mark_790 - Contest Entries

[mark_790]

Hello Mark Burton,

PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT ENTRIES UNTIL THE CONTEST BEGINS ON JULY 22. You will receive an email when the contest has launched.

This thread is the location where you will post all of your logo contest entries. Please DO NOT post entries in someone else's thread. Post your entries here only.

Before you start posting entries:

1. Wait until the contest begins: 12 a.m., Wednesday, July 22, 2009 (GMT-06:00, Central Time, U.S. & Canada).
2. Please read the contest rules: Official Contest Rules
3. Please read the Design Requirements (Brief): Design Brief
4. Read the instructions for posting an entry: How To Post Your Entries

After you have done all of the above, feel free to get rolling. We can't wait to see your designs.

We'll be posting comments on your designs here in this thread. Check here often to get our feedback on your designs.

Good luck!

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Work in progress. I'm still playing "around" with it. P melding into D and back again. I'm not yet satisfied with it.

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Work in progress. I'm not satisfied with color scheme yet. Concept: People huddle into world network.

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Variation on people network theme, more like a star. Thumbs down on color.

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playing around with letters

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Variation on eye & network theme

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mirrored on wht backgnd

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The following ideas are based on the pot of gold found at the end of a rainbow with equal attention given to attracting clients and graphic designers.
The elements I incorporated are:

1.TPD- the t is based are the t-square (old school) and represents the design element. It is bending- symbolizing the give and take between the client
and designer. The rainbow starts here.

2. Rainbow- symbolizing different ideas/designs, connecting graphic designers with potential clients, and/or The Perfect design community.
A rainbow spans a continuous spectrum of colours; the discrete bands are an artefact of human colour vision. The most commonly cited and remembered sequence,
in English, is Newton's sevenfold red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet (Some consider 7 as the perfect number). A rainbow is an optical and
meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines onto droplets of moisture (water) in the Earth's atmosphere.

Key word association: human, color, vision, optical, phenomenon, spectrum, sky, Sun, shines, Earth.

Water usually makes up 55% to 78% of the human body.

3. Gold, specifically a "gold medal". The idea behind any contest is winning. Here at TPD the client wins and the designer wins, not only contests
but also from the benefits gained from participating in the community. Gold has long been considered the most desirable of precious metals and has been used
as a symbol for purity, value, and royalty. Gold is the most malleable and ductile of all metals. The "gold medal" here can also represent the winning design
the client chooses that has been "formed" to fit his/her wishes. Great human achievements are frequently rewarded with gold.
Winners of races and contests are usually awarded the gold medal (such as the Olympic Games and the Nobel Prize), while many award statues
are depicted in gold (such as the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards the Emmy Awards, the Palme d'Or, and the British Academy Film Awards).

4. Pot of Gold- represents the community and all the ideas and solutions at The Perfect Design .com. The Rainbow ends here, a colorful journey with an
incredible payoff.

5. sky- "the sky's the limit"

6. star burst- represents the radience of the site, completion, winning, and the client finding his/her "pot of gold"

I tried to think of something that would best represent the Perfect Design.com and spent alot of time trying to graphically pull it off- what a challange!
If people see a rainbow they'll think of TPD. I feel it's original and the "Perfect" representation.

Slogans used: "Where the winner is...you!" "A Rainbow of Ideas Leading to a Solution" "where a Rainbow of Solutions Leads to..."

Research: Wikipedia

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Here it is on the site

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Variation without backgound

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Here it is on the site

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Variation on V7 using different font. I think I like this one better and it is a progression. Revealed more of the gold medal- "Prize"

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Here it is on the site

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Here I tried to simplify the idea while keeping all the original elements. Stands out more when reduced

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Here it is on the site

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Further progression, I've lost my t-square PD element but I think this works as a symbol. I've suggested an eye with the medal and I'm still playing around with it. I've got a couple of other concepts I think you'll like. A perfectionist searching for the perfect design-ugh!

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Here it is on the site. I left off my winner medal because my "gold" on this logo matches your winner ribbon.

[tpdadmin]

Originally Posted by mark_790

Here it is on the site. I left off my winner medal because my "gold" on this logo matches your winner ribbon.

Mark,

Great work on your entries! We can tell you've put a lot of thought and time into these. Please standby for feedback.

Thank you,

ThePerfectDesign.com Team

[mark_790]

The Perfect Design...
1. A Full Spectrum Community
2. Golden
3. Golden Possibilities
4. Find Your "Pot Of Gold" at
5. Your Search Is Over!

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Here's the 2nd concept I've been working on. I still like the Rainbow idea so I incorporated it into this design- Please give me some feedback on that concept/designs. Anything I can do to earn another star?

With this new one I'm still focusing on contest/medal/community. I've included a pen/pencil. It looks more like the pen I use with my drawing tablet.

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Here it is on the site, Still playing around with color scheme

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Here I've simplified V12 by removing rainbow

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Here it is on the site. I've got a few more variations on these last 2 but they're not ready for prime time. I most apoligize, some of the files sizes are larger than expected. I tried more compression but I lost too much resolution. Different file formats didn't help either.

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Here's a color variation on V13. I added a question mark and covered top of circle background.

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Tagline: Where You Decide The Winner

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Variation on V12

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Here it is on the site, Changed Perfect to Bold

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variation on V13

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Here it is on the site

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Here's V16 with color variations on Black Background

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Here's V16 with color variations on white Background

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Here's V16 Reversed with color variations on white Background

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Here's V15 in greyscale

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Here's V15 with color variations on Black Background

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Here's V15 Reversed with color variations on white Background

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Here's V12 in greyscale

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Here's V12 with color variations on Black Background

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Here's V12 with color variations on white Background

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Here's V13 with color variations on white Background

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Here's V13 with color variations on Black Background

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Ok, I couldn't resist playing around with a cube.

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Here's another variation on the medal theme. I added TPD in a window pane with the T being a T square again. The medal forms the center of the "hub" representing community. The TPD flows from left to right and up. The burst represents the "ah ha" and brillance.

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Here it is on the site. I'm still thinking of taglines.

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Variation on V17

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Here it is on the site

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Playing around with cube

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Here's a new direction, following comments given to other contestants (I can't seem to get any). I combinbined the letters t, P, D and ? to create more of a symbol. The P/? can also be seen as an !. I'd love some feedback!

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Here I rotated V19

[tpdadmin]

Originally Posted by mark_790

Here's a new direction, following comments given to other contestants (I can't seem to get any). I combinbined the letters t, P, D and ? to create more of a symbol. The P/? can also be seen as an !. I'd love some feedback!

Mark,

We like this one, with the design standing straight up. We have a couple comments.

We'd like the period to be the same color as the rest of the logo, as well as the word "perfect."

We'd also like to see it on the site. Please let us see it on a screenshot. You'll probably need to adjust the color to help it match.

Thank you for your work!

ThePerfectDesign.com

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Wow, Thank you for your comments. Here it is on the site. Maybe too bright???

[tpdadmin]

Originally Posted by mark_790

Wow, Thank you for your comments. Here it is on the site. Maybe too bright???

Mark,

Yes, we agree... It's a little too bright. We'd like it to be flat, without effects. Let's have a white version and then a blue version to match the site.

Thank you for your entry!

ThePerfectDesign.com Team

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Here it is! Thanks for the feedback. I noticed some of my posts I like best are active but you haven't rated them???

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I think this looks better

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idea revisited

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Here it is on the site

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variation on V19, created ribbon

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Here it is on the site

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Played around with perspective

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Here it is on the site

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Here's an idea with the bending T square forming TPD-the Perfect Design

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Here's a version on the site

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My last entry- tough competittion! I wish I had more time. I spent too much on entries I was sure you'd love but didn't get any feedback(rainbow&medal). Thank you for the opportunity- best wishes to all the competitors!

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Here it is on the site