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>>281312
What doors your company do

>>281312
>>281335
if you company has anything to do with locksmithery, you're on the right track just remember to "keep it simple, shithead"

If it's some sort of club, bar or social place, You've definitely got the right vibe, but I would suggest starting from scratch with the same general feel.

>>281335
>>281345

Thanks for the feedback!

It's not about locksmithery per se but the idea is to open new doors for the clients. Thanks!

shadow is useless in a logo, it has to be easily scaleable without much detail loss, other than that it just looks like a m&m, did you create the letter?

unoriginal
lacks usability as a logo

>>281242
>unusable

Graphic school kid with no real world experience.

>unusable.

If a client wants something that goes against your design rules are you going to refuse the project? No. If clients wants a stupid shadow then he gets it, and if it's a small to moderate business (usually is) than no one will care if you use a free font on their logo project.

Because fuck your stupid rules, I design for $

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OP here, I made a rework of the original design, and as doing graphic design for like a day now, this is the best I could come up with. Any thoughts?

what is their best selling menu item or the most common type of food they do sell? base the icon in the logo around that.

Wtf, why would they pick such a shitty name. I would definitely think that is seafood.

But for you OP, like the first poster said. Incorporate the most popular food item into the logo.

I'm guessing you suggested they change their name? It's not about a logo, it's about branding, an identity. If the name communicates something you're NOT, you're definitely doing it wrong.

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Here's the original

Oh, I forgot to mention that I'm using GIMP.

>>281043
Try killing yourself

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>>271827
redesigning the logo for a start up i work for. Its called The Ideas Maker but we go by the acronym TIM. The old logo was not that great imo so they asked me to change it and my concept was to symbolize it. Since our company symbol is a lightbulb (because Ideas=lightbulb) i desided to make a light bulb with the inner parts of it spell out TIM like the inner workings of a lightbulb and this is what i came up with.

Also i know i'm shit at this but dude what the fuck is that? how sad were you?

>>272626
It's clever but has too many small parts. (try scaling it down and see how it doesn't work as a small icon)

Also the word TIM is very hard to read, I wouldn't have figured it out if it wasn't in the filename.

I like the idea though.

>>272626
The concept is not bad, it's the execution that's letting you down. Don't worry about creating an anatomically correct version of a lightbulb, focus on the readability of TIM. That should be readable when printed 1x1cm. And fix the type dude.

>>282078
Logo contests are a scam

>>282078
You deserve it for giving your time to spec-work/contests.

>working with plebs
Also, do you have a copy of what the public chosen?

I dig it, what software did you use?

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Nice colors and textures
The brick pattern on the left of the door is annoying
Work on smoothing your edges.. Anti-aliasing is an artform in itself

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Nice, where are you learning from?
Aliasing and edges are problematic for me.

also is it possible to print things without a white trim around them? as in, print them out to the size of the entire page? I tried borderless printing but had no luck.

Did you install the drivers?
Are all of your photos/documents in CMYK?
Are you printing on good quality paper?
Are you actually selecting the proper paper type in print settings?
Are your application print settings conflicting with the driver settings?
Have you cleaned/aligned your printheads?

There are honestly so many factor in print that it's hard to really tell you what you're doing wrong, if you're even doing anything wrong at all. It's not an exact science, even the most expensive printers on the market will print the exact same picture slightly differently each time.

Also, check the features on your printer. Unless it explicitly says you can print borderless, checking the box won't actually do anything.

>>281959

Did you install the drivers?
yeah
Are all of your photos/documents in CMYK?
yeah
Are you printing on good quality paper?
eh i mean its card stock but regular paper yields the same results
Are you actually selecting the proper paper type in print settings?
this could be the issue because it defaults to glossy no matter what. if im using regular stock paper the option for it is greyed out
Are your application print settings conflicting with the driver settings?
in terms of settings like bleed? its possible. I always use a 0p9 bleed which shouldnt be an issue because its industry standard isnt it?
Have you cleaned/aligned your printheads?
yeah. just recently in fact

it does say i can print borderless and ive seen people print borderless in reviews for this specific model. I found the setting for it but it crops and rescales whatever im trying to print to a smaller size. ive tried playing around with any settings i can find and it still gives the same results.

im honestly just trying to avoid having to trim white edges off every document i ever print because its a time consuming pain in the ass

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>>281870
It's been said a bazillion time here : simple and formal.

Simple. Black and white, no logos or wordmarks, no fancy alignments or display fonts, no infographic shit, no QR codes. Standard, plain-ass .docx file unless specified otherwise.

Leave the experimentation to your Portfolio.

>>281889
>>281893
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/beautiful-resume-design/

Why is there articles like this where it tells you that customized resumes would get you the job, then?

>>281550
interesting... ik on 3d its called anti-alliasing. maybe just blur and the un-sharpen tool + blending layers?

>>281550
guess you could just add a light blur and grain

>>281550
Select your object, shrink your selection by 1 or 2 px, and blur that shit.

Protip - CMD + Click a layer selects anything that's not transparent in a layer.

>>281350
Looks like some shit that people make when they get gimp.

Seriously though, did you even put any thought into this?

>>281350
I think its good
You showed light and shadow, scale, some dynamics. Space stuff is cool.

>>281350
mediocre-lack of imagination-be more playful-work it on photoshop-don´t show it again-

Lobster but it's considered a faux pas on the level of Comic Sans nowadays, I wouldn't use it unless the client specifically asks for it.

>>281323
newfag to gd here, but why is it considered bad? Because it's a recognizable font? Or because it's over used?

>>281403
Because it's become associated with bad taste after being randomly slapped on everything for the last few years

>reasons
You want to use a dreamstime stock photo without actually paying for it?

>>279988
>>reasons
Youre a degenerate thief?

I hope who ever youre making this for doesnt pay and you see the irony

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>your own work, possibly?
sure pal, did this texture a few days ago, it's all yours

>>279194
see
>>276967

>>279194
im underage xD xdDD

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The only good vaporwave album

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>>277596

Fuck off

>>277595
No.
But I understand, understand, the concept of love.