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Stupid logo design (need opinions)

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:35 pm
by joyride
I have been attempting(aka forced into it) to design a logo for a school group called Human Performance Institute. I had been working on one for a while, and it looked good until someone found another logo very close to it. I spent today redesigning and came up with something, only to find another that may be too close to it. What do you guys think? Is logo 2 too close in design to logo 1?

(logo 1 is existing logo, logo 2 is what I worked on today)

They want to be able to see an 'h,p and i' in the logo, and it has to be embroidered (hence the lack of detail)

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:43 pm
by Bfowler
damn, i really like 1. although #2 lets you notice the "HPI" more

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:25 am
by nico boom
Bfowler wrote:damn, i really like 1. although #2 lets you notice the "HPI" more
X2.... nice work on that second one btw; dynamic logo, with good recognision of the letters.

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:32 am
by Rold Gold
I like #1. It looks like a dood running. IMHO, logos don't have to resemble the name but when it works out that it can.........its kool.

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:37 am
by stipud
#1 looks like a tampon brand or something

They don't really look similar at all.

Your logo I think would look better without the thin line on the left side. Maybe put a dot on top of the guys "arm" to symbolize the I.

Like this... the P is still visible in negative space without the line, and the I looks like a hand and an I at the same time. The "hpi" is also built bottom-to-top and biggest-to-smallest in order.

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:32 am
by joyride
Thanks for the help guys. Ive been staring at that stupid stuff forever, and was getting burned out. I had the thin line removed on several, but i have to include it, as the engineers probably wont be seeing the negative 'p'. Oh well, I will have to see. I just hope they dont think it is too close.

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:01 pm
by stipud
I guess you could give him an oompa-loompa mullet?

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:14 pm
by Bfowler
he looks like he's ready to do a streetfighter uppercut

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:20 pm
by HoseHead
Put some tits on HER, you chauvinists....... :D