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Title: how do you design your own logo
Post by: dotty on February 22, 2012, 09:21:03 am
 ;D
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Ian101 on February 22, 2012, 09:47:17 am
ebay ... look for template king .. about £20 I seem to recall and get a cd in post with templates saved in various types of versions for printers, polo shirts, van graphics etc etc
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 09:54:38 am
if you spend 20 quid on a logo. You will get a logo that looks like you've spent 20 quid!
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Ian101 on February 22, 2012, 11:37:36 am
every penny counts when ur starting out so for 20 quid it will do the job till your a megacomglomerategonnatakeovertheworldPLCmegacorpLTD then you can spend a fortune ... if you feel the need to  ;)
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 12:18:58 pm
If you need to save your hard earned that much then why don't you save the 20 quid and draw a logo in crayons?

Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Erithwc on February 22, 2012, 12:21:14 pm
If you need to save your hard earned that much then why don't you save the 20 quid and draw a logo in crayons?



 ;D ;D ;D ;D

Try doing one your self thats what i did or if you are no good with a computer pay someone a few hundred to do one for you  ;) ;)
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Ian101 on February 22, 2012, 12:36:08 pm
Can't drawer as good as you Steve .... Only kidding m8 ... Like ur website though
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on February 22, 2012, 12:55:26 pm
Can't drawer as good as you Steve .... Only kidding m8 ... Like ur website though
draw  or spell  :-*
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: AJ on February 22, 2012, 01:31:57 pm
try www.fiverr.com

amazing what people will do for $5
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 02:12:15 pm
Can't drawer as good as you Steve .... Only kidding m8 ... Like ur website though

Yeah it's nice isn't it? Better than the templated sites you get for a few quid.

Get what you pay for
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Dave Willis on February 22, 2012, 02:30:16 pm
Remember that guy who paid a fortune for a picture of an industrial unit wall?  :D
Made me laugh - there's some real berks about.
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Wc Solutions on February 22, 2012, 02:32:07 pm
mine was free of charge!

just part of a flyer design i had done, even had it emailed to me as a seperate file for future use.
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Matt Gibson on February 22, 2012, 02:34:30 pm
I found a designer on gumtree. £50 with a few changes. Depends what you want I suppose. Want something fancy, pay the money.
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: rg1 on February 22, 2012, 03:08:21 pm
Have a think about what you really want as a logo. Most supermarkets, banks & high street retailers don't use fancy logos, they just use their names and they seem to have made an impact.

Personally, I think you will get just as many customers with or without a logo. They are only interested in having their windows cleaned, not how fancy your logo is.
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Ian101 on February 22, 2012, 03:26:56 pm
Draw drawer yup speleng not my strongpoint
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Ian101 on February 22, 2012, 03:29:12 pm
Job for this year is to sort a great website out and get everything branded the same
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: carl stanton on February 22, 2012, 03:55:43 pm
sometimes just something as simple as two words but in different colours works
say like    window (in white) cleaner (in black) or whatever your choice may be  (fedex logo in principle)
and then a line under it, and a tag line in text if you so wish

 your company name in a shape like the virgin logo
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: MWC on February 22, 2012, 05:10:09 pm
try www.fiverr.com

amazing what people will do for $5

Thats an interesting site.....

Not sure if i like it or not...
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: deeege on February 22, 2012, 06:02:41 pm
Remember that guy who paid a fortune for a picture of an industrial unit wall?  :D
Made me laugh - there's some real berks about.

 ;D
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: rah on February 22, 2012, 06:29:05 pm
I clean for a marketing & design company, they would have charged me 000's, but the owner is a really top bloke and refered me to a young girl just out of uni, she did mine for £110.

supplied a disk with everything on it, cards, letterheads web site.

Rob.
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 06:49:01 pm
I clean for a marketing & design company, they would have charged me 000's, but the owner is a really top bloke and refered me to a young girl just out of uni, she did mine for £110.

supplied a disk with everything on it, cards, letterheads web site.

Rob.

let the dog see the rabbit  :) share your logos. Its nice to see good work
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Erithwc on February 22, 2012, 07:01:28 pm
heres mine  ;D ;D ;D

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd454/erithwc/logo.png)
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 07:07:43 pm
heres mine  ;D ;D ;D

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd454/erithwc/logo.png)

not a bad effort although i would reduce the spacing between the window cleaning letters a tad and maybe increased the boldness slightly. Looks better than most £20 designs, pat yourself on the back you saved 20 squid :)
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Lee GLS on February 22, 2012, 07:30:39 pm
i just rehashed your logo to show you what i mean. But this is the message i got

The upload folder is full. Please try a smaller file and/or contact an administrator.

how annoying

Upload it to photobucket instead
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 07:41:29 pm
if i email it you wanna do it?

I'm mentally retarded see :)
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Lee GLS on February 22, 2012, 07:42:55 pm
if i email it you wanna do it?

I'm mentally retarded see :)

If you would like me to.
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 07:43:18 pm
whats your email addy?
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 07:45:22 pm
sent...cheers
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Lee GLS on February 22, 2012, 07:50:27 pm
sent...cheers

Here you go, this is steve's

(http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w202/sierragls/b48df309.jpg)
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 07:51:19 pm
cheers
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Lee GLS on February 22, 2012, 07:51:38 pm
I think the adjustments you made Steve have improved it.

What software do you use?
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 07:53:10 pm
In a past life i used to be a graphic designer

I use a mac and have the adobe cs5.5 master collection
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on February 22, 2012, 07:54:15 pm
yes i preferr steves version yours is still good erith  ;D
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Lee GLS on February 22, 2012, 07:54:56 pm
In a past life i used to be a graphic designer

I use a mac and have the adobe cs5.5 master collection


How about I pay you 20 quid for a top notch logo as that seems to be the going rate  ;D
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 07:56:19 pm
I'm just trying to point out spending 20 quid on a logo isn't a great idea as no designer thats worth their weight in gold would charge that. sometimes it could take unto 4 hours just moving a piece of text slightly to get it looking just right
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 07:56:44 pm
In a past life i used to be a graphic designer

I use a mac and have the adobe cs5.5 master collection


How about I pay you 20 quid for a top notch logo as that seems to be the going rate  ;D

i wouldn't wipe my arse with 20 quid i'm afraid  ;)
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Lee GLS on February 22, 2012, 07:57:42 pm
In a past life i used to be a graphic designer

I use a mac and have the adobe cs5.5 master collection


How about I pay you 20 quid for a top notch logo as that seems to be the going rate  ;D

i wouldn't wipe my arse with 20 quid i'm afraid  ;)

 :D i didn't think so, but if you change your mind...  ;D
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Cliff perkins on February 22, 2012, 08:10:23 pm
Nice 1 can you do me 1 steve lol
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 08:25:46 pm
When my design site is up I'll post a link so you can see how much you need to pay.

 ;D
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: CLEANCARE WC on February 22, 2012, 08:31:23 pm
When my design site is up I'll post a link so you can see how much you need to pay.

 ;D

if you cut out the 4 hours of shifting the text around 3 or 4mm how much will you charge me?  :-X  ;)  ;D
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Lee GLS on February 22, 2012, 08:32:03 pm
When my design site is up I'll post a link so you can see how much you need to pay.

 ;D

Ok I will meet your £25 demands, how do you want paying  ;D
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Erithwc on February 22, 2012, 08:58:26 pm
still like my one better  ;D ;D

Did it myself and i like it which is all that matters, in the future i would like it get it fine tuned by a professional graphic designer but that won't be until i get my site redesigned to be honest i have better things to spend hundereds of pounds on  ;D ;D
Title: Re: how do you design your own logo
Post by: Steve CM on February 22, 2012, 09:13:57 pm
I wernt knocking it at all. Just making it sharper. Thought it was a good effort to start.

But in design terms you do get what you pay for. To be honest I wouldn't target one man bands etc as I know they won't spend the doe. But I'm still sticking by what I say you get what you pay for. Buy a logo for 20 quid and you get a logo that looks like its worth 20 quid.

P.S you know my effort was better ;D