[Project Complete] Established Lawn Service needs logo [Archive]

PRFect1

01-23-2005, 06:24 AM

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Hi,

We're a well established, successful, Lawn Service in need of a fresh logo. The "PR-Fect" (perfect) is a play on words - not a misspelling. The owners name is P.R.

Prefer the following:
Logo to incorporate the name PR-Fect Lawn Service.
Logo must have picture or graphic of "a pair of cupped hands with a seedling growing in them" (copyright-able).
Logo can use various greens. Also white & blue. Asure blue like the outlined blue on this page's buttons. (Needs to come close to match company truck blue color.) Would also like some new ideas on colors.
Our motto (when you want it "perfect" - call us) is old and or "corny" to some and we would like some new ideas.
Our services include all the usual mowing, dethatching, seeding, aeration, etc. We also provide extensive pesticide applications & fertilization programs. Other services include tree and shrub trimming, felling trees, etc. We are experienced, licensed, insured, continued higher education, and have many excellent references.
Hopefully that is enough of a start here - never done this before.
We may like to add the letterhead/envelope/business cards package if anyone bites at this request and we find the "one".
Tag - you're it! :cool:

AlexKogan

01-23-2005, 06:45 AM

Hi :)

Three questions:

1. What's the amount you offer for this project?
2. What's the deadline?

3. Not exactly a question, but a remark:
We may like to add the letterhead/envelope/business cards package if anyone bites at this request and we find the "one".

You can either run another project here after having your logo done, or deal this matter directly with the winning designer for some additional price after he/she finishes yor logo. :)

Bill

01-23-2005, 08:05 AM

Here's my entry...

PRFect1

01-23-2005, 08:05 AM

Hi :)

Three questions:

1. What's the amount you offer for this project?
2. What's the deadline?

3. Not exactly a question, but a remark:

You can either run another project here after having your logo done, or deal this matter directly with the winning designer for some additional price after he/she finishes yor logo. :)
Price = I entered $100 on the initial entry for the forum. Was I supposed to also post this? Sorry.

Deadline = ASAP - Spring fertilizations will begin in March and I would like to have this all setup and ready for this upcoming season.

PRFect1

01-23-2005, 12:05 PM

We have up'ed the price. Would like to see many more designs!

PRFect1

01-23-2005, 03:17 PM

Okay - soooo what am I doing wrong here? Is it because it's Sunday? Can I please have some other offers?
Bill - Like the try - but a bit too clip-arty for me. Something better with the "hands" portion maybe? Can we try something without the hands just to look at?

Michael

01-23-2005, 03:30 PM

Is it because it's Sunday? Can I please have some other offers?

Yes it could be, I know that its common belief that designers work 24hrs 7 days a week but occasionally we do like the odd day off here & there.......but keep that under your hat, don't want folk thinking we have gone soft ;)

I'm sure you will get more entries during the course of the week.

PRFect1

01-24-2005, 03:15 AM

Thanks. Just anxious I guess... :D

eziey

01-24-2005, 07:24 AM

I'm in :) Will post within a few hours...:)

eziey

01-24-2005, 08:19 AM

PRFect1

01-24-2005, 08:28 AM

I like the pic. The block name leaves me a little flat. Could we try a tad more 3Dish? I do really like the hands/seedling. Can the hands show more detail or is that getting picky? Like hhmmm...wrinkles, or real hands? More 3Dish? Just need ideas....Thanks. :weep:

eziey

01-24-2005, 10:41 AM

what do you mean by "tad"...Sorry my english is not very good :)

Unorthodox

01-24-2005, 10:54 AM

by tad he meant "a little bit"

eziey

01-24-2005, 11:02 AM

thank you very much lonelyrabbit...I never hear of that word...:)

PRFect1

01-24-2005, 11:32 AM

by tad he meant "a little bit"
Sorry eziey...and thank you lonelyrabbit. Yes, a "tad" means a little bit. Sort of like a tadpoll as opposed to a frog. Same idea but different.

eziey

01-24-2005, 12:10 PM

PRFect1

01-24-2005, 12:38 PM

eziey,
these are really nice. I would still like to see some other ideas just to compare. Can you make a different couple of ideas? would anyone else like to try?

eziey

01-24-2005, 06:07 PM

One more :)

Unorthodox

01-24-2005, 06:24 PM

ill try to submit something soon

Unorthodox

01-24-2005, 06:53 PM

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

PRFect1

01-25-2005, 05:23 AM

My partner wants to know if some "depth" can be added to the entries. Wants to see some form of yellow incorporated - maybe some swirls of sun, maybe some sun coming into the hands, maybe some yellow-gold brush swishes for lines - etc. Also, a fine look to a finished lawn are known as "stripes". Mow one way - turn around - mow the other way. Can we incorporate a section of grass stripes on the bottom or base of the logo to make it MORE 3D EFFECT? Let the imaginations flow. We're not locked into any idea just yet. We don't like any "boxed-in" look. Free flowing and open. :yes:
Thanks for listening. All the work is still nice so far!!

Fabian

01-25-2005, 04:00 PM

PRFect1

01-25-2005, 04:49 PM

eziey - love the concept #5. Can I see one with a softer / rounder font?
lonelyrabbit - love the letters, font, and especially like the small leaf for the dash symbol but can you omit and replace the "star / circle" thing with something different? Wonderful colors and the tapered line is GREAT! Also "services" needs to be singular as in "service".
Fabian - good, but not exactly the scene I was looking for. Would like to see more though please.
Bill - the "nothing less" theme is good. I didn't seem to well with the hands picture however. anything else? would still like to see something.

Unorthodox

01-25-2005, 04:54 PM

revising :P

Unorthodox

01-25-2005, 04:54 PM

whoops, i was already working on the other one and revising it... will work on the new revisions :P

PRFect1

01-25-2005, 05:00 PM

lonelyrabbit - ABSOLUTELY LOVE the dual shades in the leaf and line. That is GREAT! The star looks a bit better, but still maybe try a different concept. Hope you get this in time....

Unorthodox

01-25-2005, 05:10 PM

Gotcha! :D

Unorthodox

01-25-2005, 10:40 PM

PRFect1

01-26-2005, 07:17 AM

version 3: "Simpler is sometimes better" :P
version 4: harmony represented here...
version 5: harmony represented here as well, but with more detailed leafs...

I hope these will make it :D :rolleyes:

1 is the best, but the circle and leaf are still not what we want. Also, it sort of went ummm...flat? Just looks more...plain. Simple I guess is accurate. Looking for a little more lively. Still love the dual tone line and small dash leaf. Can you just incorporate a totally different thing for the circle pic? More like grass/lawn stuff?
I personally liked 3 - but the boss says a big n-o. It was cool -circle looks like it moves on it's own. Oh well... :weep:
Also,can you place some on the azure blue color. Want to see what it looks like on the "truck" color. Thanks for your patience...

Unorthodox

01-26-2005, 07:31 AM

Not a problem, I will revise and will submit the revisions at 3 pm ET :)

eziey

01-26-2005, 10:20 AM

eziey

01-26-2005, 10:48 AM

Unorthodox

01-26-2005, 06:01 PM

developing ideas :P i will post a new revision tomorrow morning or night. :)

Unorthodox

01-27-2005, 11:24 AM

PRFect1

01-28-2005, 02:04 PM

So far nothing is really jumping out at us. Really would like to see more entries to choose from. Eziey #5 and Lonelyrabbit #34(post) are what we like so far.

Fabian

01-28-2005, 03:48 PM

Wanted to explore the notion Pr- fect = tick of approval ;)

PRFect1

01-28-2005, 05:03 PM

Think I lost something in the translation...
Is that a statement or a question Fabian?
Anyway, nice colors but not quite there...got something else?

Fabian

01-28-2005, 05:24 PM

Sorry it was a statement :blush:

Please let me explain,it's a wordplay...i know there's a E missing.

Perfect

faultless;exact;excellent

Do you see what i was trying to get at now :)

PRFect1

01-28-2005, 05:40 PM

Yep, that's our saying. "When you want it "perfect" - call us. Owner's name is P.R. so we derived PR-Fect for the business. It's worked pretty well so far... :yes:

MyChicken

01-28-2005, 08:15 PM

PRFect1

01-29-2005, 03:29 PM

:D

My Chicken - like them both. We do like the grass in
GR #25 - MyChicken#4 and also GR #36 business card and green on bottom....can I say that? If not - let me know... :blush:
This design will go "on" an azure blue truck. It will be applied to the truck as just the logo - like applique. How will the blue in the design look? Can the colors be switched around a bit to compensate to an azure blue truck please. Would like to see how it looks on a business card also.

Lonelyrabbit - #34 and #28 PR3.jpg - can you make the font be caps like PR-Fect. Wish to additionally see font in black.
Also, this design will applique on an azure blue truck. Can the greens lighten up from the olive into something that will blend better with that color blue? Omit the stick man - maybe just the leaf in the circle instead.
Could you also do one for #34 and just place an identical line (like the bottom line) up on top and to the left a tad but equal on the design. Omit the circle and leaf.

Eziey - like #5 but the picture takes on a bit of "smiley face" in the logo. Can this be tweaked at all?

Fabian, can we see other ideas?

Not trying to criticize at all - and all of these entries are wonderful art! We simply have some difficult parameters to deal with here and sometimes can not convey all that via email. Thanks to all for all the patience and hard work! This is a great site!
Waiting to see.... :eek:

MyChicken

01-30-2005, 01:30 PM

Check these out. I can't make it exactly like GR because that wouldn't be fair to them or you. Let me know what you think.

:D

Unorthodox

01-30-2005, 02:15 PM

ill submit the revisions tonight, sorry for the delay :blush:

Unorthodox

01-30-2005, 04:28 PM

:blush:

Paula23

01-30-2005, 04:46 PM

A few from me :)

Thanks,Paula

PRFect1

01-31-2005, 03:25 PM

Wow! Thanks for all the great designs! You all are making this decision really tough. You did help us decide to change the name of our business from service to "services". We really like that! The design team has also helped us rethink our motto of "When you want it perfect - call us" to "Perfect for you!" which will need to be in all future submissions.

My Chicken - can you make the following revisions but leave the old ones up so we can compare please -

42 #3 -
1. Omit the blue circle. The grass appears as though it's in water. Try something else with it.
2. Omit logo "Why settle for less?" and insert logo "Perfect for you!"
Use the same green color and same font and size.

42 #4 - a few new things as follows:
1. Make the name PR-FECT be all caps, and all green, and a slanted dash instead of the dot.
2. Round the far right-side corners of the brown background behind "lawn services".
3. Omit logo "Why settle for less?" and insert logo "Perfect for you!"
Use the same green color and same font and size.
4. Once those changes are made we would like to also see a second one with silver where the brown exists now for comparison.

Thank You and will anxiously wait to see....

MyChicken

01-31-2005, 03:39 PM

I'll work on those changes and get them to you later tonight.

MyChicken

01-31-2005, 05:27 PM

Edits :)

PRFect1

01-31-2005, 06:21 PM

Thanks for the quick reply! Very nice! We'll look them over tonight and get back tomorrow afternoon. Thanks again.

eziey

01-31-2005, 08:29 PM

PRFect1

02-04-2005, 05:24 PM

Wow...this has been TOUGH staring at these for a few days!

I think we're down to this race:

My Chicken:
1.) Take the "PR-FECT" and the "Perfect for you!" font from #7 and place it in #6. Don't go olive green though. Stay with the same green. Make the "Perfect for you!" slightly larger and centered.
2.) I think we're hitting on the brown but not sure. The silver seems to make it fade away. Not good for the truck but nice for shirts, etc. Hhmmmm.??? Ideas, suggestions. Truck is blue...

Eziey:
Lovin it - but it's just a tad (little bit) flat. Saw your work in the archives for the fishing reel logo. REALLY liked the sword fish as it evolved. Seemed to come to life over the 3 or 4 revisions.
1.) Keep the PR-Fect font just as is.
2.) Add the "Perfect for you!" in there somewhere.
3.) The hands seem cut off at the wrists. Needs something...
4.) Can we see a couple business cards please.

Thanks for the time we've taken. Let's see what this will bring. :quiet:

MyChicken

02-04-2005, 11:29 PM

How about navy instead of silver or brown? It'll work for the shirts and truck. As for the green, I'm not sure if you wanted to leave it in the darker green or lighter green. I made it the dark green for better visibility. :)

eziey

02-05-2005, 12:25 AM

Carl

02-05-2005, 08:19 AM

...thanks for the invitation.

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PRFect1

02-05-2005, 08:28 PM

My Chicken:
#52 - We are very happy with this so far! Just a couple requests:

I need to see a silver background for the "lawn services" along with navy blue inside the grass diamond.

Please make two of these -
one with the light green in PR-Fect from #48
one with dark green in PR-Fect from #52

Place them both on the azur blue truck background. Hope that makes sense..??

additional request:
The grass will make or break this design for us. We do like it but wonder if you have any other possible alternatives? Just to compare? Thanks.

Eziey:
#53 - We are also very happy with this so far, but still a few changes:
Please re-insert the white outline "between" the hands. It was omitted on this last revision.
Please round the edge of the green background on the "lawn services" on the right side. Please make it lawn "services" not service.
Did not like where "Perfect for you!" is located. Can you change that font to something different and larger. Maybe not italics?? Also move it, or center it, with the PR-Fect. Thanks to you too.

Carl:
#54 - thanks for joining.
Very nice fonts, and colors in them. The Spring pea green is GREAT! The "design" on the pic however is just not for us I guess. While it does (to me) portray a pristine, glistening image (a.k.a. perfect) it just isn't quite what I'm looking for. The stripe or ribbon of grass is cool but the "glow" up above is more the issue. Can I invite you to try something else? (Didn't mean to rip it apart - hope you don't take it that way. It's VERY nice - just not right for us.)

Thanks VERY much to all. Patiently awaiting changes... :)

eziey

02-06-2005, 04:19 AM

PRFect1

02-06-2005, 02:21 PM

:)
Excellent! Please leave this one in tact as a "potential" candidate for the final pick! :yes:

We are receiving disappointing feedback - that the seedling in the hands makes it look more like a seed company than a lawn service. Can you create a second logo that offers something different - leaning more toward grass? Just comparing our options at this point. Thanks Eziey. You're very talented AND patient!!

MyChicken

02-07-2005, 12:05 AM

I tried different, fuller grass and silver. :)

PRFect1

02-07-2005, 03:53 AM

I tried different, fuller grass and silver. :)

Wonderful! Love it! :tup:

Please take #10 and revise the following:
1.) make the two white stipes in the diamond be DARK green.
2.) make the PR-FECT and the Perfect for you! be DARK green.
3.) place on backgrounds of white, blue, letterhead, and business card. :wizard:

Thanks much for your help! You're an exceptional artist!

eziey

02-07-2005, 05:17 AM

MyChicken

02-07-2005, 07:42 AM

PRFect1

02-07-2005, 10:38 AM

:

Okay. The letterhead went flat. Let's try the dark green in place of the grey on the letterhead paper and on the buz card.
Also, show me one set with dark blue back in the LAWN SERVICES area and having the dark green as above.

Sorry to be a pita..... :weep:

MyChicken

02-07-2005, 12:23 PM

Hi,

We should get the logo to where you like it. As far as business card and letterhead are concerned, you can either hold another contest or have the winner design them. What I gave you was just a quick sample.

Any changes to the actual logo? Please advise... :)

AlexKogan

02-07-2005, 02:21 PM

Hi :)

A note to the client: the stationary mockups are included in the logo entries only to demonstrate the look of the logo on specific formats and are not to be part of the revision process during the project, sorry :) If you want the winning designer to create the stationary for you (as you stated in your brief) then you should first finish the logo project and then negotiate the additional work directly with the designer :)

Cheers!

PRFect1

02-07-2005, 03:21 PM

Alex - yeah cool. Will take it up later. sorry.

My Chicken - hhmmm. Okay. After much debate, here it is.

Diamond outline and lawn services - DARK blue
Diamond inside - LIGHT blue
Diamond stripes - back to white and LIGHT green
New style grass, PR-FECT, and Perfect for you! - LIGHT green

That's it. Whew! :confused:

MyChicken

02-07-2005, 03:31 PM

Revised :yes:

PRFect1

02-07-2005, 03:59 PM

Revised :yes:

Awesome! Except the one on the blue background needs the PR-FECT outlined in white.
Be back soon. We PM'ed the moderator with a question...waiting to hear back.

PRFect1

02-07-2005, 04:35 PM

We have decided to make our choice and pick the winning designer no later than Feb. 09. Thanks to all. :D

MyChicken

02-07-2005, 09:30 PM

White outline in :)

PRFect1

02-08-2005, 02:46 AM

White outline in :)

Can I please see #5 and #6 here with the "new" grass and new font.
(I basically want to compare the navy #12 - with brown and silver ones.) Make sense?

eziey

02-08-2005, 03:45 AM

Any comment on my new entry?:)

PRFect1

02-08-2005, 04:08 AM

Any comment on my new entry?:)
Eziey,
Really didn't care for the logo. We are still seriously considering the hands/seedling. Would REALLY still like to see some grass instead of the seedling in the hands. Some nice defined grass. See what you can do....we have to decide by tomorrow. :D

eziey

02-08-2005, 05:49 AM

I thought you want to remove the hand in your previous comment...hehe :)

PRFect1

02-08-2005, 08:12 AM

that's better than the other. Let's take the hands and the seedling and the grass out. Let's just see what your idea of our logo should be. I still love the hands and seedling and want to consider it for a win but also want to see YOUR ideas too. Let's see something totally new. ;)

MyChicken

02-08-2005, 12:21 PM

Brown and Silver versions :)

PRFect1

02-08-2005, 12:48 PM

Brown and Silver versions :)
Great! Thanks!

eziey

02-09-2005, 03:30 AM

PRFect1

02-09-2005, 04:23 AM

:)

Eziey - that's nice.

Can you:
1.) Make the background on "LAWN SERVICES" be light brown.

2.)Make "PR-Fect" all caps like "PR-FECT".

3.) Place some sky blue INSIDE the dark green circle. Maybe a slice of light blue outline on that dark green side or ??? :yes:

I like this one. Will you be working today? This is our deadline today.

My Chicken - are you working today as well?

To both - I will be watching this all day. Please keep me posted and let your ideas come in.... ;)

eziey

02-09-2005, 05:52 AM

PRFect1

02-09-2005, 09:08 AM

:)
Can you put the green circle back as was - and ADD the blue on the inside of the circle. Make the grass finer, thinner? I like the brown now. The font changed though. Harder to read now. Can you chage it back or to something more readable? Also, please round the corner on the brown right side.

eziey

02-09-2005, 09:45 AM

PRFect1

02-09-2005, 09:49 AM

:)
Okay - good, better.
Take SOME of the blue out. Don't want the whole circle filled in - just make upper part of circle blue like a sky.

eziey

02-09-2005, 09:53 AM

PRFect1

02-09-2005, 10:57 AM

:)
Awesome.
Is it possible to see just one biz card mock up?

PRFect1

02-09-2005, 05:49 PM

It was very hard to decide and we would like to thank all of the design team. We have chosen Eziey's last entry #15. Again thanks to all. You have been very patient with us and great to work with!
Eziey we will wait to hear from you, and proceed from there.

eziey

02-10-2005, 04:24 AM

Thanks :)
Revised...Any further comment?

PRFect1

02-10-2005, 08:12 AM

Thanks :)
Revised...Any further comment?
Excellent!
Where do we go now? I need the files I would imagine. Is my account all paid for now? What is the ending process here?

Also, I would like to work with you to design a business card. I really loved the one you made before for the hand/seedling logo. How shall we accomplish that and what is the pricing? I need to get this done rather quickly so your reply is greatly appreciated. :yes: