Design a Calgarypuck Logo!

[photon]

Keep in mind too whatever logo wins the site will hopefully eventually get a redesign to match.

[photon]

Originally Posted by alltherage

A little refinement I worked on here, not sure if it's better or just different.

Loving it, the perspective might be a little too much, if the straight parts at the side came down a little bit lower, and/or the curve of the bottom of the puck was a little more parallel with the top curve.

I still might like the original more, tough call.

[browna]

Originally Posted by photon

Loving it, the perspective might be a little too much, if the straight parts at the side came down a little bit lower, and/or the curve of the bottom of the puck was a little more parallel with the top curve.

I still might like the original more, tough call.

I like this far more than the original. The original seemed a bit too generic, as if the Canadian Press could use it as a logo on their website for users to comment on feedback, or used for a Canadian Press/Canadian Pacific userboard/forum. With the puck "added", it rounds (no pun intended) it off appropriately.

Though with this one still, and others that are right up there, would be interesting to see with different fonts...for as much as the design is important, different/subtle changes in fonts give the logo a totally different "feel", considering it's only two prominent letters.

[playmaker]

another experiment with the speech bubble tip included among the motion lines ...



... needs fine tunning here and there (just trying to find out if this is the way to go)

[getbak]

I think the speech bubble tip should come from below. If anything, try having the motion lines come from below too.

[playmaker]

Originally Posted by getbak

I think the speech bubble tip should come from below. If anything, try having the motion lines come from below too.

Thanks. I had actually created also the 'from below' variation but I prefered the top one so I posted it:





motion lines still needs a fine tunning on both of them though

[djsFlames]

We're still a month or so away. No need for polls yet. Let's keep fine tuning and pouring out the ideas.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Just say no to the Sean Monahan outline. Terribad design. Worst goal celebration ever, and an even worse outline of a player doing said celebration. In fact, player outlines are just terrible. Just awkward looking. Use the actual image, or don't use it at all.

[Split98]

Originally Posted by New Era

Just say no to the Sean Monahan outline. Terribad design. Worst goal celebration ever, and an even worse outline of a player doing said celebration. In fact, player outlines are just terrible. Just awkward looking. Use the actual image, or don't use it at all.

My apologies that my free attempt to provide content for the community was so terrible.

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by New Era

Just say no to the Sean Monahan outline. Terribad design. Worst goal celebration ever, and an even worse outline of a player doing said celebration. In fact, player outlines are just terrible. Just awkward looking. Use the actual image, or don't use it at all.

Wow, tell us what you really think...

[djsFlames]

Not a big fan of it either, though definitely not as critical about it. But roundel type logos are a bit common and it does look kind of like a donut. Which is why you should work with a black center at least, to have a distinguishable puck visual in there. Player outlines if done right can be cool, but I've always thought that that particular Monahan celebration looked pretty damn goofy. I was a bit worried when everyone was trying to throw that Monahan pic in all their logos..

[GoJetsGo]

Not liking a design is fine, but how on earth is that "the worst goal celebration ever"?

What an odd thing to get your panties in a bunch about. 18 year old rookie scores a huge goal and is fired up. Yea... that was terrible.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Split98

My apologies that my free attempt to provide content for the community was so terrible.

Don't take it personally, I don't mean to direct it at just you, as it isn't just you. A logo should be timeless and the Monahan outline is already dated. I don't think the shoulder patch logos, being round or square, play well either. They already look dated. There is some nice work with the skyline, but they date quickly as new building elements are added. The speech bubble concepts are very cool and reflective of the intent of the site, and should not age quickly, depending on the font treatment. The new logo should carry CP forward for the next decade. I'm hoping the color scheme of the site is updated with a new logo as well. CP needs to be easily identifiable by their logo and profile. Even though I'm not a fan of the site, HFBoards has a good logo and profile. CP should up that substantially. Some of the designs do just that.

[Split98]

Originally Posted by New Era

Don't take it personally, I don't mean to direct it at just you, as it isn't just you. A logo should be timeless and the Monahan outline is already dated. I don't think the shoulder patch logos, being round or square, play well either. They already look dated. There is some nice work with the skyline, but they date quickly as new building elements are added. The speech bubble concepts are very cool and reflective of the intent of the site, and should not age quickly, depending on the font treatment. The new logo should carry CP forward for the next decade. I'm hoping the color scheme of the site is updated with a new logo as well. CP needs to be easily identifiable by their logo and profile. Even though I'm not a fan of the site, HFBoards has a good logo and profile. CP should up that substantially. Some of the designs do just that.

You don't like my design. I get it. And I don't take criticism personally. I'm just pointing out your response to someone putting time and effort into designing a free logo for a community is plain rude. I do a lot of pro-bono work locally, and there's always that one guy who thinks he's in a board room meeting and paying a designer thousands to justify his brutal criticisms. If people are posting ideas to a forum for a logo design for their new community,

Originally Posted by New Era

Just say no to the Sean Monahan outline. Terribad design.

is pretty freakin' rude. I'm just glad it was me you were directing it to, as I'd feel horrible watching someone like you spit in someone else's face. I've been a designer for a while and am used to criticism, so I'm used to people like you.

But while we're here... let's go ahead and address the rest of your helpful tips.

Originally Posted by New Era

Worst goal celebration ever

How so? His face is weird in the image, sure... but you can't really see his face in the logo. Personally, I think the outline ended up looking pretty cool.

Originally Posted by New Era

and an even worse outline of a player doing said celebration.

Oh! Is THIS the 'don't take it personally' part? Gotcha. Ok chum, let's see you break out your well honed vector skillz and do better. I'll wait.

Originally Posted by New Era

In fact, player outlines are just terrible. Just awkward looking.

Interesting. So these:









are no good?

Originally Posted by New Era

Use the actual image, or don't use it at all.

I must have missed that Smashing article, but when did raster images become the preferred practice for logo design? Should I abandon all vector logo designs and go straight to using rasters of trees and bridges, or does that only apply to players?

Originally Posted by New Era

A logo should be timeless and the Monahan outline is already dated. I don't think the shoulder patch logos, being round or square, play well either. They already look dated. There is some nice work with the skyline, but they date quickly as new building elements are added.

None of what you just said here makes sense. A player who played his first year in the league hardly has a 'dated' image. The idea was to honour the current Flames squad. Considering that encompasses very few games of photos, I hardly think you can slam anyone for not choosing a 'timeless' photo.

When did anyone design a shoulder patch logo? I'm assuming you're associating roundel logos to shoulder patches, but did Starbucks begin life as a Seattle beer-league team?

I'm also pretty confident that we can make a slight logo adjustment before someone builds an entire building. If anything, it'd be cool to go back to the 2014 CP logo in 2030 and have nostalgia over how the Calgary skyline looked then.

Originally Posted by New Era

The speech bubble concepts are very cool and reflective of the intent of the site, and should not age quickly, depending on the font treatment. The new logo should carry CP forward for the next decade.

Note: I love the speech bubble logos posted here, so I'm not knocking on them one bit.

That aside, are you really in one breath going to tell me that a player silhouette and a city skyline are 'dated' but a speech bubble 'should not age quickly'?

Originally Posted by New Era

Even though I'm not a fan of the site, HFBoards has a good logo and profile. CP should up that substantially. Some of the designs do just that.

A bold font with a puck smashing through glass is the logo you're putting on a pedestal for us to design to? Let's try and set the bar a smidgen higher than 'acceptable'

You're totally wrong about everything, and your comment was stupid and rude. I think you're a complete moron... but don't take it personally.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Thanks for the well reasoned response. Doesn't seem like you took it personally at all. On the bright side, your logo was a smidgen better than the "I pull-up when I want to" campaign. j/k

;-)

[hansmoleman]

Originally Posted by New Era

Thanks for the well reasoned response. Doesn't seem like you took it personally at all. On the bright side, your logo was a smidgen better than the "I pull-up when I want to" campaign. j/k

;-)

You have terrible taste, Split98 has the most professional looking designs of all the entries. I'm guessing you probably also spend a lot of time reading the calgary sun. J/k, don't take it personally.

[jayswin]

I love when New Era gets owned on CP. An almost weekly occurrence, and it warms my heart every time.

[Headshot]

Lol that was awesome

[Split98]

Something I was sitting on for a week...

[Split98]

Originally Posted by playmaker

Thanks. I had actually created also the 'from below' variation but I prefered the top one so I posted it:





motion lines still needs a fine tunning on both of them though

As far as flow on the site, the quote stem coming from the top does look best. Sure, it makes more sense to be down below... but I agree with you that aesthetically it does look better keeping the streaks from above.