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[AlNipper49]

http://thelogocompan...-example.htm#a1

I've used this place before and for the price you can't beat it. Part of the process is selecting logos which have the same look and feel as the ones that you want. The link above are some of those examples.

The process will basically go that we get five options after we get the initial design. Once you pick one, you get unlimited revisions on it. So the only crapshoot really is that we really don't like any of them, normally a few of them will be pretty close to something decent. We'll never get something perfect, or something which pleases everyone, but whatever. It's better than the crap that is up there now!

[Dernells Casket n Flagon]

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http://thelogocompan...-example.htm#a1

I've used this place before and for the price you can't beat it. Part of the process is selecting logos which have the same look and feel as the ones that you want. The link above are some of those examples.

The process will basically go that we get five options after we get the initial design. Once you pick one, you get unlimited revisions on it. So the only crapshoot really is that we really don't like any of them, normally a few of them will be pretty close to something decent. We'll never get something perfect, or something which pleases everyone, but whatever. It's better than the crap that is up there now!

Have you heard of or tried 99designs? Crowd sourcing of things like web page designs and graphics. My company has had some decent luck with them.

[AlNipper49]

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Have you heard of or tried 99designs? Crowd sourcing of things like web page designs and graphics. My company has had some decent luck with them.

tried them.... horrible, horrible results. We got like ten crappy designs and then, similar to ebay sniping, at the last minute like every designer submitted some piece of shit which I could have done in 15 minutes. It filled our quota of 30 "submissions" but it was all unusable crap. Like seriously people submitted stuff which was just a standard font made into a graphic.

Small sample size and all

[rembrat]

Yea, 99designs is shit tier.

[mt8thsw9th]

I'm not sure why my logo keeps getting passed over...

[Bongorific]

I'm not sure why my logo keeps getting passed over...

I can't imagine anyone coming up with something better than this.

[OttoC]

I can't imagine anyone coming up with something better than this.

And just think of the version that could be used with P&G.

[DLew On Roids]

1. Upload the pic of the original Dopes to memegenerator.net.
2. Start a thread in P&G with a link.
3. Profit.

[Orange Julia]

I like this one:



Swap out the round thing for a baseball (or an combination of all kinds of balls, sort of like a pie chart with baseball, basketball, soccer, etc), the OSLO for SoSH and under it either spell out Sons of Sam Horn or "Dedicated to all things Baseball/Sports/whatever" or whatever the tagline is. it would translate well to letterhead for when there are fundraising efforts, t shirts and coffee mugs for people who want to feel like they belong to something, and looks relatively professional.

[OttoC]

Here's a half-assed attempt at rendering Orange Julia's suggestion. I'm not certain that the "dedicated...." works well and a better job with the text circling the ball is needed.

[JMDurron]

Here's a half-assed attempt at rendering Orange Julia's suggestion. I'm not certain that the "dedicated...." works well and a better job with the text circling the ball is needed.

I prefer the current tagline of the site, but that looks pretty sharp otherwise.

[OttoC]

I think they could use some stylized type of lettering for SoSH. If you hold a baseball just right, you can get one of the seams looking like an S and not see the rest of the seam. That could be the first letter and small text OSH could make up the rest near the top of the seam. Something to imply motion for the last three letters might be an idea. I don't draw well enough to do it, though.

[Orange Julia]

I like where you're going, Otto, but it is too busy. I think the baseball needs to not have words on it. I also think it wouldn't hurt to have a soxier font. Like Dirty Sox which is not EXACTLY the red sox logo, but pretty damn close.

[OttoC]

I like where you're going, Otto, but it is too busy. I think the baseball needs to not have words on it. I also think it wouldn't hurt to have a soxier font. Like Dirty Sox which is not EXACTLY the red sox logo, but pretty damn close.

The question is whether SoSH needs to be explained as Sons of Sam Horn. I can remove it easily enough but the font is a problem. I just chose what I had closest to your example. Find me a freeware version of an appropriate font and I can easily change that, too.

[phrenile]

I like where you're going, Otto, but it is too busy.

Maybe more like:

[OttoC]

I considered that but it doesn't emphasize SoSH. What about doing the first letters in another color?

[epraz]

This is going to be a riot.

[Orange Julia]

here's the link to the dirty sox font...dirty sox

[CR67dream]

I prefer the current tagline of the site, but that looks pretty sharp otherwise.

Sorry, but it's fucking hideous.

[sfip]

Another potential font.

[AlNipper49]

I think something like this will be the winner




We have unlimited revisions on the one we pick, I'll make another post with the other options

I'd change the guy to red and the lettering to white of course, ain't changing the theme to this fucking place again for sure

[AlNipper49]

[EddieYost]

I think something like this will be the winner




We have unlimited revisions on the one we pick, I'll make another post with the other options

I'd change the guy to red and the lettering to white of course, ain't changing the theme to this fucking place again for sure

I would go with this, or the last one in the next post. This guy has a better swing. The other guy is kind of chopping down at the ball.

Edited by EddieYost, 26 January 2011 - 10:15 AM.

[AlNipper49]

assuming unlimited revisions this one also has appeal to me




I fucking hate the font and the hackneyed, forced baseball but seeing this is first and foremost a discussion forum it kinda works

[sodenj5]

This one caught my eye.

[jayhoz]

assuming unlimited revisions this one also has appeal to me




I fucking hate the font and the hackneyed, forced baseball but seeing this is first and foremost a discussion forum it kinda works

Love this style.

[BucketOBalls]

I like the concept of these two(with the quote bubble), but I think both(and all the ones Nip had above) are way to blue. It is a RED Sox discussion site.

It's kinda shame you can't make the S's out of Sox or something.

[EastCoasterOutWest]

Honestly, I don't think any of these capture the personality of the site.\

That last one looks like it's some kind of pharma logo.

[Bongorific]

assuming unlimited revisions this one also has appeal to me




I fucking hate the font and the hackneyed, forced baseball but seeing this is first and foremost a discussion forum it kinda works

Also think this is the best one to work with, but agree with the criticisms. If it can be done with a Sox themed font it will probably look better. Also, instead of using a baseball clip-art for the "o" perhaps just add stitches to the normal font's "o."

[Lefty on the Mound]

Can you try doing the baseball inside the bubble but have the laces be more horizontal, showing the "autograph sweet spot" and have the SoSH there as if it were a ball signed by SoSH?

[AlNipper49]

I'm somewhat against using a baseball or the red Sox font anywhere. The reason? Check every other Sox site and that's what you'll find. Secondly, who gives a crap? If you read the site for a few moments you'll know what it is. It's not like WalMart has a picture of white trash shopping for Chinese-made items under the name or anything.

It kind of feels rookie to me. Like Maalox's mother's blow jobs

[mt8thsw9th]

I really don't think we can move forward with this until Ricardo has submitted a few mock ups.

[Blacken]

I'm somewhat against using a baseball or the red Sox font anywhere.

I would agree. And it looks like ass anyway.

Honestly, I'd go simple. Drop the stupid baseball-O from the word-bubble "SoSH" one and see where that gets you.

[AlNipper49]

That's my gut too. The thing is don't you guys think just a plain font looks kinda plain? It would be nice it it remained simple but with a somewhat more polished look.

[EastCoasterOutWest]

It really depends on the font. You could put two complimentary fonts together and it would look pretty great. But I dig fonts so /shrug.

Examples: http://www.webdesign...erlapping-text/

http://www.thedesigncubicle.com/

I'll keep searching out an article that shows a bunch of great examples as well.

[RetractableRoof]

I think something like this will be the winner




We have unlimited revisions on the one we pick, I'll make another post with the other options

I'd change the guy to red and the lettering to white of course, ain't changing the theme to this fucking place again for sure

Just my two cents on these initial concepts...

This one has a style/dynamic the others seem lacking, without getting complicated. Perhaps look for a font or fonts that better complement the style of the batter. I'm not sure the tag line lends much in this iteration, almost like it was stuck on after the fact.

IMO: The word bubble seems flat and I don't know that a font change will fix that.

Edited by RetractableRoof, 26 January 2011 - 09:56 PM.

[shepard50]

assuming unlimited revisions this one also has appeal to me




I fucking hate the font and the hackneyed, forced baseball but seeing this is first and foremost a discussion forum it kinda works

I think this is the best - simple and clean, though I agree about both the baseball (what about a big mouth, it's more in character) and the font.

As a second choice the swinging silhouette is good, but he's wearing a little-league style two-eared batting helmet...so, y'know, he's a puss (again, might be in character for us).

[Bongorific]

Just my two cents on these initial concepts...

This one has a style/dynamic the others seem lacking, without getting complicated. Perhaps look for a font or fonts that better complement the style of the batter. I'm not sure the tag line lends much in this iteration, almost like it was stuck on after the fact.

IMO: The word bubble seems flat and I don't know that a font change will fix that.

Yeah, I think I'm coming around to this one if it drops the tag line. If that logo is used on letterhead and whatnot, the tag line takes away from the simplicity of the graphic. This logo definitely has a more professional feel for those uses vs. the chat bubble. For the site, the logo could always be the focus of the header bar with the tag line written in to the side or below it like it is now.

Nip, I understand if you want to avoid Sox-style font. However, are there any other ideas to make the batter silhouette feel more original? It would be great if we could find a way to convey that it's a Sox discussion site (or at least Sox/Boston sports related) without having to write it out. Someone receiving the silhouette on letterhead could think it's a baseball equipment company, or high school baseball clinics, etc. The sleekness of the silhouette is great; it would be better, though, if we could make it less generic.

[HriniakPosterChild]

I would go with this, or the last one in the next post. This guy has a better swing. The other guy is kind of chopping down at the ball.

He's also a contortionist, since the arc depicts his swing going behind his back. Shades of Linda Blair in 1973.

[Nick Kaufman]

Ok, so I saw this topic and decided to play a bit on photoshop. I am not good at drawing pics, but I think I ve got a good handle on color theory. So the first thing I noticed is that the blue background is a too light for the red bars. Regardless of the color combination you pick, their tone should match each other. So I took the Red Sox blue and changed the bar colors to a darker hue of red and blue. Then I played with various fonts to see if something would catch my eye.



Then I wasn't fully satisfied with the font so I decided to play a bit more. I also thought that "Dedicated to Discussion of all things Red Sox" was a bit wordy and inaccurate. This site has ended up being about more than simply the sox. And its distinctive point of pride is that it aims towards intelligent discussion. So how about changing the motto to something snappier? So I did this:



Hmm. Perhaps, this isn't clear enough. So let's add a word, make the logo larger while toying with the effects. The "not only part" still might be not good enough as it may lead something to think "not only intelligent discussion". Which is true on some occasion. But I do like that it's a bit mysterious and it covers things like other Boston teams and the P&G stuff.



Ok, I think that's passable. And how about experimenting with some white outline to make it a bit more Soxy?



So that's it. I ve only worked on it for a couple of hours. If this was a business project, I would spend days upon days poring over every little detail, so I don't feel like it's the best I could do or the best it can be. If people like it, I can work on it a little bit more.

Regardless, if I were to make a contribution to this discussion is that the colors should match each other better and the motto should reflect Sosh' new reality.

[epraz]

The tagline should read "It's pronounced SO-sh"

[EastCoasterOutWest]

Maybe we can go for something like these:

http://www.hongkiat....ign-gone-wrong/

[EddieYost]

Maybe we can go for something like these:

http://www.hongkiat....ign-gone-wrong/

Awesome stuff.

[TomRicardo]

[TomRicardo]

Even Better



Checkmate.

Edited by TomRicardo, 27 January 2011 - 05:02 PM.

[TomRicardo]

Just when I thought I won the game ...



I rewrote all the rules.

[Kull]

Honestly, I don't think any of these capture the personality of the site.

I agree. We need something that includes the official Red Sox logo - but not one of the modern, corporate ones. Rather, something with old-time style:

[teddywingman]

I agree. We need something that includes the official Red Sox logo - but not one of the modern, corporate ones. Rather, something with old-time style:

Are all the old logos official property of the Boston Red Sox and can't be used without permission?


Edit-- to note that I really like where Kaufman was going with the color schemes. The darker blue looks much better.

Edited by teddywingman, 31 January 2011 - 08:36 PM.

[Dollar]

A quick little something I threw together this evening:

[OrlandoMerced]

I like Dollar's. Just keeping it simple. (The 8 is a nice touch).

Here's another super-simple one: