Hi guys,
As I am doing a complete site redesign, I thought of making a new logo.

I want a logo that's simple yet effective and professional.

I am trying to put across: professional but casual site. Obviously, where you watch movies and listen to music should be a relaxed environment. It's an idea!



I want your advice to see what to do with it. I don't want to take it too far so that I can't go back to the previous state.

If you could tell me:

-if it's good
-colour scheme
-effects
-size

Overall, just give me some advice, this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

IMAGE UPDATED!!

it's terrible. no really it is.

there's no contrast

the letters are difficult to read

the inset emboss is messy and the grey makes the faded peachy yellow more difficult to read

the size is ok - but remember that if you use those sort of effects they won't scale very well at smaller sizes, though that may not be relevant depending on how you intend using it.

the colour is not a dynamic colour (at least not with such little contrast)
i know that's blunt and i hope it helps

how about something more like this?

After agreeing with you, I have made a new one. This is took me a few hours (round about). Frankly, the other attempt was pathetic, so I thought I'd invest some time into.

Here is the stage it's at now (image has been updated). I would still like more advice to see what to do with it now.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by davemies

it's terrible. no really it is.

there's no contrast

the letters are difficult to read

the inset emboss is messy and the grey makes the faded peachy yellow more difficult to read

the size is ok - but remember that if you use those sort of effects they won't scale very well at smaller sizes, though that may not be relevant depending on how you intend using it.

the colour is not a dynamic colour (at least not with such little contrast)
i know that's blunt and i hope it helps

how about something more like this?

Originally Posted by davemies

Sorry, I didn't notice that! That is REALLY good. I like that a lot. Thank you so much. My concern is that I am planning a whiteish design. It doesn't fit in too well, nevertheless, that is great. I appreciate the time you took out to make it.

Thank you.

(Maybe others can look at my new one and this and compare)

no problem it only took me about 20 minutes total and it's fun to play

i like your new logo, particularly the film roll. the text is fine but if you're aiming for professional then the font is a bit too casual: i don't mean it looks amateurish, but it's not say as professional looking as say the fonts on apple.com.
oh just read your post again and you said professional but casual so i think it's pretty much there.

just need to see how it works in your site now, the size may need some adjustment but it should be good to go.

thank you so much for your reply. i haven't completed my design yet so it may take a bit do actually have it in place.

once again, thank you.

I'm sorry to bump this thread but I see it has had a bit of views but nobody seems to post anything other than davemies.

I really would receive satisfaction if I knew the logo is complete as I could work on making it fit on the page.

Thank you and please post.

I would maybe work with working intergrating the text, with the film strip! Insted of a "default" font and a "default" graphic, make it your own!!

How would I go about to integrate the text and graphic? I tried putting the text behind the graphic and on top but neither worked. I also thought about adding the domain to the strip but that would still be hard to read.

So I'm not too sure, I understand what you're saying but don't know if integration would work.

Vector a film strip, and make it form part of a letter..? Maybe off the tail of the 'g', but you will need to choose a less generic font.

Originally Posted by vkw91

Vector a film strip, and make it form part of a letter..? Maybe off the tail of the 'g', but you will need to choose a less generic font.

I don't really understand what you are trying to say.

(Turn the strip into a sort of font?)

Originally Posted by yourmediaking

(Turn the strip into a sort of font?)

No no no, on the tail of the "g" maybe fade it into a film strip. You will probably have to turn the "g" a vector....hope this makes sence.

I'm sorry, I still don't get it.

But I've had another idea..

What do you think of getting a little crown and put it on the start of "yourme.."? The best way I can describe the position of the crown is that it will be like a slanted cap on a youngster. So about 45 degree angle (crown) on the letter "Y".

What do you think or should I avoid over-complication?

sounds good - try it and see

I don't mean to keep the thread going than it needs to but as I can't edit my original post, here's a new one I did in Flash.

A friend told me that my original didn't have anything to do with music, so I added that as well. It is animated now.

Here it is and thank for all your help and feedback...



What do you think?

I'm new so I don't really know alot about this sort of thing but i think this is quite good , the only thing i don't like is the animated bit. I prefer still logos and i think it should have only the film strip or the music thing (Not sure what it is) or maybe even both joined together somehow...

Again I'm new so don't pay too much attention too this but that is my opinion.

Please take the animation off. You might ask WHY?!

Here is why...If you are trying to establish a brand you need to be able to translate your brand into several mediums (business cards, video watermarks, letterhead, brochures, ....you get the point).

You logo will NOT translate as an animation in each of these mediums. You do not necessarily need to have a "LITERAL" image icon/clipart of Music and Video to make your brand/logo.

What if every car company had a car icon for a logo with their name flashing.

Ok, you get the point.
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Now, some suggestions, focus on the TEXT, try offsetting it some, alternating words between your 2 primary colors. Coming up with a unique icon. There is a lot of room to work with this. Think outside the box.

Thanks Convert2Steve and ~Jey. I have now got rid of that nasty animation and added a little shadow to the text to make it stand out.

I would try a different font and see if I could integrate the website name into the film strip.

Try leaving a little whitespace around the letters themselves, then move all the lettering over the filmstrip, so you have a bit of show through but everything's still readable.

tim