[Project Complete] Print Audit logo [Archive]

trevorh

01-10-2005, 03:13 PM

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Hello, we are a print tracking software company and we are going to be replacing our flagship software, Print Audit 4, with a new version, Print Audit 5. Print Audit 5 will be a suite of three products called Analysis, Reduction and Recovery. These products will help our clients analyze, reduce and recover their printing costs.

This is our company logo:

http://www.printaudit.com/images/printauditlogo.jpg

Our company logo should form the foundation of the Print Audit 5 logo. Please build onto it without altering the original. The design you add to the logo should symbolize that Print Audit 5 is comprised of three pieces: Analysis, Reduction and Recovery. For example, this could be three puzzle pieces forming a five, but we are definitely open to suggestions here.

In addition to the colors in the original logo, you may use the light blue and yellow from our website, http://www.printaudit.com

Contest closed. Thanks for all your entries.

Thanks,
Trevor

mbleigh

01-10-2005, 03:50 PM

Here's something to start it out.

Paula23

01-10-2005, 07:21 PM

Here's a 'puzzle" concept.
Thanks,Paula

trevorh

01-10-2005, 10:05 PM

Michael, the squares are a bit simpler than what we are looking for. Maybe you can have 3 pieces that form some kind of a cool shape. It would be good if you could put the words analysis, reduction and recovery on the pieces. But I know that might be hard to do without making the logo huge.

Paula, you have the right idea, but the look of puzzle pieces isn't really working for me. I think it looks a bit odd having the puzzles forming the 5. What if the 3 puzzle pieces formed a shape, like a square, and the 5 was in the middle of that shape.

I would also like to have the words Analysis, Reduction and Recovery included somewhere in the logo.

Thanks.

Paula23

01-10-2005, 11:19 PM

Thanks for the quick feedback!Here are some alternative puzzle
concepts.
Thanks,Paula

trevorh

01-11-2005, 07:32 AM

Paula, the cube looks pretty cool, but it doesn't show that Print Audit 5 is a suite of 3 products. The only way a cube would work is if it was split into 3 parts that came together, sort of like a puzzle box. But, it might look a little busy at that point. Any other ideas of how we can do this?

Paula23

01-11-2005, 09:10 AM

Something similar to your own logo (the P with 3 colors around it) could work...but of course with a 5 instead of the P. The 3 colors would represent the 3 parts of PA5. Not that I want you to copy that or anything, I'm just trying to give you a better idea of what we're going for.

Something like this?
Thanks,Paula

Tagline added!

QuirkDesign

01-11-2005, 11:54 AM

:)

http://www.quirk-design.com/DesignOutpost/pa5logo2web.jpg

trevorh

01-11-2005, 01:39 PM

Paula, looking better, but I don't think I like the shape of the 5. Can I see it in some other fonts? Also, the 3 pieces should be more proportional, the 2 side pieces are fine, but the top one is too small.

QuirkDesign, I'd like to see something more high tech. This looks too much like a street sign. Also, I don't like yellow being used so much. I don't mind yellow, but only in splashes.

This is a general comment for everyone out there. It would be good if you could somehow tie the words Analysis, Reduction and Recovery into the 3 pieces we are adding to the logo -- instead of just writing them along the bottom of the logo.

Thanks!

eziey

01-11-2005, 01:59 PM

Paula23

01-11-2005, 02:45 PM

Something like this?

Thanks,Paula

trevorh

01-11-2005, 09:19 PM

Eziey, thanks for the entry, but I don't think that design fits in with our logo at all.

Paula, something like that, but I liked the puzzle-like shapes in your previous logo better than the pie shaped pieces in this logo. I would also remove the comma and the & from Analyze, Reduce, Recover.

Paula23

01-11-2005, 10:40 PM

Thanks for the feedback. I thought I'd just post the icon variations, and if you like any of them I can show you what they would look like with your existing logo.

Thanks,Paula

trevorh

01-12-2005, 10:38 AM

Hello Paula, let me think about these for awhile. I don't mean to pull you off in a bunch of directions, but I'm looking back at some of the 3D ones you made earlier and Design 4 is really cool. I do have a few problems with it though. There are only 2 pieces to the puzzle (there should be 3) and the 5 doesn't stand out enough. Can you think of a way to do it with 3 pieces and maybe make the 5 a little more obvious?

Thanks for all your work so far!

eziey

01-12-2005, 10:43 AM

Paula23

01-12-2005, 12:20 PM

Some alternate 5's

Thanks,Paula

trevorh

01-13-2005, 07:47 AM

Paula, I like the concept of the 3D puzzle pieces forming a five, but these aren't really doing it for me yet -- they look a little bit too cluttered. Plus, most of them still only have 2 pieces or the top part is much smaller than the other two.

Eziey, much better, but the colors are off. Can you stick to the colors we use on our logo and our website? This logo isn't bad, but don't think it will work for us. I have looked at some of the other logos you've designed on this site and I do like your work, so I'd like to see some other ideas from you.

trevorh

01-13-2005, 08:03 AM

I encourage more artists to get involved in this.

eziey

01-13-2005, 01:08 PM

trevorh

01-13-2005, 02:10 PM

Eziey, this has potential. I like the look of the two side pieces but not the top shark fin type shape. I would like the see the top piece in some different shapes. Can you think of a way to to have it fit in better with the other pieces and not stick out so much?

eziey

01-13-2005, 03:49 PM

trevorh

01-14-2005, 07:28 AM

Eziey, of those I think I like number 7 the best, but it still needs work. You may have to slice up the two side pieces to make the top one work better.

Paula, going back to the cube you made earlier, would it be possible to have 3 pieces form a 3D cube with a 5 on it?

Thanks.

Paula23

01-14-2005, 09:32 AM

eziey

01-14-2005, 11:46 AM

trevorh

01-18-2005, 07:49 AM

Eziey, the top piece still doesn't fit in with the other two. The two side ones are forming sort of an oval shape and then the top one is just tacked on. You may have to split them up differently to make it work.

Paula, I don't really like the look of those. Maybe 3D isn't the way to go.

QuirkDesign and mbleigh, let's see some more ideas.

Thanks.

eziey

01-18-2005, 12:08 PM

trevorh

01-25-2005, 08:07 AM

Eziey, that's better but still needs work. The top piece still doesn't work for me, you may have to split the pieces up a different way to make it a little more fluid.

I'm extending the deadline to February 4.

eziey

01-29-2005, 09:56 AM

Taldo

02-01-2005, 09:58 PM

trevorh

02-02-2005, 06:47 AM

Eziey, I don't think this one is going to work. Can I see the original logo you made (the round one) using our colors? Also, can I see it with the words Analysis, Reduction and Recovery in the puzzle pieces?

Thanks.

trevorh

02-02-2005, 01:27 PM

Taldo, not bad, I like the concept, but I don't like solar system look of it. Can you think of a way to tie the pieces together without making them look like planets? Thanks.

DesignGeneral

02-02-2005, 01:41 PM

I'm working on something :)

Cheers,

Adrian

Taldo

02-02-2005, 01:52 PM

trevorh

02-03-2005, 07:15 AM

Taldo, this is nice, I would leave it as is for now. We're going to be narrowing these down in a few days and then pick the best one by putting it to a vote in our office. So, if you have any other ideas feel free to post those also.

eziey

02-03-2005, 06:44 PM

trevorh

02-04-2005, 07:17 AM

Eziey, looks good. This will be one of the finalists. Adrian and anyone else still working on logos, please hurry because today (February 4) will probably be the last day.

trevorh

02-07-2005, 07:37 AM

Today (February 7) will be the last day for submissions.

Thanks.

eziey

02-07-2005, 07:45 AM

Make a bit adjustment on color :)

DesignGeneral

02-08-2005, 09:29 AM

Sorry for delay :blush:

I'll post my entry in few min :)

Cheers,

Adrian

DesignGeneral

02-08-2005, 10:16 AM

trevorh

02-08-2005, 10:37 AM

Thanks Adrian. Can you change the color of the middle ring (the greenish black one) so that it isn't quite as similar to the black and stands out a bit more?

DesignGeneral

02-08-2005, 10:51 AM

Sure :) how is this?

DesignGeneral

02-08-2005, 02:16 PM

Few variations :)

trevorh

02-09-2005, 12:28 PM

Eziey, you win! We like version 15 the best.

eziey

02-09-2005, 09:01 PM

Thanks...:)
Should I finalize the file for you now?

trevorh

02-10-2005, 07:23 AM

I want to make some small changes, but I'll post details on that in a bit. What program did you design this in?

eziey

02-10-2005, 07:44 AM

I use coreldraw...but am able to provide it in eps (adobe illustrator compatible) format...
also photoshop....What format do you expect for final?

trevorh

02-10-2005, 08:14 AM

Actually Corel Draw is perfect, I would like to have it in vector format. We want a few different versions of the logo for use on splash screens. Since it's a suite of 3 products, if people only buy Analysis, the other two pieces (Reduction and Recovery) would be grayed out on the logo. We want the pieces they didn't buy to still be visible, but light gray instead of full color.

So what we will need is:

Analysis full color, with Reduction and Recovery grayed out.

Reduction full color, with Analysis and Recovery grayed out.

Recovery full color, with Analysis and Recovery grayed out.

Analysis and Reduction full color, Recovery grayed out.

Analysis and Recovery full color, Reduction grayed out.

Recovery and Reduction full color, Analysis grayed out.

I would just do one at first so we can establish a look. Hopefully I'm explaining this well.

Thanks.

eziey

02-11-2005, 09:27 AM

How's that!

trevorh

02-11-2005, 09:49 AM

You have the right idea, but the gray is too dark and stands out too much. What if we made the grayed out pieces a very light transparent-like color based on the original pieces. For example, the green Recovery piece would still be green and made very light instead of gray, you may even want to lighten it's boarder, so you can still tell the pieces is there, but it's very subtle.

I think if we do this though we may have to change Reduction to another color instead of gray. How about a light yellow? If possible I would like to keep Reduction gray though, so maybe post it in yellow and gray and I'll see how it looks.

eziey

02-12-2005, 09:54 AM

option 1

eziey

02-12-2005, 09:55 AM

option 2 :)

trevorh

02-14-2005, 10:14 AM

I like the first option, with the yellow. The grayed out pieces look good, but the regular pieces need to stand out a bit more from the grayed ones. I would make the colors a bit darker and reduce the fade in them. Sort of like you have the yellow piece fade from yellow to a lighter yellow, instead of to white. Also I would make the words (Analysis, Reduction and Recovery) a little bit bigger.