TheoRockNazz Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Heya guys, So I got some great advice recently that I need to better embrace the nerd, and also update the logo - something that will also work as a shop sign. Video games and anime heavily inspire my creations, so I wanted to come across clearly... although I do worry it sort of slaps you in the face, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhitee93 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Always have to embrace the nerd within! I get the 8-bit theme, but I think your lettering is going to have readability issues as you scale it up or down. It's pretty hard to make out in the pic here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 looks like you have the shakes; too many stress concentrators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 There's . . . LETTERING?! Swords in the anvil look good but the handle on the hammer doesn't cut it for me. Flip it over, head on anvil, handle up. It's too low a res graphic for much detail, I think a straight handle is the better option, maybe a knob on the end but that's pretty iffy. A single vertical sword with a horizontal hammer driving it into the anvil? Corner trim looks good. The design in the anvil looks good enough but I don't know what it adds other than to fill a large BLACK space. Of course those are just my opinion. My logos stink so. . . Really, who wants to patronize a snowman melting over an anvil? Frosty The Lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Mr. Rocknazz, I personally think that the logo is too busy. I suggest that you avoid the jaggies. You can save that for a computer game logo, if required. I second Frosty's idea that the logo size is too small to carry all that detail. The foregoing is solely my opinion. Regards, SLAG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in Oly, WA Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I like how the second "Z" turns into the next "N" in the 360 NAZZ square. The pixelization is kind of crazy, but I understand it. In the right sword the two pixel jump on the second and fourth stack, I'd move over and have just a one pixel jump, just to straighten the sword up. If you were trying to make that sword look curved, then forget what I just said and put more two pixel jumps in and really curve it. Put enough curve in to make it look obviously intentional. Might even make the two swords and the hammer larger in comparison to the anvil. Another way to embrace the nerd might be to take out the pixelization, smooth it up and put some science-like effects into the logo - periodic table elements, alloy formulas. Take all the element blocks from the periodic table that are used in steel and blacksmithing and form them into a pixel-effect anvil. But all this is just my opinion. Carry on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Much too busy, and very hard to read. As much as there's a family legacy with the square NAZZ logo, you might want to consider just the anvil with a single "NAZZ" inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JME1149 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I get what you are trying to do, but I have to agree that the lettering of the NAZZ is too busy. As a suggestion, bump the letters apart by one pixel to separate them and compensate by increasing the anvil outline by one pixel all around. I like the shape of the sword on the left better than the right. Add one clear pixel between the hammer handle and anvil to separate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 What about a sword crossing a hammer in the center of the anvil? Do you HAVE to have an anvil? What about just a sword crossing a hammer or something? I'm NOT offended if you hate that idea!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzelik Hammar Posted September 24, 2017 Share Posted September 24, 2017 Maybe turn the "nazz" square on is corner and run a cross sword and hammer behind it? Kinda piratey and you can focus on the name being clear. Sadly the overall effect of the current one is too busy and feels like it was stretched beyond is limits, breaking clean lines into pixels. Love the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-1ToolSteel Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 What about something sorta along the lines of this? Just to keep you wheels turning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Hammer and Sickle ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Hammer and Sickle ? Popsicle maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Moffett Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Don't know if this will help but here's my logo, maybe it'll help you decide on something. I modified a Celtic knot so there is an "M" in it but besides that its pretty simple, Keep it simple. Cheers Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzelik Hammar Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 To keep with your theme, but make it easier on the eyes, maybe go with the Anvil and Zelda looking sword, centered vertical on the Anvil, with the nazz square center? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoRockNazz Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Thank you everyone for the great input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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