[BOUNTY] 15 BTC for designing a logo - page 2.

Liam W

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Quote from: Technomage on February 16, 2012, 07:46:37 AM

I'm launching a Bitcoin web portal called "Bittiraha.fi" which is marketed to Finnish people. Bittiraha is a Finnish word which consists of two words bitti and raha and it loosely means "bitmoney". I've noticed that people tend to often call Bitcoin "bittiraha" in Finland, so it makes sense.

The site is not focused on Finland or the Finnish flag, it's focused on Bitcoin. Keep this in mind when choosing themes for your logo submissions.

Rules of the competition:

1) The logo must have the word "Bittiraha.fi" in it. Preferably spelled like that but it can also be all caps or something special if you can make it look good.

2) I am allowed to ask for small changes afterwards which are included in the 15 BTC reward.

3) I require a vector file of that logo because I need the logo for many different purposes and in many different sizes.

4) I get full rights to use and modify the logo that I have chosen.

5) I am not forced to choose any logo. This is not a competition of who is best, if none of the applicants are what I need, no one gets the bounty.

Submission deadline:

Will be announced 24 hours in advance.

Added: With the amount of participants so far, I will at least give out a bonus prize for the 2nd best!

I'll gladly answer any questions. Good luck.

I could try - I'm not a graphics expert, but I am good in photoshop

Is that OK? I do have too much spare time!

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Thanks bbulker. It's a good looking logo but it's difficult to read the blocks as letter B right now.

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Decided to make another.

Messing with colors:

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The competition is nearing its end, but there is still time to participate. There are enough submissions to choose from but more is better.

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Thanks for the opportunity, Technomage.

I enjoyed working with you.

*edit: Technogage >> Phinnaeus Gage Tongue

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foggyb: Impressive! I have nothing further to ask. I like your submissions a lot but it will be up to the whole team to decide which logo wins this competition. Edit: I like the third alternate a lot. Deserves a look alright

I'm now 100% sure that we have found a sufficient logo through this competition so there will be a winner. We are also giving a reward for the 2nd best and possibly for the 3rd best as well. There is still time to submit, we're not deciding the winner just yet.

I'll announce 24 hours in advance when we stop taking in new submissions. Not yet though, there is still plenty of time to participate. Good luck everyone. With the increased level of competition, you're going to need it.

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Update:

- added requested color variations
- tweaked .fi box placement on left column of variations
- experimented with finland map highlight
- added alternate grid-line variation
- added alternate two-tone variation suitable for print use

Update II:

- added a third alternate that deserves a look

Update III:

- forgot to mention: removed drop shadow on .fi text for all submissions

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foggyb: Nice work! I know you're probably getting frustrated by now, but I still need you to do minor tweaks. The shape of the logo or anything like that does not need to be changed anymore, it works. I need to see it with slightly different coloring. Follow these instructions, it's just two small tweaks and then you're done.

Take the third, fifth and sixth logo to be used for the tweaks. They are the best from the new bunch. Now simply change the word "Bitti" to the white color and put the orange background back to the .fi box. Leave one version where you only change the "Bitti" part and leave the .fi box as it is now, and one where you add the orange background for the .fi box and do nothing else. That's all.

Also, one of my team members asked if you could do something with Finland in the map, make it pop up a little or something. If you like you can try that for one version. Once you're done I think that your submission is as good as it'll get.

Timbo: Yes, it's better. Good work.

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Quote from: Technomage on February 21, 2012, 10:55:04 AM

Great entries Timbo! I especially like the black one, it's the strongest first entry in the whole competition and ranks high overall. The second one would need some work to be competitive. Thanks!

Thank you. Worked some more on the second one.
Used the colors of the Finnish flag for this and some minor other things. Personal find it good improvements.

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Quote from: Timbo925 on February 21, 2012, 10:17:34 AM

Here is my first entry. Tryed to make it very clean an clear.

Second one. Mada a 3d BTC logo for this one so will try to play with that to.
But I do like this one. Has a nice feel to it imo.

Good to see something that looks pro (the first one.)

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Great entries Timbo! I especially like the black one, it's the strongest first entry in the whole competition and ranks high overall. The second one would need some work to be competitive. Thanks!

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Here is my first entry. Tryed to make it very clean an clear.

Second one. Mada a 3d BTC logo for this one so will try to play with that to.
But I do like this one. Has a nice feel to it imo.

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I'd like to remind everyone that it is my team that will eventually review all the submissions and decide the winner. So what I think of the logos is not final in any way, the winner could turn out to be one of the older submissions regardless of what I thought of it. What I'm trying to do is push you guys to the limit and see if there is room for improvement.

Judging by the latest submissions it certainly looks like there is still room for improvement. I don't want to be hasty in choosing a logo if they get better and better as the competition matures so I will keep this competition going until I'm sure that we have enough great logos to make a decision, or until the deadline is up when my team is forced to make a decision.

Keep it guys, you're doing great work which will benefit the entire Bitcoin community.

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Quote from: foggyb on February 20, 2012, 06:58:54 PM

Excellent work foggyb! At first glance this logo is epic, it's the most promising logo of all the submissions so far. It could use some work though, it's not a guaranteed winner as it is now. The colors are great choices but there is too much going on with them and both of the boxes have issues.

The box around the letter B needs to be removed entirely or changed radically, the shape doesn't mix well with the background globe. The .fi box looked perfect in some of the earlier logos but here it is too big, too pronounced. For that one I'd say keep the box but make it less pronounced.

As far as the colors are concerned, I'd suggest experimenting some more. The colors you're using are perfect but the way they are used needs to be a bit more streamlined, simpler. One option is to use the orange for the whole "Bitti" word and leave everything else as is. Another option is to leave all the colors as they are now but simply remove the orange B box, even that might work. There are probably other variations that could work, try some so we can compare.

I hope you still have it in you to do a few more tweaks, you have a good chance of winning this competition. You've done a lot of work already and regardless of the outcome, you'll get a reward. That's guaranteed.

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Good job tahoda. I like especially the third logo, putting the "bitcoin portal" text below Bittiraha.fi removes any symmetry issues. The box looks good in that one as well. Your submission is now definitely competitive.

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Quote from: Technomage on February 20, 2012, 08:37:08 AM

tahoda: There is still an issue with positioning/symmetry. I can't quite pinpoint what I'd like done with it, but it still requires tweaking. The blue streak is also not much better now, it has too strong of a gradient which makes it look too light. Something between the first version and the later version could work as far as the streak is concerned but the symmetry of the whole logo is a bigger issue that you should concentrate on if you wish to have a competitive entry.

I do know what was wrong. The blocks weren't completely symmetrical yet. Fixed that and...made some variations. Both on blocks and texts.

https://i.imgur.com/JCVN7.png

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Keep it up guys. My team is planning to start reviewing the best submissions internally later this week, hopefully all who wish to participate have participated by then. The deadline in the first post is the latest date that doesn't kill our schedule but we would prefer to have the logo earlier than that.

tahoda: There is still an issue with positioning/symmetry. I can't quite pinpoint what I'd like done with it, but it still requires tweaking. The blue streak is also not much better now, it has too strong of a gradient which makes it look too light. Something between the first version and the later version could work as far as the streak is concerned but the symmetry of the whole logo is a bigger issue that you should concentrate on if you wish to have a competitive entry.

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Quote from: Technomage on February 19, 2012, 10:55:43 AM

tahoda: That's more like it! I think the symmetry of the whole logo needs some work though. The text does not align well with the graphics, it looks a bit off. Also the color of the blue streak is perhaps a bit too strong/bright blue, strikes out too much. Nothing else for now, that is a very promising submission. Thanks.

Yep, it was a very quick sketch. Just to see if this was the correct path to follow. Good that we are, at last, synchronized on design strategy.

edit: ok, couldn't resist some quick changes...

https://i.imgur.com/eC0j3.png

- slight re-alignment of the bitcoin blocks;
- made text somewhat smaller in length and positioned it a bit neater with the bitcoin blocks;
- made the blue stock exchange graph [or the path which connects the bitcoiners - you may choose] a bit more soft colored by adding a gradient.

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