Design Logo Plea

[Twinblade]

Good evening all.

I am after some help from a kind soul. I am redesigning a website for a charity in the area where I live, making it more 21st century. However, the logo they have on their current site doesnt quite work. I am wanting to try and jazz it up a little, but I am not a graphic designer of very good artistically, so I am after some help from you guys with this.

As its a charity organisation, I was wondering if anyone would design something here for me, and post it up. The logo is as seen on the following page:

http://www.miles-of-smiles.org.uk/home.html

And I am looking for something with a 760x175 design.

Thanks in advance.

 

[unknowndomain]

Good evening all.

I am after some help from a kind soul. I am redesigning a website for a charity in the area where I live, making it more 21st century. However, the logo they have on their current site doesnt quite work. I am wanting to try and jazz it up a little, but I am not a graphic designer of very good artistically, so I am after some help from you guys with this.

As its a charity organisation, I was wondering if anyone would design something here for me, and post it up. The logo is as seen on the following page:

http://www.miles-of-smiles.org.uk/home.html

And I am looking for something with a 760x175 design.

Thanks in advance.

This is pretty basic to be honest but let me know if it suits your needs, or if you want me to change any thing about it. Or if it plain ol sucks.

 

[MNuTz]

I can only see half a logo anyway as its got half covered with text, in both Firefox and IE.

I however really like the one above. Its clean, simple, something people would recognise and remember and would be very easy to put on T-shirts etc for advertising.

LOGO: http://www.miles-of-smiles.org.uk/Logo.gif

EDIT: On a side note, i hope that isnt the website youve designed!

 

[Augmented]

Not sure if it's just me, but the first thing that came to mind from that smiley face design was Acid House . Despite it being pink and not yellow, I think it's the oval eyes that does it. Not sure linking a kids charity with E and LSD would be the best move...

 

[Twinblade]

I can only see half a logo anyway as its got half covered with text, in both Firefox and IE.

I however really like the one above. Its clean, simple, something people would recognise and remember and would be very easy to put on T-shirts etc for advertising.

LOGO: http://www.miles-of-smiles.org.uk/Logo.gif

EDIT: On a side note, i hope that isnt the website youve designed!

Definitely not. Thats the current one, which as you've noticed needs a major facelit. Surprised they have achieved 8000 hits with it though.

 

[Twinblade]

This is pretty basic to be honest but let me know if it suits your needs, or if you want me to change any thing about it. Or if it plain ol sucks.

Liking the logo, could have done with the bus in it somewhere though, as I thats the main focus of their logo. Liking that one though, so might see if I can use it somewhere on the new site.

 

[unknowndomain]

Liking the logo, could have done with the bus in it somewhere though, as I thats the main focus of their logo. Liking that one though, so might see if I can use it somewhere on the new site.

I didnt spend long on it as you can see but I tried to keep it simple and clean adding the bus from the current logo would complicate it it again however it would be possible.

 

[MNuTz]

I didnt spend long on it as you can see but I tried to keep it simple and clean adding the bus from the current logo would complicate it it again however it would be possible.

Perhaps have a pic of the bus side on and have that as an advert on the side?

OP, does it HAVE to be that bus in the current logo or just any bus?

 

[unknowndomain]

Perhaps have a pic of the bus side on and have that as an advert on the side?

OP, does it HAVE to be that bus in the current logo or just any bus?

I do not think he specified that bus just that it would be nice to have a bus, I just been busy so I have not done it. Will have a today.

 

[unknowndomain]

vs.

C+C please

EDIT: Just tried to incorporate it into a design/layout for you not sure how good it is tbh but its a start, obviously you cannot use that image I just found it but i expect this place has a lot of images of their team and kids so perhaps they can get permission to use a few and put the on the site, the basic idea is to have a theme running through out of bright images and text with bold colours where suitable.

vs.

 

[Augmented]

Thumbs up from me; that looks great and I like the concept for the site design - very smart and appropriate.

Only comment is that I think the pink bus logo could do with another colour tone for highlight or shading, just to give it some more shape. The silhouette looks a little odd if you don't have the original image as reference. Nothing complex, just a subtle light pink shape to round the wheel arches etc.

 

[unknowndomain]

Thumbs up from me; that looks great and I like the concept for the site design - very smart and appropriate.

Only comment is that I think the pink bus logo could do with another colour tone for highlight or shading, just to give it some more shape. The silhouette looks a little odd if you don't have the original image as reference. Nothing complex, just a subtle light pink shape to round the wheel arches etc.

Will add another, my dad said the same thing when he looked at it.

 

[unknowndomain]

Hows that?

 

[Twinblade]

Guys. I am liking your input.

I have been busy working on the webiste the last few days so haven't had the chance to look into here properly. I put the suggestion regarding the logo to the company and unfortunately its got to be the same bus. They wanted the logo to remain the same, as it is on all their letterheads and t-shirts etc, but I am working on them to let me amend it slightly.

Funnily enough, and rather scarily, that website example unknown knocked up isnt too different to one of the suggestions I put to them, but they said they didnt like it.

Shame though, as yours is probably exactly what I would have expected them to like.

 

[unknowndomain]

See what they think of the logo i posted last with their bus in vector with tones. I am happy to redesign their letter heads etc. if needed and then the web-site you have done will no doubt look good. Which when combined is a very modern clean and sophisticated brand which will help to grow their charity and make them look more professional and give their staff, (clients as such) and volunteers confidence that they are a reputable and reliable organisation.

A lot of people do this they ask for a new site then realise that what they have asked for is a big change and are frightened into changing it that much so they end up with a half assed design which looks like it belongs in neither realm.

I hope this isn't too blunt but its frustrating when you get the client limiting the designers because they are afraid of change and being bold. Get them to have a look at the make poverty history designs.

 

[Twinblade]

Unknown I couldn't agree with you more, and trust me, I have tried.

I sent a copy of the image you did above, and the website page you drew up (assuming you did, and it wasn't someone elses and you amended it, but I think you did it, hope you dont mind) and said that this would look better than the logo they currently have, and the difference it makes to the website its huge.

Lo and behold they returned with, sorry, we liked the simply design you did for us beforehand and want to stick with it. When I said it doesnt really work with the logo, well it can, but I allowed a space on this one for a big logo in the 760x175 format I added in my first post.

I hoped they would either allow a different design, like yours above, or to change the logo. Instead I have ended up with neither.

 

[unknowndomain]

Unknown I couldn't agree with you more, and trust me, I have tried.

I sent a copy of the image you did above, and the website page you drew up (assuming you did, and it wasn't someone elses and you amended it, but I think you did it, hope you dont mind) and said that this would look better than the logo they currently have, and the difference it makes to the website its huge.

Lo and behold they returned with, sorry, we liked the simply design you did for us beforehand and want to stick with it. When I said it doesnt really work with the logo, well it can, but I allowed a space on this one for a big logo in the 760x175 format I added in my first post.

I hoped they would either allow a different design, like yours above, or to change the logo. Instead I have ended up with neither.

Ah well their loss if they do not want it then that is their problem, just do the best you can but it just makes me so angry when people are so narrow minded that they set out with an intention to do some thing and and wasting every ones time because they really want what they have now. (I imagine in the perfect world they would rather change every one else to like their current design than change the design so every one likes it.)