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

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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.