$25 Redesign Logo Contest (48 hours)

minneola24

Jun 15th 2009, 5:25 pm

jackieh1791

Jun 15th 2009, 7:19 pm

Thanks for the contest. Here is my first try...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008-8/1320277/provopostal1jpg.jpg

blankeyecue

Jun 15th 2009, 8:03 pm

Thanks for the invite...I'll try to come up with something...

pennytrader

Jun 15th 2009, 8:23 pm

Did you want only 1 color, the blue or are you open to new ideas? Here are my 2 entrys, let me know if you want anything changed, color, font, placement. Do you want it to have a gloss effect ? (shiny)
- minneola24: I am open to more than just one color. I am also open to glossy as well. Feedback on your two logos. I like how you kept the same layout but the horse and elk don't work. There needs to be a rider on the horse, that is something we have to keep. Everything else is fairly flexible.

- jackieh1791: Thanks for joining, I've always liked your work. Good job on keeping the horse and rider. Who ever wins the contest must have that element. The text though looks disjointed. You must consider this logo like a patch you would wear on a uniform (that's why the old logo looks the way it does).

Thanks for the invite...I'll try to come up with something...
- blankeyecue: Look forward to your entry.

minneola24

Jun 15th 2009, 9:11 pm

If you like these let me know and I can expand on them with other colors/gloss etc.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/7020/provopostal.gif

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3763/provopostal2.gif

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shandyisme

Jun 15th 2009, 9:14 pm

here is my entry,

http://shandyisme.com/design/Horse-sample.png

onlyfights

Jun 15th 2009, 11:21 pm

I'll enter.. :)

RaZzYeL

Jun 16th 2009, 2:31 am

This is my design idea.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/474/creditunion.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/i/creditunion.jpg/)

Fell free to ask for any revision.
Feedback will be appreciated.

Best regards,
RaZzYeL

Xavier_3D

Jun 16th 2009, 4:38 am

http://i39.tinypic.com/28jdzsg.png

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 6:58 am

Thanks everyone for your submissions. Here is my feedback:

- minneola24: Your second design is closer. We need a rider on a fast horse (like it is racing). Other than that I am liking your layout.

- shandyisme: Not what we are looking for. Please read the feedback I gave other designers to see what we are looking for. Thank you for your entry.

- RaZzYeL: Thank you for entering. The design is okay. I do need an image of a rider on a fast horse (see jackieh1791's rider to see what I mean).

- Xavier_3D: I do like your logo, but your rider and horse need to look like they are in a race. Hope this helps.

Anasone

Jun 16th 2009, 7:09 am

here's my entry :
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/7243/horsecopy.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/i/horsecopy.jpg/)

minneola24

Jun 16th 2009, 7:29 am

Okay, let me know if you like these. Thanks for the feedback.

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7020/provopostal.gif

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/3763/provopostal2.gif

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 7:49 am

- Anasone: I like how you added an additional layer with the text (a circle within a circle). Couple concerns. First, "Credit Union" and "Provo Postal" need to be the same font. I like the font you are using for "Provo Postal." Second concern, your rider and horse are all wrong. We need a rider and horse that are moving fast. Let me know if you have any questions.

- minneola24: Your horse and rider don't match. Your horse is jaunting, whereas, you have a jockey as a rider. Plus, the rider needs to be a cowboy (like jackieh1791's rider). I will post some background on the type of rider we are looking for.

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 8:21 am

BACKGROUND ON THE LOGO

It seems that we are struggling getting the right rider and horse for this logo. So, I thought I would give you some background on the company in order to help you design the right logo. This particular credit union used to be a bank for the mail providers (or postal service) of the city.

In the early days of the United States the mail was delivered by postal workers on horse. They were generally cowboys who would race from city to city delivering mail. Below is the original logo of the United States Postal Service. You can see that it closely resembles ours.

Here is also a youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl9_GXvNktI) that shows a futuristic movie around the postal service (it actually looks like a really good movie).

Hope this helps on exactly the type of rider and horse we are looking for in the logo. Please let me know, in the thread, if you have any questions.

OLD POSTAL SERVICE LOGO
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/8917/uspostalservicesmall.png

Xavier_3D

Jun 16th 2009, 8:54 am

http://i44.tinypic.com/23hrceb.png

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 9:18 am

- Xavier_3D: Great rider and horse! Now let's add some color and some gloss, to give it a more web 2.0 look. Great job!

Anasone

Jun 16th 2009, 9:20 am

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7243/horsecopy.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/i/horsecopy.jpg/)

Anasone

Jun 16th 2009, 9:27 am

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3214/horsered.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/i/horsered.jpg/)

a4hire

Jun 16th 2009, 9:30 am

Going to work on this today,

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 9:39 am

- Anasone: Great rider and horse! As stated earlier, I really like the content layout! A suggestion I have is to be sure to have a full circle where the rider is. You can draw a line across the circle to give the rider ground, but the circle needs to be a full one (I also like the red in your second image).

Going to work on this today,
- a4hire: I look forward to seeing your entry. Thanks.

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 11:08 am

- MantisArt: This looks great. You have all the elements we are looking for. The only suggestion I recommend now is to try some different colors with the logo. Other than that it looks great!

Xavier_3D

Jun 16th 2009, 11:19 am

http://i43.tinypic.com/99e6n7.png

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 11:45 am

Xavier_3D: I don't think you saw my comment already on this design. View: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=11695665&postcount=17
(http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showpost.php?p=11695665&postcount=17)

a4hire

Jun 16th 2009, 11:54 am

Here is a try from me.
first there is a flat one, just 2 colors , white and blue might be good for printing. And another try of the same design with a gradient and more color. I imagine that you are going to redesign the web page but I stuck it on there too to see how it looks.
http://artist4hire.net/temp/provopostal.png

MantisArt

Jun 16th 2009, 12:39 pm

Hi, thanks for the feedback, here are the color changes, thanks

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/6825/provopostalcreditunionr.jpg

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 1:38 pm

a4hire: I really like what you have done here, particularly with the rider and horse. I agree that your flat, two color logo would be good for printing and the other logo works better for the web. I would be curious to see the logo with additional colors like red or orange.

MantisArt: Very nice. Great job on the color. There are really no more changes I can think of. I want to wait for a few more redesigns to come in, but right now your logo is in the final consideration.

a4hire

Jun 16th 2009, 2:08 pm

Are you saying to try it with adding the red or orange to the blue ?
Or make one that is mostly red or orange. ? I will try some other variations on this.

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 2:18 pm

Are you saying to try it with adding the red or orange to the blue? Or make one that is mostly red or orange? I will try some other variations on this.

I would be interested in seeing both. We have had blue for so long that a little color would be nice

a4hire

Jun 16th 2009, 2:39 pm

Here is another look, I tried it with some orange and red.
http://artist4hire.net/temp/provopostal2.png

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 2:45 pm

a4hire: thanks that really helps. I don't have any more suggestions, these look great!

a4hire

Jun 16th 2009, 2:50 pm

Here is a red one. Lots of red and yellow
I will check back this evening. , have to go now.
http://artist4hire.net/temp/provopostalRED.png

Anasone

Jun 16th 2009, 3:15 pm

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7797/horses.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/i/horses.jpg/)

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 3:28 pm

a4hire: I really like the red. Thanks. This gives me a myriad of choices. Definitely like what you have done!

Anasone: Fantastic! No more changes needed. Your logos are in my top choices.

jackieh1791

Jun 16th 2009, 3:59 pm

Here are some color variations of my entry....

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008-8/1320277/provopostalsamples1gif.gif

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 4:12 pm

jackieh1791: Thanks, these color variations really help. So, far your horse and rider are the best. No more changes necessary. Your design is a part of the finalist. Hopefully, we will be announcing the winner shortly.

Xavier_3D

Jun 16th 2009, 9:28 pm

Any Better? Or you want more gloss.?

http://i42.tinypic.com/1nzgax.png

pennytrader

Jun 16th 2009, 9:41 pm

Xavier_3D: No, this fine. Thanks.

Xavier_3D

Jun 17th 2009, 12:37 am

Another Version. With the vector variant of the Postman you submitted.

http://i44.tinypic.com/2q1ctj5.png

RaZzYeL

Jun 17th 2009, 2:20 am

I have finish the revision for my design.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5673/creditunion2.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/i/creditunion2.jpg/)

And here I added some color in it.

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5919/creditunion3.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/i/creditunion3.jpg/)

Fell free to ask for further revisions.

Best regards,
RaZzYeL

pennytrader

Jun 17th 2009, 8:15 am

Thanks Xavier_3D & RaZzYeL these look really great. No more changes needed. I will review your logos with the others and announcing the winner shortly.

pennytrader

Jun 17th 2009, 11:09 am

Thanks everyone for your hard work on this contest. We have chosen to award two runner-ups along with the winner. The runner-ups will receive $5. I wish I could give more than $5 to the runner-ups but I figured it was better than nothing, right? So, without further ado here are the final winners:

First Place: jackieh1791
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/1732/fasthorse.th.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/i/fasthorse.jpg/)

Runner Up: MantisArt
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2661/redblue.th.jpg (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/redblue.jpg/)

Runner Up: a4hire
http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2003/provopostalred.th.png (http://img191.imageshack.us/i/provopostalred.png/)

minneola24

Jun 17th 2009, 11:37 am

Hey pennytrader, that was really nice of you to give them $5 each for being runner - ups. Very few contest holders do that and you went out of your way to give a4hire and mantisart both $5, so +rep for you!

pennytrader

Jun 17th 2009, 11:42 am