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Drawing bad logos for beer money since 2010
- mikestew 13y agoMan, some of those are so bad I had to buy one! The testimonials are well worth a click, BTW.
- l0c0b0x 13y agoI'd be really interested to find how much money this guy has made since he setup this site.
- alex_doom 13y agoLooks like several cases of drunk.
- adventured 13y agoCan narrow it down pretty quickly. 168 pages * 10 per page = 1,680 (there appear to be 200 jingles or so) It's likely most people are buying the $5 or $10 version, with a bias toward the $5. Generous $7 per * 1,680 = $11,760 And if you had to ballpark it overall: $10k to $15k. The only way that isn't a good ball park estimation, is if he's doing a lot that aren't getting posted to the site. An interesting comp would be the I Want To Draw a Cat For You guy: http://iwanttodrawacatforyou.com http://iwanttodrawacatforyou.com He has done 14,300 in three years (at $10+ per). Cat guy is of course treating it more like a business, and likely has a broader appeal (cats / pets vs logos).
- MartinCron 13y agoBeing listed on the site is a specifically enumerated feature of the purchase, so that shoud be accurate. I am buying the $5 logo, myself.
- Bsharp 13y ago> money this guy has made I think you mean "beer this guys has drunk"!
- zhemao 13y agoA lot of these actually aren't bad.
- l0c0b0x 13y agoYeah, makes you wonder if the 'horrible' part is just his angle.
- sliverstorm 13y agoOf course it's an angle. You can't sell "not bad" without an angle.
- coldtea 13y ago>You can't sell "not bad" without an angle. You'd be surprised.
- mikestew 13y agoOh, I don't know, quite a few live up to the sales pitch. http://www.horriblelogos.com/hay-wire/ http://www.horriblelogos.com/hay-wire/
- code_duck 13y agoThe value seems high given the price.
- cfontes 13y agoThe about page made me laugh, it's worth a look... http://www.horriblelogos.com/about/ http://www.horriblelogos.com/about/
- cfontes 13y agoAlso http://www.horriblejingles.com/ http://www.horriblejingles.com/
- austinz 13y agoHis logos are actually pretty decent - not so much 'horrible' as 'rough hand-drawn concept sketches'. His singing, though....shudder.
- kunai 13y agoQuite a few of these follow established design principles while remaining creative, quirky, and unique.
- mbillie1 13y agoThis in combination with vistaprint/etc has virtually limitless options for ~$25-per-printed-item.
- deckar01 13y agoI couldn't resist buying one for a friend who low balls be to do graphic design.
- changdizzle 13y agoDoes this remind anyone else of I Want to Draw a Cat For You, made famous by Shark Tank? http://iwanttodrawacatforyou.com/ http://iwanttodrawacatforyou.com/
- BorisMelnik 13y agoexactly what i thought of!
- Sakes 13y agoWhat's funny to me is this guy is clearly talented. I laughed my ass off, but even in his rush to create total garbage, you can still see his sense of space and weight creeping in. God, click on on the testimonials and look at some of those logos, so funny.
- johnjlocke 13y agoIt seems like 98% of the people "get it", what's really funny is the 2% of testimonials who honestly thought this was legit logo design for $5.
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- OoTheNigerian 13y agoLol. On a serious note though, this would be an excellent way to get cheap concepts for a logo. Buy the dude 4 beers for the same logo and get someone that uses Photoshop well to digitize it properly. 80% of creating a logo is getting the concept.
- encephalogram 13y ago...and get someone that uses Photoshop well to digitize it properly. Eh, from what I can gather Horrible Logos Guy seems to possess actual graphic design talent, and would likely be more than capable of properly digitizing any given logo. He actually offers high-res copies in exchange for larger quantities of beer, if you dig deeper into the site. I'd surmise that Horrible Logos Guy could probably create good logos, but chooses not to, because shitty logos are much more fulfilling to create. Case in point: The logo he did for "Get Off My Lawn Records" is recognizable as the face of an old hobo from a picture on a greeting card I've seen 1,000 times at stores like Spencer Gifts. In the picture, the hobo is giving the middle finger, and the card usually says something like "happy birthday, go fuck yourself." Sketch: http://www.horriblelogos.com/wp-content/uploads/horrible-logos-get-off-my-lawn.gif http://www.horriblelogos.com/wp-content/uploads/horrible-log... Orginal: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jmlJwQlujeY/TilxbkpypMI/AAAAAAAAAiw/wcHa5FY6z1w/s1600/angry-hobo.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jmlJwQlujeY/TilxbkpypMI/AAAAAAAAAi... The fact that he sketched that up in like ten minutes, and that it's recognizable to me, tells me that he has enough artistic talent to source decent photo reference, and trace a crude drawing over it, while staying within the bounds of fair use, and (as advertised) not seriously developing a commercially usable logo. Thus, artistic talent.
- glogla 13y agoAlso, if I was running indie music label called "get off my lawn records", I'd probably actually use that logo. Seems fun.
- calinet6 13y agoI'd actually use a lot of these logos for the types of companies that they're for, even just as-is. The drawn look lends a lot of authenticity and fun. That said, the concepts themselves are straight up usually good. I'd say he has a 60-70% decent rate here. Not horrible!
- BorisMelnik 13y agoyou guys make truly horrible logos
- BorisMelnik 13y agohaha i love this one: http://www.horriblelogos.com/hail-gabe/ http://www.horriblelogos.com/hail-gabe/
- james4k 13y agoPretty brilliant. Paid to practice logo design with basically zero responsibility.
- alxndr 13y agoWhoops, traffic's overloading the site...
- gprasanth 13y agoOh the site is run on NSFN. Nice! I am using it as well for forwarding some emails.
- rjuyal 13y ago"No porn or any material considered inappropriate or offensive." In about section :)
- brunorsini 13y agoI guess he will now know for a fact whether or not this thing scales :)
- andyhmltn 13y agoA lot of these are actually brilliant as initial concepts!
- Toenex 13y agoFor a more surreal online-request-artist I give you Jim'll paint it [http://jimllpaintit.tumblr.com/ http://jimllpaintit.tumblr.com/]. BTW the name is a reference to a British kids TV show called Jim'll fix it [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim'll_Fix_It http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim'll_Fix_It] which has recently become somewhat tainted [http://www.theguardian.com/media/jimmy-savile http://www.theguardian.com/media/jimmy-savile]
- tehwalrus 13y agoThere's a cement mixer truck driving around London somewhere with "Jim'll Mix It" written in cartoony writing on the side. I cringe every time I've seen it since the scandal - and I keep wondering if they'll ever change it! EDIT: aaand my favourite one from that site: http://jimllpaintit.tumblr.com/image/66024818150 http://jimllpaintit.tumblr.com/image/66024818150
- dchest 13y agoHe's still drawing! Here's the one I ordered in 2010: http://www.horriblelogos.com/coding-robots/ http://www.horriblelogos.com/coding-robots/
- josscrowcroft 13y agoReminds me of the Five-Minute Logo guy - I actually prefer these, but both are superb. http://www.vonglitschka.com/5MinuteLogo/ http://www.vonglitschka.com/5MinuteLogo/
- jebus989 13y agoI don't know where Brunch Bros is but I sure want to eat there now. http://www.horriblelogos.com/brunch-bros/ http://www.horriblelogos.com/brunch-bros/
- sanoli 13y agoThe 'Springy Panther' is one of the best/worst: http://www.horriblelogos.com/springy-panther/ http://www.horriblelogos.com/springy-panther/ The comment from the buyer: “Thanks Horrible Logos. That’s so appalling we cant use it anywhere…just what we were looking for!”
- auxbuss 13y agoI tried this guy last year after a few recommendations. I loved the result I got. http://www.vonglitschka.com/5MinuteLogo/index.html http://www.vonglitschka.com/5MinuteLogo/index.html There are a bunch of videos on his main site showing how he goes about the process, as well as other stuff.
- Springtime 13y agoActually very good, especially considering the 5 dollar price. The Horrible Logos variety is just a bit too sketchy, although I can see the fun in it.
- cm2012 13y agoI got my own one of these I'm quite fond of: http://www.kevinlordbarry.com/uploads/3/6/5/4/3654649/1374925707.png http://www.kevinlordbarry.com/uploads/3/6/5/4/3654649/137492....
- amalag 13y agoThese look really good to me.
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- islon 13y agoOne would think that after 3 years you'd learn how to draw a good logo =)