# Logo/Splash advice **URL:** \ **Category:** design\ **Created:** [August 1, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/logo-splash-advice/27351 "2003-08-01T10:33:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lunar\_4u](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Lunar\_4u](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Lunar_4u)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 10:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/logo-splash-advice/27351/1 "2003-08-01T10:33:53Z")
Hi everyone, i’m doing a logo for my friends CS team and this is my start. They are called ex and i tried to do a cross hair showing that. Have you got any ideas what i can do to improve it as it dont look right yet. Also any ideas on how i could incorparate into a splash screen, i.e. what effect on background would look nice. I am using flash mx but could use photoshop if it was a must but i a novice with that program Thanks for any help :beam: ---
**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 1, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/logo-splash-advice/27351/2 "2003-08-01T10:57:17Z")
that cool :thumb: have you thought about giving it a shadow? ---
**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 1, 2003, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/logo-splash-advice/27351/3 "2003-08-01T12:59:56Z")
ive added a shadow and took off the gradient fill. Does that look any better? Has anyone else got any advice pleaseeeee 🅱 ---
**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 1, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/logo-splash-advice/27351/4 "2003-08-01T13:24:26Z")
shadow is nice, but i think you shold have left the gradient. I would say give it a BG, but i assume you are making the BG transparent? ---
**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 1, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/logo-splash-advice/27351/5 "2003-08-01T13:28:52Z")
it’s kind of hard to see the e… maybe change the colour from red to a greenish colour? 🙂 nice start! ---
**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 1, 2003, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/logo-splash-advice/27351/6 "2003-08-01T13:43:53Z")
if its a splash BIGGER. if its a logo SIMPLER. simple as that. i would jsut the the X and the E as a crosshair and leave out the guy tbh because the guys make it so that if you blew it up (in size) it would look pixely annd what not. for a splash it looks good but like i said bigger. ---
**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 1, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/logo-splash-advice/27351/7 "2003-08-01T14:36:47Z")
Hi, For a logo you could lose the outer circle and the image in the background and just have the e in the middle of an X, emphasise on some cool typography, maybe add some metallic effect in photoshop if u want. 🙂 ---
**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 1, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/logo-splash-advice/27351/8 "2003-08-01T15:10:52Z")
> \*Originally posted by Lunar\_4u \* > \*\*ive added a shadow and took off the gradient fill. Does that look any better? Has anyone else got any advice pleaseeeee 🅱 \*\* It looks a lot better ! I like it :thumb: ! Whatever you do, don’t bring the black square at the background back !