# Help with a logo **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [August 20, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964 "2003-08-20T15:57:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yeldarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/51bf81/32.png) [@Yeldarb](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yeldarb)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/1 "2003-08-20T15:57:56Z")
I’m trying to come up with an idea for a logo for my site… the name is [barbdwyer.com](http://barbdwyer.com), so i was thinking something to do with barb wire, but i can’t think of a good way to tie the barbdwire with the text, plus im not very artistic. does anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/2 "2003-08-20T18:51:18Z")
I would put barb wire around an object. Whats ur site about? Choose an object that relates to your site. Viru. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/3 "2003-08-20T19:13:46Z")
its a web design business, maybe a computer… thanks for the reply ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/4 "2003-08-20T22:02:28Z")
easy make a computer with a barbed wire connected instead of a phone line or a cable modem taht shoudl look cool ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/5 "2003-08-20T22:22:19Z")
awesome, i think im going to try that u think it would look better being mor realistic? or cartoony? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/6 "2003-08-20T23:05:57Z")
ok, heres a rough draft. plz give suggestions, but keep in mind that it is a VERY early draft 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/7 "2003-08-21T00:23:14Z")
Looks like a rose bush… Right track tho… Keep it up! \_\_\_\_jMkM:block: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/8 "2003-08-21T00:45:08Z")
lol, yeah, ur right, i can’t draw barb wire though… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/9 "2003-08-21T01:54:13Z")
what you could have done is a mouse plus a cord leaving from it, which would actually be barbed wire… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/10 "2003-08-21T02:00:14Z")
thats a good idea too ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/11 "2003-08-21T02:00:57Z")
Don’t make your stuff so… bulky ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/12 "2003-08-21T02:06:46Z")
bulky? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/13 "2003-08-21T02:38:50Z")
I dunno, your style just seems really awkward and bulky ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/14 "2003-08-21T02:45:55Z")
i dont really like it, you gotta think is this gonna look good way down small? you gotta do it simple man…i got not adviice but that. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/15 "2003-08-29T21:08:48Z")
how about something like this? came out with this effect messing around in ps ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/16 "2003-08-29T22:12:10Z")
> \*Originally posted by Soul \* > \*\*I dunno, your style just seems really awkward and bulky \*\* > the reason it looks bulky is beacuse he’s got the link straight to the swf, he hasn’t got it embedded in html, so it fits the size of your browser page a resizes everything accordingly and btw, that title (directly above) really doesnt work… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/17 "2003-08-29T22:13:05Z")
Oh thats nice. (the new pic) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/18 "2003-08-29T22:28:07Z")
I really dont like it :-\ hard to read… and waaay to ‘photoshoppy’ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/19 "2003-08-31T04:24:59Z")
I fiddled with the idea of writting out the name in _barb~wire.ish_ letters and it didn’t ever look right… the `pewter w/ barb’d tail didn’t fly well in my mind either… \ I think maybe something more along the lines of a circular badge like thing with the name wraping around with an image of a chunk of barbed wire in center would say it best … (?) … here’s a couple o’ doodles on the barb part:: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-with-a-logo/28964/20 "2003-08-31T04:29:55Z")
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