Design a Logo for LastObelus Consulting

Status: Closed
Prize: $150
Entries Received: 106

Contest Brief

I need a logo for my Web Application Development consulting business.

I am a web application developer with 15 years experience. I've been freelance for the last 8 and doing business as LastObelus Consulting Ltd. for 6, but just have never gotten around to making a logo or a web presence because there has always been as much client work to do as I wanted. This is still true, but it does sometimes bug me that I don't have all the business-y stuff I'm supposed to have

I specialize in Ruby on Rails (http://rubyonrails.org), Shopify (http://www.shopify.com) custom applications, integrations, and backends, and rich web applications using EmberJS.

This wikipedia link describes what an obelus is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelus The name LastObelus refers to fixing the last "bug" or removing the last incorrect thing from a project.

* I don't necessarily want to incorporate either the division symbol or dagger symbol into the logo *, so feel free to just treat LastObelus as a personal name.

I tend to like colour palettes that are dark/earthy blues with a splash of a bright highlight colour. I tend to NOT like a lot of tiny detail unless it is a simple splash of colour.

The logo should be recognizable from a distance or at a small size. It should convey quiet competence. It should NOT be flashy or bombastic, but a little audacious or quirky is welcome. If the logo has depth from shadows or shading, it should also be at least recognizable when photocopied.

I'm open to either simple abstract visual elements, or a kind of character or avatar if it seems compelling. I DONT want to copy visual elements from rails, shopify, or emberjs branding, however it would be ok to use colours similar to the shopify green or the emberjs orange as accent colours.

I don't like all caps (but the "Consulting" could be in all caps in a thin font, or even omitted)

I prefer the camelcased version of the name: LastObelus but I would also consider all lowercase logotypes.

Apart from these somewhat vague guidelines I don't have a strong vision for the logo, because I did I would just make it myself as many years ago I did work as a graphic designer for a few years -- so: surprise me!

The winner may also expect to be contracted to help with a blog, simple business website design, and business card using the logo.

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shaosx
- 8 years ago
check 136 and 135
- 8 years ago
dios91
- 8 years ago
Please rate Entry #141 .
- 8 years ago
Ismailjoni
- 8 years ago
Check #138 #139
- 8 years ago
shaosx
- 8 years ago
check 135... look i can change glyphs from obelist to celtic runes, indi symbols or tech symbols if u like my idea
- 8 years ago
pjrrakesh
- 8 years ago
Please check #131 & #132 Thanks!
- 8 years ago
ashfaqkhatti
- 8 years ago
#118
- 8 years ago
jjobustos
- 8 years ago
Please check #114
- 8 years ago
mamunfaruk
- 8 years ago
Hello, Please check #93 , #94 , #95 , #96 , #97 , #98 . Thanks.
- 8 years ago
jaydevb
- 8 years ago
Any feedback on entry No. 50
- 8 years ago
jaydevb
- 8 years ago
Hi
- 8 years ago
tfdlemon
- 8 years ago
#47
- 8 years ago
tfdlemon
- 8 years ago
https://www.freelancer.com/contest/Design-a-professional-company-Logo-77296--1.html
- 8 years ago
famit13
- 8 years ago
Hello Sir, please check entry no #91
- 8 years ago
Cozmonator
- 8 years ago
Any feedback for my design #88 , thanks.
- 8 years ago
ZulqarnainAwan89
- 8 years ago
#49 please.
- 8 years ago
SimoneHawthorne
- 8 years ago
Number #78 ?
- 8 years ago
flynnrider
- 8 years ago
Pls Chk #75
- 8 years ago
flynnrider
- 8 years ago
Pls chk #75
- 8 years ago
flynnrider
- 8 years ago
Please check #72 #73 #74
- 8 years ago
cristinandrei
- 8 years ago
#62
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
#29 , I appreciate the thinking behind the icon, unfortunately at first glance everyone's going to immediately think "ladybug". I like ladybugs, but they don't have anything to do with my brand. And nobody wants to squash them!
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
Below I listed some colour schemes from kuler that I like, in no particular order of preference.
- 8 years ago
BenQuick
- 8 years ago
#10 & #11 please?
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
https://kuler.adobe.com/1944mustang-color-theme-4817
https://kuler.adobe.com/Barro-Preto-Jeans-color-theme-2426176/
https://kuler.adobe.com/Khaki-Jeans-color-theme-2155995/
https://kuler.adobe.com/Jeans-and-Shirt-color-theme-1404389/
https://kuler.adobe.com/Jeans-and-Shirt-color-theme-1404389/
https://kuler.adobe.com/Winter-Road-color-theme-1507177/
https://kuler.adobe.com/clean-modern-color-theme-1183442/
https://kuler.adobe.com/The-Architect-color-theme-946917/
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
#35 The LO as squared circle is interesting. I would like to see experiments with the bounds of the squared circle being broken out of in interesting ways.
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
#20 I like the look and feel and neatness of it, but I don't feel the icon has any connection with my company.
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
for #45 I like the typography a lot, both the font and using different weights. I like the look and shape of the icon/O, but evoking water doesn't really do anything for my brand. If it evoked fire it might work better.
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
In #19 I like the typography, the fact that it looks equally good on black or white background, and I like the treatment of "consulting ltd" with the line. I'm not a huge fan of the icon -- I have no difficulty selling my tech ability and need my brand to help a little with making my company feel approachable.
- 8 years ago
Magesh30
- 8 years ago
Please check #30
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
#2 is the git logo. All designs considered will be checked with google image search :)
- 8 years ago
1. denigusnandi92
  - 8 years ago
  Hello sir, Check my entry #23 View it in full size, do not forget to click the next button to see the next design, Thanks :)
  - 8 years ago
denigusnandi92
- 8 years ago
Hello sir, Check my entry #23 View it in full size, do not forget to click the next button to see the next design, Thanks :)
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
From #2 I like the general idea of a dark red shaded shape with a white silhouette inside, but the actual shapes don't do anything for me. I like the high x-height font, but not the distressed look. I hope to see some dark shadowed red stylized obelus shapes...or perhaps stylized obelus shapes as a white silhouette on dark shadowed red.
- 8 years ago
Contest Holder
- 8 years ago
The first entry used a eurostile-like font. I kind of like squarish fonts, but they have a strong association with tech from 70s/80s so a logotype using that kind of font would need to have something about it that made it look fresh for me to accept it.
- 8 years ago