Hawgstoppah Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Yeah fonts are really easy to change at any point. Also the angle or shape of the font . Weather its straight or wrapping the skyline and fish or whatever......... that can change at any point. Its the skyline and the fish that are the only hard points to mess with. ( Not really that hard. lol ) My problem is I have thousands of fonts,,,,,,, trying to pick one I think everyone will like or the best out of 4000 is a tuff task. but once picked its a 3 min job. I agree with the logo from a distance...... but: Examples FEDEX WALMART PETRO CANADA MCDONALDS BEST BUY STAPLES UPS etc etc, none of those are fancy. None of these logos sell clothing etc. You wouldn't where a shirt unless you worked there. But yes I know where your coming from. We just need to look at logos that are not to much, simple but attract both young and old. I'll look at logos from companys like....... other fishing products, snowboards, ski's, bikes ( Harley ). I think thats more of a logo that sells....... Tommy Hillfigger? Gap? Monaco Club? etc etc? Nothing fancy man.... I do like the calgary skyline thingy... it aint bad, but on clothes and hats once you start trying to embroider that? good luck. Quote
Tungsten Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 How about something like a skeleton of a stonefly or caddis. Quote
Smitty Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Not a fan of the skyline (or font)...but I'm from DEdmonton. Smitty P.S. I liked Brian's idea the best...about simple and can be recognizable from a distance. Skyline clutters things from a distance (...but I'm from DEdmonton, so take my opinion for what its worth). Quote
KnotLikely Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 I agree with the logo from a distance...... but: Examples FEDEX WALMART PETRO CANADA MCDONALDS BEST BUY STAPLES UPS etc etc, none of those are fancy. None of these logos sell clothing etc. You wouldn't where a shirt unless you worked there. But yes I know where your coming from. We just need to look at logos that are not to much, simple but attract both young and old. I'll look at logos from companys like....... other fishing products, snowboards, ski's, bikes ( Harley ). I think thats more of a logo that sells....... Nice to see someone take this on. The image below shows most major flyfishing related logos. Hopefully you can draw some inspiration from this. Quote
rundleff Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 I suck with photoshop, but here is my though on the concept of the logo, taking a bit from what people have been saying (simple) and ides that have been posted.... would someone with some skillz to fix it. Quote
Weedy1 Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 And some examples of what is possible by embroidery machines nowadays. Basically anything can be embroidered if your willing to pay the price. Also take a look a these designs: http://www.threadartist.com/embroidery-designs-index.htm Quote
Din Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 don't have photoshop skills...or drawing for that matter... Quote
Weedy1 Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Here's my submission. again... That sucks really really bad. It has absoulutley no originality to it and looks like something put together from a few downloads off the internet. I swear I saw a trucker wearing that hat back in 1972. Quote
ÜberFly Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Hey Lornce (SilverDoctor) you are a professional designer, you should be able to throw something together in your sleep - pro bono of course ?! P Quote
Weedy1 Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 don't have photoshop skills...or drawing for that matter... I love it!!! A little TLC and that idea could be a kickass logo. Now maybe one of the Photoshop pros could get on it. Quote
hydropsyche Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 only place your hat looked good. lol Put a cowboy on that baby like he's riding a bull (with a fly rod in his free hand with line to trouts mouth) and it would say Calgary. Great job, btw. Quote
Pythagoras Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Here's my submission. again... Why would I want to carve that into my pumpkin? Quote
headscan Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 Here's my submission. again... I know where you can get t-shirts with something almost identical on them... http://www.patagonia.com/web/us/product/me...t?p=51547-0-078 It's a great idea Brian, but the problem with simple logos is that most of them have already been used and even one that's slightly different makes you recall where you first saw it (which is why simple logos work so well). I'm not artistic at all, but my suggestion would be the silhouette of a classic fly like a caddis or adams. Either that or ask Brian Niska if his brother would be interested in designing a logo for the site. Still one of the best fly fishing logos out there in my opinion. Quote
ByronG Posted October 21, 2009 Author Posted October 21, 2009 Yeah I love Niska logo aswell. I tried doing one like it but it either looked to much like his or to much like the sport fishing BC one....... I love them both and they are the best I have seen for sure. They are fantastic. Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 Hey hey now easy on the orange hat... that was a throwback from a couple years ago when I last put up my logo, and greg (toolman) asked how it would look on his orange hat... so I did that up. Yeah it looks like a pumpkin.. happy? Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 Hey hey now easy on the orange hat... that was a throwback from a couple years ago when I last put up my logo, and greg (toolman) asked how it would look on his orange hat... so I did that up. Yeah it looks like a pumpkin.. happy? and hey, whats wrong with a logo you could carve in a pumpkin? That would rock, actually. Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 headscan, close, but completely different. The text is inside the logo on those patagonia shirts. you guys realize stuff like LL. Bean and other famous logo's JUST USE TEXT, right??? anyone that's commenting here actually design logo's for a living? I've done several. The more complicated it is, the worse it is. Here's an example. This was chosen to air on billboards around north america.. with event times / locations in the top right... provided the economy recovers and the organizers feel it's worth holding this event. I'll try coming up with a couple more logo's for your thoughts. Quote
hopdrop Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 How about just FFC, with the C being a tailwalking/jumping trout similar to the Simms trout? Sorry, zero skills, otherwise I'd do it myself. Like the fish head idea too Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 Here's a few more. The fly in the first one was just snapped off the net, we'd have to have a member tie up a nice fly and get a perfect pic w/ white background for us. last one is using Pythagoras's casting guy image, we'd have to have someone touch that up with a pic of our own. the skyline ones, same thing, get a real artist to do those up nice and the trout, I'd envisioned a nice brown trout there on that logo. Quote
Din Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 My pictures have been removed and this is my last post on this forum. Forever will I lurk, dreaming of my next steelie trip Brian, you seem to care an awful lot about the logo even though you said you weren't going to post anymore... Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 How about just FFC, with the C being a tailwalking/jumping trout similar to the Simms trout? Sorry, zero skills, otherwise I'd do it myself. Like the fish head idea too gave your idea a try... image from the interweb.. Quote
Hawgstoppah Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 Brian, you seem to care an awful lot about the logo even though you said you weren't going to post anymore... LOL. I guess I lied. I should'nt let morons like the people who posted on that thread ruin my mood that bad. Quote
Heimdallr Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 gave your idea a try... image from the interweb.. I definitely like this one the best so far. Quote
Din Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 Haha - good to hear... LOL. I guess I lied. I should'nt let morons like the people who posted on that thread ruin my mood that bad. Quote
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