EEVblog Logo Contest

[EEVblog]

I just realised I don't really have a logo as such for the blog.
Not really sure why or if I need one, but I figure I should probably get one!

My graphic design skills suck, so any budding artists out there who think they can design a logo?
There would be a prize in it I'm sure! (in lieu of payment for full rights to the image *insert legal crap* etc)

As usual, haven't thought this through at all, so no idea what I'm after, but something pretty simple and readable with "EEVblog", as little wank factor as possible I figure!
I figure a white/transparent background is best.
The more "compact" the better I think. i.e. something that can be sized down to a Twitter icon or similar.
No real need need for graphics, unless it "works". Just "EEVblog" in a box might be fine!
Guess I won't know what I like until I see it!

Preferably available in some large original size that scales well for various uses, e.g. anything from a T-shirt to a small icon.

Thanks.
Dave.

[TheWelly888]

Quick tip about the logo design - avoid anything that just says EEV or even E2V as there is a real electronics company in the UK called http://www.e2v.com/ This company used to be known as English Electric Valves then EEV.

Just so copyright infringment is avoided! 

My graphics sucks too so I can't come up with one, sorry Dave!

[EEVblog]

Yeah, it must say "EEVblog", as that's my brand. No silly shortcuts.
I might try http://99designs.com/ where you can get a community of graphic designers to fight it out to design your logo for not too much money.
I just figured if someone on here had the skills to come up something really professional, payment by Multimeter would be better :->

Dave.

[Neutron7]

I will give it a try!

[PetrosA]

Payment by multimeter? I'll give that a try

[ThunderSqueak]

Just want entries posted here? Or sent to a specific address?

[EEVblog]

Just want entries posted here? Or sent to a specific address?

Posted here is fine, unless you don't want to share, in which case email me direct.

Dave.

[ThunderSqueak]

ok, I will post a couple rough attempts here, I consider these a challenge for someone to do better XD  Lets get an awesome logo for Dave!

[EEVblog]

Nice attempts, thanks!
After seeing those I'm pretty sure I need something simpler and more "compact". i.e. something that can be sized down to a Twitter icon or similar.
No real need need for graphics, unless it "works". Just "EEVblog" in a box might be fine!
Guess I won't know what I like until I see it!

Thanks
Dave.

[PetrosA]

Dave, I hope you'll give us a few days for this...

[ThunderSqueak]

ok, my last attempts,  including something super simple

[DJPhil]

I was thinking, way back when I did a logo to help out a charity (it sucked) and I wound up using an old graphics type called Windows Meta File. I don't think you'd want to use the same thing anymore, but I'm sure it's been improved on. It's a vector line system, so it's (technically) infinitely scalable.

Might come in handy for the artists out there. This challenge is way out of my league.

[doctorm]

just want to check....do you want someone to make a logo (on paper, microsoft paint, etc) and you use it and put it up on ur website and stuff yourself or do you need a web desiginer to create something and put it up for you?

[EEVblog]

just want to check....do you want someone to make a logo (on paper, microsoft paint, etc) and you use it and put it up on ur website and stuff yourself or do you need a web desiginer to create something and put it up for you?

I just need the image in electronic format.
I has to be professional and scalable, so no hand drawn stuff etc.
Probably out of the scope of this group, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

Dave.

[ThunderSqueak]

...
Probably out of the scope of this group, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

Dave.

 awww 

not that I expect to "win"  but someone has to be first :>

[EEVblog]

Someone on Twitter mentioned a caricature type thing, that sounds like a good idea!

Dave.

[luky315]

This is what I just came up with.
It's just a sketch, but if you like it, I can work it out and provide you with vector graphics.



Another possibility would be to turn the writing into tracks with some scattered vias.

[EEVblog]

They are pretty groovy!
I like the first one, and the 2nd one is a good concept.
Don't vectorize just yet, I'll take the best ideas I get on the forum and maybe use them as idea templates for a professional to draw a stylised final version. A prize would still be awarded of course!

Thanks.
Dave.

[luky315]

I'm glad that you like them!

Still, I already did some illustrations and logos for professional purposes (for example the logo for the department of mechatronics engineering at my university); So, in case, the offer still holds.

[ngkee22]

I like this one too.  It caught my attentiom the most so far.

[dengorius]

Just my silly attempt

[PetrosA]

Here's one idea I had. Your brief was pretty vague so I didn't limit myself to just a vector image, but one could be made if you can provide me with the original scans of your "negative feedback" drawing. This can be made to work in grayscale as well as color, can be reversed (white background) and can be adapted as an icon/button. Let me know what you think.

Edit to add: I didn't match text colors to logo colors for this mockup to save time.

[EEVblog]

That works real well on the website!

Dave.

[EEVblog]

Email submission which is pretty good and along the lines of what I had in mind for a logo.
Clean, simple, readable, and scalable.

Dave.

[PetrosA]

That works real well on the website!

Dave.

Thanks Dave. I think it has potential, but I think it needs more tweaking. This was presented way faster than I usually do with a logo so you're seeing it at an early stage. I admit, I feel some temptation to include a multimeter in the design - but it may not always be what sets you apart (and I don't know that you would want multimeters to become the raison d'etre of your blog), while your drawings of electronic circuits seem more unique and "timeless." I'd like to play around with multiple drawings if you have them and could email them to me in decent resolution and I definitely want to know your opinion of the typeface I used for the eevblog part, since I'm not 100% happy with it yet.

[DJPhil]

I got curious about vector graphics, so I went playing.

Oddly enough Firefox won't render this off of the attachment, I have to download it and open it with Firefox manually. 

At least it scales well *shrug*. Graphic art is weird. I'm going back to my cave now, where things make more sense. 

[RayJones]

Here's one idea I had. Your brief was pretty vague so I didn't limit myself to just a vector image, but one could be made if you can provide me with the original scans of your "negative feedback" drawing. This can be made to work in grayscale as well as color, can be reversed (white background) and can be adapted as an icon/button. Let me know what you think.

Edit to add: I didn't match text colors to logo colors for this mockup to save time.

LOL, I do like the opamp circuit one, but because of the font used it reminds me of the TV series "Underbelly"

"Exploring the dirty depths of electronics centered about the influnence of Dave Jones from the years 2009 onwards"    

When does the DVD come out?  


(edited 2010 to 2009 - we are all aging far too quickly   )

[Mechatrommer]

Oddly enough Firefox won't render this off of the attachment, I have to download it and open it with Firefox manually. 

vector graphic is not for display, its more like raw data... need to post process for production, printing? display? or even as stock material. convert to downscaled raster graphic first (jpg) just for the display, and attach the original vectorized graphic for download.

[alm]

Sure it is, technologies like SVG, Flash, PDF, Quartz/GDI all use vector graphics, and are for display. It's just that SVG implementations in web browsers aren't that mature yet, at some sites may not send the correct content-type. On the web, Flash is the only widely-deployed technology to display vector graphics, and I wouldn't recommend requiring flash just for a simple logo, so you're stuck to raster images until SVG is more widely available. But many of the graphics you see in modern UI's are all vector, including icons.

[alm]

Yep, all support vector graphics like draw a solid red line width 3 from (10,5) to (75,1).

[NiHaoMike]

Sure it is, technologies like SVG, Flash, PDF, Quartz/GDI all use vector graphics, and are for display. It's just that SVG implementations in web browsers aren't that mature yet, at some sites may not send the correct content-type. On the web, Flash is the only widely-deployed technology to display vector graphics, and I wouldn't recommend requiring flash just for a simple logo, so you're stuck to raster images until SVG is more widely available. But many of the graphics you see in modern UI's are all vector, including icons.

I thought all modern browsers support SVG now. Although I don't see any reason to use SVG as opposed to PNG.

[alm]

Does IE support SVG yet? I believe Firefox's support is still a bit half-assed (do they support img src=foo.svg?), but most other modern browsers should be pretty good by now.

The major advantage of vector formats like SVG is that they're scalable, instead of being limited to the pixel size on the user's screen with raster images like PNG. It's also much more compact in many cases. Raster images make sense for images that were acquired using a sampling system (eg. digital camera or scanner), but are poor for things like icons and logos (not to mention text because of the poor support for custom fonts on the web).

[DJPhil]

Does IE support SVG yet?

I remember from Inkscape's FAQ that IE6 had problems, but IE7 should be ok. Incorrect. This describes PNG transparency support. Brainfart on my part. 

If you'd like to tinker with SVG I'd recommend Inkscape, it's sort of the Gimp of vector graphics. The logo I made can be rendered to any size without distortion and saved as a PNG, but it's not very friendly about export though (transparency problems).

Edit: Forgot to add link to Inkscape for easy access.  

[EEVblog]

Some logos from Jon harsem.

Dave.

[EEVblog]

Here is a rather lame mockup of Jan's logo which I like superimposed onto my head!

Dave.

[alm]

I remember from Inkscape's FAQ that IE6 had problems, but IE7 should be ok.

You're probably confused with PNG. IE6's PNG support sucked, and they fixed that in IE7. IE8 still doesn't support SVG as far as I know. IE9 might support at least some of it, but is not released yet.

[DJPhil]

I remember from Inkscape's FAQ that IE6 had problems, but IE7 should be ok.

You're probably confused with PNG. IE6's PNG support sucked, and they fixed that in IE7. IE8 still doesn't support SVG as far as I know. IE9 might support at least some of it, but is not released yet.

Exactly right, my apologies. 

The phrase described support in IE for background transparency in PNG images. I've corrected the above post. I wish I could upgrade my memory, it keeps getting me into trouble!

Good catch.

[Zad]

Same theme as a previous entry. I post it not because I think I did a good job, but because I think it is an indication of what not to do  - hence the tiny thumbnail!



However, I think the whole 7-segment thing may be a bit too overused nowadays. But how to generate a relevant logo without it being a cliché? This is the one I produced for my own site, incorporating a (obviously fake) PCB but keeping it clear and hopefully relatively original. There is a monochrome version for letterheads and print etc. I really like the idea of incorporating something iconic, but not overdoing it.

http://www.digital-wizardry.co.uk/dw1.png

I like the idea of the screwdriver and ( to an extent) the multimeter though. Something like this, only using Dave's Fluke not mine. You can burn the background to white with a decent light source instead of some cheap halogens I have in here:



7-segment (okay, actually 14-segment) style displays really need to be coloured to work, a grey-on-grey LCD are a bit too, er, grey. Unfortunately coloured LEDs only really work against a dark background. Which would mean changing the entire colour scheme, and black web site backgrounds are very 1990s. I did a version of the meter and screwdriver horizontal, but they took up even more screen real estate, for a small logo. I might try superimposing a simple text logo where the Fluke logo is, and where the Draper logo is on the screwdriver, see if they look better solo. Just playing really, nice to faff about with something different for a change!

[EEVblog]

That screwdriver and meter are terrific!
Not logo material, but very cool.
Possible intro video stuff perhaps.

Dave.

[Mechatrommer]

my 1st shoot. just an idea

[EEVblog]

I like it!
These are much better than I could ever come up with.
They'll all go into the hat to chose the final logo.

Thanks.
Dave.

[Zad]

I like that one Shafri, it kinda has the feel of a 1950s fantasy / space / atomic / horror film about it.  It could almost be from a book called "Mysterious Adventures in Electricity!" or something. Clear and concise too.

[jharsem]

Okdokey - Part 2

The "Dave" collection =) ..

[Mechatrommer]

I like that one Shafri, it kinda has the feel of a 1950s fantasy / space / atomic / horror film about it.  It could almost be from a book called "Mysterious Adventures in Electricity!" or something. Clear and concise too.

@EEVBlog & Zad: thanx. while playing around with the -ve feedback op-amp, i got surprised that accidentally it match the positioning. ie Vi comes from the probes, the -ve comes from the blog, and the resultant Vo is the Dave himself! so its kinda like:

DMM (test equipment) + blog = Dave

but maybe the Dave's figure is not the best there, maybe should be another (more cheerful but pro looking etc) face impression.
and the font as well, i cannot find the font that i really satisfy in my pc/library/stock.
the probe... i just kinda like 5 minute sketch it, i could photograph the real probe and convert to B&W.
the EE alphabets, i would loved if the wires comes out of the probes will be curled to form the EE letter.
not really like the cartoon like look. should looks more pro with less curvy... more like the jharsem font design.

so much improvement to be made, as i said... just an idea for another better logo.

[eevbloglogo]

Hi,

[ddrl46]

I tried.

[Time]

I tried.

marketing?

[ddrl46]

You know what i mean. Dave hates <guess>.

[eevbloglogo]

A little different

[MyZirconia]

Hey guys dont forget the flying pig...

Very nice logos by the way all of them

//Magnus

[la]

My idea attached. The gradients are a bit shoddy, and could/should be made more realistic. Would like to do something interesting with the V, but can't think of anything.

[eevbloglogo]

Hi,
Here is the logo in different file formats

[Mechatrommer]

i refine jharsem font, if this win, its him, not me

[Mechatrommer]

or this

[eevbloglogo]

OK, this is the last one from me.

[mikeselectricstuff]

I'm no good at drawing graphics, but I think having the V as a diode symbol might be a nice simple and direct way of indicating the electronics theme, more so than the inverter symbols of a few entries above.

I think it needs something to immediately convey the electronics-ness to anyone  who would recognise the symbol, i.e. all your potential target audience - EEV means nothing if you don't know what it stands for.
You don't need to go overboard with symbols for every letter, just enough to convey
the subject, so something a simple as a diode V would do this whilst keeping the graphics simple enough to render OK at small sizes
 

[Mechatrommer]

maybe this is too late to ask, but better late than never....
in logo design, its the same with EE design, we need to have some spec:
1) whats the theme and motive for the logo?
2) what to put inside if its not just textual (or only textual that is required)
3) how many colors needed (multicolor, grayscale, mono B&W)

[EEVblog]

maybe this is too late to ask, but better late than never....
in logo design, its the same with EE design, we need to have some spec:
1) whats the theme and motive for the logo?
2) what to put inside if its not just textual (or only textual that is required)
3) how many colors needed (multicolor, grayscale, mono B&W)

Theme I don't know.
The motive is to have something that people can instantly recognise the blog from, just like the currently do with my photo on the front page. It's essentially a replacement for that logo.
All companies have a (usually quite simple) logo, and I wan the EEVblog to have the same thing.
I'm after something clean and simple that's easy to read.
I think Jan's effort is the closest to the idea so far.
But your latest "50's style" effort is probably the best "stylised" one so far.

Ideally I guess it should have my my head in it, because the blog is essentially me and my personality. But if the head doesn't work, then it doesn't work.

Dave.

[easilyconfused]

"Ideally I guess it should have my head in it, because the blog is essentially me and my personality. But if the head doesn't work, then it doesn't work."

You should listen to me because I have good taste. This is actually a no-brainer. The logo on reply #42 is your logo. Why? It does have your head and it's the only head that looks just like you. And your expression in that shot just happens to be perfect for a logo. The schematic while intricate and hard to scale is crucial because it tells the uninitiated what you/we are about. The probes are clever but the points are too fat and they cross at the bottom. We know they're forming a V but strangers may miss that. The overall logo needs to be cleaned up where possible. Thinning the probes and eliminating the cross would help. The tick marks could go too. I know I gotta lot of nerve critiquing someone else's work. But I think he's actually got it. And besides-- I should be able to put in my two cents worth. I'm going to adjust the image to show what I'm talking about. But all credit would go to the author of the aforementioned reply.

[jharsem]

i refine jharsem font, if this win, its him, not me

Hiya Shafri,

I am actually not "in it to win it" (While another multimeter might be fun, I don't really *need* it & hence it should go to someone who does)
- so please take any of the design elements of mine you like and improve them with your own concepts as you see fit =)

--
Jon

[EEVblog]

Thanks Jon.
For those who haven't seen it, here's Jon's awesome carton caricature of me!



And see John's cartoon here:
http://shop.fotodojo.org/Illustrations/Comic-Strip-Blown-Out/Blown-Out/1842942_eyK55#150983974_mgiY7

Dave.

[Kiriakos-GR]

awesome carton caricature

You look 15 years younger , that why you like it that much ...         

[jharsem]

pls keep this contest open as long as it can, there might be another better logo. i still got something in mind, but currently re-formatting my pc, so my software is yet to be installed.
and i didnt noticed we have a caricaturist here in EE, awesome. guess it proves that engineers dont only deal with technical, but art and artistic as well.

Haha Shafri, thanks =) Well "officially" I am an IT Manager - but generally I deal with it "if it has a cord coming out of it" - so that means anything from coding to fixing optical testing equipment. The art stuff is for fun (seeing you have a canon L series lens 70-200? in your profile pic I assume you dabble as well =)). My next purchase is a CNC mill.. which really is just an expensive excuse to make a mess (or alternatively drill really precise holes into things that don't need them) =) ..

 
--
Jon

[Mechatrommer]

ok ok. another. a bit techno stylo. but still mono B&W, but got some tonal improvement. got from batman's head. the hardest part is to take the thorn out!

[Mechatrommer]

and if u tell me u dont know this?... get the hell outa here! pls be informed that fast courier shipping from australia to malaysia will cost hundreds! HAHA! just kidding! gotcha!

[Mechatrommer]

opps, i just noticed, one of the criteria is easy to read. here it is.

[The1]

Here's my first one. The Background can be transparent as well

[easilyconfused]

Here's my first one. The Background can be transparent as well

Well, I'm sorry Shafri doesn't want anything to do with a logo of his that has been tampered with. But I totally understand. I would be the same way. But-- I do think he came up with the best concept and I still think my alterations simply made it a little easier to print and so forth. Having said all that-- I think this is a good one too. I like the chip and the wire. Personally I don't like the head shot, just the other part. A head shot would be good but, in my opinion, it would be better to have the "real" head shot that Shafri used.

[easilyconfused]

Maybe a blend of the two suggestions...

[The1]

Sorry i didn't read the previous pages, if you want me to take it down i will

[The1]

Here's another one, take it apart expression

[easilyconfused]

Here's another one, take it apart expression

That's pretty cool. The only thing is-- it's more like a billboard than a logo. Logos are usually less complex.

[orbiter]

[EEVblog]

Here's another one, take it apart expression

That's pretty cool. The only thing is-- it's more like a billboard than a logo. Logos are usually less complex.

I agree, would make a great Billboard!
A logo has to be small, simple, clean and clear.

Dave.

[ShortCqt]

The V is meant to look like a wave form...  It looked better in pencil in my diary :-D

[EEVblog]

The V is meant to look like a wave form...  It looked better in pencil in my diary :-D

I like the concept!

Dave.

[orbiter]

[avrfreaks]

Dave, Check this out,

http://robo-x.net/remote/
http://robo-x.net/remote/Logo-Contest.wmv

[The1]

thanks for the replys guys, i did another one, hopefully cleaner and better, ill try and do another one today.

[PetrosA]

Here's a revised version for your consideration that I think is more in keeping with what you're looking for. I used a color that kind of fits in with what you have on the website, but obviously it's not carved in stone.

Edit to add other color version since the blue looks sort of weak on its own

[The1]

[The1]

hey PetrosA that is pretty neat with the line!

[PetrosA]

One more variant with minor tweaks to increase legibility shown in a few colors:

[Mechatrommer]

superman style

[PetrosA]

superman style

Maybe the one on the left is supermannish, but the one on the right is definitely Freudian I like the way you're thinking outside of the box, though!

[marianoapp]

shafri's ones reminds me of the caduceus

[Mechatrommer]

this one i title... "unfinished business"

[PetrosA]

Dave, should I assume that the no response to my last attempt means you're not interested in that idea or did you maybe miss it? I was hoping the second one was more in line with what you're after, but I don't know.

Thanks

Peter

[EEVblog]

Dave, should I assume that the no response to my last attempt means you're not interested in that idea or did you maybe miss it? I was hoping the second one was more in line with what you're after, but I don't know.

Sorry, I sometimes miss new posts going between machines.
It's a fine logo, goes into the top of the hat.
Thanks
Dave.

[mikeselectricstuff]

One more variant with minor tweaks to increase legibility shown in a few colors:

I wonder if the zig-zag resistor symbol might be better as something more immediately recognisable as an electronic symbol, like a diode, or maybe a switch.

[PetrosA]

One more variant with minor tweaks to increase legibility shown in a few colors:

I wonder if the zig-zag resistor symbol might be better as something more immediately recognisable as an electronic symbol, like a diode, or maybe a switch.

I agree with you. I did one with a diode symbol and one with both. Somehow when I look at the one with just the diode symbol it looks more like a medical company's logo than something to do with electronics. The one with both also gives more of an impression of a circuit drawing (more dynamic, I think), but it may be a bit much. What do you think?

[EEVblog]

One more variant with minor tweaks to increase legibility shown in a few colors:

I wonder if the zig-zag resistor symbol might be better as something more immediately recognisable as an electronic symbol, like a diode, or maybe a switch.

I agree with you. I did one with a diode symbol and one with both. Somehow when I look at the one with just the diode symbol it looks more like a medical company's logo than something to do with electronics. The one with both also gives more of an impression of a circuit drawing (more dynamic, I think), but it may be a bit much. What do you think?

I like the ZigZag one better!
Might have a new leader here...

Dave.

[PetrosA]

Dave said: "I like the zigzag one better!"

Here is the original zigzag plus two variations. The original maintains the breaks, sort of making both sections of text random elements of a "schematic." The second one down combines the diode with blog to create some visual flow, and sets EEV nicely off by making it just a wee bit darker than the rest (my personal favorite so far). The third combines the diode with all the text which creates a lot of flow, but I think it makes it harder to separate the text visually and it loses punch. Let me know what you think.

[EEVblog]

Nice.
I think I prefer the third one, but I know what you mean about the separation.
One thing that occurred to me with this logo design is that it is quite "wide". Whilst I like it, it may not lend itself well to things that need a square logo, like a twitter icon, various web logos etc.
Any chance of somehow rejigging this logo with a square form factor?

Thanks
Dave.

[PetrosA]

I'll see if I can come up with a complimentary square format so you'd have both.

[PetrosA]

Here are a few possibles. The smaller ones are optimized for things like favicons or the little icons used to "add to" RSS feeds, etc. which are usually about 18x18 pixels. The small one with just EEV obviously works the best at those sizes, although at 15x15 px the text becomes pretty illegible (like in the preview here), so if you need to go smaller (like the 11x11 px RSS icon on your home page) we'll have to get rid of any text. The larger ones will work from about 40x40 px (for the one with the largest lettering) and 60x60 px (for the one with the smallest lettering). I've tried to split the text up a few ways into two lines, but I haven't been happy with any of them and I think leaving just EEV will work best at small sizes.

[RayJones]

Hmmm,

I see that PetrosA's EEV with the diode symbol overhead is the icon now showing in my Google Chrome tab.

Does this mean we have a winner?

[PetrosA]

@RayJones: I'm glad you mentioned this I had to clear FF's cache to see it after reading your post.

[EEVblog]

Hmmm,

I see that PetrosA's EEV with the diode symbol overhead is the icon now showing in my Google Chrome tab.

Does this mean we have a winner?

No, not yet. I just thought it's better than the old one I had!

Dave.

[avrfreaks]

Hmmm,

I see that PetrosA's EEV with the diode symbol overhead is the icon now showing in my Google Chrome tab.

Does this mean we have a winner?

No, not yet. I just thought it's better than the old one I had!

Dave.

Dave it seems interesting when updating to Google Chrome 4 to 5 the logo disappears. I check back later but I have a feeling it is within WordPress code??

[PetrosA]

Just to keep the options open, I tried one without any kinds of symbols. I'm kind of liking the simplicity of it... Here's a before and after:

[EEVblog]

Dave it seems interesting when updating to Google Chrome 4 to 5 the logo disappears. I check back later but I have a feeling it is within WordPress code??

All I did was copy a new favicon.ico file. Nothing to do with Wordpress.

Dave.

[avrfreaks]

Dave it seems interesting when updating to Google Chrome 4 to 5 the logo disappears. I check back later but I have a feeling it is within WordPress code??

All I did was copy a new favicon.ico file. Nothing to do with Wordpress.

Dave.

Ok, I noticed the favicon.ico under Google Chrome 4 but Google Chrome 5 seems to not want to show it? Also it seems that Internet Explore 8 does not show it at all either but Internet Explore 7 show it fine....

[orbiter]

Dave it seems interesting when updating to Google Chrome 4 to 5 the logo disappears. I check back later but I have a feeling it is within WordPress code??

All I did was copy a new favicon.ico file. Nothing to do with Wordpress.

Dave.

Ok, I noticed the favicon.ico under Google Chrome 4 but Google Chrome 5 seems to not want to show it? Also it seems that Internet Explore 8 does not show it at all either but Internet Explore 7 show it fine....

The icon showed for me robo-x and I'm using IE8 too. Try deleting the favourite altogether then add it again. The icon seems to have gone back to the SMD chip for me now though. Perhaps Dave is undecided.

[EEVblog]

Old thread dragged out of the archives!
Got a new submission out of the blue from Moran:


Dave.

[firewalker]

It's really nice. Personally I would like something more cosy though.

Alexander.

[EEVblog]

And here is a variant with better delineation between the 'v' and 'b'


What do people think? Sould I take up an "official" logo like this?

Dave.

[Wytnucls]

I quite like it. I don't think you can do much better with a few letters for a simple logo. I would experiment with the V; maybe fill it with gold paint to make it look like a PCB trace or something, to have a connection to electronics.

[EEVblog]

I quite like it. I don't think you can do much better with a few letters for a simple logo. I would experiment with the V; maybe fill it with gold paint to make it look like a PCB trace or something, to have a connection to electronics.

Yes, that's probably my only complaint. Not obvious it's electronics related. I like the gold idea.

Dave.

[mikeselectricstuff]

Maybe a bit spiky. Also could maybe do with better seperation/outline on the b/l/o/g to improve readability.
Possibly a bit too slick & shiny - too corporate?

I still think it should have something that any electronics person would instantly recognise and associate with  electronics- anyone that didn't know who/what eevblog is (there must still be a few...) who just saw that logo would be none the wiser

[Chet T16]

Fixed it :p

[EEVblog]

I thinking it would look better if it was rendered as 3D vias and gold traces, to make it somehow obviously PCB related.
Will see what Moran comes back with. He's a graphic artist by trade.

Dave.

[HackedFridgeMagnet]

I just read the thread right through, its nice to see all the ideas, and the evolution.
That last one from the designer looks great.

Coincidentally I was trying to design my own logo the other day and got as far as the Aussie 3pin plug.
I know mine is going to suck in comparison.

[iloveelectronics]

Hmm..that's an UK plug but Dave's from Aussieland Plus I'm not sure if Dave wants his last name changed to lones 

It's a really nice logo otherwise!

Fixed it :p

[Wytnucls]

Perhaps something like this, Dave, with the Aussie colours as a bonus 

[Chet T16]

Hmm..that's an UK plug but Dave's from Aussieland Plus I'm not sure if Dave wants his last name changed to lones 

It's a really nice logo otherwise!

Everyone knows it's the best plug design

Joking aside I think the logo is great, it should transfer well to silkscreen too

[bitwelder]

I had to watch that logo a few times, but then I realized why those e's looked a bit familiar: elektor!
http://www.elektor.com/Uploads/2012/11/Elektor-PCB-Service-uk-195x175.jpg

[Wytnucls]

Another version:

[perfect_disturbance]

Uh I think it looks like the logo for an 80's hair band.

[jancumps]

Uh I think it looks like the logo for an 80's hair band.

Had the same feeling. Play loud.

[vk3yedotcom]

Also just came across this thread.   

Below are my attempts to add some electrical elements while saving space.

The first 'bomb logo' one is my favourite

[Wytnucls]

Here is another one, with some solder mask in the first two letters: 
Aussie colour scheme is just a coincidence...

[EEVblog]

Another effort from Moran with via added

I don't think really adds anything.

Perhaps the EEVblog needs an actual logo, rather than trying to create a logo out of the whole name?
Either something random, or just fashion the letters EEV into a logo somehow, with just "blog" a normal word?

Dave.

[EEVblog]

OK, new idea.
Moran & I are now discussing a standalone logo that doesn't include the word EEVblog, so just your traditional logo.
Although I guess it could include the letters EEV, but that's harder.
What should such a logo look like or represent?
I'm not after actual final graphic designs here, just ideas. If the idea is good, Moran can have a crack at drawing it.

Also, opinions on whether I actually need a logo at all? 

Dave.

[DylanM]

Also, opinions on whether I actually need a logo at all? 

I think it's a good idea. You can stick it up in the top banner of your website, put it on t-shirts, have it printed on the PCBs of your projects etc. It would be nice having something that people look at and instantly think of EEVBlog.

[devbisme]

Here's my 2-minute attempt at a logo for you. Obviously, it's not too arty, just trying to capture the most salient parts of what you do.

Whatever you do, here's two tips about what your logo should be:

1. It should be simple without a lot of colors, shadows, highlights, bells and whistles so you can reproduce it easily and cheaply in any type of medium with even low resolution.

2. It should be squarish so it fits easily within the gravatar areas of things like twitter and facebook. Don't use a rectangular aspect ratio.

[EEVblog]

I think it's a good idea. You can stick it up in the top banner of your website, put it on t-shirts, have it printed on the PCBs of your projects etc. It would be nice having something that people look at and instantly think of EEVBlog.

I think I agree, it would be nice. But what symbol?

Dave.

[eyebrow]

Some inspiration............I thought this image fits the blog well.
Not sure who created it but I'm sure a couple of quick modifications could make it somewhat original.

[Zad]

One thing that springs to mind is the arcing "sizzle" noise and smoke from the video outro. The "magic smoke" and lightning zap is pretty iconic, and what many (non tech) people think of when the subject of electronics is raised. How about including that in the logo in some way?

[SLJ]

Now make that into a cartoon of Dave's head with that as his brain...

[socketwench]

Here's something I came up with. Very minimal. Still needs some minor alignment tweaks.

[Zad]

EEV comes up as 3rd hit when Googling for just "EEV" in the UK, and 5th on the US search. You could probably safely drop the Blog part, maybe putting "Electronic Engineering Videoblog" or similar in smaller text underneath.

[Spawn]

I am not a art genius but something simple maybe? Somebody can make it better looking of course.

[bitwelder]

Moran & I are now discussing a standalone logo that doesn't include the word EEVblog, so just your traditional logo.
Although I guess it could include the letters EEV, but that's harder.
What should such a logo look like or represent?

How about drawing the EEV(blog) letters as traces of a PCB?

[Searcher]

Hi Dave,
I came across your video blog recently and found the logo search via twitter. I believe you are a very humorous person, along with your personality and skills gives you such a succsess on the presentations and I like them very much 

If this could all be fitted into a logo it would be great.
 
I imagine a cartoon surgeon with tools in his hands bending over a device, lets say oszilloscope, which is tied with belts to the workbench, ready to be "reviewed". Below that, with or without the already well known EEVBlog letters maybe.

Just an example of what I mean: http://www.basketballarzt.de/assets/images/chirurg1.gif
A grapic artist might give him your appearance, Dave.
Could be to complicated for a small logo  , just thought what all can be layed into emoticons.

Searcher

[jancumps]

...It would be nice having something that people look at and instantly think of EEVBlog.

The head and hand from the photo on the main page are iconic. If that could be turned into a simplified/ stylized logo...

[SLJ]

I still say a cartoon profile of Daves head with this as his brain:


Too bad I'm not an artist.

[Zad]

I still say a cartoon profile of Daves head with this as his brain:


Too bad I'm not an artist.

If you want to see how much that idea has been over-used, drag it into Google Image Search

[SLJ]

Oh well.  At his age Dave's more surface mount anyway...

[eyebrow]

The brain was for inspiration! haha

[martin]

This is my take on it. If this is pleasing, I can develop it further (more versions, text etc.).
Here a list of my thoughts:

1. Dave want's his face in it.
2. If one knows the evvblog also this logo will be recognized.
3. White on black, blue, red... looks great on clothing!
4. White on black, blue, red, green looks even greater on pcbs.
5. Just the logo as such works fine in big and small -> use from pcb to business jet.
6. The design is IP67 waterproof -> holds on to canyoneering gear.

[firewalker]

 

Alexander.

[jaqie]

I actually really like the current one Dave uses... it's definitely your choice, but it would make me sad if you changed it... the current one you use is just so perfect, IMO.

[EEVblog]

This is my take on it. If this is pleasing, I can develop it further (more versions, text etc.).
Here a list of my thoughts:
1. Dave want's his face in it.
2. If one knows the evvblog also this logo will be recognized.
3. White on black, blue, red... looks great on clothing!
4. White on black, blue, red, green looks even greater on pcbs.
5. Just the logo as such works fine in big and small -> use from pcb to business jet.
6. The design is IP67 waterproof -> holds on to canyoneering gear.

That does look pretty good!
Just like the Dick Head, we now have the Dave Head 

Dave.

[EEVblog]

I actually really like the current one Dave uses... it's definitely your choice, but it would make me sad if you changed it... the current one you use is just so perfect, IMO.

Just the simple EEVblog two colour font?

Dave.

[jaqie]

Not quite... This:



Come to think of it, do you have a highres shot of you in that pose higher than the banner in the main website page?  If so I would like it to try my hand at tracing that into a simpler logo.

The shot of you there and the look and feel of the current EEVBlog logo are already your trademark, and something which actually drew me to your videos in the first place... and your personality and style of review/subject discussion got me to watch most of your vids.  You have quite an established look already, it would be a shame to waste it - perhaps a modification of it would be best?

I specified once when I was trying to start a PC repair business years ago, exactly what I wanted, and someone designed it for me.  It was designed specifically for logo-ability, 6 colors total, vynil sign cuttable, and very recognizable.  Just FYI of course, but here it is, as a somewhat example of what sort of thing I mean by simplifying your current one.  Using your photo as a trace base of course, and the current look and feel of the EEVBlog banner logo.


Note this image is (c) and (tm) me.

Note my last name is Fox.

[EEVblog]

Come to think of it, do you have a highres shot of you in that pose higher than the banner in the main website page?  If so I would like it to try my hand at tracing that into a simpler logo.

For the record, here is the original photo direct from the camera, circa 2006:
http://eevblog.com/images/DaveLabARMSS4.JPG
Was in the lab at former company Sercel.

Dave.

[jaqie]

Awesome, Thanks! this will be very helpful.

[jaqie]

What do you think of this very rough draft, Dave?

If you like it, I can make it look way, way better - this is a rough styling proof, the image of you can be traced instead of greyscaled, making it like the caricature you like while being in your exact pose and shape, and I can make far better lettering, with bordering.  I can also give it more color if you want, making EEV a brighter higher saturation color would make the whole thing feel more vibrant, less plain.

[EEVblog]

What do you think of this very rough draft, Dave?

Thanks, but I like Martin's one much better.
Much simpler and more versatile.

Dave.

[EEVblog]

This is my take on it. If this is pleasing, I can develop it further (more versions, text etc.).
Here a list of my thoughts:

1. Dave want's his face in it.
2. If one knows the evvblog also this logo will be recognized.
3. White on black, blue, red... looks great on clothing!
4. White on black, blue, red, green looks even greater on pcbs.
5. Just the logo as such works fine in big and small -> use from pcb to business jet.
6. The design is IP67 waterproof -> holds on to canyoneering gear.

Yep, I agree that this one is pretty flexible.
Only downside is that it's not electronics related of course, but that's hard to do with any logo without having an over-used tacky feel to it I think.
Yes, please develop further.

Thanks.
Dave.

[martin]

Yep, I agree that this one is pretty flexible.
Only downside is that it's not electronics related of course, but that's hard to do with any logo without having an over-used tacky feel to it I think.
Yes, please develop further.

Thanks.
Dave.

Yes, since a logo must be simple, it is hard to integrate the electronics theme. You built yourself a brand with the photo you are using now. It would be stupid to not utilize that, and make steps backwards.

I will work on it,
Martin

[jucole]

Only downside is that it's not electronics related of course, but that's hard to do with any logo without having an over-used tacky feel to it I think.

For me, to identify with something by their actual pose is the ultimate logo! so it really doesn't matter at all that there is no obvious electronics link in the imagery, the gesture IS the link, which is very powerful, more powerful than any logo.

A superb example is.. there are many others

[SLJ]

I agree, the pose makes it.  The B/W logo of Dave's face and hand martin did has my vote.  It carries on the look of the photo.  From a marketing view recognition is everything and I don't think it makes a difference that there's no electronic symbol.

[EEVblog]

It worked for Tricky Dick for over 40 years:

and Jim's too:


Dave.

[robrenz]

I agree, the pose makes it.  The B/W logo of Dave's face and hand martin did has my vote.  It carries on the look of the photo.  From a marketing view recognition is everything and I don't think it makes a difference that there's no electronic symbol.

+1

[Searcher]

Just what came into my mind: An elecronic device caught in a spider web and filmed by a camera (web log). "Somebodys face" is sitting at the spiders place 

Searcher

[Searcher]

Excuse me for this one. Maybe an idea for someone who can do better 

[Zad]

This is something I thought of a few days ago and forgot about. "The sum of the sum of all videos/voltages/whatever". Hopefully YouTube wouldn't get too uppity about the rounded rectangle 

Better for use as a small icon rather than a master "look and feel" for the brand. The green is a reference to PCB solder resist of course.




ETA: Adited to link to a site that actually delivers images not faulty data.

[EEVblog]

Thanks for all the submission, but the winner is...
Martin!

A few more minor tweaks need to be made, but that's it, and I hope to start using it soon 

Dave.

[BravoV]

Congratulation on the new logo and also looks like these should be easy to be converted into vector graphic while maintain high accuracy. 

[dimlow]

Its Dave Anonymous!

[free_electron]

reminds me of croc dundee ( 3 movie at the end when he doesn't want to be filmed because he's become a private investigator)

Dave Jones, Instruments Investigator

[fenclu]

Yes! Crocodile dundee!! How the hell have I never thought of that before, that's so obvious

[Searcher]

Thanks for all the submission, but the winner is...
Martin! A few more minor tweaks need to be made, but that's it, and I hope to start using it soon 

I like that one also most of ALL suggestions. 

[Coool]

Hi, Dave!

Is it possible to get in SVG format?



Thanks.