[ale] OT: Out in left field (who's on 1st)

[Scott Castaline]

Mike Harrison wrote:
>> right now and is really in the development stages. We're not sure if
>> this is going to fly, so we're hesitant to spend a lot of money on this
>> right now. I was hoping to just take a couple of clipart images and cut
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> Mike the serial geek entrepreneurs logo advice:
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>   -A version of it should look good in Black and White.
>   -A version should look good against a white background.
>   -A version of it should look good against a black background.
>   -A version of it should look good really small.
>   -You should be able to identify the company name
>    and what they do (kinda) from a business card
>    laying on the table, with you standing up.
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> I'm sure you have a collection of other peoples business cards.. lay them 
> all out on a table and pick out the serious companies and good designs you 
> like. Plagerism/mimicry is the highest form of flattery.
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> I once paid a serious graphic artist $500 for a logo he did in Adobe 
> Illustrator in about an hour. It looked a lot like the one I did in Gimp, 
> but the subtle changes he did with the fonts, curves, colors (2), etc.. 
> were worth every penny, an amazing difference. Having it in .ai/.eps/.pdf 
> in high res vector was also worth every penny.
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>    That being said: Opinions are like bellybuttons..
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Actually this is for a product label for my son. He wants to test market 
a food item that he makes himself. So far without any label it seems to 
be really taking off a lot faster than anyone thought it would, 
particularly himself. So he is starting very slow and with a zero 
budget, as none of us have any real cash to put in right now. I'll let 
you know what the item is if anyone is interested, we were surprised who 
gave it the highest ratings.