Grageg Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 I posted this logo in Davidson's "Animal Tutorial" thread and was happy enough with it that, as a result, I sent it to the Superintendent of my old high school. After some feedback and a few iterations, it's going on to the school board. I thought now would be a good time to get some feedback on tweaks from a larger group of professionals and enthusiasts.Here is the high school's current logo:Here are the final drafts I submitted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFr Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Good, although I don't like the insect eyes or the scowl. My NHL Rebrand BlogCheck it out and comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cola Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 The teeth just seem a bit large...and I don't like how the logo is elongated and stretched vertically. The neck area just looks kind of odd and out of place. Maybe you could rework it where the whole thing has more of an oval or circular shape to it? It kind of affects how it fits with the wordmark, which now- is kind of slapped on and meshed together in an odd way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJSCOTT Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 love the additions from the last i saw it! how could they not like this logo and see it as a professional looking upgrade from the clipart looking logo used perviously!?!? good luck and would love to hear how things progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spammy Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Really good. A few things though. Where it says "RHS" and the "Gopher with the R" logo. I presume your using Inkscape, and it looks like you used "Outlay," so the stroke looks round. A thing you can do to make it straight and non-round is to duplicate that text layer and then put stroke level at 30-40 and toy with it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Major improvement... wish my high school could get a newer logo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I like your concept, I'm already sold on it. Start printing letterhead!And it's a good change, especially since the old one is a rip and replace of Oregon State. They just gave Benny Beaver a facelift. 5th in NAT. TITLES | 2nd in CONF. TITLES |  5th in HEISMAN |  7th in DRAFTS |  8th in ALL-AMER  | 7th in WINS  | 4th in BOWLS |  1st in SELLOUTS  | 1st GAMEDAY SIGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54Chevy Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 the teeth are a little too large.the head tucked behined the R is a little awkward, as well as the RHS. watch for little negative space triangle it makes between the neck and the R and H. i would continue the neck down when stacked above the logo script. you can used the diagonal taper when the head is used solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osborne Posted December 30, 2010 Share Posted December 30, 2010 HUGE improvement. I agree about the eyes being a little too insect like and the mouth is a little off, but a few tweaks and I think you are there. Nice work. Why not check out my blog? Oneoff Nation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grageg Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 I tried a few things on the logo. Took off the insect eyes...they still look a bit "off" though. I tried less black, but it looked even worse...almost cross-eyed. Any ideas?I shortened up the teeth and the entire gopher in general. I think this will make the logo easier to work with. Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I like this, even if he does look a bit like Wilford Brimley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameroncrazie07 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Wow this is really cool. A major upgrade to what you guys formerly had. Good luck with the school board. The Core 4 Sports Podcast Twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJSCOTT Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 dunno if I like the eye change but the new shape finishing the bottom is nice prolly will enable it to work better on some things... I just went through a similar edit with one of my logos that had a longer "neck" shape. this new edit should make it easier to enlarge the logo and keep the details in the head more of a focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fumbler Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Nice it is a definite upgrade and i like the colours. RICHMOND TIGERS Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatek99 Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I don't know much about logos, but the giant green portion from the teeth to the neck looks a little weird. I may just be picky but that part is all I can look at because its so big and solid green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grageg Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 Okay...I made some changes and I'm curious if I'm taking steps forward or back...I shrunk the teeth a bit, got rid of some of the shadowing below the head, made some minimal changes to the eye (went back to the insect eyes, because the other just wasn't working for me) and made some large changes to the mouth area/scowl. Am I getting closer, or do you guys think there are more wholesale changes that need to be taken with my approach?Any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGoOakland9 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 The one with the gopher head and R would look great on a basketball court. I really like the updated version too. I think you could build a better set of logos around that than the original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gatek99 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 The updated one is simply amazing imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaha32 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I like the update. The mouth looks great. The only thing I'd say that could be improved is that his fur coat looks almost too slick. Maybe add one fur jag on his head going backwards to make him look more furry. I really like the 3 hairs you have coming forward on the top of his forehead. It's cute and mean at the same time.The only thing left to do is now find a good way to have the head rest on or next to a wordmark. DesignsByHahn.com Behance Dribbble Instragram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJSCOTT Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 latest update is great!!! i really like the change to the mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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