Design a Logo Contest!!! Cash prize!!!

MartyMcFly3

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Mods if this is not allowed please let me know. I know we have done this in the past.

My wife is starting up her own special effects and beauty makeup. What this entails: She helps commercial haunted houses with makeup, scene set up and scene ideas. She also takes old props and gives them a new customized look specific to people's haunt or attraction. While her company specializes in special effects makeup, she also does Bridal makeup, face painting and other makeup endeavors.

She recently got picked up by a local town to head a Zombie festival in October. This means she will be putting her information on the city's fliers. We were wondering if the good people of ATOT would help design a logo for us for these fliers and for our website. Basically we want it to come across both a beauty makeup and a zombie/scary makeup company with Blacklist Creations on it.

You can add "Makeup Company" to the end of Blacklist Creations, or leave it out. Colors don't matter either. Total artistic freedom. For the font of the company name, we would like to have something that's in between scary looking and fancy cursive. Something that hints to both, if that makes sense.

Rules:
*The contest is open to anyone.
*The design must be original
*The winner will be selected by my wife and I. We may also work with the winner to finalize the design or ask for slight modifications if necessary.
*All designs submitted become property of/ownership of Blacklist Creations.
*If this contest just becomes people posting joke pictures of a logo (MS Paint or something like my concept picture :p), and no actual submissions are made, the contest is cancelled. While I expect some of you will post funny pictures, I hope some take this contest somewhat seriously as we could really use the help.
*Contest goes until August 31st

If you have questions, feel free to ask.

Now for the Cash:
The person who's logo we like the best will receive $60 submitted via paypal.
First runner up will receive $30 submitted via paypal.
Second runner up will receive $10 submitted via paypal.

I have been a co-runner of the ATOT Secret Santa for multiple years, participating every year so that should easily vouch that I will honor the prizes. I know the money isn't much, but we just recently had a baby and money is kind of on the tight side for us. This opportunity in October for my wife is huge for both her and us. We appreciate any interest in this contest and any submissions. You can find out more/see details of her work on the website: Blacklist Creations

Thanks in advance and good luck!

ENTRIES:
phucheneh
Crono
lytalbayre
xanis
nace186
Patranus
Gorobei

Winners are as followed:

First Place:

We did not have a clear cut first choice. We liked xanis' approach for business cards, but we also liked phucheneh's two face picture and have already started implementing it. Therefore, since we can't decide on a clear winner since both are awesome, both xanis and phucheneh will get $60 each!

Second Place:
lytalbayre
- You put in a lot of effort and came up with another cool black and white image we can use for promotional material.

Third Place:
Crono, nace186, patranus, gorobei
- You four took the contest seriously as well, and because of that, you deserve some form of our gratitude. You all will receive $10.

PMs will be sent to notify the winners shortly. Thank you all AGAIN for all the work you did for us. We can't begin to express our gratitude.
 
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Crono

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Hmm, I might give it a shot when I get home.
I'm supposed to be doing some logo design for myself, but I'm not that great (I'm not a graphic designer or a traditional artist) so maybe this will be good practice. :D
 

phucheneh

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I might give it a shot, but I'm terrible at making stuff like you posted from scratch. Those face/mask bits, that is. I could do it in, like, one or two color 2D, but not anything with detail.
 

JamesV

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Don't know if I can help with a logo, but after reading your post, I was imagining a profile of a beautiful woman's face with ethereal brushes around her, turning her perfect beauty into a visage of a werewolf or demon.

But I do like the idea of stage masks, which I got from your drawing.

Might I suggest changing the name of your business however? Blacklist Creations sounds like an extreme pornography studio. I don't get one hint of special effects or makeup from the name.
 

phucheneh

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I went ahead and threw something together quick, kind of in the vein of what I would prefer to use in such a situation. Catches the eye easily, but simple; can be printed or embroidered on work shirts, go on invoices, ect.

Emphasis on quick. I was originally just drawing the masks as placeholders, but I kinda like the style and wouldn't mind refining something in the same simple two-color vibe.

Mostly just wanna see how attached to your original idea you are- how the text is laid out, shape of logo, ect.

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edit: gay mediafire jacked up my transparency. Was supposed to be an addition white outline instead of a white background.
 
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Crono

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Okay, I gave it a shot.

Neither the vampire nor the zombie are my works, but are from a public domain stock image site (openclipart.org) and free to use for all commercial and non-commercial purposes, though I did color in the vampire (I'm a big boy now - I can stay in the lines :D). Zombie reminds me of the old Fusetalk one.


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Crono

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I went ahead and threw something together quick, kind of in the vein of what I would prefer to use in such a situation. Catches the eye easily, but simple; can be printed or embroidered on work shirts, go on invoices, ect.

Emphasis on quick. I was originally just drawing the masks as placeholders, but I kinda like the style and wouldn't mind refining something in the same simple two-color vibe.

Mostly just wanna see how attached to your original idea you are- how the text is laid out, shape of logo, ect.

poz1ma9om47gq13fg.jpg


edit: gay mediafire jacked up my transparency. Was supposed to be an addition white outline instead of a white background.

I like it. :) :thumbsup:
 

MartyMcFly3

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phucheneh and Crono are officially entered into the contest. Thank you guys for your interest/submission!

Also, there are no limits to the number of entries you all can make, so keep that in mind. I should have stated that from the get go.

phucheneh - we aren't married to how we had it, but my wife really likes the two face idea since it shows that she does both beauty makeup and special effects makeup. She is willing to stray from that concept though so let the creative juices start flowing.

crono - She likes the zombie but not the vampire as again it only shows special effects makeup.

With JamesV's comment, I think we will need to add "Makeup Company" to the logo.
 
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Crono

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I'm offended she didn't think my vampire was beautiful enough. Easily 50 shades of makeup applied. :D
Second/final attempt. I'd play around with it more, except I really need to work on logos for my own stuff, lol. Fun concept, though.

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MartyMcFly3

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I'm offended she didn't think my vampire was beautiful enough. Easily 50 shades of makeup applied. :D
Second/final attempt. I'd play around with it more, except I really need to work on logos for my own stuff, lol. Fun concept, though.

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After review, she likes the font and shape of yours but isn't a fan of the clipart. You have all of august to work on it as well so don't get discouraged. Also other ideas are welcome. :)
 

MartyMcFly3

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Sorry. After rereading it I can see that come across as dickish which was not my intent at all. I just meant that this contest doesnt have to be a "OMG get it in now" type of deal. Crono, please dont take the above as an insult. My wife and I are very appreciative of what you guys come up with.

Edit: I also PMd an apology to Crono if he took offense.
 
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dougp

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Sorry. After rereading it I can see that come across as dickish which was not my intent at all. I just meant that this contest doesnt have to be a "OMG get it in now" type of deal. Crono, please dont take the above as an insult. My wife and I are very appreciative of what you guys come up with.

Edit: I also PMd an apology to Crono if he took offense.

I assumed, but it just caught me by surprise. I don't think the clipart is a bad idea, because honestly, you're not giving enough of an incentive for someone to take much time to do the design.
 

MartyMcFly3

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No I agree, and the second I reread what I said, I even thought I came across as a jerk which wasnt my intent at all. I know the $100 total isnt much, but money's tight right now and this opportunity in October for her is the chance shes been looking for. We are busy trying to accumulate makeup for this during the next few months.

Even a basic traditional style logo is better than nothing, so I am sorry if I was too pushy/demanding before. My wife is very grateful that random strangers are trying to help out with her starting business. :)
 

MartyMcFly3

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Thats a really sharp look! Very nice. We are thinking of scrapping the original idea I had and leaning more towards something like this. Looks more professional.
 

purbeast0

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yeah xanis is the best by far imo. you also gotta think if it's a logo it may be printed out on physical products like a shirt or something. the first couple wouldn't translate very well to being printed on something imo.
 

purbeast0

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I had sometime this morning to fool around.

Totally different, but here ya go:

Blacklist.jpg

damn that one is pretty badass too. the only thing i'd do if it were me is make the split more 50/50. it looks more like 60/40 to the womans face.