Access World logo (1 Viewer)

[The_Doc_Man]

To save anyone else the trouble: Lover of big words.

 

[AccessBlaster]

Doc stop making us google big words

I definitely had to.

 

[Jon]

I am very tempted to get some software called Affinity Designer. It helps you create graphics, logos etc. Much cheaper than Photoshop, which requires a monthly subscription. Instead, it is like £50, as a one-off payment.

 

[Minty]

And there was me thinking it meant the Doc was "74yearoladrian" because I can't read properly.

(septuagenarian to save you you all looking it up)

 

[Minty]

3d Paint.
I rockz at graphic design !

 

[Dreamweaver]

I like This

but

Could the backgroud be made invisable as I thing That would work with bot dark and like styles
As it's a access site maybe the this image just useing your colour?

mick

 

[Jon]

I have been collecting some ideas of elements I would like to add to the logo. Here are a few ideas:

I kinda like the concept of a box around the text and the font in the first image. I like the idea of a small orange dot somewhere in the logo. Thought about having "Access" as the main word and perhaps "world" as a smaller word underneath. Not so sure though. Just quite like the font in the last image.

 

[Jon]

@MickJav The bin kind of logo in the image you posted is actually another database companies logo. But that concept seems common for database representations. Many companies are using a similar thing. I could do an adaption of that.

 

[AccessBlaster]

So far I like this one the best.

 

[Minty]

Here is another one - I think I should become an artist with these skills...

 

[Jon]

You do like a bit of 3D! It's kinda fun creating logos. Better than doing real work.

 

[Dreamweaver]

I'm totally useless at working with images but the more versions you see will help as you might see bits from each which might end up with a nice image for the forum.

 

[Jon]

Yes I agree. I actually go to Google images and type things like "database logo", "world logo" etc.

 

[Jon]

 

[Jon]

I'm building up a big list of different ideas for the logo. Quite enjoying myself. Getting an idea of font combinations, what could be used to represent data and so on. I will buy Affinity Designer today, so at least I then have a tool to create the logo.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I have been avoiding this discussion. My artistic skills are strictly musical. I have been accused of being unable to draw flies with

 

[Jon]

It's harder than you think Doc. I have spent countless hours over the years creating logos for different sites of mine. I am getting a bit better at it, but its much harder to do without the right tools. I thieve ideas from other logos and combine them in the ultimate mess!

 

[The_Doc_Man]

It's harder than you think Doc.

Since my graphics skills are not very good, I already think that logo design is incredibly hard without borrowing from other systems or situations. So, no, it is NOT harder than I think. It is exactly as hard as I think, which for me is "damned near impossible."

I was a total disappointment to my father whose visual art skills were quite good. He was a commercial artist doing advertising layouts for a while, though it paid badly and he eventually found a better job as a fire fighter for Jefferson Parish Louisiana. Good pay, great medical benefits, tremendous retirement benefits. I took after my mother, who had musical skills all over the place. Her second career was to teach music with a local musical instrument company because they offered lessons to customers and she LOVED teaching kids. She could only take them so far before they needed a new teacher, but until she started getting sick with Alzheimer's, Mom loved that second job.

 

[zeroaccess]

I'm building up a big list of different ideas for the logo. Quite enjoying myself. Getting an idea of font combinations, what could be used to represent data and so on. I will buy Affinity Designer today, so at least I then have a tool to create the logo.

I have heard good things about their pixel-based editor. You definitely want vector for this though. I use Adobe Illustrator.

 

[Jon]

Just started playing with it and it is wonderful!