Join for FREE | Take the Tour Lost Password?
Shop deviantART for the
holidays and save BIG!
Click here! :holly:
[x]

deviantART

 
:iconthedigitalangel:

Artist's Comments

Been working on and off on this for a few weeks as a mild joke for :iconcavalli814: She's been tinkering with making snowboard designs, and I thought it'd be fun to make up a logo for her.

:iconcavalli814: designs girly-ish snowboards, loves surfing, being at the beach and the colors blue and grey. Tried to incorporate all of that into this.

It's by no means finished, but I'd like some input.

Things I like:

That awesome swirl. It's from the font Nymphette, which is free on MyFonts. The main font is Ayosmonika, and it's also free (and has alternates!)

The B to E flows really nicely.

Things I'd like to work on:

I'm thinking of two strokes, one white, then another in black, possibly a chunky drop shadow.

More movement. boards to wrap around the bottom of Jbear.

More recognizable J.

Move the S in boards down so it overlaps the D's curl slightly?

The A to R still irks me. I tried making my own uppercase R that was more chunky to go with the rest of the block forms, but it wasn't working. Ideas?

Critiques


:iconlatetotheparty:
All in all, I really like this design, and from what you say about Jenna and her designs in your description, I think you've done a good job summing up her/her style with this logo.

As far as your a and r problems in "bear", maybe try connecting the e to the r, as the a and r connect in "boards"? Just a thought.

Is the flourish taken directly from Nymphette? Just curious because some parts of it don't seem as even/smooth as the rest of the type/lines in this piece. If you haven't edited it at all I would recommend just smoothing it out a little, getting rid of any unnecessary anchor points for your final draft.

If you have edited it, or if there aren't any extra anchor points, etc., then I am seeing things. Oh well.

I didn't mark this as high on originality as I would have liked to, purely because it reminds me so much of another logo I can't quite place. I'm sure it's nothing you had in mind when creating this, but I just get a really strong sense that I've seen this logo before when I look at it. Logo deja vu? Eh, maybe it's the water park feeling.

All in all, great color scheme, nice flow through the text. It's bold and eye catching without being blocky or boring.
The Artist thought this was FAIR
3 out of 3 deviants thought this was fair.

:iconragnarok2k3:
The E and A are really far apart there's just this strange stretch there also the top and bottom of the R don't look like its lining up from where its cut off by the A.

Also I didn't realize that was a J in the beginning til I had a second look at it. I'm also not too keen on having the B circle (insert professional Typographical term here) be filled in with a color, though I do think it works with the A.

Love the colors and the gradient also the font, reminds me of a theme or water park.
The Artist thought this was FAIR
2 out of 2 deviants thought this was fair.

Thank you for your Critique

You are not logged in.

Comments


love 0 0 joy 1 1 wow 0 0 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconslowpoke311:
I think this is really nice. I really like it! I recognized it as a "j" with no problem.. but that's just me. To make the "a" to "r" flow a little better, maybe try getting rid of the slight curve in the "r" by filling it in with the same blueish color. Then it will have the same feel that the "a" has with the "e". Does that make sense?! I would keep the top of the "s" in line with top of the "b" (in boards) but maybe play with the size of it so that it does curl under or overlap with the "d". I think that would look really nice!
:iconanimadversion:
I like it. The only real critique I have is to maybe incorporate the descender of the J into the wave, that would definitely make it stand out more and may make it a little more "J" familiar.

Also, on a second glance, maybe increase the bowl of the b a bit so you can thicken the top of the rest of the letters. The E in particular is looking a little thin at the top.

And if you can, maybe think of some way to add some spray from the wave without making it too obnoxious. That may be pushing it a little overboard, but meh, just a thought.

Details

May 14
101 KB
101 KB
800×618

Statistics

4
1 [who?]
182 (0 today)
5 (0 today)

Site Map