Personal Logo Design

stufflol · 2 Dec 2014 at 16:23

http://imgur.com/Ug4z498

Freelance branding for myself.

Comments and critique appreciated

gord · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:12

Is that ITC Franklin Gothic Compressed Volume?

It's nice and clean. Possibly a bit tall. I'd think about making the geometry a bit squarer. Try it to the left of the text too, rather than above.

stufflol · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:16

Its actually Oswald Book, Thanks for the advice , it could probably work next to the text as well. I think I need to work on the weight of the "design" text when I get home.

gord · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:23

stufflol said:
Its actually Oswald Book, Thanks for the advice , it could probably work next to the text as well. I think I need to work on the weight of the "design" text when I get home.

When the next person asks you that just tell them it's a Franklin variant. They'll think it's genius that you used a corresponding font to your name.

It's technically not far from some of the ITC versions. http://www.fonts.com/font/itc/itc-franklin-gothic#product_top

radderfire · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:26

It's good, but I would make the F wider, and would close up the D more, i.e. tip of pencil higher.

stufflol · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:34

gord said:
When the next person asks you that just tell them it's a Franklin variant. They'll think it's genius that you used a corresponding font to your name.

It's technically not far from some of the ITC versions. http://www.fonts.com/font/itc/itc-franklin-gothic#product_top

Lol yes, its actually very close, I could actually use it will have a look when I get in and it would be convenient

reflux · 2 Dec 2014 at 17:42

Personally I'd make the "Design" a heavier weight because it gets a little lost under the "Franklin". But overall I like it

stufflol · 2 Dec 2014 at 18:30

http://imgur.com/JEcZN1v

Here we go, @gord - thats ITC Franklin Gothic LT Medium Condensed, I stretched it a bit and slightly beveled the corners.

I have added some weight and size to the design part so it is more visible.

I have slightly extended the F so its closer to the pencil and the tip of the pencil is now and equal distance from the top of the D...

does this look a bit better guys?

Thanks

MoDe · 3 Dec 2014 at 10:34

Just personal taste, but I would probably go for a softer gradient.

I'm sure you've seen this before, but it's a great tool for picking colors https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/

No doubt you will end up wanting to do a new one in a few weeks. I always find it hard developing a logo for myself, and then keeping that logo.

stufflol · 3 Dec 2014 at 12:26

MoDe said:
Just personal taste, but I would probably go for a softer gradient.

I'm sure you've seen this before, but it's a great tool for picking colors https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/

No doubt you will end up wanting to do a new one in a few weeks. I always find it hard developing a logo for myself, and then keeping that logo.

some others have advised me to remove the gradient totally, think I will give that a try and then maybe make some variations of colors with say a paint brush tip instead of a pencil with blue etc and see what else I can come up with