Suggestions? Feedback?

[ItsCarterYo]

So I'm entering in a contest at my school for a new logo for our news network. Here is what I have so far. Any graphic designers out there have any tips or things that could be changed? (btw, our mascot is the Titan, thus the reason for the lightning bolt)

[Ferrrrrre]

Looks good
The only 'negative' thing I see are the pixelly lines here and there

[ItsCarterYo]

Feb 1, 2011 12:18:17 GMT -5 Ferrrrrre said:

Looks good
The only 'negative' thing I see are the pixelly lines here and there

Yeah.. I realized this and am working on remaking it in a higher resolution..

[SwimFellow]

For a school thing, it's pretty f***ing amazing.

[Freddy]

Feb 1, 2011 23:00:18 GMT -5 SwimFellow said:

For a school thing, it's pretty f***ing amazing.

Agreed.

Try vectorizing it. If it's gonna be used everywhere, you'll have a super hi res version of the logo no matter the size.

[ItsCarterYo]

Feb 1, 2011 23:30:15 GMT -5 Freddy said:

Feb 1, 2011 23:00:18 GMT -5 SwimFellow said:

For a school thing, it's pretty f***ing amazing.

Agreed.

Try vectorizing it. If it's gonna be used everywhere, you'll have a super hi res version of the logo no matter the size.

Here is the pretty-much-finished higher res version.. Its actually bigger but tinypic resized it. Also.. umm... Whats a vector? Heard about them.. dun know what they really are..

[Freddy]

Vectors are images, but represented differently.

Nearly all images are bitmaps, that is a grid composed of pixels which each have a state (color). When you resize a grid, the only thing you're doing is to make the cells bigger, thus, when they're bigger than your computer's size of pixels, it "pixelates".

But vectors aren't made of a grid, but of a set of instructions on how to recreate the image.

To explain it, here's a rectangle as a bitmap (a very crude representation)

****
*---*
****

It's a grid made of *s and -s.

As a vector, it'd be

Draw 4 units to the right, 3 units down, 4 units to the left, 3 units up.

It's not exactly how it works (vectors generally work with coordinates), but that's a simple way to explain it.

I was actually vectorizing your logo (you have to retrace it in a program such as Inkscape, which is free BTW), but I rage-quit after it crashed (children, never forget to press ctrl-s every once in a while). It's not too complicated, and in this case, it shouldn't take you more than 20 mins.

You can add gradients and shades to a vector. If you want to wait, I can do it for you Sunday-ish, but seeing that it's a simple logo, you could learn a lot from this experience!

[newschooled]

That's tight...I really like. I would brighten up the red a bit though, just think about contrast. With the shadow, the edge of the red gets just a little bit lost. That's all.

[ItsCarterYo]

Feb 2, 2011 9:09:40 GMT -5 newschooled said:

That's tight...I really like. I would brighten up the red a bit though, just think about contrast. With the shadow, the edge of the red gets just a little bit lost. That's all.

Yeah, around the outside it is a bit dark.. Will fix that..

[ItsCarterYo]

Hey guys. Thanks for teh suggestions. You can vote for the picture in this poll:
bit.ly/g1Ct2i
Thanks :]

[Freddy]

Upvoted. Hope you win :]

[newschooled]

Voted. It's honestly the best one.

[Sean]

That is a nice logo! Also, if you are looking for a better vector program try Adobe Illustrator. I actually love it!