$50 logo contest - Simple yet Memorable Elephant

Greeting Experts! $50 goes to whomever designs the best logo for this company name:

Soft-Surfaces Maintenance Services

The company provides carpet, furniture, and hard floor cleaning services for residential and commercial customers.

The owner of the company wants an elephant as the logo, but not overly detailed. The logo must be simple and memorable. The font is already set so just the elephant image is needed.

Again, the logo must be memorable and simple!

Please go here to see the font and how it should flow with the new logo:

http://soft-surfaces.com/

The contest will last no more than 1 week from today.

Thanks, experts, we can't wait to see your work!

Scott
The Big Banana

and

Fred
Soft Surfaces Owner

Please rep me if you are taking part in this contest as I am posting for Big Banana

 

I'm working " i have font like this but not the same -any way just see my sample and we can talk later about the font

Thanks
khaled

 

Thanks for posting, Melvin.

The experts here did such a great job on my money-wrapped banana bunch that I advised several of my students about this contest area. I have hired many graphics designers over the years and sometimes I'm happy with their results, sometimes not. I'm constantly happy with the results from you experts!

PS - pls give Melvin some reps for posting this. What a great guy!

Scott
The Big Banana

 

Here's a shot at it - 100% layered/Vector -



(Note: I didn't have the font, so i recreated it using Vector points/paths)
- Feedback Appreciated -​

 

Here is my sample :-
using the blue in order to fit with the web style and about the font i don't have it so i tried to use something relate to the font kind,any way don't worry about the size i have the psd and we can make all the changes ... and i hope you like it

feedback

Thanks
khaled

 

"S" to elephant

 

Fantastic job guys.
I love the speed at which you produce quality work.

Keep them coming.

Cheers

Fred

 

here is my try, thx

 

just out of curiosity, what's the name of that font?

 

My entry . feedback please

 

nice one IM3D!

 

The font is Snell Roundbound.
Great job!
I would like the logo to be seperate from the name.
An outline of an elephant is closer to the keeping it simple idea.

Thanks everyone for your efforts so far.

Fred

 

Fred, are you looking for more of a lineart elephant, cartoon / caricature, colorful or realistic? Please help the experts here get a better idea of what you're looking for.

Thanks,

Scott
The Big Banana

 

Scott, I am looking for lineart elephant somewhat realistic "no dumbo or cartoonish design. IM3D and Scorpionagency are the closest to what I am envisioning.

Thanks

Fred

 

any feedback on my entry that you feel may better the design as a whole?

 

Feedback appreciated.

 

Wow, lol I was just trying to help but some guy gave me a negative rep from this thread, this was what he commented:
"1) There are rules set for contests for a reason 2) Begging for rep is pathetic"

Let me make this clear to whoever that left it, I am not begging for rep!!! I didn't force you to rep me, I just said reps would be greatly appreciated since I posted this here, if not people won't know about this contest at all. You can still post here without reping me, it's just great if you rep

 

Please post submissions to the contest here instead of PM. Two of us are collaborating the results (Mr. Softy - and me) and to PM your contest entries between us is a PITA.

Thanks,

Scott
The Big Banana

 

my entry:


btw- this is 100% vector