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Design me a logo...

EddieDeanEddieDean Registered User regular
edited January 2008 in Artist's Corner
Hey guys, I have something of a request.

I'm studying A.I., and for my current semester-long group project we're running a university version of the RoboCup, a football (regular, not American) tournament played by robots.

So here's the crux: Our team, and our robot, need a logo. We're calling our team SKYNET F.C. (Where F.C. stands for Football Club, if you didn't know), and I'd love it if you guys could help design some sort of logo. It'll be on the side of our 'bot, and on the front and backs of t-shirts we'll be wearing.

The robots are small, and roughly cuboid, and, well, that's about it. I think I'd like an oval background to the logo, though the words and any images may overlap that border to a degree, and I'd like a hint of terminator in there, just because, well, it's kinda fun.

Anyone have any ideas or designs?

Cheers to anyone who gives me a hand here.

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  • Spectre-xSpectre-x Rating: AWESOME YESRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    You should give us money.

    Also, you should have put this in the chat thread.

    So basically what I am saying is you should've read the rules and shit, because if you had, you'd know this already.

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  • EddieDeanEddieDean Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Fair enough, remove this thread, I'll post in chat.

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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    A good logo should work in black and white! Here's mine:

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  • multimoogmultimoog Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I'll take it! I'll take twelve!

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  • EriEri Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Well...I was bored and thought it'd be good practice...

    edit: it's crap though, really...

    Eri on
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  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Eri wrote: »
    Well...I was bored and thought it'd be good practice...

    edit: it's crap though, really...

    It really is! bigsmile.gif

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  • EriEri Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    It was just a poor and rough execution of my intial idea.

    Don't make me cry...

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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Well, if you really want critiques on this, I'm sure you could get some. Though I'm not entirely sure you posted that as a joke or serious attempt.

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  • EriEri Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    If it really sucks, it was a joke.

    If it's ok, it was serious.

    Critiques are ok, I'm just overly sensitive.

    Eri on
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  • multimoogmultimoog Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Your logo is bad and you should feel bad!

    No, I'm kidding. It's disjointed, though - none of the elements particularly go well together. And the text really does look slapped on - like you did the design of the shapes and stuck the text on as an afterthought. It looks rushed and first-draft-y, which it is, right?

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  • EriEri Registered User regular
    edited January 2008
    I doodled a concept and wanted the bot to have a rock 'em sock 'em robot look, which i used a reference photo. The OP mentioned an oval background and text, so I guess I did slap that in the back. It is alittle dirty though since I was working on it at work between real work and people walking around.

    I was thinking that it would be somewhat easy to silk-screen onto a shirt, but I'm not entirely happy with the bot's colors.

    Eri on
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  • MagicToasterMagicToaster JapanRegistered User regular
    edited January 2008
    Well, a good logo takes into consideration that 4 or more colors significantly increase the printing cost of any material that its going to be printed on. I counted 8 colors on yours. Also, a good logo will work as solid black, if you try to do this with yours it would end up looking like... a black blob.

    What you did needs some lovin', but you got the main idea down; that's what's important! Next time though, you'll need to sit down and think some more about how the type is going to interact with the piece. Ask yourself: Is it going to have an odd shape? Will this look good when it's made very very tiny? Also, will it look good if embroidered on a cap?

    These are the kind of things you'll want to think of if you make a logo.

    Ultra kudos to y ou, Eri!

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