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PixelDave

Bored Designer: 5 Homebrewers got logos designed.

HERE ARE THE LOGOS

I'm nearing the end of my little experiment. I'd like to thank:

*u/steveolp *u/IOnceWasLegend *u/MustacheEnvy *u/Fenix159 *u/pipeweed

for working with me. I'm still waiting to get final feedback from two of them, but I'm hoping they'll see this post.

EDIT: Thanks for the gold, stranger!

A couple of extra thoughts: This was partially a challenge to my output abilities, and partly an attempt to push myself to projects with subject matter I enjoy. My daily grind is more website design, but I love branding and typography. I appreciate all the kudos, and the gold.

My hope is to do this randomly a few times a year on this sub, but probably just one or two people at a time. In the meantime, I have some offers for paid or trade work that I will definitely be talking to some of you about. Maybe, one fine day in the future, I'll be able to open my own design shop / brewhouse / BBQ shack.

Cheers!

Posted Mar 7, 2014, 11:59 PM UTC · edited

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karmature•

Pretty good. Next time you should take it up a notch by using Comic Sans with MS Word clip art.

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PixelDaveOP•

MS Word allows for so much freedom to execute creative visions.

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frogger42•

I think I might just be the only one in this thread reading your sarcasm the right way.

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devpsaux•

Nope. I think I'm reading it correctly too.

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jlongstreet•

I did this for a clone of Bell's Oberon that I called Fauxberon. Clipart sun, Comic Sans. Thought about screenshotting it so it would have the red squiggly underline too.

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dilladog•

Dog Sled Label

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thestudio•

Yes. That's really good. Pro.

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PixelDaveOP•

Glad everyone generally approves. Especially glad that the "clients" got something they liked out of it.

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JamesAGreen•

Wow! Nice work. If you ever get bored again, let me know, for sure!

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Catalyst8487•

Ha, my thoughts exactly. I have ideas but no training or skill set to make them reality.

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PixelDaveOP•

GIMP is a good Photoshop alternative, but for logos & type, I recommend Inkscape. It doesn't rely on pixels, so you can blow your image up to billboard size without getting all rezzy and pixelated. Plenty of tutorials out there.

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radog•

YOUTUBE! Just look up GIMP tutorials. It's free and powerful.

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Fenix159•

Thank you so much! Love it. Really appreciate you taking the time to do these.

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tbone328•

Those are great. I need to stop being lazy and design my logo

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Uberg33kImmaculate Brewery•

Wow. Please let me know if you're ever bored again. That's nice work.

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a_leprechaun•

Have to say dog sled is my favorite, both out of love for its simplicity, but also just how gorram good it looks! Seriously looks like something I'd get at the pub! Here's a glass to you, good sir!

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dilladog•

Half chub over the #3 Dog Sled font, but I feel something is missing without a dog. Maybe it's huge and hides in the the background of the label.

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girlwithblanktattoo•

Half chub

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CreepySmileBot•

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banged_ur_mom•

Great work! I love the "perception" that makes me feel like I have double vision. Seems like it would be pretty narley after a few of them...

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griffon11•

These all turned out great! If you ever get bored again, Fussy Britches Brewing would love a logo ;)

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gringogrande33•

Really awesome stuff! If you are ever bored again and feeling gracious please consider designing a label for me. Absent Minded Professor (A.M.P.). Cheers to your work!

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jrsy85•

Not sure how i missed the initial post but i'd love to see one for my "Agent Orange" ginger beer :p

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Grifts•

I am trying to give my dad a nudge to try selling his brews, do you have any advice if I wanted to try to ake a logo?

They all look amazing, professional.

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PixelDaveOP•

I recommend starting with a vector program, like Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator. Look up tutorials.

Take an image you like and trace it over in the program with the vector tools. Play with the angles, curves, line weight. Start in black and white.

Once you get an iconic image you love, play with color and font. Don't fall down the free font rabbit hole, but see if there is anything out there that would work. Try pairing a serif and a sans serif font if you have more than one line.

Hope that helps. Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.

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stxmike•

These are amazing. Is this a side business or something you are just doing for fun?

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PixelDaveOP•

Honestly, it started with me just wanting to do stuff I wanted to do, not stuff I had to.

Maybe if I get some momentum, and enough people wanting to pay or trade, it could be more business-y, but I'm just rolling with the tide at the moment.

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steveolp•

Thanks for taking the time to do this for us.

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MSUBREW•

If you are bored, I'll add mine to the list:

Topwater (either blank or Topwater Brewing)

I'm an avid bass/pike fisherman and I love using the Rapala floating minnow to fish "topwater"

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[deleted]•

If you're interested I have a Hoegaarden white ale clone I'm brewing for a wrestle-mania party called "Hulk Hoegaarden White Ale". I tried to make the label look the same as a regular Hoegaarden but failed miserably.

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IOnceWasLegend•

I didn't notice this until today; thanks so much for designing the logo for me, Dave! And I love the names you came up with!

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