In order to raise money for library needs not covered by the county’s budget, the Friends of the Kent County Library are hosting a logo design contest. The contest is geared toward students or beginners who wish to build a portfolio, as well as professionals who have the time to donate to this pro-bono project.

• Design a new, original logo for us. Have fun and be creative!
• Send it to kentcountyfriends@gmail.com by midnight on February 15, 2009.
• In your message, include your name, postal address, phone number, and email address.
• Include your name in the title of your logo file.
• Because of the specs below, we encourage a design that’s visible from a distance (i.e., with little or no lettering) and scalable.

LOGISTICS The logo will appear on a Maryland license plate and needs to meet MVA’s criteria:

• Maximum size: 3 inches in height and 3 inches in width.
• Maximum number of colors: 4.
• Pantone Matching System (PMS) “colors and PMS numbers must be provide and attached to the appropriate piece of artwork.”

ABOUT THE FRIENDS The Friends of the Kent County Library is a nonprofit organization that serves and promotes the Kent County (MD) Library by encouraging literacy and providing enriching cultural programs. http://kentfriends.wordpress.com/

NOTE Your donated logo will become the property of the Friends, who will be deeply grateful for your contribution and may alter and display the logo as they wish.

1. Sebelum anda mendesain logo, pikirkanlah beberapa kata-kata kunci (keyword) yang mempu mereprentasikan/mewakili perusahaan anda. Pikirkan tentang sebuah gambar yang pertama melintas di benak anda dari kata-kata kunci tadi, misalnya teamwork=gambar jabat tangan, learning=buku, dsb. Jika memungkinkan, tanyakan pada rekan-rekan anda tentang kata-kata kunci tadi agar dapat memeprbanyak pilihan dan padan kata.

2. Carilah pada gambar clipart yang sekiranya paling dekat mewakili atau sesuai dengan kata kunci anda. Jika anda memiliki bakat sketsa, anda bisa menuangkan sendiri dalam beberapa sketsa desain logo perusahaan. Cetaklah beberapa alternatif gambar tersebut secara terpisah, sehingga anda bisa mengamatinya secara bersamaan. Cetakan-cetakan (print out) ini bukanlah desain logo anda melainkan hanya gambar yang mewakili ide-ide anda, representasi dari kata-kata kunci tadi.

3. Desain logo perusahaan memang membutuhkan proses yang tidak cepat. Semakin banyak sentuhan anda, semakin tepat desain logo anda. Ambilah contoh logo dari perusahaan-perusahaan yang sejenis dengan perusahaan anda. Yang mana yang anda sukai? Apakah ada gambar yang menarik anda? Logo perusahaan mana yang lebih mampu bercerita banyak? Mana yang lebih mengesankan?

4. Untuk memperkaya khasanah anda tentang gambar-gambar yang mampu mewakili keyword, anda bisa browse melalui internet. Carilah yang paling mendekati karakter perusahaan anda dan sekaligus unique.

5. Persempit pilihan anda kepada bebarapa gambar yang telah anda seleksi –yang sesuai dengan keyword dan mampu mewakili perusahaan anda. Cek ulang hasil penyaringan tersebut, dengan menyampaikan ke beberapa orang/rekan anda–yang memahami desain. Tanyakan tentang apa yang ada di benak mereka ketika melihat gambar-gambar tersebut untuk pertama kalinya. Sebagian gambar mungkin akan bermakna negatif bagi mereka.

6. Kombinasikan gambar-gambar fovarit anda –hasil seleksi- untuk mencipatkan desain logo hasil olahan anda pribadi. Pertimbangkan komposisinya apabila ditempatkan pada business card. Desain logo perusahaan yang terlalu komplek justru tidak terlalu bagus dan tidak terlalu mengesankan customer

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Our rescue, Special Friends Animal Rescue & Services, needs a logo to represent what we do.  To help us find the best possible logo, we’re sponsoring a contest.

This contest is open to anyone who can design a logo, and contest entries will be accepted thru December 15th at our email address specialfriendsanimalrescue2@gmail.com .

The winner of the contest will be the beneficiary of a public relations campaign to promote the selection of their design as our new logo.  The campaign will include:  Facebook, Twitter, our blog, and a wide variety of additional social media and Internet promotional means.  Additionally, we will issue a public news release announcing the winner of the contest and showing the winning design – and we’ll submit the news release to the media in the winner’s local community so you can get full credit for the wonderful work you’ve done!

Please feel free to add any questions as Comments to this blog posting and they will be answered so that all readers may see them.  We look forward to seeing your contest submissions!

You might notice that our logo is pretty lame, so we have an offer to make you the reader.  If you create a badass logo for us, we will link your website in our ‘links’ page or just praise you in a post.  Our readership is growing and has been for a while and we are almost at 1,000 unique visitors with little promotion – and that has been for three weeks.  So, if you like free publicity (assuming you call it free), then don’t hesitate to make us a logo.  Here is our email – cheesybacon007@gmail.com (kind of cheesy, we know).

The requirements for the Cheesy Bacon logo are as follows;

770 x 200 in pixels
Has to say CheesyBacon.net
No nudies

…and that about does it.

I will just let this speak for itself:

Hello,

In spirit of growing our brand and name we are looking to create a new logo for our restaurant. Amarcord Ristorante is an Italian restaurant with a fine dining atmosphere yet still presents a cozy environment that is relaxed. Amarcord is based on the Emilia Romagna region of Italy and the restaurant name was inspired by the movie Amarcord (Directed by Federico Fellini, 1973). Amarcord in Italian means “I remember”. I hope this gives you some ideas and let the best artist win. We ask that it is sent in a PDF format as well.

The winner of the logo creating contest will have their artwork appear on the front of our menu and website. You will also win a dinner for two of up to $100 value in our restaurant. The winner will be chosen by the Management team. All entries are due in by Tuesday, November 10th.

So in other words – you want someone to design a logo for you in exchange for dinner that is valued at $100.00 at your restaurant. Your cost for the meal will be about $25.00 and then you pretend that there is something amazing about having the logo that is designed for you for this amazing prize used on your menu and website to further your success?

This is crazy.

1. $100.00 for a custom logo is a laugh to begin with.
2. Just be honest and say “please design us a logo in exchange for food”
3. Just hire someone to do you an awesome logo for a couple hundred dollars and let them choose where they wish to eat.

If you have that little money check out www.vivifiedweb.com they have website financing that may be of assistance to you.

I’d just uploaded the image in the post below when I happened to go to the WordPress web site & saw the logo contest there — you have to insert the WordPress logo into another image…and as the logo is circular & my Horde drawing/collage contains a circular globe (The Earth or Moon or whatever it is — you decide), I thought it might be a natural, so here it is:

The Horde Redux, 1993-2009, collaged drawings & digital collage

This could be some kind of comment on the state of blogging, I don’t know…

So, I think it time for a new banner for my website/blog.  And instead of me putting effort into making it, and hoping others like it, I have decided to make a contest out of this.  If you have fun with these sort of things (i.e. graphic design, photo editing, etc.), then take your best shot at making a new banner for my website.  As of right now, I plan on sticking with the same theme as I have, so please take those dimensions into consideration when developing your banner (it will not re-size).  As of now, we’ll say the deadline will be Oct. 9 (my dad’s birthday).  So you have just over a week.  As for prizes, sure I don’t have much to give you, but your work will be featured on my website for quite a long time, so that’s cool, right?  Ok, everyone…GO!

So my boyfriend showed me this website a few years ago – 99designs.com.  Its basically a site where people who want cheap graphic design and logos come to to rip off amateur designers.  I love it because people win these contests everyday and actually win money, but I hate it because I have entered some contests and always lose.  I get great feedback from the contest holder’s – “nice work, but someone in my town uses those colors, so sorry!”  I’m like – WTF?!?!  And then I bitch for a few hours about how my design was so much more creative than the actual winner.  I am debating on whether or not to just forget the whole damn thing.  A part of me enjoys it and wants (needs) the experience, but its so damn frustrating.  The designer gives you all these specs, and 8 times out of 10, they pick a winner who didn’t follow any of them.   Don’t ask for it if you don’t want it… Jeez.

That’s all for now, Thanks for reading

The VAF is looking for a logo for shirts, hats, posters, etc.  We will be offering a cash prize and possible future work with the company.

Veterans are highly encouraged to submit artwork, but if no one responds, we will send it the broader art world.  The prize won’t be a huge ($150) but it will be something to start off with.

Email Mike Hawley, co founder at m.a.hawley@hotmail.com

Acceler8 Creative is proud to announce that one of our submittals for the Barrington Area Chamber of Commerce (BACC) 40th anniversary logo contest has been chosen as the winner.

The BACC has given us a lot of support and networking opportunities among the local businesses, and it feels great to be able to contribute and give something back.

The logo will have a presence with the existing BACC logos in all usages and communication channels through the end of 2009.

Visit Acceler8 Creative’s web site.

Email Acceler8 Creative.

The Great Decatur Beer Tasting Festival is accepting logo entries for the fall 2009 festival through Monday, June 15 at 5pm. The selected logo will be used on the souvenir T-shirt, the tasting glass and the festival poster. Two previous winning logos are seen at the left. The winner will receive $300, two admissions to the festival and two T-shirts.  For more information and a copy of the submission form, visit www.decaturbeerfestival.com or call Cheryl 678-553-6573.

Hope to see everyone at the Great Decatur Beer Tasting Festival on Saturday, October 17. Tickets will be available at the event website later this summer.

With sincere appreciation to everyone who entered our 2009 Wine Country ‘Ukulele Festival Logo Contest, I am very pleased to announce the winner: Paul Sirmon, a graphic designer from Southlake, Texas, and proud new owner of the lovely SK 300G, donated to us by Ohana Ukuleles.  With so many great entries, it was a very difficult decision.  Here, for your viewing pleasure are the winning entry and the three runners-up, each of whom will receive a complimentary workshop pass to the 2009 festival:

This was such a great process that we will probably be doing it again next year, so put on your thinking caps….

More good news…

The beautiful Napa Valley Marriot is offering a very special discount that makes the room rate $199/room/night to festival-goers provided you book your room(s) using this link by August 24.

And Gaia, another full-service spa/resort  in American Canyon is also offering a special rate to festival-goers of only $89/night with a two-night minimum stay. Be sure to mention the “Ukulele Rate” when booking your room.

For other lodging options, visit our Accommodations Page.  Again, please be sure to make your lodging arrangements early. This is a festival you won’t want to miss!

Stay tuned……..

The Gay Community Center of Richmond invites the public to design a logo for their upcoming 10th anniversary celebration:

The Gay Community Center of Richmond announces a $250 prize to the winning design of a logo for our upcoming 10^th Anniversary Celebration, which will take place from September 2009 until August 2010. The deadline for entries is midnight on May 31st, 2009, EST. The logo will be used in print, online, and in presentations and marketing of our 10th Anniversary Celebration.

Questions and submissions should be made to Gregg Johnson at gjohnson@gayrichmond.com.

Yes, it is that time again….time to design your entry for the Great Decatur Beer Tasting Festival logo! 

The Great Decatur Beer Tasting Festival is looking for a logo for the fall 2009 festival. The selected logo will be used on the souvenir t-shirt, the tasting glass and the festival poster. Last year’s winner was Lauren Lee, of Lampe-Farley Communications. Her design can be seen at the left.

Some past winners include:

The winner will receive $300, two admissions to the festival, and two t-shirts. The deadline for submitting the logo design is June 15, 2009. For more information and a copy of the submission form and guidelines, visit www.decaturbeerfestival.com or call Cheryl Burnette 678-553-6573.

Be creative! We look forward to seeing the entries for 2009!

Much to my chagrin I did not receive any submissions for the logo contest over the winter break. Since we still need a logo, I am extending the contest deadline to January 25th, 2009 at 11:59pm. Any emails received after this time will be disregarded (unless your submission is the first I receive in the next two weeks)

The winner of the contest will, of course, be credited on the website and a to-be-determined Thing.

To recap:

What (to do): Design a logo for the Ringling Game Design Club
When: By 11:59pm Sunday, January 25th, 2009
What (you get): Exposure on the website and A TBD Shiny Something
Where (to)? Send all contest submissions to me (moztalay@c.ringling.edu) with the subject “Game Design Club Logo Contest“

-Ozz

I’m not sure whether or not I’ve mentioned this but I am in a graphic design class. It’s really fun.

Anyway the professional experience I’ve had was through this class. My Teacher had us all create a logo for a contest that was being held by a charity in a nearby town. Everyone in class participated and other people throughout the state in which I live also joined in.
My class is so full of talented creative people that I never would have expected to win, but I did.

I even got talked about in The NEWS PAPER

And for your eyes and your eyes only, my logo

The Words at the bottom, Where it says First Universalist Church Hall & Kitchen there ended up being an “at The” added in the beginning.

But yeah, this logo will be seen on stuff involving the organization, maybe their own letter paper. . .  I don’t know.

It will be on their aprons though, and staff T-shirts, and news letters about it. . . yeah that kind of stuff.

At Queensboro, we love puns, play on words, and logos that tickle our funny bones. Naturally, when it came time to vote* for our favorite logo of November 2008, “Sit Happens: Behavior by Design” won by a landslide. As always, I like to get the “Behind the Seams” scoop behind the logo. Heather, the business owner, was kind enough to share with me how, exactly, “Sit Happens.”

First, we had to talk about the name and the logo design. The best company logos fully represent the business and the business name, providing an instant recognition and understanding of the business brand. Heather named her company and designed her own logo to play on the idea of “designing” the perfect dog. So many times people want to plan everything out beforehand, and you can’t really do that with dogs. The dog featured in the logo is her Siberian Huski, Loki, whom Heather says taught her a lot about canine behavioral issues and gave her a chance to try out various training techniques on a regular basis. She combined the oft-used (in the dog training world) term “Sit Happens” with the measurement graphic. Her entire printed logo incorporates a blueprint paper background (a bit difficult to translate in embroidery). You can see her embroidery logo, above right, and her website, with her entire logo at http://behaviorbydesign.net.
Behavior by Design
Heather started Behavior by Design in 2007, with the help of her dog-training mentors with whom she has worked for the past seven years. They provide in-home private training for families and their dogs to learn basic manners and obedience. Heather also works with people who want to participate in dog performance events such as competition obedience, agility, and rally. She also trains dogs (and their owners) that have behavior problems such as resource guarding, separation anxiety, chewing, stealing, house training issues, and more. Behavior by Design also offers group classes which focus on basic manners and obedience. This classroom setting is a great opportunity for dog (and human) socialization, and provides a chance to teach dogs to focus and concentrate in distracting situations.

A Dog Funny
I imagined that if you work with dogs all day, you probably have some pretty funny stories to share. This is a little funny from Heather and one of her puppies. She says

“We’ve all see male dogs hike their legs to go to the bathroom. Well, one of the puppies I work with recently turned a year old and is just starting to hike his leg. I guess his balance isn’t so great because I was watching him when I took him out one day, and he carefully leaned against a nearby fence to balance himself while he did his business. I thought that was quite clever of him to figure out!”

Tips for Dog Owners and Potential Dog Owners
I use every interaction with our customers to learn as much as I can from them. I took the opportunity to ask Heather what some of the biggest misconceptions about dog training are, and what every potential dog owner should know before adopting a dog.

Heather’s thoughts on training: “I believe that the biggest misconception that people have right now is that to have a well-behaved dog, you have to ‘dominate them’ using forceful, coercive or punitive methods. To have a well-behaved dog, it is important to provide structure and consistent handling, but this can be done using positive, non-coercive methods. This is the focus of my business – teaching people to develop a strong, healthy and loving relationship based on trust and understanding.”

Heather’s tips for potential new dog owners: “I think that it’s so important to understand why you want to bring a dog into your life, and make sure that the breed/mix you choose fits well with your lifestyle and goals. So often, people decide on the spur of the moment that they want a dog, or choose a breed just because of they way they look, or because of those irresistible puppy-dog eyes. Without doing research, many people end up choosing pets that need more management, guidance, exercise or interaction than they are able or willing to provide. When this happens, you end up with unhappy people and an unhappy dog (often with behavioral problems) who may end up being re-homed (sometimes repeatedly). Doing research and understanding what you want and what will fit well with your lifestyle will help avoid the potential challenges and heartache.”

You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks
Because my dog Lucy only sits when I am holding a T-R-E-A-T or a piece of C-H-E-E-S-E, I said to Heather “I really want to know: Can you teach old dogs new tricks?” My dog Lucy is seven years old. According to the chart in her vet’s office, that is about 50 in dog years. Bless her heart (as we say in the south), Heather gave me some hope. “Absolutely, Kate, we work with dogs of all ages in our classes and they do well! It’s all about finding out what motivates the particular dog, and integrating the motivator into training by using it as a reward for new behaviors well done.” Service dog training programs often work with shelter-rescued dogs that are older, teaching them amazing new behaviors, and finding them new “forever homes.” Dogs (and people) of all ages can learn new behaviors. That’s the power of training!

Behavior by Design only Wears Queensboro
Another dog-trainer friend of Heather’s orders from Queensboro and sent Heather the link to our site. Heather said the person she referred had a great shirt done with an image of her dog, and had nothing but good things to say about Queensboro. Impressed with the work, and the great prices, Heather ordered several shirts for herself and plans to order for her staff, as well.

It was great fun to get to know Heather and her business “Sit Happens: Behavior by Design.” If you have an interesting business and love wearing your Queensboro shirts to work, visit our website and send us an email! We’d love to feature you on the blog!

*Queensboro Customer Service reps and Logo Specialists submit customer logos that have caught their eye throughout the month. Then, we vote for our favorite and the winner is featured on the blog.

Beth Swan from Black Swan Designs submitted twelve killer logos for the GMG Logo Contest.  Here are four and I’m digging every single one of them!   Click this text to check out Beth’s design studio website.

Beth Swan GMG Logo Design Contest Entry, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

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Counting today, there are 3 days 1 Day Left to enter the TAB Logo Contest! We’re looking for something fantastic, completely original, something that will make other libraries TABs seethe with jealousy. You have to 5pm this Friday (TOMORROW!) to turn something in. We’re expecting greatness, so don’t let us down. You don’t want to disappoint Steven do you?

Alicia UpsThe Ante!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

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Yup, your design can be on our *NEW* TAB t-shirts! We’re looking for something clever,inventive, ingenius- in other words just plain Awesome- that represents what the Des Plaines Library Teen Advisory Board is. Click on this link to learn more about the requirements and click here to read about the Logo Contest on our big sister blog PlainTalk! It’s exciting to see the Blog of Awesome and our contest being written up in the library’s official blog (which you guys should all be reading of course   )

There’s about 13 more days left to create something exciting, before voting opens up online! Remember: this is a strict deadline. These are due at the 3rd floor Readers Services desk on November 7th by 5pm! That have to be in by this time to allow for scanning, and you also have to sign a submission form when you turn in our piece of art. In you have questions you can email TAB@dppl.org

Now go out there and get creative!