Logo: Masthead for Animation Project

[Scarlet Dawn]

I love the style of this...but I can't read it...I think the problem is the third and fourth letter, maybe just work on making them a bit more legible, then I think it would be ok :]

[McRage]

Is it suposed to say 'fairytale'?

The y is a little wierd and looks more like a g. If the y is made a little more narrow and perhaps not so enclosed upper left part of the letter... (I hope you understand what I try to say, its rather hard explaining in words...). Also the small extra hook under the y should be removed so that it doesnt look like two seperate letters.
You see... not only can the y be misinterpeted as a g, but also as two different letters something like a C and a lowered S perhaps.

So, redo the y and you'll get a logo that is easier to read.

[LightFreeze]

Hi
I would seperate the i and r

together they could be p h or n which just throws you off the rest

and if seperating isn`t enough start to shorten the i`s leg

hope this helps

[LordDubu]

You've all been very helpful. The general consesus has been that my blended letters were problematic. I took a bunch of your criticisms, and those of another forum and came up with this little less stylized masthead.

http://www.studiozion.com/images/wip/fairytale/masthead_v0004.jpg

[LordDubu]

I dunno... it might be more legible, but I think it's loosing some "oomph"... also... something just doesn't look right about it. Does anyone here on cgtalk have logo-design experience that might be able to suggest changes to baseline, leading, t-line etc?

http://www.studiozion.com/images/wip/fairytale/masthead_v0004b.jpg

[LordDubu]

http://www.studiozion.com/images/wip/fairytale/masthead_v0004c.jpg

Trying to give it back some of the character it lost... while maintaining legibility.

[LordDubu]

http://www.studiozion.com/images/wip/fairytale/masthead_v0004d.jpg

[LordDubu]

http://studiozion.com/images/wip/fairytale/masthead_v0004e.jpg

[LordDubu]

http://studiozion.com/images/wip/fairytale/masthead_v2000.jpg

[Scarlet Dawn]

that looks a lot better and it is still very stylized ^_^

[LordDubu]

http://www.studiozion.com/images/wip/fairytale/masthead_v2001.jpg

[BiTMAP]

wonderful

[LordDubu]

And this one tries to incorporate my splatter technique so prevalent in my style, and by virtue of that all the concept art for "Project: Fairytale"

http://www.studiozion.com/images/wip/fairytale/masthead_v2002.jpg

[LordDubu]

http://www.studiozion.com/images/splash_fairytaleD.gif

[Scarlet Dawn]

cool character! but I think the flames in the background are to distracting. I think you should remove them so that you can keep the focus on the text and the character. The "i" in fairytale looks like a torch so maybe you could play with that idea a bit

[LordDubu]

Yeah. I agree, and I can see how it's distracting.

So here's the conflict...

I really want the flames, they communicate a crucial element of the main character's damnation.

I'll play with it and see if I can reduce the flame's current overbearing.

[LordDubu]

http://www.studiozion.com/images/splash_fairytaleE.gif

[the sparky]

Yeah, the newer one works a lot better. I really like the design for the logo that you ended up with. The only suggestion I have is to make the i a bit shorter than the Y. It's a cool shape, but there's so much emphasis on it that (to me) it breaks up the word before "fairy" ends.

[LordDubu]

I suppose this is as good a place as any, to unveil my new TEASER TRAILER SKETCH (http://www.studiozion.com/fairytale/fairytale_teaser_30sec_c.avi) seeing as how the reason I redesigned my masthead now, is because I wanted it for the teaser.

It's about 7.5 megs, and is really just to help me evaluate timing. The music (used without permission) is by Deliverance (an early 90s Christian metal band now defunct) is not to be used in the final, but just to help my future music guy, whoever he or she for that matter may be, to get a feel for mood emotion etc.

[Scarlet Dawn]

the new flames work alot better! :]

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