Thread: Can you design a CHR logo? $100 says you can! Submit it here.

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Here's a try.

It's not any comparison to yours though, Don.

Mike

that s cool man put those on some of the old gas station style shirts

I like it signshop. An idea would be to do the same concept with different styles of grilles, like a 32 grille. But that may be too many different ones to actually print though.

Originally Posted by signshop

Here's a try.

It's not any comparison to yours though, Don.

Mike

Mike, that is fantastic! Man, I wish I had just a small bit of that kind of artistic talent. I am good at stick figures though. By the way, I'm also doing the same thing for www.clubchopper.com if you want to play more (and take home another 100). I know you said you don't want the money, but...I feel good paying it. That's awesome work!

Originally Posted by signshop

Here's a try.

It's not any comparison to yours though, Don.

Mike

I still like this one the best, clean, easy to recognise!

Originally Posted by signshop

Here's a try.

It's not any comparison to yours though, Don.


Mike

How about something with the original design that has this nice plastic, 3d look that mike came up with. It's a nice insignia!

My son has a idea. How about a picture of the christmas tree and the lights spell out club hot rod.com. under the tree put the slogan "LET THE FUN BEGIN" or " WHERE THE FUN BEGINS"

Originally Posted by signshop

Here's a try.

It's not any comparison to yours though, Don.

Mike

Mike;This really looks professional.How would it look with a gray background with a few rods phantomed in , in the background(barely visable)? Also the border to be an oval.

I hope I'm not too late to get in on this. I've got 17+ years of experience in this field PLUS I'm a car fanatic so I thought I'd throw a couple ideas into the ring here...



Any thoughts?

Originally Posted by YNOT

I hope I'm not too late to get in on this. I've got 17+ years of experience in this field PLUS I'm a car fanatic so I thought I'd throw a couple ideas into the ring here...



Any thoughts?

Just thought I'd make one more comment here with my logos. These were created in Adobe Illustrator...100% 'vector' art so these can be scaled to any size you can imagine without any loss of quality. Spot colors can also be added for more impact but if a logo can't work well in black and white it is not going to work well when color is added. Just some simple, standard logo design rules.

Keep in mind, any of these 'rasterized' images created in Photoshop will not be well-suited for scaling up to T-shirt size, not to mention many of these would have to be printed in 4-color process which is much more expensive than a vector logo created in 'spot colors'. For example, take an avatar (or any small image) off of this site and try to blow it up to T-shirt size on your printer...it'll get 'grainy' and fuzzy rendering it useless unless it's creted in vector or created as a raster at it's original intended size.

Just thought I'd share some of my 17+ years of graphic design knowledge here...hope you find it helpful.

Please note...I'm by no means trying to 'bash' anyone here. There are a lot of people trying to pitch in some ideas...some of which are pretty good. I'm just preparing you before a design is chosen that won't work well when printed. If one of these 'rasterized' designs are chosen, it might be necessary to have it re-created in the proper software to allow it to be used properly.

Thanks!
Tony

Denny, if you win would please shave your arms maybe the Tshirt
will fit hey! you have to add my wagon on there or at least my
47 fleetline,, cool work bud !!

Denny thanks for including the truck. If Brent likes this design, we may have to bribe you to get our cars in the lead position!

Tomorrow is supposed to be the end of submissions and the beginning of judgement day/week/whatever time frame Brent specifies. On page 6 I laid out some of my thoughts on the process and would like to expand on that a little as well as giving a preliminary vote of sorts.

We've had quite a few interesting submissions and some folks obviously have spent some time and talent coming up with ideas. And I think it important that we keep in mind what some of the technically experienced folks have had to say about possible future production contraints/factors. While there are some of the submissions I like as art, they don't fit what would be effective as a logo. They would make great poster art, maybe even an elaborate T-shirt design, but not a logo. If we want poster art, let's create a place to display it, but let's not try to "force" it as a logo.

I also think Brent should consider making it easier for us to compare for voting purposes. I just spent a while viewing the dozen pages and quite frankly it's a chore to jump back and forth to compare. Some of the folks have put up multiple choices and I find myself jumping back and forth trying to see which of their own designs they may like best. What I would like to see is all the designs compiled on one page (if that's possible) so that it's easier to compare side by side. In order to make that process easier, perhaps the submitting artists could self edit and withdraw any of their own submissions that they no longer consider their best effort to contract the field.

Personally, applying my own standards, I'm not sure we really need to change from the current logo, with the possible exception of revising the "Great....." subtitles. If I HAD to choose from the new ones I would have to say I like Signshop's first submission as clean, artsy, and concise. It is stylish without adding too many elements of narrow definition. It would work on both a shirt and hat. Along those same lines, the orange flame design from bonehead has real punch! It wastes no time or space getting to the point. We're hot, and here's our address. Just about perfect for a hat logo especially. Actually I can also see a t shirt with a good sized version of Signshop's logo on the back, and boneheads logo in smaller size on the upper chest (sort of like the name above a pocket). Alternatively, the yellow deuce roadster version from pairodice hits my traditional tendency, is nicely artsy without being too busy, but does imply more of a single version of hot rodness than is represented by the membership. I'd probably drop the "The original......." reference since it's not really accurate, and it's removal would simplify the design for hat/shirt production.

JMHO.