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lauriefolino
10-07-2008, 02:19 PM
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Project Summary:
What text should be included in the main part of the logo?
The name of company is “Gabby & Zack”. Please add the “TM” for trademark. I may need to add “LLC” during the final revisions process.

What type of product or service do you offer?
Online Boutique offering baby and children’s hand-crafted clothing and accessories using only the highest quality materials and designer fabrics. Baby bibs, burp cloths, appliquéd onesies, witty graphic t-shirts (including Spanish and adoption phrases), funky tees, quilts, blankets, small throw pillows to match quilts and blankets.
How long have you been in business?
Start up
What do you hope to accomplish with your new identity?
Catch potential clients interest/curiosity
What are your long term goals?
Sell a ton of product online as well as placing and selling our product in high-end boutiques around the country.
When is the deadline for final entries before choosing a designer?
Oct. 14
Audience Profile:
Please describe your existing audience
Mid-class Females, age 30-60 looking to buy a gift for their kids, a niece or nephew, a grandchild. Moms of multiples and adopted children.
Who would you like to add to your audience?
Moms and grandmas everywhere
Perception/Tone/Guidelines:
What type of logo would you like?
Clean, simple design. No fancy/ornate fonts. Can get more creative with the faces of gabby and zack (see below re: images to include in logo). Needs to be perceived as classic and fun. We may have a touch of modern flair, but we are more about cute, fun and witty.

Do you have any colors in mind for your logo? (if so, why?)
Pink (gabby)and blue (zack)because it has a baby/kid theme to it and a boutique feel to it. No soft pastels please. I personally like robin’s egg blue, turquoise, and watermelon pink to name a few. However, I will mention that I recently had a logo created (not at Design Outpost) and it had a blue in it and the color I saw on my monitor and the color it truly turned out to be on print materials were totally different. I was told that can happen and blue can sometimes be a tough color to match. So I worry about that. But I am open to different color choices just have no idea what those might be. Surprise me.
Do you have any specific images or icons in mind that you would definitely like to see incorporated into your logo?
Yes, specifically a girl face and boy face to represent Gabby and Zack (owner’s kids).
More of an outlined face – but I am open to suggestions. Initially thinking Gabby and Zack should be dark haired, dark eyed (as are the real gab and zack).
take a look here as an example http://sybillelichtenstein.com/page.php?page=page6
Here is my blog with pics of Gabby and Zack
http://www.folinofamily.blogspot.com/


Communication Strategy:
What attributes would you like your logo to reflect about your business?
Fun, cute, witty
What is your tagline or slogan?
Don’t have one yet.
What is the overall message you are trying to convey to your target audience?
High-quality, fun and happy
Where will your new logo be used?
Logo to be used on website, etsy.com, print materials, t-shirts, clothing labels, posters, banners, promotional materials, and hang tags

Competitive Positioning:
Who are your competitors and what do you think about their logos?

List competitive URLs if possible
Couldn't really find any

What sets you apart from your competitors?
100% money back guarantee, free gift-wrapping, extreme attention to detail, hand-crafted in USA, Commitment to excellence in customer service that exceeds your expectations.
Targeted Message:
State a single-minded word or phrase that will appropriately describe your company:
Happy
Additional notes:
Designer will need to sign a simple contract that states I own all the trademarks and copyrights on the logo he/she has created for me.
Will need logo in a variety of different formats including the normal formats as well as a vector file, PDF and black and white.

Thank you!!

tini1
10-09-2008, 06:02 AM
:)thanks

tini1
10-09-2008, 06:06 AM
font variation.......:)

glyphica
10-09-2008, 03:01 PM
:)

lauriefolino
10-09-2008, 08:05 PM
Tini1 - thanks for getting us started. Very cute. And clever play on boutique. I prefer the 2nd font. I think I will attach a photo of my kiddos to help with the faces. Can you please add a couple of little noses to the faces and make Zack's hair longer, more surfer dude. (may want to wait until a post a photo). Thanks and great job.

Qlyphica - great job. Cute. I like the font and the colors. Can you pls make Zack's ahir longer, more surfer dude like. I will be posting a picture of my kids to help. Thanks and well done.

tini1
10-10-2008, 07:23 AM
:)revision....:)

glyphica
10-10-2008, 10:12 AM
sure :yes:

lauriefolino
10-10-2008, 10:23 AM
Tini1 - thanks for changing the hair. Can you bring Gabby and Zack's eyes closer together. looks good.

qlyphica - thanks for changing the hair.

Now waiting to see who else responds. Thanks.

Titania
10-10-2008, 11:10 AM
i'd like to give it a shot, i'm just waiting for the picture of the children... :D

tini1
10-10-2008, 11:32 AM
:)moved eyes closer together, added flowers(instead of bows:))

plum74
10-10-2008, 03:05 PM
Hello. Here's my take
All comments are welcome :)

lauriefolino
10-10-2008, 10:07 PM
Here is the link to the pics of kids: http://www.folinofamily.blogspot.com/
tini1 - like the eyes better and thank you. flowers are cute too.
plum74 - thanks for participating. Like the font and colors. The kids are cute. Can you remove the hands, I like the face shapes and that they are so happy, but they are almost too clown like. I like that their eyes are big, but would like to see eyes open, a fuller bang on Gabby and maybe a barrette instead of the hat. Thank you.

nvoke
10-10-2008, 10:29 PM
here's one from me...let me know your thoughts!
enjoy :)

lauriefolino
10-10-2008, 11:25 PM
nvoke - thanks for your submission. I like what you have done. Can you try another font that is more simple and/or chunky. I think Zack is right on (good hair), can you move eyes/brows closer together. With Gabby can you move eyes/brows closer together and bring her hairline down so you see less of the forehead, and smooth out the ends of her hair so they are full and not gagged and you don't see her ears. And remove all color in background. Thanks so much.

lauriefolino
10-10-2008, 11:33 PM
I should be able to attach the contract I talk about in my project summary this coming Monday for all to view. Thanks. Looking forward to seeing more submissions.

Rongie
10-11-2008, 07:08 AM
I'lll have something for you over the weekend. Thank you.

Titania
10-12-2008, 09:52 PM
:)

Titania
10-12-2008, 09:53 PM
a more realistic version... :D

Rongie
10-12-2008, 11:10 PM
:)

lauriefolino
10-13-2008, 12:58 PM
Titania - version 1: love their big eyes. They are cute. They are looking a little too dainty(nose, month, neck). Hair needs to be a bit more messed up/not so trim and proper. Instead of using black on hair, etc can you use dark brown.
version 2: it is so freaky how close you got them to look like the true gabby and zack (it's a good thing). You did a great job and if I don't choose it for this project I probably will for my blog. Can you move gabby's hair over so not in her face and zack's bang needs to be not so gagged (can you change hair, eyes and eyebrows to dark brown. Pls try a different chunkier font. Thanks.

lauriefolino
10-13-2008, 01:37 PM
Rongen - thank you for your submission. Can you make their noses a little smaller and do a different mouth and try a simplier font. Thank you.

lauriefolino
10-13-2008, 02:13 PM
tini1 - looking over your last revision some more...would you mind making a couple more changes? Could you pls remove the circles from gabby's cheeks. And make zack's bang less gagged. And remove the circles from behind the kids and put kids closer together. Thank you. Much appreciated.

tini1
10-13-2008, 03:50 PM
:)......:)

nvoke
10-13-2008, 07:08 PM
:)

nvoke
10-13-2008, 07:10 PM
and...

Rongie
10-14-2008, 12:33 AM
Thanks for the feedbacks.

plum74
10-14-2008, 05:07 AM
Many thanks for your feedback. I'll post my revisions this afternoon :)

plum74
10-14-2008, 06:46 AM
Many thanks. Looking forward to your comments. :)

Titania
10-14-2008, 07:35 AM
thanks for your comments! i'll post another sample asap! :yes:

Titania
10-14-2008, 06:30 PM
:)

Titania
10-14-2008, 06:31 PM
please let me know if you'd like to see more changes, i'll be more than pleased to make them. and thanks again for your comments/feedback... :D

lauriefolino
12-20-2008, 02:51 AM
I am so sorry I have not picked a winner until today. Thank you all for your creative designs and hard work. I was very impressed with all your designs. The winner is tini1, post #23, version 3. Thank you. We can go to revisions. We just need to play a little with Zack's hair to make it not so jagged. And change the blue in "and Zack" as I am concerned it will print too seafoam green, and add "LLC" in small letters and remove the childrens funtique. Thanks.

tini1
12-20-2008, 04:36 AM
Thank you Lauriefolinio for choosing my design for your logo:) I will post revision later today:)

tini1
12-20-2008, 08:04 AM
:)revisions....

lauriefolino
12-20-2008, 01:43 PM
Hair is perfect. Looks good. :yes: I noticed you moved heads so gab's hair wasn't covering the "b" in gabby. That I like, but not that the faces are not centered above the name. Can you try separating the faces a little so that their hair don't touch each other and that should help with the faces not being more over to the left then the right. Can you also change llc to capital letters and use a smaller font (quit a bit smaller) size so it doesn't stand out as much. Thanks for changing the the blue color. I have learned that what I see on my computer screen is not how colors print out on commercial printers and clothing labels.

Also, I will finally post the contract I had mentioned about in my original posting. I finally got this together. I used the one from Outpost and adding some of my own wording as well.

FYI - I will also need logo in files that have just the faces without company name and then faces and company name (LLC) and then faces and company without the LLC. If this is more money pls let me know so I can get that paid right away. Thank you!!!


EDIT: Okay, sorry to bring up the hair issue again, but a few of my male friends are telling me Zack's hair should be a little shorter and less flipped up on the ends because he looks to much like a girl. Can you try doing that. Thanks!!

tini1
12-21-2008, 07:06 AM
Here are revisions:) Let me know if good:) The colors you can always specify at printed. He will have a pantone swatch book you can see the printed color:)
I will included all listed variations, no xtra charge for this:)


I'm moving this to the revisions forum.

lauriefolino
12-23-2008, 12:18 AM
Thank you for all your revisions of Zack's hair. I have made my final decision (:yes:) on his hair and would like to go back to post #23 for Zack's hair (where it is short). Can you also pls clean up black and white design (remove cheeks from Gabby and hair from Zack's eye). Thank you for all the extra files at no additional charge.

I would also like the name of the font you used and a link to download if you have it. I understand that I will probably need to purchase the font.

Contract is done and I need to figure out how to post it here. I will work on that now.

lauriefolino
12-23-2008, 12:47 AM
I am stumped. Not sure how to post a word doc here (the contract I created). Any suggestions? Can I just email it to you?

tini1
12-23-2008, 04:23 AM
:)I will private message you a link to download new files, and my email address..Thanks:)

final revisions....

lauriefolino
12-23-2008, 12:04 PM
Thanks. The patone color for blue got changed back to 637, can you change it back to 2995? Or is it still 2995? How do I get the contract to you so you can look it over? I did my own.

tini1
12-23-2008, 12:06 PM
it is still 2995, the 637 is wrong...oops...messaged you my email:)

tini1
12-28-2008, 11:06 AM
:)a link to download your new logo files has been sent via your private messages, please note here that you received ok?
Thanks again, Missy/tini1:)

Happy New year!

lauriefolino
12-29-2008, 11:39 PM
Hi. I am going to pm you with a couple of questions, but I did get the files and was able to download them. Thanks!!! Happy New Year!!

BlueCherryGraphics
01-13-2009, 08:16 PM
PROJECT UPDATE: moved to archives