A Blushing Bride

April98 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-02-2004, 03:25 AM

Ok, here's another logo. This one is for a business that is still in the works... ABlushingBride.com, which will be geared at brides and wedding planning, invitations, etc.

What do you all think? I didn't design either of my logos, by the way. My cousin did. She's a graphic artist in Michigan.

April

chartsky · #2 (**permalink**) 05-02-2004, 05:39 PM

Very pretty. Love the colors.

Beginning a logo with "a" is one of the most horrifying tasks a graphic designer can be stuck with.... "A" means "a single unit", or "one of", and consequently is completely useless and redundant. Now.. with that said.... it happens to be your .com name.... So.... you must work with what you have.

Move the text away from your rose image - it requires some independance from the imagery.... the imagery can be anywhere.... to the right of the logo in the header for instance.... The detail of the rose image detracts from the readability of the textual elements and maybe... the bride-to-be only likes yellow roses at her wedding.... :)

I would use a solid color in the "B". The fade is great... but saying "blush", and displaying a "blush" color usually conjours up images of someone turning peach in embarrassment - without the need for a secondary motivational element designed to "help" you imagine a blush.......

Using the grey in the logo is not a great idea in my opinion. Grey would work well as color blocks and style elements within your website and printed marketing materials only, (not in the logo itself) along with flowers and general wedding imagery, this will have far more implact overall.

I have included samples below that have a stylized treatment of the "A" which infers the Internet... blah blah... but... more importantly.... gives the "a" something to do.... rather than sitting there like a football player attending a Lemas class by himself in all his playing gear.

The "B" in bride is capitalized in the first and lower case in the second (lower) example. This shifts the emphasis off off the word "bride" and hands a little more to the stylized "B" in "blushing". I don't mind it either way.. but I think the lower case "b" denotes more style gives more ability to the large "b" to be an style icon in your marketing and web graphics........ When too many similar elements are introduced (redundancies), a war of elements is bound to erupt - all of them fighting for the spotlight.... This is what I felt with your original logo.... an element war going on even though the original intention was to project softness and beauty.... ironic stuff.... :)

These are merely examples of a quick fix and do not represent a full blown logo development project, but they do exemplify the benefits of simplicity in form and design. Remove, take away, and remove some more, and you will be left with the core essence of you, your intentions, and your business purpose.

Cheers,

Chris

April98 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-02-2004, 10:37 PM

Thank you again Chris. That was quite the analysis! I had described to the designer what I was thinking of in my head, and that's how she did it. I mentioned that I was thinking of a blush color and roses.

With the examples you created, I do agree that the one that is purely blush without grey, is better looking because of that. You mentioned using a small "b" for bride, but, my eyes are playing tricks on me with the b small. I read it as "bribe." Maybe I'm a little dyslexic or something, but my brain saw the "d" as a b.
A Blushing bribe. LOL

As for beginning with "a" it's an often used phrase, and, I wanted the name to begin with A so that I show up at the top of alphebetical lists. It would be nice to drop the A, but then people would go to blushingbride.com, and that's a different site.

Thank you again for all your comments. Great ideas!

chartsky · #4 (**permalink**) 05-02-2004, 11:46 PM

A Blushing bribe. LOL

but then people would go to blushingbride.com, and that's a different site.

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This is why I come here.. .LOL....

You had to go a ruin all my hard (minutes worth) of work with your bribe.... now it's all I can see too..:)

Thanks for the laugh...

Cheers,

Chris

April98 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-03-2004, 12:06 AM

lol, a blushing bribe a.k.a. An Indecent Proposal. It reminded me of the Redford movie with that name.