Logo Design Contest

English Companion

by jburke1129

Contest received 65 entries and the contest holder has awarded a winner.

Winning entry by frankeztein

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Congratulations to winner frankeztein ! They were awarded the contest prize of $250.00

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#232919 by frankeztein

WINNING ENTRY

#229155 by frankeztein

#230121 by frankeztein

#229502 by graphica

#230089 by graphica

#232571 by shikaka

#229089 by popemobile712

#229250 by traceygl

#229308 by popemobile712

#229343 by raymer

#229557 by Makaveli Designs

#229889 by aburke37

#229591 by Republik

#229429 by theonedesigner.com

#233860 by Pictogranma

#233712 by herodinesh

#233859 by Pictogranma

#234211 by tobasco

#233668 by madartist

#233643 by Bernadette

#233633 by Bernadette

#233031 by shikaka

#233030 by shikaka

#233028 by shikaka

#234044 by griffindesign

#234078 by griffindesign

#234148 by zernoid

#234149 by zernoid

#234180 by zernoid

#232707 by bomberdesign

#234212 by tobasco

#234213 by tobasco

#234312 by Ddezine

#234334 by cj38

#234406 by griffindesign

#234428 by griffindesign

#234510 by pixela

#234512 by pixela

#231882 by grazhya

#229152 by traceygl

#229228 by popemobile712

#229508 by frankeztein

#229874 by aburke37

#230126 by graphica

#230150 by designbuddha

#230180 by designbuddha

#230618 by raymer

#230794 by raymer

jburke1129 Contest Holder

The color of the logo should work with the existing color scheme of the site: www.englishcompanion.ning.com

zernoid Creative

hi Jim, the site isn't working.. but i manage to get into your website at: http://www.englishcompanion.com/ by the way, whats with the "?" in "English Companion?" is that an alternative?

jburke1129 Contest Holder

it's free to join englishcompanion.ning.com. If you do, just say you're an English teacher (not there to Sell Products). englishcompanion.com is my own personal site/commercial and, for now, separate site, though that may change. the "?" reflected my confusion over whether to suggest the logo name be one word (englishcompanion) or English Companion. I'm torn. It should probably be English Companion.

zernoid Creative

oh.. i see.. thanks for the info.. and i got into your website.. thanks

jburke1129 Contest Holder

After looking at initial efforts, I realize that I would also want this logo to function in all black or white as a logo on certain docs (e.g., a pdf that would be downloaded and printed in black or on other document with dark cover. Thanks, everyone!

jburke1129 Contest Holder

Someone I will be working with added the following info. Sorry if this complicates the contest. I would still want a colored version that matched the englishcompanion.ning.com site but that also does the following: 1. Black and white version. 2. "Flat" no 3D, shadows, or other FX. 3. Vectors only. No bitmaps. For logos, I work in Illustrator and InDesign CS5. I can do FX work in FireWorks and Photoshop but we give up some usability when we switch to a bitmapped environment.

jburke1129 Contest Holder

Please don't take any silence on my part this weekend as anything more than being away with my family and having no access to view or respond. THank you!

aburke37 Creative

tagline might be too long in my opinion

jburke1129 Contest Holder

Apologies to all contestants who were waiting on feedback. I was away all weekend and only have a few minutes now to respond. The three leaders right now are: 230618, 230126, and 230121. WHy? They do not look commercial and suggest community, come closes to capturing the spirit of www.englishcompanion.ning.com. We still have some days. I hope to find a way to let the community on ECN vote if I can arrange that at all. Thanks for your continued efforts!

jburke1129 Contest Holder

This is from someone I showed the current contest results to. I like what she has to say: I saw your logo options and wanted to offer a little comment, based on experience. There are going to be times when you need a squarish logo, such as for an avatar/profile pic or for an ad. I know you're not advertising right now, but you may be at some point. When you have the horizontally long kind of logo, you run into trouble in these circumstances. The words end up getting shrunken to the point they aren't legible. So my advice, from much experience, is to try to push the designers toward a more squarish logo if at all possible. The ReadWriteThink logo has this problem. It's too long for some uses. They have managed to solve the problem recently by making a second logo that stacks the words horizontally. Compare the long one (http://www.readwritethink.org/images/logo.gif) to the one I used for the RWT group on the ECNing (http://englishcompanion.ning.com/group/readwritethink). NCTE's Centennial log has the same problem. If you go with something long horizontally, you may want to also make an more vertical variant while you have access to the designer. The long ones are great for letterhead, but there are times when they aren't optimal online.

jburke1129 Contest Holder

Here is another comment from one of my advisors to the site: Of the green ones, I guess I like 230089 best. It's not as traditional a representation of the 'teacher'. Sure wish we could get a writing icon in there. ;-) And some more energy! The blue star one is actually the most appealing in its feel. The emphasis is on the people, joining together, not what an English teacher is or does. But if you go with a blue one, I think you'll need to change the colors of the Ning.

jburke1129 Contest Holder

The two leaders right now are: Entry #230121 by: frankeztein and Entry #230089 by: graphica, with 230121 leading in the opinions of those I in my community.

jburke1129 Contest Holder

I have to travel out of town but will do my best to check on the contest. I return Sunday and will choose the winner that day, but the rankings above are revised with my latest opinion. I am very grateful for everyone's efforts. You have all done such interesting work.

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