1st attempt beer logo

[beerme70]

This is my first idea at a logo, and I'd like to know what ya think.

 

[evandam]

I'm not a fan of the cartoon look, but that is a preference. With that said, I would work on the text. I think it is a little thin looking. http://www.dafont.com/ has a ton of cool fonts.

Congrats on your first label.

 

[Aleforge]

Same here, I think the font should be a touch easier to read. I couldn't tell if it said "Drunken or Drinken".

 

[Atl300zx]

I think it would look better if the fonts were more consistent. If the brewery name is hand-written, then so should the brews name.

 

[scinerd3000]

maybe some background color...

 

[Thwizzit]

Not to keep nitpicking but you might want to center the oval and rectangle

 

[Atl300zx]

Not to keep nitpicking but you might want to center the oval and rectangle

Good catch, i didnt even notice that, and i am usually a stickler for uniformity.

 

[beerme70]

OUCH! Keep in mind, this is still in the rough draft stage, however, the not being center is a good catch. Thanks. The handwritten/font mix thing, you're right on that one too. I'm going to peruse dafont.com to try and find a do-able font. I'm still hashing out a background color to go with.

 

[beerme70]

How about this?

 

[scinerd3000]

nice.............. io like the spacing of the letters...much easier to read

 

[evandam]

Nice. See we can be critical, but with all the armchair label makers out here how could you not get better.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

What image editor are you using? The image is very poorly anti-aliased - particularly the text. I suggest the GIMP or Inkscape.

 

[beerme70]

Which would you suggest? Which one produces better quality, and which has the easier learning curve?

 

[Aleforge]

And I like the updated logo, much easier to read!

 

[beerme70]

Inkscape is a big pain in the ass!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't consider myself a complete idiot, but that thing is f*&%$@#@ing hard to figure out!

 

[Yuri_Rage]

There's a pretty steep learning curve with both programs. I don't have Inkscape completely figured out yet, but I'm learning. Here's an example of how Inkscape can clean up your image using the "Trace Bitmap" feature. I added the text with GIMP using the font, "Hurry Up."

 

[beerme70]

Now that's what I'm talking about. I tried that tracing crap, but cant seem to get it right enough to recolor it.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

It took several attempts and some manual coloring. I'm sure it could be done more efficiently, but I'm not that well versed in vector graphics.

 

[Thwizzit]

Where did you find that Viking art? Did you draw it or snatch it off the web?

 

[Aleforge]

Thats awesome Yuri, much better!

 

[beerme70]

If you're refering to the viking drawing, I drew it. The viking font is from dafont.com.

 

[beerme70]

OK, I think I got this thing figured out, kinduf. Now for the next problem. I try and save, and I can view it properly through inkscape, but viewing it online via inkscape's site, it's bogered up. I want to repost the pic here, but something's all hinky. Is there any other way to save it, or is that it?

 

[beerme70]

I need to know who is using inkscape to design their beer labels, and how to effectively print them out. When I save my picture, and try to view it via inkscape's site, the freakin' thing is HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, I added some text, and It doesn't appear.

 

[Yuri_Rage]

Easiest way I've found is to use the File -> Export Bitmap menu option. You can resize it in the dialog or just use your favorite image editor to scale the result.

 

[beerme70]

tried it, but the image still gets pixelated

 

[Yuri_Rage]

I'm not sure why - that's exactly what I did to be able to upload the pic in your other thread.

 

[GloHoppa]

cant you resize the bounding box to a more useable size of your image and then resize the whole image to fit the new bounding box. i believe under the picture properties you can change the size from pixels (as is default) to an actual size determinant. let me know if this helps!

 

[beerme70]

good info. I'll try that. Here's the enhanced logo.

 

[beerme70]

Here I think is going to be the final product. Input and criticisms are highly encouraged.

 

[Aleforge]

I like it! Now the only way I can be sure though is if you stick it to a filled bottle and ship it to me.