could use some help

[trxwannbe]

i know there are lot of creative people on the forums here and my friend and i are attempting to start a clothing a company focused on the offroad world. we are calling ourselves dirty green and could use some help creating a logo. we have some good ideas but nothing that is really hitting us as the right one. so if you guys could use your skills in helping us get a logo going here i would be more then happy to supply the creater of the winning logo with a free shirt

[Ruby Soho]

:p

i tried

[trxwannbe]

haha i actually really like that


what else we got guys?

[Ruby Soho]

i was shooting for it to look like the text was dead grass in a nice green field

but my photoshop's colors are weird so it didn't turn out the best

[trxwannbe]

i actually liked the the way the text came out and everything, lol you may have already won a shirt i just want to see what everyone else comes up with first.

[NPelletier]

ill give it a shot

[Regular_Joe]

I have no Photoshop skills, but you need to take that grass pic and make ruts in it that spell dirty green.

[elmer91]

how about this?

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/elmer091/dirtygreencopy.jpg

[trxwannbe]

i like that style but not to sure about the tire tread. i know brown and green aren't exactly the colors to do it with but i'm looking for something that really jumps out and grabs your attetion without being to loud if you know what i mean

[yfzrider310]

how bout this
<a href="http://s254.photobucket.com/albums/hh106/yfzrider11/?action=view&current=dirrygreen.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh106/yfzrider11/dirrygreen.jpg" border="0" alt="DG"></a>

[elmer91]

Originally posted by trxwannbe
i like that style but not to sure about the tire tread. i know brown and green aren't exactly the colors to do it with but i'm looking for something that really jumps out and grabs your attetion without being to loud if you know what i mean

what colors are you thinking of using. i just figured dirty= brown, green= well, green of coarse. lol.

[trxwannbe]

i like the brown and green idea i just can't seem to get anything with any pop out of those colors

[ZeroLogic]

Originally posted by trxwannbe
i like that style but not to sure about the tire tread. i know brown and green aren't exactly the colors to do it with but i'm looking for something that really jumps out and grabs your attetion without being to loud if you know what i mean



Hayyyy!

[elmer91]

here is another. the second one is in the works. tell me what you think.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/elmer091/dirtygreen2copy.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/elmer091/dirtygreen3copy.jpg

[Rip_Tear]

just threw it together...

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh103/Rip_Tear/dirtygreen.jpg

[trxwannbe]

elmer i like where you were goin with the first one see if you can get it to look a little more "dirty" though

[elmer91]

ok, i will work with that one more. and i was thinking, on Ruby's, where he tried to make it look like dead grass, how about making it so it looks like Dirty Green was cut into the lawn?

[trxwannbe]

thats a cool idea to or something i was thinking about, a mud puddle with sticks(leaves still attached) spelling out dirty green

[elmer91]

that would be cool. i may give that shot. i added a background to that first one. here are the ones i came up with.i just cant seem to find one that looks good.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/elmer091/dirtygreen6.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/elmer091/dirtygreen5.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/elmer091/dirtygreen4.jpg

[trxwannbe]

haha i know how ya feel we tried for a week before i posted on here

[elmer91]

where you wanted that branch leaf font thing, this was the closet i could find.

http://www.dafont.com/treelike.font

[Ruby Soho]

try # 2 for me

[gcart2]

Originally posted by Ruby Soho
try # 2 for me


this is the best so far imo

[baldwinmx450r]

LOGO DESIGN 101

1. the logo must first work in black and white before it will work in color, think of all the ways the logo will be reproduced

2. drop shadows= poor reproduction, hard to mimic on screen print

3. Everyone is using "trash fonts" go outside the box, create your own logotype. everyone goes to the computer first. Create 2-300 thumbnails/variations, pick the best few take those to the computer and see what you come up with.

4. a clothing company takes alot of research, do your homework, decompose the popular clothing companies you are trying to mimic find what they are doing wrong and how you can do it better.

5. No offence intended. but forums are not the place to search for art. try freelance job forums. You need a graphic designer/illustrator who knows the industry and the methods needed to produce quality work.

6. Launch the company only when you have everything 100% completed.

Just trying to provide some valuable info that you may or may not already know Good luck with your venture. If you want any advice let me know.

[trxwannbe]

thanks for the advice it will be used well. most of the shirt designs are done and we have a few hats in the works. just gotta get it all together and professional looking before we start putting the product out there.

[elmer91]

Originally posted by trxwannbe
thanks for the advice it will be used well. most of the shirt designs are done and we have a few hats in the works. just gotta get it all together and professional looking before we start putting the product out there.

do you have any pics of the designs for the shirts and stuff? that may help a little with the design. plus i am kinda curious.

[trxwannbe]

i'll see what i can get for you tomorrow. i'm more of the business side of things so my friend has all the designs on his laptop. but we're supposed to have a photoshoot in the a.m. to get the website up and running so i'll talk to him then. otherwise your just gonna have to wait til i get everything in my hands then i'll post up pics for everyone