Here is the unedited pic http://www.effectivebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/MainPic1.png, I just need the width:height ratio to be cca 2.24, otherwise you can use it. Remember to format the background and also the person. Thx
The logo should be original, modern and clean design. On the mock-up goes only logo without text. The mock-up doesn't have to be cartoony at all if it would look weird. Some effect as the pencil effect (made in Pixlr) or similar is ok. Just try to use dark background instead of the current one. (+ the blue "crumbs" behind the head which you can see here http://www.effectivebrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/SUP2.jpg or something similar) is welcome. Color combination up to you, I personally incline in some red-yellow-blue combination, but I am not a designer. So up to your creativity. + possibility of further cooperation with the contest winner
rxzor: very nice logo concept, I like it. Would be nice if you could work a little bit on the font (maybe show some different variations). Also try to show just the (larger) logo on the mock-up without the text. There might be some changes in respect to the effect used for the image (I still prefer the pencil effect on the website, however I do not say there can not be any better) and the background (can have some texture or so) but for the logo, definitely thumbs up.
Hey G-Venom, thanks for your submission. I see that the idea is similar to rxzor, which is ok but it really may be different. I'm open to any ideas. However, your design seems a little too basic and slightly disproportional, I do not like the colors that much and the font is not really "it". If rxzor's is 8/10 on a scale, yours would be 3/10. Also the mock-up should be a little more profi. Sorry to say. But thank you anyway (P.S.: Keep in mind that the blog is about experimental intelligence enhancement and also peak performance training. Beginning mid-October, I will be running a year-long routine using intelligence enhancing equipment, software, training, supplements and so on. The point is to show if it is possible to improve one's mental abilities and if so - to which level. So if this info helps with your designing, then I'm only happy about it).
G-Venom: thank you, I guess it's better but still, a little too generic. It should be able to stand alone as a brand and perhaps be more creative. The lightbulbs are not great. Nor is the grey color. Also, I would like to see it on the red color of the menu background color (it is exactly: #992626). Also, I am not sure about the green. Overall, this is not $60 logo as I see it. Not yet.
new try...sorry for the yellow color...but i tryed other colors and with that background it doesn't fit right
G-Venom: Better, but still, i prefer rxzor's logo. Reason: it is simpler and the cogweel fits nicely. Here it doesn't make so much sense. As I said, even though I may like a cogweel with a head on one logo doesn't mean that this is the guideline. So I guess that now you are 4,5/10. It is not bad but the impression is still rather average. Anyway, thank you for your effort! Edit: It has to look good on the mock-up, hence it should be somehow coherent.
G-Venom: Please don't get me wrong! I compare your design to the rxzors because it is the same concept - a head + cogweel. I was only trying to be helpful - to you and to others, that's all.
rxzor: the text is now better and cleaner, so I like it more, thanks. If you come up with ideas for different fonts, please post them as well. Thank you.
G-Venom: I appreciate different idea, but the logo must be a standalone symbol that goes on the mock-up picture. So this logo won't probably cut it. Anyway, really thanks for effort.