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Posted by Steven Schweibold
Steven Schweibold
7,742 Points

I would appreciate some feedback on my logo!

Hi Everyone!

I would love some feedback on my logo for my portfolio website. The website URL for the portfolio will be my first and last name, which is the basis for my personal branding. I'm racking my brain trying to figure out what color scheme I should use, but so far this is the best I've come up with. At the moment I have gone with an analogous color scheme for the design. The font I used is Avril Sans, which can be found here: http://www.losttype.com/font/?name=arvil.

The logo incorporates my initials SJS.

Let me know your thoughts! Link to the logo: http://imgur.com/a/t5YBM

Updated logo with a suggestion from Lea Marolt: http://imgur.com/oZfYQ92

Revision #2: http://i.imgur.com/yzhENWT.png

3 Answers

missgeekbunny
missgeekbunny
37,033 Points
missgeekbunny
missgeekbunny
37,033 Points

I think it's cool but I'm not 100% sure about the dab of purple in one place. The logo looks good I just kinda wonder why you put that little bit of purple in the one spot.

Steven Schweibold
Steven Schweibold
7,742 Points

That represents the J for my middle name.

Lea Marolt
Lea Marolt
5,127 Points
Lea Marolt
Lea Marolt
5,127 Points

Digging the font, but the purple is kind of... unpleasant. I get that it's a J, and I think it's pretty sweet how you incorporated it in, but maybe try a different color? Salmon?

Steven Schweibold
Steven Schweibold
7,742 Points

Thank you for the suggestion. Here is the modification: http://imgur.com/oZfYQ92

What do you think? I actually like it more!

missgeekbunny
missgeekbunny
37,033 Points

I like the change to salmon it makes it look a lot more deliberate and helps it not feel so awkward there. That looks really good.

Steven Schweibold
Steven Schweibold
7,742 Points

Thanks, Melissa!

Lea Marolt
Lea Marolt
5,127 Points

I like it much more, but now the purplish-blue of the first S bothers me slightly. Here's a suggestion - http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v255/leamarschein/logo_suggestion_zpsd30c993f.png

By the way, I am by no means an expert, this is just my personal opinion, so don't take it to heart too much (:

Steven Schweibold
Steven Schweibold
7,742 Points

It's totally cool, that's why I posted! You're coming up with some great suggestions. Here is my implementation: http://i.imgur.com/yzhENWT.png

Lea Marolt
Lea Marolt
5,127 Points

Well, it's a thumbs up for me (: Btw, I really love the font you used, and I'm bookmarking it for the future :D!

Steven Schweibold
Steven Schweibold
7,742 Points

Thanks! By the way, check out all of the other fonts on that site. They're free to use and once you're set to use one you can pay what you want for the licensing. It's pretty awesome!

Lea Marolt
Lea Marolt
5,127 Points

Already browsing (:!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

My personal view is that if you want to be a professional freelance web designer/developer then you should consider your logo a business startup expense and get a professional graphic designer to make one for you, say spend $100 on it. I'm told by a graphic designer friend that does a lot of logo work, it's one of the hardest areas of graphic design.