new logo contest

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:35 pm

ok here is my current logo, its too "helllo kitty" and not enough "kick ass evil car audio shop" for my liking.....yea i know im a walking talking contradiction, ive got my bible in my desk yet i sell to drug dealers and pimps and shit all the time and half my customers are high and i like skulls and flames and evil looking stuff......anyway i need a new logo and whoever comes up with one that makes me the mostest happy will win all my thanks and apprecitaion......

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 2:46 pm

just put an evil "Hello Kitty" behind it... lol

I'll see if I can come up with something over the next couple days :)

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:12 pm

just so ya got a feel for the place, note the razor wire lining the fence

heres the back of the building there is a regular entry door but the 2 12x12 garage doors are what i like
http://new.photos.yahoo.com/cowboobus/a ... 042176/101

heres teh gate to get in, if you look past the semi trailers the free store and the city dump is over there

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/cowboobus/a ... 051352/102

this is the parking area out back of the building, i get to share the building wiht a roofing company.......

http://new.photos.yahoo.com/cowboobus/a ... 042343/103

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:13 pm

i got one for you terry i think it would be a pretty decent one. im no computer artist so it dosnt look very good and the program i was using sucks but here you go.

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 6:46 pm

dang, no love from devin.......

sinister audio · Post by **sinister audio** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 7:09 pm

id sport that logo it would be sweet. thats the best i could do with my graphic skills.

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:53 am

itd definitely make a statement....

geolemon · Post by **geolemon** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:19 pm

Wow, you don't believe in the retail (and real estate) philosophy of "location, location, location", do you?

Perhaps your logo should have a dented hubcap on either side of it?

OK, just having fun.

Seriously though, rather than spend big money on a sign and worry about a logo, scrape the building and paint it - clean, no funky ghetto colors (i've seen yellow buildings, and orange, and red, blue... oh boy). A fresh coat of paint will transform that place, and make people feel comfortable being there... walking up to the place even. That's worth MORE than any sign you can come up with.

Otherwise, you are 100% relying on word-of-mouth (and that word of mouth would have to include words like "Just trust me, go inside, it'll be safe, they are good guys"

A nice, simple, clean sign, I always preferred. I didn't think your first one was too bad.

I'd stick to one logo though... one on either side is pretty unnecessary... what, you can't see the first one?

It's like those Chevy cars you see certain hillbilly types driving... pickup trucks with the word CHEVROLET in big letters on the tailgate, and a trailer hitch cover... that's a chevrolet logo. And taillight covers... that have Chevrolet logos on them. And mudflaps with... chevrolet logos. Oh, and the back window.. if not a big, giant Chevy bow tie, then two of them, one on each side. Not only is that tasteless, but sort of insulting to the person. I get it, Chevrolet. That's what you are driving. Lord knows why that's a prestige thing... hardly a Mercedes - and you might note that Mercedes drivers don't have big 18" Mercedes logos in their back windows.

Anyway, of course it all depends on the sort of customer you are shooting to attract.... I wish you luck, it's always a cool thing opening up a new shop!

smoker · Post by **smoker** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 4:34 am

well ive been there since the summer and painting the building is out because the building isnt mine, there are 3 other businesses in there too....ive done pretty good with word of mouth, i wasnt worried about a sign on the building becasue the city wont let me do it......they dont even want me there to be honest with you...they are afraid i will create an unruly atmosphere so until ive been there a while and can prove it isnt so they are being difficult to say the least.......im just more concerned with projecting an image that will have people checking me out even if they just see the sticker on a car...im not sure that the current logo projects the right image....

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:40 am

Ok it took me a lil longer to throw something together, but how's this:
[img][IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b388/ ... tions1.jpg[/img][/IMG]