New Business! C&C for Logo

i_worship_the_Kingi_worship_the_King Registered Users Posts: 548 Major grins
edited April 14, 2008 in Mind Your Own Business
So I'm about to take the plunge and invest fully into this design business.

I'm hoping to design websites for churches, so that they can 1)keep the internet generation in the seats and 2)post photos/videos/audio on a regular basis. Since I just won my first contract I figured it was time to settle on a design for my own stinking website...

Name (also on the chopping block): BlueXFish. X for Chi, the almost ubiquitus symbol for Christ in the christian world (yes, it even predates the 'cross'). What's everyone think of the idea and the design (low res) below?

logo.jpg

Thanks!
Matt:thumb
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  • DrDavidDrDavid Registered Users Posts: 1,292 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    i_worship_the_King wrote:
    So I'm about to take the plunge and invest fully into this design business.

    I'm hoping to design websites for churches, so that they can 1)keep the internet generation in the seats and 2)post photos/videos/audio on a regular basis. Since I just won my first contract I figured it was time to settle on a design for my own stinking website...
    Assuming you only want to do church's, it's probably fine. But, I know I personally stay away from businesses that advertise a religious affiliation.

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  • i_worship_the_Kingi_worship_the_King Registered Users Posts: 548 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    Dr, why is that?

    Either way, it's focused on churches and non-profits. I work for them already, might as well make a living doing it...
    I make it policy to never let ignorance stand in the way of my opinion. ~Justiceiro

    "Your decisions on whether to buy, when to buy and what to buy should depend on careful consideration of your needs primarily, with a little of your wants thrown in for enjoyment, After all photography is a hobby, even for pros."
    ~Herbert Keppler
  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    wheres the choices?

    if there were others id vote on one with a full fishy...

    instead of web/print/photo why not just web/photography?
    Aaron Nelson
  • i_worship_the_Kingi_worship_the_King Registered Users Posts: 548 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    AaronNelson wrote:
    wheres the choices?

    if there were others id vote on one with a full fishy...

    instead of web/print/photo why not just web/photography?


    we subcontract newsletters (print/stamp/mail). Should have mentioned that...
    I make it policy to never let ignorance stand in the way of my opinion. ~Justiceiro

    "Your decisions on whether to buy, when to buy and what to buy should depend on careful consideration of your needs primarily, with a little of your wants thrown in for enjoyment, After all photography is a hobby, even for pros."
    ~Herbert Keppler
  • quarkquark Registered Users Posts: 510 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2008
    I think it is too tall. Also your fish looks like an arrow (a bit) so why not shrink the fish a bit and point to the title "BlueXFish".

    my 2 cents.
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  • BPM_WDBPM_WD Registered Users Posts: 16 Big grins
    edited April 13, 2008
    i_worship_the_King wrote:
    So I'm about to take the plunge and invest fully into this design business.

    I'm hoping to design websites for churches, so that they can 1)keep the internet generation in the seats and 2)post photos/videos/audio on a regular basis. Since I just won my first contract I figured it was time to settle on a design for my own stinking website...

    Name (also on the chopping block): BlueXFish. X for Chi, the almost ubiquitus symbol for Christ in the christian world (yes, it even predates the 'cross'). What's everyone think of the idea and the design (low res) below?

    logo.jpg

    Thanks!
    Mattthumb.gif


    You have a great idea. If your partial symbol is the fish that has been used for thousands of years. Why not use the whole symbol so it can be recognized for what it is? It may be too much of a stretch for even clients in the ministry.
  • ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,411 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2008
    I like it. When I read it fast, I missed the X and just thought it said bluefish.

    How about blueXfish.com for easier reading?

    Also, suggest you reserve the web address before you print the cards. www.bluexfish.com is available........
    It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he is potentially. We should be obsessed with stretching towards that goal through the world we inhabit.
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited April 14, 2008
    I think the half fish works, but the current font does not work with the style of the fish. I would switch to a sans serif font that has the same sleek lines as the fish.
    Glenn

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