Hm, I am not sure how I should take that..as a challenge or just sarcasm?
Where do you see sarcasm?
Just because I'm put off by your tendency to request for account deletion, doesn't mean I don't understand the reasons behind your behavior. I won't judge you on that. I'm only interested in work, anyway. (I think you noticed the 24/7 thingy.)
However, its tempting to vote again now when you put up a poll with new logos and I stand by it: you have done(and others) much better logos than the current ones, which lately have gone from a nice looking "leaf"(still not much to do with wedges) to a "plant" of sorts.
The leaf wasn't widely liked. So I cut the rounded corners and suddenly some people liked it. Then I added a 3D effect and they started loving it. Then I moved the text to the middle and even more loved it. Every time I make it 'busier', people like it more. It's not what I think they'll like -- it's what I see they like.
I've done countless logos I did *not* post, by the way... I'm only posting the ones I think deserve of being posted. Not all of them are worthy of being *used*, though. Just kept as a souvenir... Over the year, I posted dozens of logos, and I think I could pick a dozen of them and still be unable to decided which I like best.
And even then, it's not about what I like best -- it's about what gives Wedge a 'personality', if you may.
As a wanna-be designer, I know that simplicity is better than number of features. I also know that sometimes, you can get away with a beautiful busy design by ensuring nothing around it is busy. That's why I removed the slogan from the 'busy' logo, and why I worked mainly on readability.
Still doesn't stop me from having a parallel file where I'm testing variations on the 'sober' design. See my post just above, I edited it with my latest version (PT Sans + gradient icon.)
It doesn't make sense to the name, it doesn't look particular nice either, just ..strange. The shape is very reminiscent of the Sydney opera house which I believe was meant as "sails" or perhaps "waves", can't remember.
It's what you want it to be. There's nothing 'true' and nothing 'wrong'. Went to Sydney back in '01 and it was the first flight I ever had, a fantastic memory and anything that reminds me of it is cool. The colors on the icon can also make you think of a plant (and the idea of tending to something beautiful.) The shapes can also make you think of two wedges meeting each other -- or two parts separated by a wedge. You can also see the two shapes as representing Pete and moi. (I'll also let you determine which is who.) You can see the most recent logo as a proud
blazon. Or you can just see it as a random mass of pixels that doesn't make sense... Just like many people will probably be put off by my own design choices for Wedge in general.
The font looks plastered on top of it without regard for its contrast with the shape,
Yet I put effort into it. So, how would you do it...?
so you are left with that shape..and puzzling out what to make of it.
It's not the shape that matters... It's what you do with it
:PTheres saying that often is the very first attempt you do, is the best one, and the further you work on it, the further you stray from that original idea. Well, I think that has already happened with Wedge's logo. The first attempts were great,
Which first attempts? The recent ones with the new icon, or the older attempts?
just the logo and the slogan, which I still find very striking.
There are so many logos I found striking... Some were disliked by most people. Not that I would usually care, but I believe that after a year and a half of work on Wedge, I went from "doesn't care who uses it" to "hopefully it'll be successful."
So... Yeah, in a way, that logo matters to me. A lot. And it matters to me that people like it. No matter if I have to spend another year on it. It'll be a funny bed time story for my geeky grandchildren...
Best font for the logo..?
