Creating a band's logo/image

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 3:36 am

So, my band's demo is done, our lineup is reasonably solidified, and we're ready to start gigging 5 nights/week. As someone who's been on the inside of the club world and close to the booking process, I know that a demo alone doesn't get you very far. A reasonable package must be handed to the booking agent to increase the chances of landing the job.

We have access to great printing facilities, so the physical components aren't an issue. The demo sounds awesome, so that's not a concern. Our singer is a good businessman, so negotiating isn't a concern.

What we need is a good logo and overall design theme. I suppose this might be an issue better taken up via pm with Bortwein or someone, but I wanted to put this out there to see if anyone had any general feedback.

If anyone cares to throw ideas at my specific situation, the band's name is Mr. Ridiculous. Not my idea, no one in the band is in love with the name, but every single girl we've asked likes that name. So that's our name.

As far as a logo goes, I think something as simple as a good filtered font would do. Something like the following corporate images:

Bubble Tape/Hubba Bubba
Powderpuff Girls
Superman (though I think something a bit more cartoony would be best
An Athletics-type script

There are others that are in my head, but I can't put my finger on them. Any ideas? Any logos that you've created?

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:27 am

jim tyrrell is a graphic designer, and by the little stuff i've seen i'd say a good one. you should PM him.

plus, he's a super cool guy i've never met, but can say this with full confidence

just my humble opinion....mr ridiculous=dumb. the sober irishmen=good.

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 12:43 pm

I like the superhero aspect, especially combined with a single font name/logo combination. (Besides, it's tailor-made for fitting nicely on bumper stickers, banners, &c.)

Blambot is a good source for free fonts of that ilk.

...is a little something I'd whipped up a long time ago for myself back when I wanted to be/considered myself an experimental punk. Basic monochrome art, with a silly punning logo and yer basic clichéd distressed typeface.

Some sort of simple image (aka logo) to go along with the bandname is also a good thing for the whole swag approach, like a secret handshake that only those in the know get and identify themselves to others with.

Tonamel · Post by **Tonamel** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:44 pm

Aenigma is a good place for quirky, logoish fonts.

Just off the top of my head:

Whenever I've had to make logos like this, I find that getting the right font is really 95% of the work.

I don't know if that's helpful at all, but there you go.

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:08 pm

so...many...fonts....*drools*....so...many...wonderful....fonts.....

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Dec 31, 2006 2:44 pm

Billy's Little Trip · Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:18 pm

Maybe you should just go ahead and use one of the logos you posted and alter it. I just made this tabasco one real quick on print shop using circles and squares. We do this a lot for fun when we make our gig flyers.

Also, we like to use free sign generators for sh!ts and giggles. You can put your name, club and date on it and people get a little laugh.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:36 am

Here's something simple, all right. I find it easier to build these things up than to take things out of them, so I tend to start simple anyway. But I think (hope) it's along the lines of what you're looking for.