@ Kiterboy
Sixteen different people, 17 including myself have responded to this thread. AKSA/KA membership is a couple of thousand or so. Some of these comments have come from non-members.
Since when has Seabreeze been the official voice of AKSA/KA? If you're a member, have you actually contacted AKSA/KA to express your concern or have you just had a whinge here?
Members were advised via email of the process, but none of the designs have been chosen yet.
Kiterboy,
you're missing my point. In an organisation of a couple of thousand kiters, 17 people have commented here.
For the sake of this conversation, let's say AKSA/KA has 2000 members (personally I think it's more, but that's just a gut feeling).
Whilst over 1200 crew have viewed/read this thread, as a percentage of the potential AKSA/KA membership, what figure does the 17 voices who have expressed their disappointment at the process here on SB, actually mean?
By my way of thinking, there are only 16 contributors on SB who aren't happy.
HB Bear you are correct KA members were notified that the association needed a new logo and we were given the opportunity to submit a design. I received the invitation email @3:02 pm on the 3rd of April 2013 & submissions had to be made by 10:27 am on the 7th of April 2013.
Enough time with no forewarning???
I would have liked to have seen a comp run for at least 2 weeks on seabreeze first before it was offered to the professionals, at least imo we would then feel we had a chance to contribute & hopefully come up with a great logo. My 2 cents
whats with all the colours and multi layering, shadowed, shaded BS.
a real logo is something that will print black and white and can be made into a simple screen or sticker for its members to wear or put on their car, board or other object.
enough of the colours and flashy fonts.
design something simple.
HB Bear
You're saying an open forum for kiteboarding is not the place to discuss issues affecting kiteboarders??
Why don't they just pay the ****cers (experts) at 99 designs to come up with a few logos that the committee can discuss and choose a design from?
Ummm puppet. 99 designs have not come up with any logos. They have been submitted by the general public. What I was trying to say is get a professional designer to come up with a logo and pay them accordingly.
I have to agree with getting a professional designer in. You get what you pay for.
I was in the design industry for 12 years worked many things.
The real problem is the hit and miss nature of "putting it out there" to 99 designs and similar websites. Everyone has a mate or a cousin who knows how to do graphics or use photoshop or illustrator.
The real issue arises when these guys try do do something more substantial and with more meaning. You really need to think about all of the variables when designing. Its just not a pretty thing on paper...
Maybe Laurie should run a comp... Designers come out of the wood work for a new kite or board.. I sure did...