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    Posted by Stephen Ingham on June 15, 2010 at 8:48 pm

    Hi all, can anyone help with a few pointers or ideas for the back doors of a vivaro van, i seem to be having a mental block.

    The brief is simple but eye catching….not much then…lol

    cheers
    stephen


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    Jill Marie Welsh replied 13 years, 10 months ago 7 Members · 19 Replies
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  • Matty Goodwin

    Member
    June 15, 2010 at 9:30 pm

    Right!

    Id flood coat the rear top panel in blue. Make it look like its meant to be there and add their logo. Phone number and web address underneath on the flat panel underneath.

    (loose the drop shadow on the text, it doesn’t work!)

    Print the fork lift image on clear to fit ‘around the’ text and logo.

    Just my input. If it wasn’t so late I’d do it in illustrater to show what I mean! Maybe tomorrow if time allows…

    Matt

  • Stephen Ingham

    Member
    June 15, 2010 at 9:35 pm

    Hi Matt, thanks for the input.

    Much appreciated

    cheers
    stephen

  • David Rogers

    Member
    June 15, 2010 at 10:22 pm

    Did this one a few years back…almost the same business initials!

    White halo is reflective. Actually looked more ‘silver’ until the light caught it.

    Really basic and to the customers spec. to fit in with his existing identity.

    Text fitted round the forklift like Matty’s suggestion.


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  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    June 15, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    One quick tip is that the drop shadow should never have more impact than its text.
    Love….Jill

  • Matty Goodwin

    Member
    June 15, 2010 at 11:14 pm

    At last! Jill and I agree on something!!

    X

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    June 15, 2010 at 11:23 pm

    😕
    I thought we always agreed on stuff Matty.
    PS
    Stephen maybe lose the "Tel:" if possible.
    😀

  • Matty Goodwin

    Member
    June 15, 2010 at 11:29 pm

    Maybe a tag line in brush script…

    Only joking… (Jill xx)

  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 5:50 am
    quote Matty Goodwin:

    Maybe a tag line in brush script…

    Only joking… (Jill xx)

    he he

  • Stephen Ingham

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 7:36 am

    thanks for the replies.

    Matty, i guess strap lines arent a favourite of jills? There was a mention of the companies strap line too of "giving your business a positive lift"….maybe not then?

    cheers
    stephen

  • Matty Goodwin

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 7:43 am

    Its not so much the strap line, more what font its in!

    Saying that, I think the ‘giving your business a positive lift’ works for this company.

    Interested to see what you come up with, design wise.

    Good luck

    Matt

  • Neil Davey

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 7:45 am
    quote Stephen Ingham:

    Matty, i guess strap lines arent a favourite of jills?
    stephen

    No Stephen, it’s Brush Script that isn’t Jills favorite. 👿

    Beat me to it Matty 🙄

  • Stephen Ingham

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 7:50 am

    Right…i get it now…no brush script…

    So if it was in ariel italic or something like that then that maybe okay?

    cheers
    stephen

  • Matty Goodwin

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 7:58 am

    As I said, I think they sometimes works and this one does. (just my opinion!)

    Matt

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 10:43 am

    I hate Arial too.
    But I like a good strap line, I call it a tagline.

    This is how I would do it, and I would try to get a yellow forklift rather than the green one. You are stuck with the logo but you could lighten the black drop shadow.


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  • Matty Goodwin

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 11:40 am

    AAAGHHH! Hate it!

    Defo flood the recess panel blue and go from there!

    Matt

  • Peter Dee

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    I think that gross logo will kill anything it goes near.
    I would suggest moving it somewhere well away from the main design rather than trying to integrate it.

    Don’t like the condensed font – unreadable even from a short distance imho.

  • Stephen Ingham

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 8:11 pm

    Hows this…i have tried to hide or disguise the logo, jill i cant find a suitable yellow fork truck, unless anyone can change the colour for me…lol

    cheers

    stephen


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  • Matty Goodwin

    Member
    June 16, 2010 at 8:21 pm

    I’d loose the forklift image for now…

    make the logo bigger, put the logo text in one line and the line underneath in one line, and fill the blue panel. Make the web address bigger, and the slogan.

    Then work out how to use the image.

    It seems to take priority over the actual job they do.

    Matt

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    June 17, 2010 at 11:46 am

    Here you go:
    http://www.makemylogobiggercream.com/
    😉

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