Design a Logo for XaRT

[chasventre]

Come One and Come All.

Submit your Original Logo Design for Xara Registry Tool or XaRT in this thread. Once we have a bunch of designs we'll have a poll to narrow the choices. Then Grace as project lead or whoever she designates will pick the final winner.

Entries made in this forum remain solely the copyright of the submitter. The winner of the competition will however have to agree to formally donate the logo to the project or offer some kind of perpetual use licence. Because this will be the project logo, and not a reusable object, we probably should not release the artwork under the the standard CC licence. Suggestions requested on how to handle this can be made in this thread.

Thought I would take a shot at this logo. I think the logo should be somewhat bold, since we are talking about registry tool. Looking at some of the submissions using the horse as strong and bold, I complimented the horse idea with bold text message.

[Gare]

I think the logo should be somewhat bold, since we are talking about registry tool. Looking at some of the submissions using the horse as strong and bold, I complimented the horse idea with bold text message.

Hi chasventre, welcome to TalkGraphics, and thanks for your thoughtful submission.

It would be good if you went back to post #12 and read through some of the criteria for a good logo. You have good ideas: strong, yes, a tool that can edit the Registry without blowing up your computer is indeed a potent tool.

But I'd ask you to take a look at some of the recent submissions, forget about the horse, and just think about how to graphically convey the name, or the tool's purpose, or both, with an economy of shapes. Look at the Apple logo, for example. It's pretty darned striking but beautifully simple and part of the beauty is its simplicity.

We'll need something that works well in one color and different sizes.

I'd love to see a post here that describes what they'd like to do in words, in text, no drawing.

How would that be for a challenge? If you can describe an idea with words, how much harder is it then to draw it?

I'm just suggesting an exercise here that will force you to think about the concept of the logo before drawing it.

My Best,

Gary

[chasventre]

Hi chasventre, welcome to TalkGraphics, and thanks for your thoughtful submission.

It would be good if you went back to post #12 and read through some of the criteria for a good logo. You have good ideas: strong, yes, a tool that can edit the Registry without blowing up your computer is indeed a potent tool.

But I'd ask you to take a look at some of the recent submissions, forget about the horse, and just think about how to graphically convey the name, or the tool's purpose, or both, with an economy of shapes. Look at the Apple logo, for example. It's pretty darned striking but beautifully simple and part of the beauty is its simplicity.

We'll need something that works well in one color and different sizes.

I'd love to see a post here that describes what they'd like to do in words, in text, no drawing.

How would that be for a challenge? If you can describe an idea with words, how much harder is it then to draw it?

I'm just suggesting an exercise here that will force you to think about the concept of the logo before drawing it.



My Best,

Gary

Thanks Gary,

Took your advice and added words that might work for registry tool logo are;

1. strong
   precise
   confidence
   bold
   trustworthy
   keys to the castle
   penetrate
   multifunctional
   guards
   guided
   dependable

[Rik]

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[Gare]

Thanks Gary,

Took your advice and added words that might work for registry tool logo are;

strong
precise
confidence
bold
trustworthy
keys to the castle
penetrate
multifunctional
guards
guided
dependable

Hi chasventre—

Your list is good, however, it inevitably leads to a vault, and although the dial you drew is very, very good and advanced, I'm not sure the "gestalt" of XaRT is so much a guardian as it opens doors. It is enabling, and a safe suggests power, but it also suggests disabling (people from opening something). I'd prefer to see a green light over a red one as symbols go.

You give so much thought before you draw something, chasventre, that I'd like to see what you can imagine with: "Permissions, enabling, security, power, and options" as key ideas.

My Best,

Gary

[Rik]

Something without gears and cogs.

[Gare]

It's clean, will work at small sizes, and the "nugget", graphically, is easy to figure out. The Xara part is segmented from the Registry Tool part by your use of colours.

Nice.

-g

[wizard509]

I worked on this design a little more, so here are 3 more versions.

[chasventre]

Hi chasventre—

Your list is good, however, it inevitably leads to a vault, and although the dial you drew is very, very good and advanced, I'm not sure the "gestalt" of XaRT is so much a guardian as it opens doors. It is enabling, and a safe suggests power, but it also suggests disabling (people from opening something). I'd prefer to see a green light over a red one as symbols go.

You give so much thought before you draw something, chasventre, that I'd like to see what you can imagine with: "Permissions, enabling, security, power, and options" as key ideas.

My Best,

Gary

OK, One more try using;

Permission, enabling, security and power!

How about a dolphin jumping from closed to opened folder with power?

[Gare]

It's interesting, and I truly mean it in a positive way.

I'm not here to say "no" all the time, but rather to advise.

I see great improvement and better focus in your design here than before.

I leave it up to other members to comment on it: I already have, I've called it interesting.

My Best,

Gary