Not photography but design related...

[OdiN1701]

I was contacted to do a logo for a church...wonderin what you guys think...

[staciecd]

I like both. Simple, text is clear, and appropriate for a church. It's going to be a tough choice because both are really neat.

Stacie

[Double Negative]

I like the lower one for a couple of reasons... The people holding the cross, another reading (from the pulpit, perhaps), the top one looks a little like a "slippery when wet" road sign... Just clean up the spacing between elements on the second one (some things are not quite centered).

Well done!

[mdm]

2nd one is great. I like it. They both are nice but the 2nd one stands out to me with the color, the people, the font, and the cross.

[ChopstickHero]

bottom one is alot better.

beware of sizing of the logo. make it into different sizes, one color, two color, reverse color, etc etc to test out the visual effect of the logo and see if it is the same at all sizes. I can already see the spacing between the body and the head being lost in a smaller version of the logo... as well as the thin lines of the hands, etc.

[NickC]

beware of sizing of the logo. make it into different sizes, one color, two color, reverse color, etc etc to test out the visual effect of the logo and see if it is the same at all sizes.

Good suggestion, and there's a reason for this. Not just the visual impact, but the practical ones. People who have never designed a logo for print or electronic display rarely even think about what the logo will look like in different sizes and in different mediums.

In other words, will the logo hold up when printed on a business card vs. a letterhead vs. a brochure? You've designed the logo in color but maybe the church can't afford to reproduce it in color for every use -- so that's why you design a black-only version.

If you know anything about printing processes, you know that each extra color costs money money money to print.

Is the master file in a paint or vector-based file? Paint files sometimes don't size up and down without destruction of quality. A vector-based file will upsize and downsize with no degradation in visual quality (but then you have to know how to import it into layout programs to create things like stationery and brochures).

My apologies if you know all about how to design for print -- but hopefully this post will help others who find themselves in the same situation.

[OdiN1701]

Everything in the image is done in photoshop, so the text will size without issue.

The actual logos are based on vector-paths which simply can be resized and then stroked/filled again to get true quality.

I ought to use Illustrator but I hate that program :P

[jbkalla]

Good suggestion, and there's a reason for this. Not just the visual impact, but the practical ones. People who have never designed a logo for print or electronic display rarely even think about what the logo will look like in different sizes and in different mediums.

In other words, will the logo hold up when printed on a business card vs. a letterhead vs. a brochure? You've designed the logo in color but maybe the church can't afford to reproduce it in color for every use -- so that's why you design a black-only version.

If you know anything about printing processes, you know that each extra color costs money money money to print.

Is the master file in a paint or vector-based file? Paint files sometimes don't size up and down without destruction of quality. A vector-based file will upsize and downsize with no degradation in visual quality (but then you have to know how to import it into layout programs to create things like stationery and brochures).

My apologies if you know all about how to design for print -- but hopefully this post will help others who find themselves in the same situation.

And don't forget about ease of embroidering for hats, t-shirts, whatever...

[RossW]

I like the lower one also. In addition to the good suggestions already offered, consider changing the "T" in GEORGETOWN to emulate the cross. Nothing too radical, keep the size and color the same.

[Jeece]

I'll vote for #2 too.

The ends of the held cross are jagged like it's worn out (sawed parts). While it may be the desired effect, I don't know how well it'll turn out on smaller web version, or on small or low-lpi prints (i.e. newspapers). The left end could look like just being crooked or missing a part - but forget the sawed details.

[OdiN1701]

Yeah they are not straight...it's a kinda effect I'm doing. It's something that can change if they don't like it, etc.