Instant Logos: The Logo Creator
There’s no shame in getting help with ideas for a logo. For example, The Logo Creator includes 50 or more designs for logos in your choice of business category, including:
- Corporate
- Mascot
- Sports, Real Estate
- Entertainment
- Travel & Leisure
- Spiritual
The software lets you combine elements from these professionally designed logos to create a new, custom design for your project. It’s not perfect for every project, but it’s perfect for many, and it costs just $29.95.
Jay Nelson is the editorial director of PlanetQuark.com, and the editor and publisher of Design Tools Monthly. He’s also the author of the QuarkXPress 8 and QuarkXPress 7 training titles at Lynda.com, as well as the training videos Quark includes in the box with QuarkXPress 7 . In addition, Jay writes regularly for Macworld and Photoshop User magazines and speaks at industry events.
Can you be any less creative? The logo examples on Logo Creator site looks like they where done by my 9 yr old nephew who just learned paintshop pro.
Artists are needed for logo creation not a $30 program!
I agree that for most logos, a more professional approach is required. But for some, specifically where the budget is far below what it would cost to craft a truly professional logo, the options are either what you described (9 year old nephew) or something like Logo Creator.
Many startup companies have literally no budget for a logo because they never considered how much effort it takes to craft a good one. And yet as designers, we’re often called upon to create something useful, for very little money. I think Logo Creator is a good solution for that kind of situation.
I just had some further thoughts:
I live in a town where lots of people are constantly making up new products and companies. It’s actually not unusual to meet someone somewhere and find out that they’re in the process of releasing some new product.
Because of this, graphic designers around here are often hired to produce packaging and marketing collateral for brand-new things. And often, those things have either NO logo, or a really bad one. I’ve found that these folks are more interested in getting the product into the market (to see if anyone buys it), than in creating a world-class design. (Yes, I know, market success goes hand in hand with great design, but these folks don’t want to do that.)
So, I was thinking that Logo Creator could be useful in two different ways: the designer could noodle with it for an hour or so and come up with some “acceptable” logo designs, or the client could buy it and come up with their own — and maybe the designer could tweak it before final use.
As I said, these are just some further thoughts I’ve had.