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i kinda dont like either, but i like the first one better. I personally like a rectangle shaped logo, it works better for web pages, banners and decals.
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Old car: 1999 Sentra SE-L Turbo: USDM sr20de, t25 turbo, hot shot intercooler kit, BIG ass fmic, nismo fpr, autometer fp gauge/boost gauge, mbc set at stock boost for now! 7psi= more traction>11psi=less traction.
i hope you want honesty.
The first one looks anime'ish
the second one looks dumb
I don't like either. I would just go with something that says "gofastdepot.com" and either big tities or a nice looking nissan
trust me
LOOK AT MOSSY! http://www.sr20forum.com/showthread.php?t=139709 I CAN'T get my mind of MOSSY (get the point yet, cause I think they did)
Of course we want an honest opinion. I figured sense you guys are the ones that support our store, might as well let your voices be heard.
Of course we want an honest opinion. I figured sense you guys are the ones that support our store, might as well let your voices be heard.
-Enrique
I don't want to be mean, as I think you know. I am basing my opinion purely on "Which logo would be most appealing and likely to attract customers, yet still be true to the company without being cheesy"
Basically I think Lose the GFD. I think it doesn't look good. My mind thinks other words when I see GFD, and not gofastdepot. Heres what i'm thinking:
The name should be spelled out, and not necessarily include the .com, as not make it ".com cliche'ish" and seem like some regular compilation of code (website or generic website store). You want your customers to remember the whole name and visualize what it stands for. Or, when people see the ad, they want to think "that is where I need to go to get that turbo or racing clutch"
Go Fast Depot. You think a place that has a warehouse of parts to make your car fast. You think "fast", that is the key there.
I would think a simple banner with a car, not looking ricey, or maybe an engine or a car with engine shot. Something that some-one would see and what to imitate themselves. This object would be the background, and there would be a simple logo saying go fast depot, BUT the FAST would be FAST as in slanted, winded, or angled in such a way that it would entale something going fast or whizzing by the words to cause them to look slanted (a car driving by).
so something that looks like GO FAST DEPOT
and then have the background with car, engine, car and engine, or car driving fast
for example, as it so happens while i am typing this there is the x02 racing banner. they have "racing" in bold and slanted. the x02 is made big enough so that it's impact on the viewers memory is as much as the slanted "racing" so the entire name is remembered whole. Plus, to enhance the "quick, fast, racing" feeling the have this kind of check mark behind the text going from fatter to thinner, as if quickly written or sprayed. Then they have pictures of cars, clutches, flywheels, rims, tires, body kits, all neatly placed to attract attention not only to the name, but exactly what they carry. They also have just the name without the .com larger and more extensively graphiced, and then the website address below and less notibly. If they like the store name, the product and idea, they will search for the address after being first drawn to the name and graphics. this means they WANT to go to your site and potentially buy your product.
personally, a warehouse shot of performance parts themselves, or racks of intakes or clutches, really looks good on a homepage, just not plastered all over the place
thats just my thoughts on this if i REALLY think about it
but maybe you don't want to go that all-out for a t-shirt or sticker, but that is what I think would really attract people and get name recognition. I mean, its almost the year 2006, you can go better then just ... GFD
I'll take Farm Boss's sentiments even further: The words Go and Fast are the eye-and-ear catchers in the name of the business. Those two words need to be emphasized, with Depot secondary, and the .com part tertiary at best.
why bother with opinions, its what YOU like, and what YOU want that matters.
personally, id just rip off the Home Depot logo
Well customer opinions are important to us and the above picture is GOLD | We are having shirts made and are looking for something to put on them thats worth looking at. Something less generic than just a .com dot com.
-Enrique
Well customer opinions are important to us and the above picture is GOLD | We are having shirts made and are looking for something to put on them thats worth looking at. Something less generic than just a .com dot com.
-Enrique
I don't want to be mean, as I think you know. I am basing my opinion purely on "Which logo would be most appealing and likely to attract customers, yet still be true to the company without being cheesy"
Basically I think Lose the GFD. I think it doesn't look good. My mind thinks other words when I see GFD, and not gofastdepot. Heres what i'm thinking:
The name should be spelled out, and not necessarily include the .com, as not make it ".com cliche'ish" and seem like some regular compilation of code (website or generic website store). You want your customers to remember the whole name and visualize what it stands for. Or, when people see the ad, they want to think "that is where I need to go to get that turbo or racing clutch"
Go Fast Depot. You think a place that has a warehouse of parts to make your car fast. You think "fast", that is the key there.
I would think a simple banner with a car, not looking ricey, or maybe an engine or a car with engine shot. Something that some-one would see and what to imitate themselves. This object would be the background, and there would be a simple logo saying go fast depot, BUT the FAST would be FAST as in slanted, winded, or angled in such a way that it would entale something going fast or whizzing by the words to cause them to look slanted (a car driving by).
so something that looks like GO FAST DEPOT
and then have the background with car, engine, car and engine, or car driving fast
for example, as it so happens while i am typing this there is the x02 racing banner. they have "racing" in bold and slanted. the x02 is made big enough so that it's impact on the viewers memory is as much as the slanted "racing" so the entire name is remembered whole. Plus, to enhance the "quick, fast, racing" feeling the have this kind of check mark behind the text going from fatter to thinner, as if quickly written or sprayed. Then they have pictures of cars, clutches, flywheels, rims, tires, body kits, all neatly placed to attract attention not only to the name, but exactly what they carry. They also have just the name without the .com larger and more extensively graphiced, and then the website address below and less notibly. If they like the store name, the product and idea, they will search for the address after being first drawn to the name and graphics. this means they WANT to go to your site and potentially buy your product.
personally, a warehouse shot of performance parts themselves, or racks of intakes or clutches, really looks good on a homepage, just not plastered all over the place thats just my thoughts on this if i REALLY think about it
but maybe you don't want to go that all-out for a t-shirt or sticker, but that is what I think would really attract people and get name recognition. I mean, its almost the year 2006, you can go better then just ... GFD
there just needs to be MORE there
I agree with the things that you have mentioned here, When it comes to banner making its a different story and we will change our banner soon to something other than just gofastdepot.com I really would like to make some non generic logo though, but most things have been done and sense we dont specifically cater to just one market is kind of difficult to come up with a single ICON that represents us as a whole. *putting brain to work*
-Enrique
it's gonna be pretty darned difficult to create a LOGO based on shape or image.
(ie: car parts, a garage/warehouse door, a nitrous bottle, an engine, etc.)
if you look at many of the more well-known ones in american culture, you will notice that MANY of them incorporate both a graphical logo, as well as some sort of text.
evvveryone in the world knows the Nike logo. Playboy. Superman. Mitsubishi.
what about CNN? Coca-Cola? FILA?
although we can argue and call them logos, or trademarks, or someo ther corporate identities, my point is, a logo can be just anything. whether it be text, or some icon -or- graphical depiction.
it would be pretty amazing if GoFastDepot.com was able to have some logo that was recognizable without having some text plastered across it: GOFASTDEPOT
but to be recognized with the simple concept of a symbol is not easy.
hence the reason that i did my logos using the company abbreviations.
im still tinkering with the style though. something should come up.
<< am not ranting. and i really like the way that FarmBoss expressed his ideas. makes me wanna redo my little design. >>
it would always be more beneficial to GoFastDepot to have 2 logos.
but not totally different.
one which could be used for their online presence: site banners, buttons, mailing list, etc.
(this would be in full color with flair)
and the other for offline work: flyers, magazine, invoices, business cards, silkscreening, etc. (this would be depicted with two colors max.)
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