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I used my former hobby of beating up friends with steel weapons for the amusement of the paying public as inspiration. That, combined with part of the name of one of Beth's (my partner in crime and copious quantities of chocolate) previous ventures gave us the company name "Riverblade".
Once we had the name the logo was easy - I just used a silhouette of one of the polearms I keep on top of the wardrobe in our bedroom in place of one of the letters (see the top left of the page[^]).
The one thing I would say is that it is a very individual and subjective process, and not something you're likely to have inspiration about exactly when you need it. Give it time; the right idea will become clear eventually.
Good luck!
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After running a bussiness for 15 years my opinion is that a logo is not so important. Essentially is that when you picked one never, never change it! Because its all about reckonition. So choose one that feels good, is unique, is not too specific, and is practical. Be aware of the fact that your logo must fit almost everywhere. So, take photoshop and try to make leaflets, annonce, newsletters.. to find out that you can't use all colors anymore. This gives you a basic understanding of what are the difficulties of a potential logo.
Although designers can help you to create one (and please hire one: they are much better then you are), they don't solve the problem that later on you will use the logo in new environments.
Finally avoid a full color logo: when you need 10000 pieces of paper with your logo you will pay..
Rozis
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If you have to ask that question then you DO NOT. You tell the artist, this is what we do, come up with some rough ideas and we'll approve one once we do a trademark check.
"Creating your own blog is about as easy as creating your own urine, and you're about as likely to find someone else interested in it." -- Lore Sjöberg
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All the inspiration I needed when starting out was to find the price the pros wanted to charge to design a logo. That gave me enough inspiration to do it myself.
My logo just sort of came together. It's nothing fancy, but it's worked for about 20 years now.
I think if someone actually told me they didn't like the logo and that's why I didn't get their business, I'd thank them for not bothering me. After all, they really need to decide whether they want a company with a neat logo or whether they want the job done on schedule, on budget and to spec.
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Do you actually need a logo, if you're just starting up then you could wait till you've established your corporate persona. It's a hassle if you want to change it in a year or so.
I have a recollection that when I first bought some Cisco routers in the late eighties they didn't have a logo, didn't do them much harm. Cisco's logo is inspired by the Bay bridge (I think).
Multi famam, conscientiam pauci verentur.(Pliny)
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I'm no artist, but maybe you can start with your company name.
Do you do various custom dev for clients or do you have a certain area you focus on?
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Ok, and?
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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DavidCrow wrote: Ok, and?
Uhm, are you new here, David? 
People typically post a link to this sort of news item when they want to get public opinion from the Loungers. I just gave mine in a post I made a few seconds ago.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: People typically post a link to this sort of news item when they want to get public opinion from the Loungers.
I guess I fail to see the point. I saw nothing in that article worthy of a discussion.
"Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw later in life what you have deposited along the way." - Unknown
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
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Sign of the times - getting terminally damaged liver at 22. I'm not shedding any tears.
Kevin
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I don't think he was refused - there's a shortage of donors and I believe that non-alcoholics get priority when there are transplants available over drinkers, which when you think of it is quite fair.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: I believe that non-alcoholics get priority when there are transplants available over drinkers
It probably does work that way unless you are a celebrity.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: I believe that non-alcoholics get priority when there are transplants available over drinkers
When they're famous, drinkers get a transplant, and an airport named after them....
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Iain.
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According to the article he effectively was refused. They decided he was not exempt from the requirement of being alcohol-free for a six month period of time so he needed to wait a while longer. He may have been accepted after a few months but I don't know.
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I have to say I agree with Nishant. Besides, he hadn't been alcohol-free for long enough. Sounds cold, but he brought it on himself.
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ahmed zahmed wrote: Sounds cold, but he brought it on himself.
His mom should get part of the blame, specially for his 13-17 drinking age period. I mean where did he get the money? Until I got my first job, I had to save up for a week just to buy 3 drinks for myself (and then go hungry without food) - so it's amazing she kept giving him money.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: I had to save up for a week just to buy 3 drinks for myself (and then go hungry without food)
Now you can be over-drinking and over-eating at the same time, is that any better? 
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Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 wrote: Now you can be over-drinking and over-eating at the same time, is that any better? Big Grin
Th former - yes, the latter - no, I am not big on food. I mean I love food, specially grilled meat and seafood but only in small quantities. I mean I struggle to finish a big mac and that too when I am really hungry.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote: I struggle to finish a big mac
Er... a Big Mac is not food.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: Er... a Big Mac is not food. Smile
Normally yes, but when you are out on a food exit in east central IL and basically in the middle of nowhere, Big Macs are not only considered food, some people even say their prayers before eating one. 
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Praying before attempting to eat a Big Mac sounds entirely reasonable to me.
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Punctuation is important!
Is it "Man refused liver transplant, dies"
or "Man, refused liver transplant, dies" ?
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Is it "Man refused liver transplant, dies"
or "Man, refused liver transplant, dies" ?
Either way it's wrong, and just sensationalist headlining. He was not refused a transplant, even though he did not meet the criteria the hospital had in place for transplant recipients. But who is going to buy a paper without that sort of "sizzle"?
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Doesn't "not meeting the criteria" constitute a refusal ?
He was not accepted and that was the reason. That sounds like a refusal to me.
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