Would prefer constructive criticism over blatant abuse if possible

http://josh.net.au/jr458.jpg

Edit: Fixed gay hosting

needs caps at start of names?

I reckon if u wack that logo on cards etc people might have trouble reading the light blue. Maybe darken it a tad.

I'd like more of a deeper electric blue than that poofie pastel shade. And darker grey/black instead of the light grey.

Be bold - make an impact.

What the hell is the thing on the right supposed to be - drops falling into water, or the dashed line of a road?
(Oh right, viewing it large cleared that up a bit).

Doesnt seem to scale too well. Colours scale really badly too, makes it look like a really badly compressed jpeg. Tried deeper/darker colors?

'I' in IT doesn't seem to scale well either.

looks ok... i rekn the 'IT CONSULTING' should be a darker grey as it is hard to read being so faint.

It's not the logo, it's the name that makes it look bad.

can i get the icon in periwinkle blue?

Yeah I'd say darken the blue. Imagine how hard it would be to read if you put the logo on a projector.

Think of all the dodgy, unreadable Powerpoint font colours you've seen in the last 5 years and thought to yourself "holy crap how could that go un-noticed?".

How much are you paying for it?

Looks too much like some sort of web 2.0 social networking site and that's where your designer is drawing inspiration from.

i think it looks pretty rad

grey seems fine to me as long as the printing is good quality, blue could be a touch darker but i wouldn't darken it too much.

but i'd have it printed out on a card and actually have a look at it before i committed to anything.

Needs to be more phalic

ok, I am going to darken some bits

Its going to be printed on 300gsm from a 200dpi cmyk vector so quality shouldn't be an issue in terms of the colours showing true

Need to be rasta-fied by...10%

To the extreme!

I'm guessing there will be contact details included on the finished product? Otherwise I like it.

they're probably on the other side.

IMO, should call yourself "JMR IT Consulting" instead of the full name thing.

It just doesn't say IT Consulting, needs to be darker, bolder and have slightly more relevance to IT other than a random dumb logo.

Yeah details will be on the other side.

Ticman I would like that too, but ATM I am trying to avoid registering an ACN and doing BAS so this is the easiest way at this point.

V2
http://josh.net.au/jr2.jpg

To be honest I like the first one. But as previously said, on printing you may find the colours blend

I really like the colours and design, but thinking about it - what the hell does the logo have to do with IT?!

Thats the point, I f***ing hate nerdy IT people, so it is designed to appeal to people that hate traditional IT

that's jmr pissing on it from a great hieght ;p

personally... i don't like the colour gradient in the joshua on version2 ... makes it look like it's fading from age already ;p it will look worse when scaled down imho. go the solid colours imo.

Then I, being a non-IT person, prefer the first one.

Colours shouldn't blend Kat, what you see is what will print

I dont know now :(

I think it's an overall professional, fresh look: the typography, colours and style is great. a great base for your identity for sure.

I think your original colour would look much better in print.. bolder, fresher. i think your darkened version will just look muddy, and is getting to the grey-blue that's way overused in the traditional IT industry.. which isn't you, right? ;)

I'm not sure about the rounded square, it doesn't really do anything for you imo. id try getting rid of it and going from there.. I do like the concentric circles though... I donno. It's growing on me. Maybe those elements could be used in another way. My immediate response to seeing it was "what's with the big grey rounded square"

Web2.OH YEAH!

2 many shades of blue

professional logos should only have 3 colours at most

I always though if you traded as anything to do with your name, including initials, that you don't need to register the name, get an ABN, etc.

I think either way, you still need to do BAS and GST if you go over > $50k/yr?

PS: not an accountant.

1st one is better

Ah ok, didn't know initials were included in that.

Yeah 50k limit, so cash where possible

first is good!

except lose the dot above the j in the 1st one

personally, i'd steal the logo of a video store and run with that as my logo

except lose the dot above the j in the 1st one

Agreed.

iJosh: IT Consulting

i like it. Personally i'd keep the "joshua" and "ryan" gradients consistent tho. both gradients or both solid

what 3d said, plus, try a glass effect on the logo afater the names? (leave the names flat though)

Nice work man.

Cool design, I think the darker colouring looks schmick. Though I agree with demon about the gradient.

You may want to say IT Consultant. I mean, it's just you right?

My 2c - First one was great. Leave it as is. (From a nerdy IT guy)

the dotted thing on the right with the box around it looks too busy, i'd simplify it a bit.

Thats the point, I f***ing hate nerdy IT people, so it is designed to appeal to people that hate traditional IT

Wasn't the old bigpond logo a water droplet too?

more a ripple in a lake I believe

Yeah that's better

Thats the point, I f***ing hate nerdy IT people

Speaks the man posting on QGL....

Yeah but you guys are just wannabe nerds

I like the colors in the first one, although you should get rid of the two dots above the J.

Jmr, some words of advice (im a printer). If you're going for the pastell look like the first one (i prefer the first one) I'd go for a 300-350gsm Silk/Matt (coated)or card (uncoated) stock. Depending on the quantity you want, if you want probably 500 or less i'd go to a digital printing company. If you want 500 or more i'd go to a proper printing company with an offset press it could be cheaper.

Also, steer clear of doing it in CMYK you'd be much better off just getting a hold of a PANTONE or "PMS" book and picking two colours (this cant be done on a digital press) wich would be cheaper and will look much more solid and flat whereas those colours done in CMYK will look more patchy and the colour might not be exactly what you're thinking it will. You will also have (possible) registration/fitting problems with doing it in CMYK.

The gradients will be no problem as they can be achieved by using difference screen percentages. If you're having trouble taking it all in, pop around to us at Metro printing, 9 barramul street balimba :D

Despite the fact that you can't spell your own suburb, wanna give me a quote on 250 & 500 ? =P

ah yes <:~ the ol' spellling the suburb wrong trick, what i meant to say of course was bullimba or bulimba hehe, i dont live there. But sorry mate i have no idea about the quoting system we use, you could email your specs to my production manager mark@metroprinting.com.au or call us on 3399 7555

here is my input.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/6701/47637372hg8.jpg

death by wet floor.

How do you feel bout this people

http://josh.net.au/card/jrfront.png
http://josh.net.au/card/jrback2.png

last edited by jmr at 12:16:01 02/Oct/07

i prefer the first one. details should be on the back imo.

mobile is missing some numbers.

I love the first one, its simple, balanced and effecive. Its not too light, considering its primary print will be against white. The lighter blue is catchier and because of the block colour, I think it looks more bold/stands out better than the second one with the fade effect on it.

VOTE 1 - FIRST ONE.

Sorry should have mentioned, thats Front and Back

looks good then