Hi, this is a contest but please read this in whole to understand where I'm at. The person/people who I get along with most/suggest/produce the best work will win this contest and most likely be employed to complete this project. I own the website riphit.com. The site is not yet live. I have created a superb logo-word and Rss/facebook/twitter style 'tile/button' for the site. The colours I'm using are black background purple 'rip', green 'hit' and white '.com', which seem to work really really well. Though in thinking about marketing/branding I've decided I would also like an animal as well, this way if it's inappropriate in certain situations to use a domains address, then the animal logo will become well known enough that people will know where it comes from. Now I'm not after something that has already been used in mainstream. For example monkeys, frosty flakes leopard/tiger or whatever he is, turtles -tmnt, birds-twitter, panda-kungfupanda, etc, etc. I've looked everywhere and am trying to come up with something that is good and means a good sign of nature in the area. For example frogs and bees are both a sign of good environmental stability. Though there was the Bee Movie and Freddo the Frog, Kermit the Frog etc. I then thought of the platypus but well they couldn't really hold onto a glass tube. Imagine holding a glass tube/cylinder in the left hand (your right hand if you're looking at the logo) and in the logos right hand a match or flame of some kind. Therefore it'd need to have some kind of way to hold the glass cylinder. This brings me back to a frog. They could have one toe on one side (like our thumb) and the other two on the other side of the glass cylinder. Now I could also turn the frog into a really cool video opening/intro where it says 'ribbit' like all frogs do, but it could be changed to 'riphit', cheesy as hell, but funny and I feel with the images I have in mind I could get away with it. I do wonder if the frog has been used too much though? And what colour to make the frog? Do I stick with my black, purple and green, or go like I first thought with red eyes, yellow/sunburnt orange body and then light~ish blue or purple or green for it's toes/fingers/feet? I guess I'm just really tied to the idea that 'riphit' could be the awesomest thing for the frog to say. Now I've also thought of raccoons, sloths, fish, etc. The problem is I don't want the creature/animal/bug to appear or come across lazy, and when we think goldfish, panda and sloth, well they're kind of lazy in thought. Therefore raccoon or something else seems cool/the better way to go. Though the image should be something people know without expelling energy thinking/never knowing what it is. Like most people wouldn't know sloths have the cheekiest smile, or be able to tell the difference between a squirrel, raccoon or skunk, though maybe they could? Therefore preferably something easy to recognise/remember!? As I'm terrible with PS or whatever program you prefer to use, all of my drawings are on paper. Therefore if you wish to do a quick drawing/shading/painting/whatever on paper then simply scan and upload it, thats fine. At this stage I'm simply after advice and 'mock-up' drawings, unless you want to use your mouse or pen-tablet and come up with something, that'd be extra awesome! So in thinking of what I have mentioned above please submit the following in this thread, any submissions via PM will be ignored, watermark it if you're worried about it being stolen: 1. Do you think the frog 'riphit' thing could work? 2. If you went with the frog what colours would you use? 3. Sketch/draw/suggest whatever animal/creature/insect/bug you think could work for this project, even if it is the frog, bee, panda or one of the other mentioned animals above. 4. Make it cool and web 2.0 like, clean, preferably smooth rounded edges. Something both kids, parents, lawyers and wannabe 'gangstas' would all look at and like. 5. Try and colour it, whatever you think will work. 6. If you can please make it hold a cylinder in it's left hand, just something small so I can see it's capable of holding something rounded. 7. Just make a suggestion. I'm honestly at wits end and need something to jump out and grab me, maybe your thought of *insert-weird-animal-here* suggestion will be all I need, meaning you win the competition. As for comments, I will comment on what I like and what I don't like, giving suggestions/explaining where I can. Feel free to make improvements and resubmit. Anyone can win and I'm leaving this open till I find/see something I'm happy with. Therefore if you want to let your 2 year old scribble with crayons and then upload it, well it could be the idea I'm looking for. Think big, think positively, think open mindedly. Winner may be hired to complete works or parts thereof. I may pay multiple people should I see 2 designs and merge them to one inside my head. Please try not to copy others, just think of a logo you'd like to see on one of the worlds biggest brands, that's where this site is headed, trsut me on that I have $50 up my sleeve and the contest is open until I say it's ended, could be a month if nothing is submitted that I like/could run with. Like I said, winner/s will more than likely be hired for a very large payment in order to help complete the work, therefore your time may be well worth it.
Thanks for your try. If I may offer some feedback, the glass needs to be in the other hand and I want something that is a little more bold and out there. Something that says I'm a frog, look at me. This feels very bland, I'd also prefer it to be on an angle, almost as though it's body was twisted 15-30 degrees to where the current glass is, this way I could have him hugging text or something. Hope that makes sense.
Can you please let me know what riphit will do/offer as a company/website? Knowing this would greatly help me determine what type of msacot might work best. For example, a turtle probably wouldn't work if you offer speedy delivery; a snake would be inappropriate if you are selling babies diapers; etc. Can you also share the 'tile/button' thing you designed to see what shades of those colors mentioned you are fond of?
Mascot was the word I'd been thinking of for weeks,just couldn't put my hand on it ;p The tile/button has a black background with a purple (#4E0D8F) 'r' and green (#0a6a0e) 'h'. I don't mind if lighter shades of purple and green are used, they just have to balance each other. There is a tiny white border that surrounds each letter, the rest is too hard to exaplin in words, I just tried 10 times and hit backspace..... As for the site, it's not selling anything, nor is it delivering anything. Basically it's a freedom of information act aimed at everyone from lawyers to parents to politicians to metal heads to stoners. The whole 'theme' is aimed at the drug war and whay the public are lied to about it. Telling people all truth, censoring nothing, be it good or bad, informing the masses that once alcohol was illegal, is it now? Things like that that get people thinking. This is the reason I've found it hardest to come up with one mascot that does it all, so far the closest thing for me has been a frog, but I'm open to all ideas. I'm going to be advertising this site in a way that most sites don't dream of, therefore all this 'branding' needs to be in place before I launch it. The best examples I can give you of real animales that are somewhat maybe what I'm looking for are: This one has a kind of smile that isn't over the top but perhaps could be a little bigger, the way it's kind of 'hanging/chilling' there but is comical in the way it does so is EXACTLY what I'm after. Something chilling, smiling and comical in appearance. http://www.123rf.com/photo_6239178_stoned-frog.html These top frogs, light blue ones, also have the same kind of thing going on, though they need to appear more animated and fun, but not too over the top, still chilled, I also really like the colours of these frogs. Again it's not limited to frogs. The one at the back sitting up more, if you can imagine him with more of a 'chin' and bottom legs sprawled out in front of him like humans doing yoga.... well this is kind of it, the look I'm after. Obviously they'd be cartoon though, but very similar in appearance/colour, just more of a chin, and it's leg not connected to it's chin, but it's body, making them more human~isitc in appearance but still keeping that comical, cheeky held-back-smile, chilled appearance, not coming off as cocky, over the top, or a pimp/playa, just a chilled out frog content with himself. http://curiousanimals.net/funnies-bunnies/coloured-tropical-frogs/ Again it's not limited to frogs. Sorry for the long answer, I like to really delve deep into creativity and give as much thought as I can possibly write on paper, hopefully it helps you understand what I'm after.... hope this helps.... Also still looking for more entries.... many many more....
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question in such detail. As of now, I also agree with you that a frog might work best. Especially something tropical that is bright colored and possibly poisonous since the bright colors hide the frogs true abilities. I will think about it some more and do a few rough drafts of some frogs and possibly some other animals if I have a true moment of inspiration.
Thanks man, still really looking forward to your entry! @ Razi3l; I like how you included the flame in the right hand, though I like the second one a lot more, angle is also about where I want it. I could just picture that one, with graphics a little more like the one below (more web 2.0~ish) being the emblem, maybe a light blue~ish colour as the main colour instead of purple? Definitely a top entry mate, I could see the whole way you've included the text as the logo/emblem/mascot for the site! I wouldn't mind seeing it holding a glass in the left hand and more of a match/lighter in the right hand. Again definitely a contender, and bonus on the vector!!!! @ dlightcreative; I like this one, a top entry for the web 2.0 graphics. I'd like it facing the other way though, as though you grabbed the image and rotate the whole thing left, same angle, just opposite diection if that makes sense. Also great wrok holding glass! I wouldn't mind seeing the 'back mouth' or 'bottom lip' also brought forward and made visible, just below the current top lip. Great effort!