[Project Complete] Due Aug 31st $150: Logo redesign for Painting Co

[crownresto]

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Project Summary:
What text should be included in the main part of the logo?

Crown Painting

What type of product or service do you offer?

Residential/Commercial Painting Co

How long have you been in business?

Officially, I am new.

What do you hope to accomplish with your new identity?

I don't want to establish myself as the low priced person in town.
I want to brand my company into an easily recognizable entity.
I will be using the same style of logo for my more established company that provides another service.

What are your long term goals?

To dominate a small target market and duplicate that over and over.

When is the deadline for final entries before choosing a designer?

Aug 31st.

Audience Profile:
Please describe your existing audience

$100,000+ annual income.

Who would you like to add to your audience?

Same.

Perception/Tone/Guidelines:
What type of logo would you like?

I am not creative when to comes to this. I do know that when I see it I will know.

In general I am looking to use the same type of logo that will have interchangeable parts to it to use for my other logo. That company is Crown Restoration, Inc. The main customer there is insurance agents, adjusters and other larger contractors.

I do want to incorporate a crown design into the logo. I am looking for (I think) something that is a bit more subtle. Not so traditional. Something classy but not elegant.

One of the important things with the design is that it should be easy to read from signage(namely the word painting). I want make sure that when people see it they quickly recognize it as a painting company. If I am doing a job and have a sign in some one's yard I don't want people guessing what I do.

I like the way the interstate logo is on this sight:

interstaterestoration.com

The style of interstate sign is something that I imagine, but I really don't want to keep designers from using their creativity.

Do you have any colors in mind for your logo? (if so, why?)

Yes, royal blue and red.

Do you have any specific images or icons in mind that you would definitely like to see incorporated into your logo?

A crown. Again, it can be subtle. Not a traditional pointy crown though.

Communication Strategy:
What attributes would you like your logo to reflect about your business?

A step above you average painting company. Not just guys that slop paint on the wall. Rather a real professional company that is respected.

What is your tagline or slogan?

Someone pitched "Professional care doesn't come in a can"...i don't know, I think I like that.

What is the overall message you are trying to convey to your target audience?
That we are better than everyone else. HA HA, I liked saying that!

Where will your new logo be used?

Mostly printed material, flyers and such.
Competitive Positioning:
Who are your competitors and what do you think about their logos?

My competitors are guys in beat up trucks that never show up on time. Oh wait, they're not my competitors.


What sets you apart from your competitors?

I think I covered it.

Targeted Message:
State a single-minded word or phrase that will appropriately describe your company:

Who else will do what they say they will do, on-time, cleanly and will a full guarantee?

[crownresto]

Here is our current logo.

I don't like it much.

[crownresto]

My time is short for the project becasue we have several printings going out.

I jsut haven't been able to find anyone to design something that I liked yet.

If we could get it done in a shorter time period that would be all the better.

[Taldo]

hi :)

[crownresto]

Thanks for submitting a logo. That is much appreciated.

I'd like to see a crown more like the outline of the interstate symbol that is on the link provided above.

I still haven't got a chance to see what that would look like.

Maybe somehow tied into the word crown would be cool to see too.

I would like to see something less pointy on the crown.

A softer outline is something that I had in mind, but I haven't seen it yet, so I'm not sure what it would look like.

[crownresto]

I'm not sure if this could work, but here is a water crown that I found.

It would go well with paint for the painting logo and for water for the water damage restoration logo.

Obviously we are only working on the paint logo today.

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:QU23OMCNjju7wM:http://www.efluids.com/efluids/gallery/gallery_images/water_crown.jpg

[crownresto]

Sorry I keep replying but I just wanted deisgners to know that I am not a fan of splattered paint.

That is not he look I am going for.

[Bill]

Here' my entry

[crownresto]

Bill: Thank you for submitting your work for a logo.

Since I will be using the logo for my other company that does not do painting the paintbrush being part of the crown will not work.

[OffbeatDesign]

Thanks

[crownresto]

Offbeat: thank you for submitting a design.

Crown is not as important of a word as "painting" for the design, so painting should be equal to or more prominant in the logo. I am hoping that painting will be easy to read from yard signs.


I'd love to see a crown design that looks like the water crown posted in the picture or and just a soft outline somewhat like in this logo:

www.interstaterestoration.com

Obvioulsy the symbol will be a crown rather that an inerstate sign.

Thanks.

[elogonics]

:)

[elogonics]

Another version. :)

[elogonics]

V3 :)

[crownresto]

elogonics, I like where you are going with this.

I would like to see a crown more soft in it's shape. I don't know how to describe it exactly. A little more natural looking rather than a perfect shape. Less drastic, I think.


I do like the font and color in #4.


If someone could draw a crown as an outline only and place it above the word crown that would be cool.

Thank you so much for those who are entering designs. It is much appreciated.

[elogonics]

Thanks for the feedback. Here's another try.

[crownresto]

elogonics, thank you for helping out.

I would like to see the crown less pointy.

Maybe a bit less semetric.

It would be nice to see the outline that has lines that thin at the end like one the interstate sign here: www.interstaterestoration.com

Also, if we could make the crown over the water more nature looking. Much like the water in the picture.

[Taldo]

:)

[Taldo]

:) :)

[djaka]

:)

[djaka]

:) :)

[Taldo]

The placement of the crown puts the emphasis on the word "painting".

[elogonics]

:)

[crownresto]

Thanks to everyone for submitting logos. I am amazed at the way artist can creat things.

I will address everyuthing here as the # that the post is so there is less confusion.

Here are my thoughts:

#4, I keep coming back to this one as one that catches my eye. I like the way it is clean looking. I was hoping to find something that used the picture that I provided, but if I don't find anything I might come back to this design and take a further look.

#8, I don't really want to make a brush a central part of the logo. As I said, parts of the logo will be used for another business that does not include painting.

#10, the logo is clean, but the word painting is too small. Also, I am looking for something different and custom wth the crown.

#12,13,14,15, 16...Elogonics, you seem to be the one who is reading my posts and trying to give me what I am looking for the most. Thank you for that. Out of the ones that you designed up to post #15 I would say that #13 is one of my favs as far as that design goes. I would like to see a variation of the actual crown in this design. Maybe something that looks a little less like a typical crown. Your design on #16 is prety cool looking. I have had a hard time getting anyone to do something like that for me. It's growing on me too. Could you try it with the words typed out long ways and the crown in different locations, like smaller and in the middle while being over the top. And maybe stretched out long ways and shorter from top to bottom? It's hard to explain this stuff, it seems.


#18, #19, this design seems femanin to me. I'm not crazy about the crown.

#20, #21, thank you for submitting something original. You put effort into it to make it custom looking. I don't think this is the look I was going for with paint brush marks, but the crown in #20 is kinda cool.

#22, I lik the simple design, but I don't like the crown. Maybe a different crown in this design could make a difference.

#23...Elogonics, thanks for listening to me. Can you try this one much like the requests I made further up in my post with this crown design?




Thanks to everyone. You are an awesome bunch.

[elogonics]

:)

[elogonics]

:)

[crownresto]

Elogonics, thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been asking designers to do this for me elsewhere and nobody wanted to do it for some reason.

I hate to be a big pain, but I want to see a few different things.

On #25 do you think we can go with something like this and clean up the top of the crown to make it look more like a rough, general crown with a stream coming into the middle causing the crown to rise? It can be a thin simple stream coning down. I really want to work with this to make it look nice. Also, could we keep the crown as it is and make it a bit smaller to see if it looks closer to the picture?

On#26 can we use some different styles/variations on this? I would like to see the crown in the same place with the word painting on the bottom in red. I would like to see painting even spelled out longer than crown to make a triangular look. Also, I would like to see it as one word and all small letters.

Thank you so much. Hopefully we can get it narrowed down.

Any other entries are welcomed.

[nhr]

Hello:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/nhrdesign/DO_/CrownPainting1_nhr.png

[nhr]

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b92/nhrdesign/DO_/CrownPainting20_nhr.png

[nhr]

:cool:

[elogonics]

:)

[elogonics]

:)

[elogonics]

V10

[crownresto]

nhr, thank you for your submission. I do like version 3 of your designs. It's simple and clean with a neat looking crown.


elogonics, could you make the top of the crown look like more like the style of crown that we have been working with more recently? The one that is coming out of the water is what I am wanting changed into more like a crown. I don't know if it will work, but I really would like to see it that way if possible.

I really am narrowing it down, I think.


All other submissions are still welcomed.

Thanks.

[crownresto]

I wouldn't mind seeing a crown like the one in post #26, but more loopy or lose looking. Like you would see in cursive writing somewhat.

[elogonics]

v11

[elogonics]

:)

[Rongie]

Hello there. Since you have mentioned on your last post, other entries are still welcome, here's my idea.

A crown with a subtle hint of a paint brush.

Thank you.

[OffbeatDesign]

Thanks

[OffbeatDesign]

More freeform

[crownresto]

Elogonics, I am really trying to decide between the style in #31 and the style in the #33.

Can you please try some different fonts and use red and blue in #33?

I really would appreciate it.

[elogonics]

Thanks. :)

[elogonics]

:)

[crownresto]

elogonis, you definitely earned it.

I still want to look at it with a few revisions, but I would like to pick you as the designer.

[elogonics]

Thank you for choosing me as the winner. Let me know what revisions you would like to see.

Regards. :)

[crownresto]

elogonics, I would like to change #31 to a bolder font and switch the colors around some.

[elogonics]

Hi, here are my revisions...

[elogonics]

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[elogonics]

:)

[BlueCherryGraphics]

Congratulations Rainier.

This thread has been moved to the Revisions Forum.

Client, please post a note in the thread once the final files have been received.

Thanks!

[elogonics]

Files sent. :)

Thanks.

[crownresto]

The project has been completed.

Thank you elogonics, you did a great job.

[BlueCherryGraphics]

PROJECT UPDATE: This thread has been moved to Logo Project Archives.