Stupid logo design (need opinions)

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Stupid logo design (need opinions)

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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)
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damn, i really like 1. although #2 lets you notice the "HPI" more
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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.
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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.
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#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.
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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.
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I guess you could give him an oompa-loompa mullet?
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he looks like he's ready to do a streetfighter uppercut
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