[Project Complete] - Photography Business Logo - $125

[RachelMichele]

(Admin code added by Palmer - 09T90426PB237834V)

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

What type of product or service do you offer?
Newborn and Children Portraiture

What do you hope to accomplish with your new identity?
Create a brand

When is the deadline for final entries before choosing a designer?
March 15

Audience Profile:
Please describe your existing audience
Families, children, newborns.

Who would you like to add to your audience?
high school seniors

Perception/Tone/Guidelines:
What type of logo would you like?
I would like a logo that I can use without having to put the "Rachel Michele" with it and people still know it's my logo. Did I explain that well enough?

Do you have any colors in mind for your logo? (if so, why?)
I like bold colors or light blues or pinks, or even something that's interchangeable with color.

Do you have any specific images or icons in mind that you would definitely like to see incorporated into your logo?
Maybe something with a tree to symbolize growth, but I'm open to ideas...

Communication Strategy:

What is your tagline or slogan?
Because you'll never live these moments again...

Where will your new logo be used?
Website, marketing material, business cards.


Targeted Message:
State a single-minded word or phrase that will appropriately describe your company:
Modern newborn and child portraiture.

I will need a layered PSD file of the final concept.

[RachelMichele]

PLEASE READ POST #31 FOR LATEST UPDATE.

I'm really excited to start working on my logo design!

I've pulled some examples so you guys can see what I like... the file is attached...

As I mentioned in the questionairre, I want to incorporate a tree - I LOVE Cherry Blossom trees, maybe something along that line - but with a modern twist...

I can't wait to see what all come up with! Thanks so much!

[RachelMichele]

Anyone?

[glyphica]

I will submit something tomorrow :)

[RachelMichele]

I will submit something tomorrow :)

Thanks! Looking forward to it :)

[nutscreative]

v1:)

[nutscreative]

v2:)

[nutscreative]

v3:)

[RachelMichele]

nutscreative - thanks so much for being the first to get the ball rolling! I like the font you used in both versions 1 and 2, just not crazy about the swirly tree trunk in those versions...Version 3 I don't like any of the fonts.

[glyphica]

:)

[RachelMichele]

glyphica - thanks for the design! The tree unfortunately looks more like a bouquet of flowers, than it does a tree...

I'm open to more ideas :-)

[nutscreative]

v4:)

[nutscreative]

v5:)

[RachelMichele]

nutscreative - thank you again for your submissions! I like your creativity! Can we try V4 with the branch not so overpowering and with the colors that Glyphica used in her design?

[nutscreative]

Hi, please see revised attached. "a" and "b", one with stroke and one without for the flowers. Thanks.:)

[RachelMichele]

nutscreative- I think the tree branch is too big in regards to the name, but again I really appreciate your input.

Can anyone try to incorporate a cherry blossom tree with possibly using the initials "rm" as the tree trunk? Maybe reverse the "r" next to the "m" as the trunk?

As I mentioned in the original questionairre I would really like to be able to use the design by itself without the full name being attached and people would still know it's my company...

[xpressions]

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/nemagazine/rachelmichelephoto.png

[RachelMichele]

Hi Xpressions and thanks for contributing! Thank you for attempting to create something close to what I was describing. If you could use black instead of the brown and a pink instead of the orange, make the flower part be inside the circle and look more like a tree it would be even closer to what I was envisioning. Thanks!

[BlueCherryGraphics]

v1

[BlueCherryGraphics]

v2

[RachelMichele]

Blue Cherry - thanks for your submissions - I love that you mixed up the fonts in Version 1 for the two names. I'm liking that better than the same font throughout. I like that you used the circle in Version 2, just not crazy about the flowers with the initials...

[xpressions]

Thank you for the feedback. Will provide a revision for you tomorrow. In the meantime, could you clarify: you are looking for more of a "tree" versus a "branch", correct?

Hi Xpressions and thanks for contributing! Thank you for attempting to create something close to what I was describing. If you could use black instead of the brown and a pink instead of the orange, make the flower part be inside the circle and look more like a tree it would be even closer to what I was envisioning. Thanks!

[RachelMichele]

Yes, I'm looking for a tree instead of a branch. If you could make a cherry blossom tree with the letters "rm" as part of the trunk, that would be great :D

Thank you for the feedback. Will provide a revision for you tomorrow. In the meantime, could you clarify: you are looking for more of a "tree" versus a "branch", correct?

[xpressions]

Revised to look more like a fully blossomed tree:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/nemagazine/rachelmichelephoto2.png

[RachelMichele]

Revised to look more like a fully blossomed tree:

Definitely heading in the right direction...can we move the little R in the tree somewhere else and try to define the leaves a little more?

[xpressions]

like this?:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/nemagazine/rachelmichelephoto2rev1.png

[RachelMichele]

like this?:

No because you can't distinguish the "r" from the "m". Maybe make the r backwards?

[xpressions]

With the r flipped:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/nemagazine/rachelmichelephoto2rev2.png

[RachelMichele]

Thanks for trying xpressions, it doesn't really look like it flows together. I'm open to any other ideas if you have them.

[BlueCherryGraphics]

v3

[RachelMichele]

Ok, with only a few days left before I have to pick a designer, let me go over the things I liked and hopefully someone can come up with a design I love.

1. In my original post in the bottle right hand corner is a picture of a cherry blossom tree - I would like this same tree incorporated into my design.

2. I like the font that nutscreative used in version 1.

3. I like the colors that Glyphica used in version 1.

4. I like that BlueCherry used a different font for the two names in V1.

5. I like that Xpressions was attempting to incorporate my initials into the cherry blossom tree.

[Palmer]

Hello Designers. The Client has extended the deadline to this Friday the 19th to encourage more ideas.

Thank you :)

[im3d]

my entry

[glyphica]

:)

[RachelMichele]

im3d -this is so much closer to what I'm looking for! Can we change the fonts to something else and make the font different in Rachel and Michele? Do you have any other ideas for a different type flower?

[RachelMichele]

Glyphica I love your flowers and colors in version 1, can you try a different tree trunk?

[im3d]

change the font

[RachelMichele]

Thanks, do you have any other ideas fr the flowers?

[glyphica]

sure :yes:

[RachelMichele]

sure :yes:

Thanks glyphica! I love the colors and flowers, it's just the tree trunk isn't working for me...if you can find a way to incorporate the "r" and "m" into it like IM3D did (I'm not saying use her design because I know you can't - but somehow get those letters into the trunk). Also, can you change just the michele to a different font? Thanks!!

[glyphica]

:)

[nutscreative]

:)

[im3d]

with different flower

[RachelMichele]

:)

Glyphica, I love everything except the tree trunk...It look like a P instead of an R...

[RachelMichele]

:)

I like it, but the tree trunk doesn't flow...

[RachelMichele]

with different flower

IM3D I love everything except the flowers...do you have any other ideas for the flowers?

[Taldo]

:)hi

[im3d]

change the flower

[RachelMichele]

I want to thank all the designers who gave their time in submitting a design, you are all very talented! I have chosen to go with IM3D. IM3D

[im3d]

thanks for choosing my design
here is revision on colors and font

[RachelMichele]

thanks for choosing my design
here is revision on colors and font

Tks for the revisions...just a few more

For the flowers, can we make some of them the darker pink and some of them the lighter pink and change the centers to black?

Can the letter "r" in the tree trunk be black as well?

Can we change the words Rachel Michele to no capitalization and change just the word Michele to the lighter pink and the word photography to black?

Thanks so much!

[im3d]

revision on color and text :)

[RachelMichele]

revision on color and text :)

Everything is good, except the color of the light pink. Here is the color I'm looking for...

Can you apply that to both the word michele and the lighter flowers please?

Also is there any way to make the "r" in the tree trunk a little skinnier?

[im3d]

skinnier the "r" and revision on the pink

[RachelMichele]

perfect thank you!

[im3d]

file sent. download link sent on private message

[BlueCherryGraphics]

PROJECT UPDATE: moved to archives

[RachelMichele]

Files received - thank you!