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I checked my cousin's DP on bbm couple of days back and saw a logo there. He said the logo belonged to a friend of his who runs a clothing business. I wanted to if the design was done for him free of charge but I decided against it. I'll come back to that later...

Its sad that many Nigerians don't knw the importance and value of branding to their businesses. Some end up realising only when its almost too late and a lot of damages has been done to their businesses already. You give a potential client your business card and he knows within himself that he's neva calling back, the card is even so unwelcoming and unprofessional that he can't bring himself to look at the phone number under... That's what bad branding does.

If you have to be cheap about anything relating to your business, please don't let it be your brand. You'll live to either bless yourself for it or regret it forever. Your workers will come and go, your supplier will come and go, your location can always change but your brand(identity) is forever. Help yourself to look for an experienced designer that will see into the vision of your company and help you make that brand that'll leave an everlasting impression on your clients' mind.

...Back to my cousin's friend's logo. I made two different revisions on my own of the same logo. They are attached below. The 1st is the initial logo I saw and the other two below it are my revisions. Be the judge, which of the brands will you love to be associated with as a potential client

[quote author=ozo_emeka]I see dumb thinking is the crown of the day. How are these "subliminal" messages.... did you look up the meaning of the word "subliminal messages" .. The Golf pic is CLEARLY named SPARTAN so NOTHING was SUBLIMINAL about it.[/quote]Sir, if you don't know anything about branding or logos, why not just ask?? The spartan logo has two different images of a golfer swinging his gof stick and the direction of movement of d golf stick. When combined, it gives a spartan head. The logo portrays both the name of the place and what is done there in subtle ways. Don't just criticize things you don't understand.

tonytopples: What about redicting α picture?? All U̶̲̥̅̊ need is the background, α particular object nd U̶̲̥̅̊ just want to mimic the concept? Is it wrong?? Nd what of pictures that U̶̲̥̅̊ got frm the internet that are without copyright. Do U̶̲̥̅̊ have to create frm the scratch everytime?? Do all good graphic artists do that?? Apart from nairaland, is there anyother legal restrictions I should know?? Thnks!!

You are getting the whole thing wrong... calm down and read through it again. No one is saying you shouldn't use other people's materials to develop yours, what we are saying is you shouldn't bring someone else's ready-made work without changing anything there or improving on it and claiming its your own.

Elbizzcklinz: If you need a adobe photoshop cs3 with brushes and pluggins contact me only in Portharcourt at 08093230193 email elbizzcklinz@live.com. If you need tutorial i can take you on it too
below is a little touch work i did for a friend. And that's flyer was just a mere playing work.

You don't deserve a 'thank you' from your friend for that flyer

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Creating business cards is rather easy, but creating business cards successfully is not that simple. You have to make them look good, well designed, stylish in order for the person who receives it to have a good impression about you when looking at the card.

Many people are paying a lot of attention to how a business card looks and if you want possible client to call you, your card must be easy to remember so that it won’t be just a card in his stack, but a really good one that he will want to see again.

Another positive outlook of a good business card might be the viral effect. Consider the cards that are in this article, they are here because they look good. The same principle applies offline; when you see a cool business card that you receive you tend to show it to multiple people and talk about it.

Source: http://www.designyourway.net/blog/inspiration/creating-business-cards-successfully-30-cool-examples/

Kemjisuper: @Erad and @spyware, the OP simply said pls share yours and inspire others. This is not a logo design competition. I simply pulled out some WIP logos and posted to keep the forum flowing and suddenly you're advising on what brand of graphics I should or shouldn't delve into? Really, is this how you plan to encourage or inspire novices an newbies like me?

I won't say more or turn this into a feud... But pls rather than sit back waiting to pounce on responders to this post won't it be a better idea to post some of your professional brands to inspire us all?

Cheers

Mr. Kemjisuper... Yes, this is how I plan on encouraging people. By seeing various fields they are into and showing them the ones with better prospects for them and the ones they might need to do away with so they can develop more in others. You are a veteran on this section and my assumption is just rational.
If you really needed my encouragement, you would have asked why I made such statement and make adjustments from whatever you find useful in what I say rather than try to play the "you are a bully" card.
Any which way, you are doing a great job(since that's what you want to hear). Keep it up.

Sincere 9gerian: That is your irrelevant opinion. By the way, do you expect Sincere Nigerians to OPPOSE their president? Is that the RIGHT thing to do?

Egyptians opposing and even ousting their president, Hosni Mubarack... Does that make them insincere?? They know what's right and they stood by it. This is the 21st century, if anybody at this age will subscribe to mediocre leadership all in the name of being ignorantly sincere, then Naija truly has a shaky future.
If everyone blindly supports him and no one points out the loop-holes in his plans, how does he hope to improve and better serve the people??
This thread just stinks with ignorance and band-wagon adoptees.

spywareczar: chai! erad u spoke exactly wats on my mind,, was trying 2 find a way 2 tell him so he dnt tink am tryna diss him, bcoz u knw hw i talk na

e better as you no talk ooo... can't imagine the type of attacks and counter-attacks that will follow.

Kemjisuper: Nice logos, very colourful. Here's a few I did using RealDraw Pro.

if you have another aspect of graphics design you are better at, i'll advise you improve and stick to it. branding isn't your calling because i know you as an old-timer here and if this is what you call inspiration at this stage, then there's something you are not doing right. Just a piece of advise, i hope you don't take it personal.

lepasharon: Just got it done..ooooouchhh..
my ear is boiling.Oh gooosh ,it hurt more than the first wat the hell.
I dint evn think about how im gonna hide it from ma parents shiiiiiiitttt

Lol, just keep covering it with your scarf n head gear... They'll eventually get used to it. Looks lovely though, I salute your courage.

Hmmm... This is some careful analysis of things. Guess some employers still need to read "21 irrefutable laws of leadership", maybe they'll understand that employee relation is one of the most important determinants of employee efficiency in any organisation. I've never been a fan of bank jobs but I had this sorta respect for GTbank considering how ever-radiant their employees are. The least they deserve is some respect, its just rude locking them out of their workplace(computers) without prior notice. Damn GTbank!

This is really funny... "The ten virgins", guess she's no longer one of them. Just disheartening how desperate religious folks are these days.

If the mother was so caring, her daughter won't end up a pathetic drunk... That's the only meaningful part in the whole story

dude, i sense more of a troublemaker in you. Feel free to express your sarcasm and ignorance... I'll further honor them with my silence.
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