Design a Logo for Dry Carbon Wrap, please!!! Free 4x4 to winner!

[jbell]

We're looking for a logo for DryCarbonWrap. It will be used bordering the name.
It *might* also be used for the new, larger, offshoot company.

If something catches my eye, you'll get a 4'x4' piece of the carbon wrap. ($165 value)

I'm open to any ideas, but I'll toss a few ideas your way:
-Black, White, Gray, and #c80000 are my favorite colors.
-Commonly used tools of the trade are heatgun/hairdryer, razor knife, and a squeegee (click here for pics)
-Simple, clean vector-based graphics catch my eye.
-It has to be composed of simple shapes and colors.
-No gradients, shadows, bevels, or other photoshop effects. Looking for a clever logo, not a combination of canned effects, sorry.
-The only thing that can be patterned (not solid color) is subtle use of carbon fiber style.
-Using something resembling a sheet of vinyl, with a flex in it, with the carbon texture would be neat.

Let's see what you guys have.

[Scapegoat]

You should probably just hire a professional that will work with you and create a logo worth more than a 4"x4" piece of vinyl.

Just saying

[Proven]

I think its a great idea to have someone on here give it a shot..

Don't worry Jbell, dude above has something to say about everything on here for some reason.

[rista]

do you want it to say ".com" on it?? or just dry carbon wrap?

[c0nfl1kt]

Originally Posted by Proven

I think its a great idea to have someone on here give it a shot..

Don't worry Jbell, dude above has something to say about everything on here for some reason.

Ken is just trying to get some under the table work. Nothing wrong with that.

[Scapegoat]

Originally Posted by Proven

I think its a great idea to have someone on here give it a shot..

Don't worry Jbell, dude above has something to say about everything on here for some reason.

i didn't say it was a bad idea. BUT, i've seen professional logo development first hand. it costs more than $165, and takes time. this is a business' face, the first thing a person see's on your website, business card, sign out front, etc.

It'd be cool to, maybe, take the winning design from this site to someone and say, "i like this, but i want it buttoned up". you'll save money because you're cutting a lot of the back and forth and time spent going over revisions. of course some designers will just charge a flat fee regardless.

and you're right,
(please have william shatner read you the following)
i do have something to say about everything on here... the reason being, is... its a forum... where you... make comments... on topics... that people... post... for other... people...to... post comments... about...

Originally Posted by c0nfl1kt

Ken is just trying to get some under the table work. Nothing wrong with that.

over or under, i don't care

but i do mention it more on point of taking care of your business. cutting corners is what leads you to spending more in the future. i've seen it quite a bit in web development... people get a wham bam thank you ma'am website for a few grand and complain that it costs to much to update, doesn't do what they want it to do, looks like crap, hardly works, etc. same thing goes for a company's logo

not saying the logo's aren't going to be good... but its a toss up... for something so important as a company logo, i'd go to a professional who has done corporate identity projects before

[jpalamar]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

and you're right,
(please have william shatner read you the following)
i do have something to say about everything on here... the reason being, is... its a forum... where you... make comments... on topics... that people... post... for other... people...to... post comments... about...

That was awsome.

[jbell]

im technically a graphic designer. i'm more than capable of touching up an idea into a final piece. I'm posting here for general ideas and such.

[Scapegoat]

fair enough

[rista]

well, just let me know about the ".com", and ill tweak my design if its needed, and ill post it up...just waiting on ur response

[jbell]

no .com needed.

[jbell]

Originally Posted by Scapegoat

i didn't say it was a bad idea. BUT, i've seen professional logo development first hand. it costs more than $165, and takes time. this is a business' face, the first thing a person see's on your website, business card, sign out front, etc.

I'm familar with professional work. I've worked as an art director, lead graphic designer, etc at several jobs. Two of my best friends work as lead designers in Nike's international division.
A logo is something simple. I'm looking for ideas here- I expect nothing to be perfect and handed to me in professional format.

It'd be cool to, maybe, take the winning design from this site to someone and say, "i like this, but i want it buttoned up". you'll save money because you're cutting a lot of the back and forth and time spent going over revisions. of course some designers will just charge a flat fee regardless.

I plan to do the following-
depending on the logo- i can either:
a: revise it myself, which i am very capable of doing.
b: send it to one of two said friends who I could pay.

basically- a great base idea here will get you $165 worth of vinly/shipping. You don't need to send me a zip file of a 300dpi, or vector format anything.
I want a neat idea.

and you're right,
(please have william shatner read you the following)
i do have something to say about everything on here... the reason being, is... its a forum... where you... make comments... on topics... that people... post... for other... people...to... post comments... about...

over or under, i don't care

but i do mention it more on point of taking care of your business. cutting corners is what leads you to spending more in the future. i've seen it quite a bit in web development... people get a wham bam thank you ma'am website for a few grand and complain that it costs to much to update, doesn't do what they want it to do, looks like crap, hardly works, etc. same thing goes for a company's logo

Cutting a corner would be uploading a logo to my website as soon as its posted here. I've made clear I won't do that.

And dear god, I agree about the web development rant.

not saying the logo's aren't going to be good... but its a toss up... for something so important as a company logo, i'd go to a professional who has done corporate identity projects before

toss up is fine with me. I'll see what come's here, and go from there.
A good idea here, plus some work after will give me what I want.

[rista]

well rather than involving myself into a "graphic design" conversation/argument ...ill contribute to the design idea, and it looks as though im the only one interested here..
it could obviously use some work...but its just a beginning design/idea.


its my general idea...im am going to continue working on it, and post up what ive come up with

[jbell]

i love the look of the background, but i didn't explain myself correctly.

i was looking for something like a logo on a white background- not a square image.
check out logopond.com for inspiration.

something like this:

[jbell]

here's something i did today while bored:

[DC2.2GSR]

i'm sitting here bored out of my mind so i guess i'll give this a try. one question though, you said you don't want gradients or shadows but your image above has both. i'm thinking you just mean no cheesy looking effects instead of no gradients or anything at all but i dunno. doesn't change much either way, but let me know asap so i can get something drawn up for you.

[jbell]

i used them just to fill that one in. i'd *prefer* no effects like that, but w/e.

[GHost240SX]

How about DCW: "Providing you with all your Carbon needs"

and just have a red background with that in carbon fiber "wrap"

[DC2.2GSR]

here's a quick one. it's just a font that came with PS CS4, nothing special. i also stole your razor haha. let me know what you think. i'll put up some other designs later on.

[jbell]

i need to ditch that style razor. a local shop has it in their logo. sorry, just noticed today.