New logo design works...

[galadduin]

Today I asked kindly to my girlfriend to help me to design a logo to etch on my knives. She knows how to use Corel and she is very talented for design works. After 1 -2 hours later she sent an email of a design. What do you think of this, I liked it a lot...
Currently I only put my signature on each blade but I wanted to have more info on my blades, year and the location is the only info I wanted to put, I don't want to make the logo crowded with "custom", "knives" or "knife maker" etc. tags. Also Bodrum is almost unique in the world so I don't need to add "Turkey" also IMO...

 

[skilldust]

I like it, simple yet graceful
Jerry

 

[WadeH]

I like it allot. Now does she want to do one for me?

 

[indian george]

Looks sweet:thumbup:

 

[Phil Dwyer]

Looks good at that scale. How does it hold up when you go as small as you'll be wanting to go? As for Bodrum...I sure didn't know it was a place name, never mind a Turkish one, but them I'm pretty uncultured.

 

[galadduin]

Thanks friends for comments. I played on PhotoShop, here is how it will look. I fear the curve is too large, what do you think?

 

[Rat Finkenstein]

honestly, the swooping line looks like (and is) the curve used for the the top text, but they forgot to delete it. And the Bodrum reads as a last name, but clashes with the font in "Emre". There are slight tracking issues with the fonts as well. It looks like a good start, but I would do some tweaking if it were me.

 

[galadduin]

honestly, the swooping line looks like (and is) the curve used for the the top text, but they forgot to delete it. And the Bodrum reads as a last name, but clashes with the font in "Emre". There are slight tracking issues with the fonts as well. It looks like a good start, but I would do some tweaking if it were me.

Thanks for the critic, it was just in time when we were working on tweaking it and your thoughts are spot on.

 

[TekSec]

I really like it but as said, I'd take the Bodrum and fit it to the inside of the bottom curve and add Turkey (i.e. Bodrum, Turkey)

 

[galadduin]

Ok, here is the last tweaking job, now the whole logo makes a knife, the curve is the handle, signifying the smoothness of the job, signature goes to the edge of the knife, it can be smooth but I produce sharp objects after all , it is now more bold and eye catching, spine has the location and the year... Also there is a version for smaller knives without the curve (handle). The font will be tweaked, the gap with "m" and" "r" will be closed... So now how do you like?

 

[go mike]

I like that a lot better than the first design. I didn't want to say anything about the original design, but it just seemed too big for the little Emre. But now with it in the shape of a knife, I think it looks good. One thing you should keep in mind is do you think that the bodrum-2009 will show up when it is small?

I'll come up with an example of what I think could work and post it.

EDIT: Excuse the crude CAD drawing.

 

[ddavelarsen]

Emre, I'm with Erik and Phil - for us uncultured folks you might include "Turkey." Also, I'd recommend putting a point on that knife! I like your logo a lot; very classy.

 

[Jack O'Neill]

keep it simple . You do not want the logo to draw the customers eye away from the knife itself .

 

[Ebbtide]

While not a knifemaker I have been an art whore (graphic artist) for 30 years.
2 rules of graphic design that I try to live by:
Less is more.
Everything lines up with something else.

If I may
I would stack the words
Emre and Bodrum on top of each other.
Make Bodrum the same width as Emre.
Put the year on the other side of the knife.

Personally I don't like knives with logos that look like bill boards.
A discreet but recognizable signature/logo is all you need.

Oh, and you really must fix the kerning (the spaces between the letters), especially with a script font.