Contest $75 logo design & business card - "Subtle Steam Punk" -close Friday

Logo & business card contest

Deliverable;
Logo in AI or EPS
2 side business card in AI or EPS
Closes Friday 5pm UTC (if you ask for an extension for a few hours you'll get one)

Business profile;
Full Steam Digital Marketing is a set of strategies, tools and services to help businesses achieve their vision.

Our target customers are; small - medium businesses that understand the value of close suppliers, interaction and strategy

Logo requirements;
Logo text:Full Steam Digital Marketing
Subtle Steam Punk look & feel, playing slightly on the "Full Steam ahead" idea (for clarification, full steam ahead means go forward at full speed - comes from days of old steam trains and is a command for full power).
Logo format; all text or text with integrated graphics.
Website will be simple with white background, and subtle Steam Punk elements, so logo should fit this.

Logo should be subtle Stream Punk maybe with a control and windows effect that can be used in control animations in future (see Google Jules Verne animation)

Colors: Gold, white black, blue, green, orange. Feel free to try anything you think though.

Inspiration:
Jules Verne Nautlius
HG Wells
Steam Punk

Love this animation of Google's logo, but certainly don't want to have a copy of it! (link errored so you'll have to copy/paste)

http://www.google.com/doodles/jules-vernes-183rd-birthday

Code (markup):

Love this logo, but again, don't want a copy.
http://www.wallcoo.net/movie/2007_1...ss_Wallpaper_25_12_20_20_92825_25418_0_8.html

This shows the type of Steam Punk look we like, and is here to illustrated the genre rather that inspire the logo.
http://static1.squarespace.com/stat...788107775/golden_compass_logo.jpg?format=750w

This is about as similar to the finished website as I could find, and is here to demonstrate the web style we'll be going for rather than inspire the logo (their logo is just ok really).
http://www.arthrobots.com/

Things to avoid;
Dark Steam Punk imagery.
Anything sinister
Over complexity.
Dirty or scruffy look & feel
Generic look
Logo next to icon - if you use graphics it should be integrated with text.

What we want people to think/feel
We want them to think of Victorian era inventors, Jules Verne 20,000 leagues under the sea, HG Wells time machine.
Words that should spring to mind;
Inventiveness
Entrepreneurial
Eccentricity


Hope you all have fun with this![/code]

 

Thanks.

I like the colours, but not so struck on the bevelled font. Also I'd maybe prefer a play on "Full Steam ahead" (full speed ahead - comes from days of old steam trains and is a command for full power) rather than the steam idea - sorry if that was not clear, I've edited the post to clarify.

The concept is nice though, even without the Full Steam ahead idea.

 

okay..working on it

 

my try

 

johnrossgd - thanks.

That's definitely subtle steam punk.

I like it, but don't love it - not too sure why.

I think maybe it's a bit too comic book. It's hard to explain when there's nothing actually wrong! I think this would suit a beer bottle

Good effort though, and it may grow on me.

 

feedback pls

 

how about this....



feedback will be appreciated...

 

here on another application...




best regard

weirdXtreme

 

Katesrobyn,

Really nice but not really what I had in mind. Still not really Steam Punk.


Altruist,

Same as Katesrobyn, it's really nice, but it's not what I had in mind.

So far nothing really conjures up the feelings I'm after.

Skaritza

That's much more what I'm thinking - really like it - but...

Wierdextreme

Wow - that's fantastic. Even if you don't win in the end I'll buy some elements off you for the website. I love the machinery cloud, and likewise the text logo.

Inspired.

 

So it looks like you want something less subtle than what I did perhaps. I will try something else.

 

but...?

 

Sorry - meant that Wierdextreme in lead right now.

 

oh, i get it, sorry

 

Just reviewed and I'd actually say Skaritza and wierdxtreme are neck & neck - hard to pick my favourite.

Skaritza - closest to what I had in mind - really like both logos. I have a concern people might think we were a bicycle shop though

Wierdxtreme - more complex than I thought I wanted, but it's really great, and we could split the elements apart for different usages.

Loving the white/ gold / black /grey of these designs.