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Ask HN: Who designed your logo?

7 points by tzury 15y ago

Been so disappointed by results of 99designs I wonder if YC's companies are sharing contact details of some talented logo designers. Thanks in advance for sharing.

allenwong 15y ago
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodoo/id479515479?l=zh&ls=1&mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodoo/id479515479?l=zh&l...
allenwong 15y ago
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodoo/id479515479?l=zh&ls=1&mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodoo/id479515479?l=zh&l...
sebg 15y ago
Hi Tzury, looking forward to see what people wrote. One way I have done it in the past is to reach out to companies who designs/logos I like to ask them personally. I've asked people like Patio11 and others and all have been super helpful and patient with all my questions. Good luck!
- tzury 15y ago
  thanks, will do so. the world would be a better place, if like for photographers and writers, a logo designer would have been getting a credit line at /about or such.
timmm 15y ago
http://www.matchandkerosene.com/ http://www.matchandkerosene.com/
jhacks 15y ago
You can always use something like Illustrator or Inkscrape to design something yourself? I guess you have to be relatively artistic for that.
wavephorm 15y ago
I sketched my logo with a pen and paper, then coded it up as an HTML5 canvas drawing.
- glimcat 15y ago
  Similar here - lots of sketching followed by Inkscape.
hansy 15y ago
I'm in the same boat. Someone told me about http://www.crowdspring.com/ http://www.crowdspring.com/ but I've never used it. Might be worth a shot?
krausejj 15y ago
You have to give 99 Designs very clear guidelines and a lot of feedback to get a good result. You may want to call or email your contact person there and tell them you were dissatisfied - they may be able to help. Also, did you "guarantee" your contest (commit to choosing a winner)? I got 3-4x as many entries after I did that.
illdave 15y ago
I've found great logo designers by looking through http://www.dribbble.com http://www.dribbble.com and getting in touch with designers whose logo work I like.
- tzury 15y ago
  Is that where you found logo designers for typecast and hackerbuddy?
  - illdave 15y ago
    Actually no, I've got some other logos designed for other projects from Dribbble designers, but not Typecast or Hackerbuddy (those sites actually don't really have proper logos..at least, not the first versions of them)
- tzury 15y ago
  http://dribbble.com/tags/logo http://dribbble.com/tags/logo is definitely a good place to look at. many thanks.
tzury 15y ago
if anyone ever need, http://www.logoturn.com/ http://www.logoturn.com/ is a great place to start, http://www.dribbble.com http://www.dribbble.com as well. http://www.crowdspring.com/ http://www.crowdspring.com/ seems quite similar to 99designs
niico 15y ago
If anyone needs a logo design, shoot me an email. I've been doing that for a while. (See my portfolio in my profile)

7 points by tzury 15y ago

Been so disappointed by results of 99designs I wonder if YC's companies are sharing contact details of some talented logo designers. Thanks in advance for sharing.

allenwong 15y ago

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodoo/id479515479?l=zh&ls=1&mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodoo/id479515479?l=zh&l...

allenwong 15y ago

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodoo/id479515479?l=zh&ls=1&mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/doodoo/id479515479?l=zh&l...

sebg 15y ago

Hi Tzury, looking forward to see what people wrote. One way I have done it in the past is to reach out to companies who designs/logos I like to ask them personally. I've asked people like Patio11 and others and all have been super helpful and patient with all my questions. Good luck!

tzury 15y ago
thanks, will do so. the world would be a better place, if like for photographers and writers, a logo designer would have been getting a credit line at /about or such.

timmm 15y ago

http://www.matchandkerosene.com/ http://www.matchandkerosene.com/

jhacks 15y ago

You can always use something like Illustrator or Inkscrape to design something yourself? I guess you have to be relatively artistic for that.

wavephorm 15y ago

I sketched my logo with a pen and paper, then coded it up as an HTML5 canvas drawing.

glimcat 15y ago
Similar here - lots of sketching followed by Inkscape.

hansy 15y ago

I'm in the same boat. Someone told me about http://www.crowdspring.com/ http://www.crowdspring.com/ but I've never used it. Might be worth a shot?

krausejj 15y ago

You have to give 99 Designs very clear guidelines and a lot of feedback to get a good result. You may want to call or email your contact person there and tell them you were dissatisfied - they may be able to help. Also, did you "guarantee" your contest (commit to choosing a winner)? I got 3-4x as many entries after I did that.

illdave 15y ago

I've found great logo designers by looking through http://www.dribbble.com http://www.dribbble.com and getting in touch with designers whose logo work I like.

tzury 15y ago
Is that where you found logo designers for typecast and hackerbuddy?
- illdave 15y ago
  Actually no, I've got some other logos designed for other projects from Dribbble designers, but not Typecast or Hackerbuddy (those sites actually don't really have proper logos..at least, not the first versions of them)
tzury 15y ago
http://dribbble.com/tags/logo http://dribbble.com/tags/logo is definitely a good place to look at. many thanks.

tzury 15y ago

if anyone ever need, http://www.logoturn.com/ http://www.logoturn.com/ is a great place to start, http://www.dribbble.com http://www.dribbble.com as well. http://www.crowdspring.com/ http://www.crowdspring.com/ seems quite similar to 99designs

niico 15y ago

If anyone needs a logo design, shoot me an email. I've been doing that for a while. (See my portfolio in my profile)