OT: Any graphic designers here?

jonny_trousers

My wife and I have a little website project being created and it's looking a lot like our web guy is more of a coder than a designer (that's perhaps a little unfair, but he clearly does not share our sense of style). With that in mind we could do with finding someone to create a stylish, standout version of the website name to use as a brand logo. There are also a few other bits and pieces I could do with help creating, but more about that when we talk.

Obviously I'm expecting to pay for the service, but as it's only a little side project right now, funds are far from unlimited.

Anyone interested do please drop me a PM and we can talk more (if you have links to your work then that would be great).

Cheers

dhope

Just checking availability of someone and will PM you

mhdesign

Hi Jon,

The site wont let me PM for some reason (probably because Im a new member) but Im a self employed graphic designer, happy to look at any kind of creative and marketing materials. My site is www.mhdesignmedia.co.uk mainly corporate work on there but I do a lot of branding and logo design.

Thanks
Martin

tetm

JT, try my chum Pablo at http://shedcollective.org/ if you're still after someone.

jonny_trousers

Thanks guys!

Not ruling anything out, but the work displayed on both sites looks much more 'corporate' than we were after. We're looking for sophisticated-sexy-cool

_jon_

My sister does graphics / logo design which sounds like the type of thing you're after. Here is her website-

http://www.katyjane.co.uk/

jonny_trousers

_Jon_ wrote:

My sister does graphics / logo design which sounds like the type of thing you're after. Here is her website-

http://www.katyjane.co.uk/

Thanks Jon, but I'm not sure Katy's stuff - lovely though it is - is the kind of thing we're after.

vermin

you have pm

jomoj

Hi Johnny, just a couple of bits of advice from a designers persepective

the best thing you can do to help people judge what it is you're after is to give some examples of other logos and branding you like that are in a similar vein, words like 'sexy' and 'cool' are very subjective and somewhat meaningless.

You mentioned that you want something you can use as a title and a logo. Consider where else you might want to use the logo for example in print on paper and or clothing, embroidered, stencilled, moulded, 3D and so on. A good logo will work in just black and white, if it relies on lots of colours or shading then it can cause headaches if you want to apply it in simpler forms.

If this is a commercial venture make sure that any fonts the designer uses are royalty free or have been paid for and approved for use in logos. You could potentially face claims if you use typefaces that you do not have rights to.

good luck

Joe

kelsen

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

...sophisticated-sexy-cool

jomoj wrote:

...examples...

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mr_ribble

Hello

My name is Mr Ribble and designing is my forte. Please check out some of my logos I have designed below. I can make you exactly what you need. Thanks

jonny_trousers

Thanks all (especially Mr Ribble)!

cyclingprop

Tears of childish laughter. RIBBLE!