i think i can smell something bad from miles away. there's a fine line between spec work and contest, by definition contest you set the perimeter and people submit trying to win the contest and you work with the winner to refine the logo the way you want... spec work means you ask as many people to work for you as much as they can and only pay a single person. it's frown upon in any professional setting. I hope that you don't take advantage of these nice ppl here. Now i'm sure you don't have the intention of taking advantage of some nice folks here, just pointing out so you know for future reference.
as far as i can tell i already see a winner, (and mind you it's not me, i spend 20 mins on mine and i did it for fun). and it's well worth the gift card that you are giving away, now if they wanna do more work after they won. sure why not. but asking for all these people for refinement... tsk tsk tsk...
ultima said: i think i can smell something bad from miles away. there's a fine line between spec work and contest, by definition contest you set the perimeter and people submit trying to win the contest and you work with the winner to refine the logo the way you want... spec work means you ask as many people to work for you as much as they can and only pay a single person. it's frown upon in any professional setting. I hope that you don't take advantage of these nice ppl here. Now i'm sure you don't have the intention of taking advantage of some nice folks here, just pointing out so you know for future reference.
as far as i can tell i already see a winner, (and mind you it's not me, i spend 20 mins on mine and i did it for fun). and it's well worth the gift card that you are giving away, now if they wanna do more work after they won. sure why not. but asking for all these people for refinement... tsk tsk tsk...
Thank you for this, the reason I am asking some of these people for refinements is to see if the final logo they make is the best or not, I am only asking people for refinements If I truly like there logo and I think I might use it as the winner. But if they make a bad refinement and I don't like it, then I wont use it, if they make a good refinement and I thinks it the best logo, I'll choose them. I'm sorry if this is not to your liking, I am not forcing anyone to do anything this is all up to them. Thanks and hope you understand.
sure of course no one is forced to do anything. anyway.. have fun buddy.
P.S. just a friendly suggestion again. (i do this for a living just in case you are wondering. advising that is to corporations and small business.) the winning design is already shown if you'd to ask me. don't over work it and dilute the original design, it's good as it is. the problem usually with crowd sourcing is picking the right one.. and often times it gets modified thus diluting the original intention of the design. making it.. neither his nor your... thus .. epic fail. just throwing it out there if you are really serious about this.
ultima said: sure of course no one is forced to do anything. anyway.. have fun buddy.
P.S. just a friendly suggestion again. (i do this for a living just in case you are wondering. advising that is to corporations and small business.) the winning design is already shown if you'd to ask me. don't over work it and dilute the original design, it's good as it is. the problem usually with crowd sourcing is picking the right one.. and often times it gets modified thus diluting the original intention of the design. making it.. neither his nor your... thus .. epic fail. just throwing it out there if you are really serious about this.
tenrdrmerMember, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-ChefPosts: 9,934
I have to agree with UItima. Two reasons
This whole things seems like a sleazy way to get exactly what you want. For a contest to be fair you must set rules and let the contest run. With no comments about the entries from you until the end. What you are doing is asking a bunch of artist to work toward the logo you are looking for and the fastest one to hit the nail on the head wins.
Second. This forum is not the place for your Art changes and private contest to benefit yourself. Post your details and contact info and take it to email. Contest that run here should be beneficial to every member involved. For example. TOTB benefits everyone who enters because anyone who makes an effort is well on their way to a completed app Win or Lose, its a win for everyone.
tenrdrmer said: I have to agree with UItima. Two reasons
This whole things seems like a sleazy way to get exactly what you want. For a contest to be fair you must set rules and let the contest run. With no comments about the entries from you until the end. What you are doing is asking a bunch of artist to work toward the logo you are looking for and the fastest one to hit the nail on the head wins.
Second. This forum is not the place for your Art changes and private contest to benefit yourself. Post your details and contact info and take it to email. Contest that run here should be beneficial to every member involved. For example. TOTB benefits everyone who enters because anyone who makes an effort is well on their way to a completed app Win or Lose, its a win for everyone.
I'm sorry, if I ever need to do another logo thing like this, I will do it that way. Im new here so those rules are helpful thank you. And yes contest is over Monday!
I agree with Rondo... it was good fun... and really no harm has been done... I have participated in a fair few contest on 99designs and Crowdspring to have experienced the same things there... You come up with a design and you get feedback... it's up to you to make changes... At end of the day it was about the fun the nice quick and creative challenge.
What are contests for? I would also have to agree with Rondo!! This was pretty fun and one of the few times I create stuff for someone!! Not only that but every piece I create makes me better at illustrator and photoshop!! and then get helpful creative crituqies (I think that is how you spell it) Good Contest BlueChiks!!
Braydon_SFXMember, Sous Chef, Bowlboy SidekickPosts: 9,273
Okay, here is the logo with a background, hope you like it.
mrglockling said: What are contests for? I would also have to agree with Rondo!! This was pretty fun and one of the few times I create stuff for someone!! Not only that but every piece I create makes me better at illustrator and photoshop!! and then get helpful creative crituqies (I think that is how you spell it) Good Contest BlueChiks!!
I agree contests are great for the community and fun for everyone, but rememeber one thing. Contests have entries. What people entered is what you get. You shouldnt be asking people to change stuff. That doesnt seem like a contest at all...
JohnPapiomitis said: I agree contests are great for the community and fun for everyone, but rememeber one thing. Contests have entries. What people entered is what you get. You shouldnt be asking people to change stuff. That doesnt seem like a contest at all.
Thanks for your opinion john, the main reason Im asking some people to change there logos is because I really like there logos and I think they have a shot at winning the prize, if you want, I can stop. Thanks
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Make "Blue" text color the same as the chik.
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff361/Mrmittensbitch/Blue-Chik-Logo-edit-2.png
as far as i can tell i already see a winner, (and mind you it's not me, i spend 20 mins on mine and i did it for fun). and it's well worth the gift card that you are giving away, now if they wanna do more work after they won. sure why not. but asking for all these people for refinement... tsk tsk tsk...
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just a friendly suggestion again. (i do this for a living just in case you are wondering. advising that is to corporations and small business.) the winning design is already shown if you'd to ask me. don't over work it and dilute the original design, it's good as it is. the problem usually with crowd sourcing is picking the right one.. and often times it gets modified thus diluting the original intention of the design. making it.. neither his nor your... thus .. epic fail. just throwing it out there if you are really serious about this.
This whole things seems like a sleazy way to get exactly what you want. For a contest to be fair you must set rules and let the contest run. With no comments about the entries from you until the end. What you are doing is asking a bunch of artist to work toward the logo you are looking for and the fastest one to hit the nail on the head wins.
Second. This forum is not the place for your Art changes and private contest to benefit yourself. Post your details and contact info and take it to email. Contest that run here should be beneficial to every member involved. For example. TOTB benefits everyone who enters because anyone who makes an effort is well on their way to a completed app Win or Lose, its a win for everyone.
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and here's it at your specifications...
Use this blue for the new version, thanks
Here is the updated version!
and the correct size...
Here is the full res version
and of course the smaller one