DA logo studies

[k-999]

A contest I joined on Deviant Art. Guidelines were: black logo on white background, no special effects & no gradients. Very limiting guidelines but challenging as well. How do u think I do? Really need of comments and suggestion on how to improve my work. Thanks in advance.

[rinaldidesigns]

looks interesting...what is/does it say....this is important...
a logo needs to stand on its own, naked so to speak...B/W is a normal required variant.

[Chung Dha]

They are too hard to real what it says. The last one works but you see DCA there is a C made by the white around the A. And the D should be made much cleaner shaped. It would ruff while the A inside is very clean.

[DreamSky]

I will repeat one of the opinions above: looks interesting.
But... so far it doesn't look like a logo to me. More like some symbols gathered in one place. It does not convey any idea/feel/meaning which makes it more like an abstract art than a logo ... at least to me.
Does it say something? I can't read it if so...

May be you should first decide what you would like to express and then start from there - just a suggestion.

[k-999]

Originally Posted by rinaldidesigns

looks interesting...what is/does it say....this is important...
a logo needs to stand on its own, naked so to speak...B/W is a normal required variant.

thnx. when i made these designs i thought of conveying something "banned". (you know the circle with the diagonal line crossing it? hehe. as deviant means something differing from a norm.) i played around with the concept and thought of a way to mix the letters d & a and this symbol. thanks again for your comment. xD

[Gerhard Schlee]

damn, i was going to participate too, but i thought the deadline was oct 18, and not oct 14 my concept was so unique, i was so hopeful... bleh! anyway, i liked your first drawing!

[juluque]

Look at Chung Dha logo, it is simple and use very simple regular forms, in your design I can see some form that are too complex to the simplicity you are looking for. I see more potential in the first one. However need some character. the lines are crossing in too many directions. simple and harmonic is better. Hope this help/ It is just my opinion.

[k-999]

thanks gerhard.i just did these designs the night before the deadline hehe.i thought i wasn't able to meet the deadline because i'm in a different time zone.have u seen the entries in the contest? there were a lot of good entries.mine's needs a lot of work hehe. thanks for the reply.

[k-999]

thanks juluque.i really appreciate the suggestions. i have a feeling somethings need to be worked out on these logos and i'm starting to see what needs to be done. even though the contest has ended i may tweak these logos and post the new logo studies here.

[jmgarrido]

those logos are the DA letters ? its hard to see...

[silverink]

its kid of hard to read but you got the idea... keep playing around with the letters till you'll get something that you like and that is a bit more clear.