a lil' logo help, please.

[Privateer Puddin']

http://www.btinternet.com/~ctswin/plant.png larger version

doodled this on paper today, removed the lines from the paper.. now, could anyone perhaps tidy it up, do some edit to make it better or even do a vector version or something

I think i'd like it to stay black and white.. i'll post anything i do

Name is Plant Games (plant is a college nickname ¬¬) if you want to play around with some different text.

It's for a short game i'm working on, that might evolve into a series of short games

Thanks

[Helm]

This is how I'd handle this logo, although I must say, I really am not very good with them:



Nothing's finished, just to give you an idea. The font may be too strict for this type of deal.

[Privateer Puddin']

well, i made this, it's too much of a tree, than a plant, and it probably uses too many colours, 42 i think not including the background colour

[Andail]

For a logo it's way too complicated...try to minimize the colours and make the shapes really simple.
Helm's attempt is decent, but the whole style is a bit lame - no offense - I'd like to see some sharper style, more interesting shapes.
It's hard, undoubtedly.

[Seleceus]

Just for the sake of brainstorming.  Did a little photo chopping, then filtered the living daylights out of it.  It could use some more clean up to sharpen, and maybe anti-aliasing, but you can see where it's going.

[Kweepa]

I think the problem is that Plant by itself is an exceptionally boring name, with boring associations.
If you really want to keep Plant in there, you could try:
Instant                                Games
Nuclear     +    Plant     +     Studios
Trans                                   Inc
Digital
Purple

None of these are great, but they conjure up a unique brand image.

[stuh505]

Lol.  Transplant games.  Good one Steve  :

[Ozwalled]

How 'bout  MAN-EATING PLANT!

[Scummbuddy]

Transplant games.Ã, 

turning your logo into a frankenstein like creature, much like Robot Chicken (fantastic show) could make a pretty good logo.

[Privateer Puddin']

I think the problem is that Plant by itself is an exceptionally boring name, with boring associations.

I see your point, for everyone else it may have boring associations, but for my college friends, who i am making it with / for, they have another connotation for the word plant ;o

perhaps if it is an issue, i can just change the logo screen for college and general release

also, plant games was used in little VB games we made it computing, so it's kinda stuck in college, but outside (ie on these forums) anything else can be used :p

[der.uwe]

hi, i scanned this one in, the face has to be changed.

[Czar]

Now that is what i call Plant Entertaintment. 
(The bigger version is even more beautiful)
http://2dadventure.com/upload/ls-live-bud-3x.jpg

You could silhouette(sp) it .

C.

[BlackMan890]

I took the advantage of modifying the picture:

Original in 256 Col.

Original in 256 Col. in 640 x 480 Res.

Original in 256 Col. in 320 x 200 Res.

Original in 256 Col. in 640 x 480 Res. With text (nothing fancy)

Well, this is just an idea of what you can do!

[Penguinx]

I own a print shop and can attest to the fact that the multi color designs are pricey to reproduce. I came up with a limited color (2 colors, halftoned) solution for you.



Illustrator file download.

Just something I whipped up in a few minutes. If you want me to expand on it, I can.

Edit: Sorry for the filesize. I posted the JPG at 300dpi in case his friends wanted to print it out at a later date.

[voh]

I just thougth I'd get some practise in, so yeah :p

I made two sprites based on der.uwe's drawing (which I like a lot ), one with single pixel lines, one with double pixel lines. In B&W

[BlackMan890]

if you are going to use the edit, then the 2 pixel ne is much better (i find)

making a logo is a big step so you should find a good one you are sure will look good on the games and things you are going to create


PS
Yeah, this is the 15 post