logo. Be prepared to be wholly underwhelmed:

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=act+logo

**Intbel** · 10 October 2006, 11:39 AM

Originally Posted by Big Frank

I thought I'd see what the world's greatest designers had come up with with regard to this ACT logo. Be prepared to be wholly underwhelmed:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=act+logo

That settles it.

If folks are willing to pay for those then I'm definitely going into the logo design business.

**Availor** · 10 October 2006, 12:09 PM

LOL Intbel, it's always best to be better than someone at anything you do. especialy if you are a freelancer.

**AndyD** · 10 October 2006, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by Big Frank

I'm hurt.

Deeply hurt.

Maybe I should post a thread about business cards now... like the image BF.

Andy

**pauland** · 10 October 2006, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by Intbel

That settles it.

If folks are willing to pay for those then I'm definitely going into the logo design business.

Nah, they all have friends who will do it for nothing. ;-)

(Ducks head)

A number of years ago I decided to do a mini-campaign to get a small manufacturer to realise they could use a website to promote themselves, and naturally I would do it for them.

First of all I sent the MD some T-shirts with a web page mockup on them and absolutely no other information.

Then I sent some discs with some animations of their Logo.

Then, I sent a document showing what they could do with a website, what their competitors were doing and how badly they were represented on the internet, particularly by their distributors.

Finally I rang the MD up. He congratulated me on the campaign and had been impressed by the mockups on the T-Shirts and also the document. He wasn't so keen on the animations.

He thanked me for doing it and one of the company employees had offered to do a website for the company free of charge in their own time. So it was effectively "thanks for the ideas but no thanks, we'll do it ourself for free".

They ended up with a pretty poor website, then some years later did it properly. It was a real pity - I had so many interesting ideas for them beyond the website. Guess I need to sell myself better.

This has happened to me three times so far. Arghh!

Paul

**AndyD** · 10 October 2006, 01:12 PM

HI Paul,
I have had one or two similar experiences. IN one I designed a site for a client then did a couple of updates, and they said they'd continue with my site management... then got a call to say one of their employees has taken over site management..... now there are differences in page layouts and some imagery, even the "logo" from page to page... needless to say it came off my portfolio....

I do like the idea of the t-shirts and mockups..... perhaps something you could elaborate upon or pm me as to how you went about it.....

Andy

**WolfMoonHP** · 10 October 2006, 01:33 PM

Ankhor...
I am a total font junkie...but I haven't seen the one you used in your CAT logo. Beautiful, by the way.

**pauland** · 10 October 2006, 03:16 PM

BF you gave us some great resources for design and logos earlier in the thread. What would you say is the best book/resource for learning logo design (if you haven't given it to us already)?

I know resources aren't equivalent to talent or experience, but every little helps.

Paul