Crazy Mad Corals Logo

[Dace]

Hi Everyone, We at CMC have been looking for a nice logo for our company and thought what would be better then to get some input from a forum we consider our home. We have been working hard on building a reliable system to house our quality corals as well as setting very reasonable pricing on our stock. As we move forward towards reaching our goal, we would like to get a interesting logo that would best represent CMC.

With that being said we have selected a poll to see if you can rate which one of the follow five marks you find most favorite to least in terms of memorability and overall first impression.. Any addition input or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Crazy Mad Corals



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[NYreefNoob]

do you plan to keep back ground white ? honestly none pop out, maybe more along line's of a mad scientist holding a coral or such to go with store name, crazy, mad, corals and break up the words crazy mad corals, lol thats what i think of when i see the name

 

[DREUTZ]

I agree with NYreefNoob. Not really loving any of them. If I HAD to pick one it would be 5. I'll design a good one for a frag or 2!!

 

[SWITCH420]

not feeling any of the logos

 

[albano]

DACE, luv ya man, BUT sorry,:scratchch ...those logos are N:fish: F:goldfish2G ...back to the drawing board!:idea:

 

[zook]

A little more constructive criticism would be very helpful. How are you interpreting each logo and what you like and dislike about them? If you look at these and think about it tomorrow or next week, which one would you remember?

I know CMC is dedicated to high quality marine life and not just corals. The logos go from something that's sophisticated (1) to something very extreme and expressive (5). I personally enjoy 2 as I think it's very memorable and unexpected as it's fun as the hobby should be.

 

[jerl77]

someone here must design for a living give up some frags and let them design the logo i am not feeling anyone of them sorry
but if i had to go with something #5

 

[NYreefNoob]

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dave i like this but i did steal it from somewhere else, but along the lines of it

 

[anthony27]

I like 5 it defines the name

 

[grknyer]

>>> MAD CORALS <<<

#1 Lettering looks to Alien like.

#2 Pacman??? Too retro. Let bygones be bygones. You have to think ahead but not to far ahead like logo #1

#3 The C ,M is there but the last C is some sort of sps. I HATE SPS!! so no good.

#4 I see you corrected the last C but still not feeling it. Maybe it's just me but does anyone else see #2,#3,#4 and think of Mastercard. Change the colors.

#5 Maybe but with alot of modifications. I agree with Rick in using some kind of mad scientist or crazy person etc.. in the logo. Maybe that character could be holding some kind of crazy colored chalice frag in one hand and the dremmel in the other.

 

[SWITCH420]

heres a few i did messing around....

 

[Wes]

i dig the pacman but i am a product of the 80's...

 

[James]

Switch, nice job.

Bottom one with the professor holding a test-tube of crazy colored corals (alliteration anyone?) needs some touching up but I really like the concept and the look.

James

 

[SWITCH420]

thanks yea did them in about 10 mins just giving him some ideas

 

[rookie07]

I picked the last one, b/c every time I see CMC I think of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

 

[Crazy Mad Corals]

Thanks everyone for your input. Keep it coming.

 

[flipit13]

just messing around dave
i sent you a pm

 

[zook]

Two good things to keep in mind when designing a good logo:

1. A logo has the same purpose as your name and mine; it tells you apart from someone else. A good logo needs to stand out from a very occupied and competitive landscape (see below). As you can see, slabbing a funky font on a colorful image is nothing new.

2. A logo needs to portray a specific message. The words crazy and mad has both positive and negative connotations. I would want my goods and services from CMC to be excellent and awesome, but not deranged and unpredictable. I believe CMC wants to come across as providing quality, high-end, and exotic marine life.

On a side note, a good logo takes time and avoids the obvious solutions. FedEx took close to 4 years to create their logo; who here have ever notice the secret arrow in the FedEx logo?

 

[Alex]

The mad scientist idea works but it needs to pop.

what about a sea cow/fish of sorts with the name, like "mad cow".

 

[rookie07]

Zook has some excellent input.

Zook you must have gone to business school, am I right?