VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

tackerman · Last edited by tackerman on Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:42 am; edited 3 times in total

Hey folks. I'm revamping my website and branding. I'm thinking of sticking with voicetom.com instead of my full name. Opinions on what I've cobbled together so far? I haven't used photoshop in a few years... a bit rusty. I'm going with a simple/clean B&W motif.

Tom

LOGOs

BANNERS

Donovan · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:22 am Post subject:

The shadows/shading on the banners look awkward to me. Maybe some minor adjustments on the pixel-width of the shadow might sharpen it up.
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Dave · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:04 am Post subject:

The drop shadow version is my choice...but I agree with Donovan...its a bit fuzzy. Unfortunately, I only plunk around in PS so I can't be of help at to how to correct the problem.
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Deirdre · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:10 am Post subject:

Dear Tom-- please re-think your idea of all caps, especially with italics.
The word VOICETOM looks oddly Cyrillic.

Once you have a typestyle you like, than you can mess about with letter shading, however— If you ARE going to stay in black-and-white motif, keep clear of the embossing because it tends to muddy up the letter shapes.

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tackerman · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:12 am Post subject:

Thanks! This is the feedback I'm looking for as I fiddle around. Wink

One instead of 2 stars?

Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:25 am Post subject:

Deirdre · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 11:47 am Post subject:

#1. Whenever you use a graphic element like a star, make sure you have plenty of negative space around it. Your stars are too big for the format.

I'm OK with the star concept, but Dieter thought it was too "militaristic". I told him you were an Airman, and he said "Oh. Well, maybe that's why he likes that look."
I like stars, myself.

#2. If you are going to use all caps, you seriously ought to consider making the "T" of Tom a bit bigger than the other letters.

#3. If you want to say TOM ACKERMAN — VOICEOVERS
don't use a hyphen, it looks like you're married to a lady named "Voiceovers".

Use a dot. You can usually find one by pressing shift-alt-9.
or use an em dash — shift-alt-hyphen
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tackerman · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:00 pm Post subject:

TheVoiceOfBob · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject:

My first thought was it was an election banner. I do like the mixed types like DB demonstrated.

This is a good process to go through. You want to come up with something that will be around for a while.
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject:

tackerman · Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject:

After I did the first one my thought was a military recruiter. Laugh

tackerman · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:16 am Post subject:

OK, more fiddling this morning. Playing with gradients, drop shadows, etc. I'm not crazy about the grey font...

davediamondprovo · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:28 am Post subject:

I find the star a bit ambiguous. Have you ever considered having a third party design your logo? I used http://thelogocompany.net/ for my voiceover logo and I am thrilled with the result:

They did this one also:

The price is extremely reasonable for what you get and the turnaround is great too.

FWIW
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tackerman · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:34 am Post subject:

Thanks Dave. I'll check them out.

tackerman · Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 2:04 pm Post subject:

Check out this version from a friend of mine.