Feedback please on my logo

[joroho]

Gang, I'm just a graphics hobbyist (I envy all of you) and was killing myself trying to come up with a logo for our homeschool (my wife teaches our daughter at home). Anyway, here's what I came up with. The "3" is supposed to represent the number of iterations of the letter "H" since we like to call ourselves the Horn Houston Homeschool.

I'd appreciate any positive or negative feedback.

Thanks.

Joel Horn
Houston, TX

[joroho]

Gang, I'm just a graphics hobbyist (I envy all of you) and was killing myself trying to come up with a logo for our homeschool (my wife teaches our daughter at home). Anyway, here's what I came up with. The "3" is supposed to represent the number of iterations of the letter "H" since we like to call ourselves the Horn Houston Homeschool.

I'd appreciate any positive or negative feedback.

Thanks.

Joel Horn
Houston, TX

[netsi]

Hi,

Well, let me put it simpel to start with: I would
not stop here, if it was me trying to design your
logo!

Take it positive or negative :-) designing a logo
is a personel matter, but I think that there are
two things which "falls into my eyes":

The number needs your explanation - it is not
self-explaning, which I find a basic part of any
logo: it is after all a graphical representation
of some "verbal description". The human eye is
a fast one - or is it the "object processor" in
the brain? :-) Anyway IF you want to send a message
you need to make a decission: Will you try to let
your logo send the "words" that you would otherwise
have told a person looking at what the logo is
representating?
Or
Will you try to just make an object which is
mainly focused on trying to "burn into a persons
mind" - not minding so much about if the object
has 100% connection with "details" like the "3".
This one leaves you with less bindings when drawing/designing the logo!

Another thing that strikes me: The strickness of
the house contra the "H" - I hate it! (LOL :-)
This is leaving the logo with a confusing graphical
amount of style - ofcause it is a matter of taste.
Try to use only one style...

No matter what: You have taken a step in a direction!
Many people "dare" not show their first steps, so
YOU DID WELL (on that front LOL) :-)

I hope you will be happy somewhere along the path
you choose to follow! :-)

My private playground (I am a professionel webdesigner/webprogrammer)

Cheers,

Sten