Photoshop logo help!

ScarySquirrel said:
No offense, but all of these are truly awful on so many levels.

Find a proper designer to design you a logo. At the very least contact a local university/college and find a student who will design you a logo for £50 or something.
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I study graphic design and I 100% agree with this. If you want to look good for your customers you need a professional design.
 
Poor attempt:

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And the wee guy at the top looks like he's attacking someone. :p
 
Think simple, logo design isn't all about what font you use.

My top tips for a logo (I am a graphic designer):
1) Explore your ideas using a pencil and paper first.
2) When you have an idea, vectorise it then play with it.
3) Save many examples of one idea (eg all caps, all lc, wide kerning, close kerning, bold, italic etc)
4) What are you really after, an obvious logo like a car logo, or something that is effectively clipart and not a logo at all.
5) If you want a proper logo, where someone sees a shape and says 'thats Plumber Sam' then get a pro to do it.
6) Think about your target audience, your logos all look playful. That may appeal to 12 year olds but not 40 year old business professionals. Maybe a more pro corporate look is what you need.

Thats a start at least. :)
 
Just a little update!

After a lot of head banging i have drawn a copy of a design which i think is spot on!

I have been quoted £30 from a printing company to make it but i just got the impression they arnt professional enough (past work).

I took the advice and went to the local college and spoke to a teacher, im going back tomorrow with my idea's to see if any of the students would like to create it, obviously paying them.

Im a bit worried though as it has some water in the design and im afriad they wont be able to make it look good.

Ill try to find a way to put my drawings on here for your opinions :)
 
varial said:
Just a little update!

After a lot of head banging i have drawn a copy of a design which i think is spot on!

I have been quoted £30 from a printing company to make it but i just got the impression they arnt professional enough (past work).

I took the advice and went to the local college and spoke to a teacher, im going back tomorrow with my idea's to see if any of the students would like to create it, obviously paying them.

Im a bit worried though as it has some water in the design and im afriad they wont be able to make it look good.

Ill try to find a way to put my drawings on here for your opinions :)
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From my experience at college, there is usually quite a few people who are very talented and in some cases, their course actually seems to be holding them back as everyone needs to have their skills on an official bit of paper these days.

Chances are they will do a good job. ;)
 
I have no Illustrator skills so unfortunately I can only offer you something typeface based, which is not what you wanted. Sorry. :(

Nevertheless, I was bored, so I thought I'd have a go at something business card-ish:

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Excuse my gratuitous use of emoticon there.

Orange is a just a tad garish! I would've thought that since you're working with water you'd want something blue. :p

I do like that idea of the tap for the 'r' though.
 
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ScarySquirrel said:
No offense, but all of these are truly awful on so many levels.

Find a proper designer to design you a logo. At the very least contact a local university/college and find a student who will design you a logo for £50 or something.
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100% agree.

It's a good thing you're getting some people with design knowledge to look at this, even if they are students.

Panzer
 
KizZ said:
I study graphic design and I 100% agree with this. If you want to look good for your customers you need a professional design.
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Good, I thought I would get a roasting for being honest :). I also studied graphic design, and whilst I don't do it professionally myself I do work for a digital design agency so my expected standards of design are somewhat on the high side :p
 
ScarySquirrel said:
I didn't actually see yours. Your 2nd attempt has some potential, I like the idea that the letters are connected by what looks like piping, very topical :)
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Phew!
varial said:
Thats right, basicly the R can be turned into a tap and run water undenieth 'plumber'.
The water effect on the second one is rather good but looks like it might be a bit tricky do to!
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Not that tricky.
 
version3point1 said:
I have no Illustrator skills so unfortunately I can only offer you something typeface based, which is not what you wanted. Sorry. :(

Nevertheless, I was bored, so I thought I'd have a go at something business card-ish:

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Best one so far. I was having a play with bubbles and water drops in Illustrator myself.
 
Right, just an update!

I have a few students at the local college who are going to work from my idea's and get back to me in a week. If i choose one of them then they will get a cash 'prize'. I thought i would post my idea on here and see what you think and if any one wants to have a go, feel free! if it ends up being used then some money will come your way!

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Color wise im not sure but obviously different shades of blue and any thing else which goes, i think the word plumber needs to stand out the most!

Im trying to find out how to make swirls like these in photoshop cs4 but stuggling to find any guides.

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Edit: and yes it will be going on my van!
 
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