"My Band Logo"

[J. Crawford]

My pops made it for us. He minored in web design. He also made the website in my sig.

 

[dukeisdog]

Very basic, but it gets the job done.

 

[GearHeadBassMan]

we at first went for bright colors

then settled on a nice contrast

works for us!

 

[GearHeadBassMan]

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Different logos for technicolor wolves.

if you ever find yourselves in the northeast... let me know we'll do a show together, our crowd would LOVE this stuff!

 

[neatobassman]

heres what I made for now

and this one

I am so glad CoS was nerfed...

 

[BlueShox]

 

[tom once dead]

^^^ you do know there a band called MY dying days right?

 

[skidrawk]

You're pretty good!!! I meant no offense, just facing facts here..

:Obscure Reference: Thanks. No offense taken.

 

[derrenleepoole]

I did the study for this many moons ago for my band.

Later, I adopted the version you see above for my publishing company. It was inspired by the logo for a band named Angel around in the late 70's and early 80's. The type of image is called an "ambigram".

I design these ambrigrams professionally and for pleasure (I'm a graphic designer by profession) and while the concept of this design is interesting, it's completely illegible! It took me about over 5 minutes to read this. Not good. A good ambigram should still be legible above all else. I think the problem is not the solution as such, but the use of embossing on the type which detracts from the legibility. The letterforms are a little too tight and the kerning and tracking is poor which doesn't help. I understand that with ambigram design the trick is twist and contort letterforms into shapes that perhaps they're not meant to be, but I think this logo could be really really good with some simple tweaking making an excellent brand logo for the band.

A good logo, regardless of whether it's an ambigram or not, should have several key features:

1. legibility
2. works in black and white
3. can it be faxed?
4. works on a small scale

It amazing that most of the logos featured on this thread are not legible and lack one or more of these basic rules. Perhaps I'm being too professional in my critique, but a logo is the first step towards a brand identity which most people and fans will identify with. The ones that really struck me were completely clear and legible AND suggested a little bit about what the band stands for in terms of musicality and professionalism.

The ones that stuck out were: The Arcane Suicide, Iron Sun, The Home Boys, Wolf Blitzer and The Jurassicasters. Well designed and conceived logos that conveyed the essence of the band and music they portrayed.

Cool thread though.

 

[JulienJeff]

My pops made it for us. He minored in web design. He also made the website in my sig.

I like it a lot

but I'd prefer it like below, without the "blurry zone" outside the main image.

 

[HailCorduroy]

Our basic logo (lead guitarist did it)....

Our larger "poster" logo (singer added the hand)...

 

[J. Crawford]

I like it a lot

but I'd prefer it like below, without the "blurry zone" outside the main image.

That s our actual logo. The fuzz/light is only an effect on the website, which if you click on it you will see.

The version you posted is the real logo.

 

[Lalo]

There's a problem here? The names are different, the logos are nothing alike.......

Actually the original logo was something alike, but its all cool..

 

[Illbay]

These are all very good. But IMO nothing'll ever top The Police.

 

[BlueShox]

^^^ you do know there a band called MY dying days right?

Did a quick google search... They're an obscure, unsigned band in Australia, where as we are in the states and are copywritten in the US congress.


In other words, I'm not too worried about it....

 

[Craig_S]

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[Korladis]

I design these ambrigrams professionally and for pleasure (I'm a graphic designer by profession) and while the concept of this design is interesting, it's completely illegible! It took me about over 5 minutes to read this. Not good. A good ambigram should still be legible above all else. I think the problem is not the solution as such, but the use of embossing on the type which detracts from the legibility. The letterforms are a little too tight and the kerning and tracking is poor which doesn't help. I understand that with ambigram design the trick is twist and contort letterforms into shapes that perhaps they're not meant to be, but I think this logo could be really really good with some simple tweaking making an excellent brand logo for the band.

A good logo, regardless of whether it's an ambigram or not, should have several key features:

1. legibility
2. works in black and white
3. can it be faxed?
4. works on a small scale

It amazing that most of the logos featured on this thread are not legible and lack one or more of these basic rules. Perhaps I'm being too professional in my critique, but a logo is the first step towards a brand identity which most people and fans will identify with. The ones that really struck me were completely clear and legible AND suggested a little bit about what the band stands for in terms of musicality and professionalism.

The ones that stuck out were: The Arcane Suicide, Iron Sun, The Home Boys, Wolf Blitzer and The Jurassicasters. Well designed and conceived logos that conveyed the essence of the band and music they portrayed.

Cool thread though.

Not all band logos are meant to be legible. A lot of the bands I listen to have logos that are very hard to read unless you already know what it says. And they are meant to be that way.

 

[bassistkll]

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Mascot's name is Johnny Cat.

 

[derrenleepoole]

Not all band logos are meant to be legible. A lot of the bands I listen to have logos that are very hard to read unless you already know what it says. And they are meant to be that way.

Possibly or perhaps? But it's not a good argument for poor design is it? I know a lot of 'metal' bands from the late 80's and early 90's fall into this category - and obviously some band you listen to now. But ultimately, a logo is nothing more than brand identity. On some level it has to be recognisable as such. Legibility is a key consideration as a graphic designer in my opinion otherwise it fails it's sole purpose. But this is just my opinion, other designers will say different no doubt.

 

[Korladis]

Possibly or perhaps? But it's not a good argument for poor design is it? I know a lot of 'metal' bands from the late 80's and early 90's fall into this category - and obviously some band you listen to now. But ultimately, a logo is nothing more than brand identity. On some level it has to be recognisable as such. Legibility is a key consideration as a graphic designer in my opinion otherwise it fails it's sole purpose. But this is just my opinion, other designers will say different no doubt.

I do not consider Emperor's logo to be "poor design." It is iconic. And it is easily recognizable by most people who are interested.

In some ways many of these logos function more like a non-letter symbol would. That is, it is very recognizable to those who know what it means.