Graphic Design Contests

**Rakien** · 06-20-2007, 06:31 PM

will enter

**drgeorgep** · 06-20-2007, 07:28 PM

Hi Armanno ... yes, I see what you meant and agree. Also, like the idea of the handle of the magnifying glass "aiming inward" and the "solid eye" of the dog on the inside. Both force the eye to grubstreet and down, more or less, the centre. You've also got a small tilt of the dog head, again to the centre. Minor point: any chance of getting two three squiggly lines on the newspaper, in mouth of dog, to make it look more authentic? If not, not a problem. Thanks. This is gonna be a difficult decision, and so much time to go. drgeorgep

**Fran** · 06-20-2007, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by drgeorgep

Hi Fran .... as I mentioned in my original posting for the content, my preference is to give creatives a general idea of what's needed and let 'em go. My experience is that creatives work best when they set their own parameters. Though I mostly want a cleaner version of what I have, there are designs in your mind I haven't and can't conceive. I realize this isn't what you wanted to read, but this approach has worked well for me, over a long time. Thanks. drgeorgep

Thanks.

Sorry about that, here are the changes I have made.

Different font and style, shadow, glass effect.

**8105** · 01:44 PM

Few changes and the font:

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**yvk88** · 09:46 PM

This is pretty simple. I just cleaned up the logos a bit, and put in slightly different font. The different sized headers all have the same layout, but I adjusted each one so they're not stretched out or too small due to resizing.
This is what I have so far, but feel free to make suggestions

* Sorry, just realized this, but I'll fix the tagline error

**drgeorgep** · 06-22-2007, 11:08 PM

Hi ... yk88, could the magnifying glass handle be turned inward, sort of pointing toward the centre? Takes a bit less space, allowing for more white space, and forces eye down to the content listings. Thanks. drgeorgep

**Armanno** · 04:46 PM

Terribly sorry for late reply, had a lot on lately.

Ammeded as requested:

My only concern is the covering of the u, which I can address in my next entry.

**yvk88** · 06-25-2007, 04:34 PM

* Edited *

- fixed the tagline mistake
- reorganized layout so the dog's ear and the handle of the magnifying glass point down to the center

**drgeorgep** · 06-25-2007, 07:58 PM

Hi ... PigB ... can you find a bit more white space between the slogan and grubstreet.ca. It seems a bit crammed. Also, can you apply the colour scheme in the original, so we can see how it looks? Thanks.

Armanno ... yes, anyway to use the magnifying glass effect, without cutting off part of a letter? What you did with the newspaper looks great. Can the slogan be in a brigh-ish blue? Thanks.

To all: have enlisted three suckers, er, I mean, judges to make the decision between 6-8 July. Do you want or need to know anything about these three sets of gimlet eyes? I'll post, if you do.

FYI: in case of a tie, duplicate prizes will be awarded. If we can't decide between A and B, A and B each get first prize winnings. Got the okay for this, just thought you should know.

Thanks.

drgeorgep

**Armanno** · 06-26-2007, 04:09 PM

Improved:

**pigbait75** · 06-26-2007, 04:17 PM

the way your page is setup when you put in the original header it got stretched why I don't know. probably a coding error somewhere.
I was messing around with this screenshot, those are the oirignal colors and I made it a little taller so it would fit nicely. let me know what you think I can also put on a drop shadow to bring the letters out.

**drgeorgep** · 06-27-2007, 06:57 PM

Hi ... entries are great and contest still has some time to go. If you're wondering who judges, brief bios of each judges may now be found at the bottom of the specs sheet: http://www.grubstreet.ca/logostuff.htm

**drgeorgep** · 06-29-2007, 12:38 AM

Hi ... Armanno, am wondering, to get around the magnifying glass cutting off a letter, if the slogan might be changed to: grubstreet.ca: all the ideas that fit, and lots that don't. Might also fill up a bit of the white space to the right of the handle of the magnifying glass. Just a tho't.

Pigbait ... yeah, more like it.

It's gonna be a tough decision.

Thanks.

**drgeorgep** · 07-02-2007, 01:08 AM

Hi ... just a coupla-three days to go. Rakien, are you going to enter? You indicated above you would. Thanks.

**drgeorgep** · 07-08-2007, 12:00 AM

Contest closed; winners announced and prize awarded, asap, maybe sooner. Thanks to all who sumbitted.

**pigbait75** · 07-08-2007, 06:15 PM

**Armanno** · 07-08-2007, 06:28 PM

Already sent in PM, but just posting a copy here:

**drgeorgep** · 07-08-2007, 09:14 PM

Hi ... we decided on two winners. Pigbait75 and Armanno each received, by now, the $50 first prize. Every submission was viable, usable for one or many purposes. The only thing everyone agreed on, from the start, was that the final decision was a tough one. Thanks to everybody who submitted, your effort and ideas are most appreciated. drgeorgep

**pigbait75** · 07-09-2007, 09:15 AM

thanks doc, payment received, files sent.

**drgeorgep** · 07-11-2007, 03:09 AM

Hi ... as you read, above, we went with two winners and awarded duplicate first prizes. We had two main purposes for the header. Silly policy, who can serve two masters. We realized we needed two headers. Thanks to all.

Wanted to add that working with Armanno was top drawer. We ran into some minor problems, which sort of built to a frustrating climax, before a solution presented. Armanno was patient, helpful beyond hope, and his turn-around time on rejigs of the design was sometimes 15 minutes. Needless to say, were were over joyed with Armanno. The other winning header was more straight forward in design, so the extra contact wasn't required. Armanno's da best, and, I think, if not only than mostly found on webmaster-talk. Thanks to all.

Now, I gotta figure out how to work with vectors to get full value from the great designs. gp