Logo Thread

[Fracturedman]

Here is my first draft of my logo. I choose the Ouroboros because when I discovered real beer for what it was I was starting my life over and since then my life has been so different. I would be lying if I said beer had nothing to do with the changes that have occurred in my life since my divorce.

For those of you who are not into mythology the Ouroboros is symbolic of the cycles of live and regeneration - The endless replenishing of life and need to return to the beginning in order for the next generation to live.

Edit: This is a fast rendering to give myself somewhere to start. I consider myself to be somewhat of an artist and this is by no means the final copy.

 

[NoFiller]

There are a lot of really great logos in this thread, but I just can't get over how awesome this is.

 

[mattmcl]

Hmmm.... does somebody play Warcraft?

 

[Ksosh]

Here is my first draft of my logo. I choose the Ouroboros because when I discovered real beer for what it was I was starting my life over and since then my life has been so different. I would be lying if I said beer had nothing to do with the changes that have occurred in my life since my divorce.

For those of you who are not into mythology the Ouroboros is symbolic of the cycles of live and regeneration - The endless replenishing of life and need to return to the beginning in order for the next generation to live.

Edit: This is a fast rendering to give myself somewhere to start. I consider myself to be somewhat of an artist and this is by no means the final copy.

I like it. I think it would either really pop, or look really childish, if it was like the shining elven font on the lord of the rings'... ring. You know what I mean? (like this http://www.recordingworkshop.com/images/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-The-One-Ring-3D-Screensaver_2.jpg)

 

[Fracturedman]

I like it. I think it would either really pop, or look really childish, if it was like the shining elven font on the lord of the rings'... ring. You know what I mean? (like this http://www.recordingworkshop.com/images/The-Lord-of-the-Rings-The-One-Ring-3D-Screensaver_2.jpg)

Yeah, I was playing with some fonts like that and others that seemed ancient/mythological, the biggest issue is that it wasnt easy to read. But, I am still palying around with it.

 

[Sawdustguy]

 

[Lodovico]

Wow, there are some awesome logos in this thread. I like my brewery name and now I need to work on a logo for sure.

 

[Ksosh]

Very professional looking!

 

[JalaPeno]

Hmmm.... does somebody play Warcraft?

Negative.
The wife refers to me as being "a bull in a china shop" all the time. And the cartoon also bears a striking resemblance. (Thanks again to the talented artist )

 

[lazybean]

First draft of what i'm thinking of. Ill work on a color version a bit later. but i am really liking the simple Black and White.

 

[FireNightFly]

What do you guys think of this?

Nothing commercial or anything, thaught Id make something for the friends and family.

 

[Ksosh]

What do you guys think of this?
...

Nothing commercial or anything, thaught Id make something for the friends and family.

I like it, busy, but interesting. I'd suggest saving the file as something else in the image software. The graininess reminds me of a jpg saved as a gif or bmp? Is this right?

 

[FireNightFly]

Thanks for the reply. Ill look into that.

 

[scuv]

Came up with this:

Planning on using the centre for the name of the drink.

 

[Edcculus]

I like it, busy, but interesting. I'd suggest saving the file as something else in the image software. The graininess reminds me of a jpg saved as a gif or bmp? Is this right?

looks like the poster edges filter in Photoshop to me.

 

[Tripod]

Came up with this:

Planning on using the centre for the name of the drink.

I like the concept you are going for... My only critique is the white fonts get lost on white backgrounds so "YSTRADGYNLAIS" and "2009" are nearly unreadable. And old trick to solve this is to give the white fonts a black border around the individual letters. The white still "pops" out when used in contrast of a dark background but the border makes it stand out on light-colored back grounds.

Same with "Nantel Brewing"...give the light fonts a dark border and you'll achieve much sharper contrast. I'm at work so I can't provide an example but I'm sure if you look around you'll see what I am describing...

Hope that helps!

-Tripod

 

[Tripod]

Found an example from the Kitteh threads...



See how "Dude..." is a white font with a black border? The "..." portion doesn't get lost over the white fur of the stoned kitteh...

-Tripod

 

[Bob]

Crappy. But I'm not a graphics guy.

Besides, now we've added a fourth Greyhound, I gotta go change everything. [sigh]

Maybe I'll just change everything and go in a completely different direction...

Whaddaya think?

Bob

 

[snail]

 

[scuv]

Thanks for the critique Tripod!
I'll have a look at those letters again, probably the black border around the white would look pretty good. I found it hard to make the writing stand out from that picture in any colour or font.

 

[dunnright00]

First draft of what i'm thinking of. Ill work on a color version a bit later. but i am really liking the simple Black and White.

I like it, but it looks like you're missing the "L" in Playa.

 

[lazybean]

I like it, but it looks like you're missing the "L" in Playa.

TY. Yes i saved the misspelled version.

 

[IrregularPulse]

Too freaking good!!
You draw that in Illustrator? I don't understand how you guys create these drawings with a mouse. Or are you all using those pen pads?

 

[Tripod]

Thanks for the critique Tripod!
I'll have a look at those letters again, probably the black border around the white would look pretty good. I found it hard to make the writing stand out from that picture in any colour or font.

No worries, mate. I bet if you do the border trick you'll get better results than with any single solid color...

 

[RoaringBrewer]

And on bottles... (so glad I keg now but these did look nice!)

 

[Parker36]

First draft of what i'm thinking of. Ill work on a color version a bit later. but i am really liking the simple Black and White.

This would look really good on a faded brown or yellow background

 

[bionicbrew]

wow, this is one of my new favorites! good job.

 

[RoaringBrewer]

wow, this is one of my new favorites! good job.

Can't take credit for it myself other than being the brainchild of the ideas, which I then filled billpa's head with. He was the graphic design guru behind this one... and I love it!

 

[Jim Karr]

Would anyone be interested in helping me to create a logo? I've saved some images in my pictures, but I'm just barely smart enough to make beer, much less make my own labels.

 

[lazybean]

This would look really good on a faded brown or yellow background

Been playing with those colors, so far this is my favorite.

For some reason Illustrator is changing the chair to that grey when exporting.