Need help with logo design:(

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Good Morning all
I'm starting a new beauty range next month, and I am looking for someone who could possibly assist me with a logo. As a start-up I don't have much cash - so hopefully there's a kind soul out there willing to help a struggling entrepreneur?:)
 
Surly there is a freelancer on mybb that will be willing to make a logo for R2150 or so?

Not a lot money but its a good oputunity for a up coming graphic designer or a kid that has some skill to make a little extra pocket money :)
 
FarligOpptreden said:
Friggin hell... I never even charge R2150 for a logo! Seems like I'm undercharging my MILES. :eek:
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Yup. Logo design is a big thing - you're playing with the company brand for the next few years. Worth a lot more than you think.

Of course, I could whip one up from templates for cheap, but do you really want your company to look cheap?
 
There is alot of plagiarism in that elite design site, htf can ppl have copied logos in their portfolio:mad:
 
hehe I meant R250! Your logo is a very important aspect of a business however I think you can get away with a cheap logo to begin with as long as you know it has to be done again in the future!
 
bwahahahha! noob site that..

• jpg, .jpeg .jpe
• tif, .tiff
• .gif
• .png
• .bmp
• .ico

Giff? Icon? jpg? Noobs - and when I take a look at those sample I see raster graphics so it's completely useless to a company, unless you want an amateur website or something

Some more fine print:
Once your final logo is done, you will get your logo in the following formats you desire. Any other formats you want your logo in will be an additional R100.00 fee.
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I think there's a fine line between raster and vector when it comes to logo design. With InkScape and Illustrator you can achieve some very rasterized-looking results by playing with gradients and alpha channels. I see CorelDRAW X5 now also has alpha and blurring support in their vector drawings, which I find absolutely awesome... :)

I must say though, I prefer InkScape for logo designing. The results you can achieve are smack-tastically gorgeous. I once managed to redraw a photo of a drum-kit IN VECTOR with semi-realistic lighting and shading using the powerful tools provided in InkScape, all in about 7 hours.

I believe SVG will become a more acceptable format once HTML5 is on a roll though. You can then just plop your company's SVG logo on the site and resize without quality loss...
 
I try avoid raster effects at all costs, the logo needs to be able to print 1 colour, that being said though gradients are a big thing in logos atm

Something i find ridiculous is the use of fonts in logos and the majority of designers do not hold licenses for fonts they use. Most Fonts on Dafont are not commercial free and TBH if I spent as long as it takes to design a professional font and found someone using it without a license, I would go after them like a spider monkey.
Just try design a logo for www.crowdspring without holding a license for the font/s used ;p

For some reason my post was delete when all I did was provide a link to my porti, wtf:wtf:
 
Well, I have a little time on my hands lately, drop me a PM & we can see from there ;)

If you found someone all the best :)
 
Murdoc said:
I try avoid raster effects at all costs, the logo needs to be able to print 1 colour, that being said though gradients are a big thing in logos atm
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Not necessarily - designing a logo specifically for 1-tone prints would look better than a colour one that prints well in b/w IMO, and frees you up in your logo design. That said, a colour logo should still be visible in b/w, which a well designed logo with gradient should be capable of.

+1 on the font license issue.
 
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