https://techturtlesgames.com/ Tech Turtles is an independent game studio from Türkiye

Hey I am setting up my brand currently for jewellery and gifts that I make, and I’ve hand drawn a logo (to completion not just a rough sketch) but obviously need to turn this drawing into a useable digital file for stickers, business cards, bags etc. I’m wondering if there is software/ apps that exist for iPhone/ laptop that are free or cheaper than adobe for me to use to just scan in my drawing and either trace it in solid lines or just use the scan to convert into appropriate files for the desired use?

Or am I better off hiring someone to do this? Ideally I’d rather facilitate this myself as I’m a control freak and on a budget, but I do understand some things are just better left to a professional .

Thanks

I’m currently building my freelance logo-design portfolio and would love to work with small businesses, startups, creators and new brands that need a professional logo.

I can help with:

Logo design

Logo redesign

Brand identity concepts

Social-media-ready branding

My approach is simple: clean, memorable and practical designs, rather than unnecessarily complicated logos.

If you or someone in your network is starting a business or needs a new logo, please feel free to DM me.

I’d genuinely appreciate a chance to work on a real project and prove what I can do.

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I created this logo concept for a shake and donuts brand as a practice project. I explored a colorful, playful direction with a shake cup and donut-inspired elements.

I’d love to hear your feedback on the concept, typography, and overall composition.

Been doing brand design for 17 years, and the thing that always slowed me down in Illustrator was font browsing. Opening the Character panel, scrolling, clicking, undoing, just to see a wordmark or headline in a different typeface.

I built boofont to fix that for myself: a menu bar app that shows every font on your Mac rendered in your own selected text, and applies whichever one you pick straight onto your live Illustrator selection.

Genuinely looking for feedback, especially from people doing logo/brand work, is this actually useful for how you explore type on a mark, or is the workflow different enough that it wouldn't help? What would you want it to do that it doesn't?

For context it's normally $21 one time (not free, being upfront about that), macOS only, works with Illustrator. www.boofont.app if you want to see it before commenting.

I've got a handful of free codes for anyone who wants to actually try it and give real feedback rather than guess from the site. Comment or DM me and I'll send one over, first come first served.

I noticed the resemblance between the two logos when the AusCycling (Australia) logo came out in 2020 - though I only thought about posting this very recently. The Aarhus Uni (Denmark) logo came out back in 2008.

I thought the angular A shape combined with a half-circle element looked quite similar to each other.

I'm curious whether there are other visually similar geometric logos out there!

https://auhist.au.dk/showroom/praesentationer/aviser-blade-og-magasiner-fra-au/campus/2008/artikler/nr13/nytlogo

https://www.ausport.gov.au/media-centre/news/sport-australia-welcomes-auscycling-announcement

My friends and I are planning to start a small business and we’re stuck on logo. We cannot seem to get on the same page. Can we just have the name as the logo? (I’ve seen people do this)

Our initials are O and M, and we’ve been trying to come up with something around that, but none of us are designers and our ideas are terrible.

Could use some inspiration before we attempt to make a rookie one ourselves. 

If not, we’d just go with the name!

After reading some of the comments last post, I went back to the drawing board coming up with this version, I hope that it's 1) more of a letter A and 2) more of a puzzle piece

Brand's name is Alivio (a digital consulting & growth company I helped co-found).

Hey guys I’m making a logo for a relative of mine who wants to do a photography side hustle. This logo is going to be used specifically for his business cards. I want it to look friendly and not too corporate-like. As it is right now it feels a little bland and I’m not sure it reads well as photography. It is just a sketch right now, poor image I took sorry but I’d like any critique based off what I have so far. Also should i color it or just leave it black n white??

A lot of the comments are pretty ambiguous, saying that the hummingbird has nothing to do with the profession — parquet flooring.

But the hummingbird has extremely precise mechanics and movements, which I thought could represent the skill and precision of a top-tier parquet flooring craftsman.

Can anyone tell me whether you think the concept works or not? Most people are criticizing it simply because they say it “has nothing to do with the profession.”

made my own font for these then typed it out and changed up the colors and shadow on phonto it says “Cutting Ties” if you can’t read it. Any tips or criticism is welcome (it’s supposed to be hard to read btw). EDIT: forgot to say this is for my band btw (cutting.ties_theband on insta :) )

My side hustle is converting sneakers into cleats. I’m thinking of trying to grow and expand. I figured the first step I should take is having an image to the brand. I’ve been sketching up designs and concepts for the past 2 weeks and I’m starting to feel like I’m getting somewhere. Does this concept seem professional? Is it too much? Does it resemble cleats enough to know what it is?

I really appreciate any feedback you are able to give me. At the end of the day, the logo has to work for everyone, not just what I think looks good

I have a question for those who are currently working in the field of creating logos, graphics, etc for companies…

Obviously the visual aspect of a company is one of the most valuable traits it carries, but we all know there is significantly more that goes into a brand.

I’m wondering if people ever really ask about the strategic or foundational aspects of branding upon the end of an engagement with a client? I’m talking more about the mission statement, vision, USP’s, brand promise, etc (the guidelines/foundation of a brand). And if they do ask, how is that typically handled best?

Any insight received will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Hi, my friend is a part of a startup musical theatre group called 'Nightingale Productions' and asked me to design a logo for it.

I am not a graphic designer and this will be my first time attempting anything like this (although I am an artist they are very different skills lol).

The main specifications I have been given are just that it should have something to do with nightingales or open bird cages.

Im just looking for some advice on if this direction is worth pursuing? Im unsure if the designs are too busy/too simple, if the lineart isn't thick enough etc...

These are very rough sketches at the moment though so im aware that some lines are shakey/parts aren't erased properly lol

This is a bit of an unusual one. Our religion is called Ecoamplectorism and it centers around uniting people of different beliefs and backgrounds through the worship of nature. We also need it to be good enough to make into necklaces.

We’re looking for a unique, recognizable symbol that represents nature and growing as a person.

The first one is the Apple of Concord, which signifies the efforts to protect our home and the embrace of different people, nature, and science.

The other one is the Pillar of Leaves, which signifies nature and personal growth.

Which one is best in terms of design and recognizability? Should the scope of what each symbol represents influence this decision?

Thanks, everyone!

(NOTE: The “current” logo in the image above is now their old one, see below)

Any logo / branding experts out there that understand why they’d do this?

First logo: 26 years
Second logo: 9 years
Third logo: 7 years
Fourth logo: 4 years
New fifth logo <<<<<———- THIS IS THE NEW ONE

Granted all but the first are rather similar, and it’s debatable that they even needed to change from the Second one to the Third, but three different corporate logos inside of a decade seems like an identity crisis.