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"Design contest" to a designer is what "prototype me my facebook idea" to a programmer. You will be laughed out of the room by professional designers at best, s
by eps 13y ago
"Design contest" to a designer is what "prototype me my facebook idea" to a programmer. You will be laughed out of the room by professional designers at best, so what you will end up with a clipart logo based on a ripped concept done by someone who has zero idea of what tarsnap is (but who really needs your 500 bucks).
Do the right thing, Colin, call this thing off, take an hour to go through logopond and dribbble and email a dozen of guys you like. $500 is a good budget to get a good logo.
EDIT - alternatively, just pick a good sans font (something that you personally like and that matches well what you think tarsnap is about - simplicity, clarity, reliability, etc.), take a semibold or bold weight, type "tarsnip" in lowercase letters, kern it tightly and you got yourself a clean and concise wordmark.
- anologwintermut 13y agoAnd yet I bet he will get results and they will look good enough, even if you and everyone else who considers themselves a designer laughs at him. He can actually judge the logos he gets and choose the best one (or potentially non at all). Designs don't have anything close to a monopoly on good(enough) taste. Evaluating the quality of a code base, on the other hand, requires close to enough skill that you probably could write it your self. It's not analogous.