Design the Indie Vision Music Logo Poll

I have posted all the submitted logos for our “Design the Indie Vision Music Logo Contest” on the CONTEST PAGE. Click the link to check them all out and read the directions closely, then cast your vote. DO NOT VOTE until you see the logos and no voting for artists who are your buddy. Vote only for the logo you like best. So gather up all your friends and please refer them all to our site to vote in this special contest. I’m not sure the deadline for voting but I’ll probably take it down once I see the votes taper off. If you’re confused about which logo is which, just wave your mouse over the pic and the designer/logo# will pop up.

So drop what you’re doing and head to the contest page NOW and then cast your vote. The winning logo will be placed at the top of our new retooled website and possibly on some tshirts.

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Matt B | June 21st, 2008 | 8:18 am
sam’s is incredible!
Matt B | June 21st, 2008 | 8:22 am
hold up. i meant jay’s. the one with the candle
Matt B | June 21st, 2008 | 8:22 am
not that sam’s is bad
Wilhelm | June 21st, 2008 | 8:47 am
either way, there are some sweet logos on there
TylerM | June 21st, 2008 | 8:54 am
The one with the lion and lamb is awesome. It’s going to be identified by Christians and have people asking about it if you wear it on a shirt.
Brandon | June 21st, 2008 | 9:03 am
Yeah I definitely had some good entries. Please help us spread the word about this poll to all of your friends and buddies. We need a HUGE amount of votes in this thing.
Matt U | June 21st, 2008 | 9:04 am
Ahhh!!! What to choose! I like Jay’s, and Brad’s, and the Lion/Lamb thing is pretty sweet too. Some good stuff there. You know, the Lion/Lamb behind Jay’s candle woulda been sweet…
TylerM | June 21st, 2008 | 9:09 am
haha

lion+lamb+candle=SCHWEET
Jewel U | June 21st, 2008 | 9:13 am
dang, these are some pretty sweet logos.
tough choice.

i tip my hat to all who submitted. awesome work.
NickL | June 21st, 2008 | 12:14 pm
OOOH! It’s a lion and a lamb! It seriously looked like poodles to me. I didn’t see the lion roaring; I thought it was the snout.

Not really a fan of the candle one for some reason, though they all are really well done.
_pole | June 21st, 2008 | 2:05 pm
Now, this is interesting!

I like the “rough” ones by John Holcomb (1-3) because they are indie in a friendly way… maybe a bit too much pop appeal, but okay for me.
4&5 are okay, the usual playing around with typo, nothing spectacular.

The ones by Isaac Ohman… sorry, I don`t like them. I am also generally against “IVM” as the main logo, it should be the full title, so that people know what it’s about when they see it.

Michael Clayton: I like the concept (even more the fact that there is one!). A bit sleek, but who says indie can’t be sleek these days. Works for me! I voted for tis one.

Jay DiNittos logo (the one with the candle) is good. Not my personal taste, but it IS goood.

Sam Coates: Nice concept, again. Implementation could have been better and more interesting.

Cory Bergman: A mixture of boring and awkward.

Denton Neal: The first one is not readable and the second simply uses the font “bleeding cowboys”, but not very skillfully. The illusion of caligraphy is destroyed be tilting the words.

Levi G: Why the huge emphasis on “vision”? I don’t like the eye. Looks retro in a bad way, but that could be just me.

Nathanial: Again, I would prefere a logo without the initials, but I like the style here.

Brad Naeher: Playing around with typo without a concept doesn’t make a good logo…
Nate | June 21st, 2008 | 2:57 pm
_pole

Hey man, I was just wondering if you could give me an opinion on how you feel about the logos. Thanks…
tyler h | June 21st, 2008 | 5:01 pm
hey nate, i was wondering if you could give me some pyrotechnics advice because…BURN!
nodes | June 21st, 2008 | 5:54 pm
i did my logos in black and white so people would choose the logo instead of the color scheme. i’m not sure of the rules, but i am pretty sure it’s not a level field with plain examples versus finished products. this is how brandon had me make concepts before.

also, there should have been names and associations with whose these were. it’s hard enough to pick one, especially when it’s said who did what.

also, there is no contest finish date (or i am just tired and i don’t see it.)
Brandon | June 21st, 2008 | 10:15 pm
There really is no end date for the contest. It’s basically when the votes start to taper off that I’ll decide on the final 3. Maybe a week?
John Wayne | June 23rd, 2008 | 7:51 am
hey _pole, thanks for the breakdown. You’re correct for them most part. I won’t share my opinion out here as well, especially in regards to the much loved “Jay DeNitto” logo.

I did my own personal breakdown in the forums and got ripped by Tyler H. You were even more critical than I was, haha.
The Headless Horseman | June 23rd, 2008 | 8:24 pm
A lot of cool ones. John’s first, Nodes’s first, Sam’s first, and Jay’s were all very well done…I wound up going with John’s.
Jay | June 24th, 2008 | 4:21 am
Woof.
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Jay | June 24th, 2008 | 5:32 am
PS - I like Nathaniel’s logo(s) the best.

PPS - I was on vacation Friday - Monday night and had little internet activity, so there was no vote spamming orchestrated (if anyone had suspicions).

PPPS - I did add that blurb you see in the Buzzgrinder pingback in comment #19, but that was well after the fact.
Nate | June 24th, 2008 | 10:16 am
I like Nathaniel’s best as well. I hope this wasn’t rigged. haha.
Brandon | June 24th, 2008 | 1:10 pm
Nothing is rigged. That is why I have the final say over the winning three designs. I did that on purpose in case one person decided to vote like a bunch of times. This is a hard decision. I personally like several of John Holcomb’s designs, they’d work well on a Tshirt but I have to go with the top 3 that are winning. There is one that is my favorite right now but you’ll have to wait till Sunday before I announce it.
John Wayne | June 24th, 2008 | 2:24 pm
I technically have 20 votes since I would have only showcased one concept and one version of the rough logo if I had known they were all going up. Not that 20 votes gets me anywhere, but it soothes the ego, haha.
sam30 | June 24th, 2008 | 3:53 pm
i have 21.
burrrrrrn haha.
sam30 | June 24th, 2008 | 3:53 pm
john we’re so awesome right now…
John Wayne | June 24th, 2008 | 8:52 pm
High five for awesomeness!

It’s too bad the votes got all spit up. That would put you in third… for now.
Levi G | June 24th, 2008 | 9:41 pm
Not all the people would have the combined score, after all just because someone likes your one logo first, it doesn’t mean they’ll like your other logo second. Unless they’re just different colors, in which case, you’re probably right.
Sam30 | June 25th, 2008 | 3:21 am
dude, we’re just kidding around.
‘avin a laugh ‘n all that…
Levi G | June 25th, 2008 | 4:44 am
I understand
John Wayne | June 25th, 2008 | 9:32 pm
come on, Levi. Me and New Zealand, we’re such household names, we’d get the votes no matter which logo was up!

Looky, I got 3 or 4 more votes. I can’t keep track!
sam30 | June 25th, 2008 | 9:47 pm
should just have been a pic of me…
would’ve gotten more ladies to the site for sure (hahahahahaha, i’m a moron)
tyler h | June 25th, 2008 | 10:04 pm
you stole my joke, sam.
Sam30 | June 25th, 2008 | 11:48 pm
it’s what i do…
John Wayne | June 26th, 2008 | 7:57 am
Dude, Sam! You’re onto something. If it were a pic of you, the number of votes would have been through the roof. I’m thinking you could have hit the 30’s!

INCONCEIVABLE!
sam30 | June 26th, 2008 | 2:30 pm
hahahahahaha. o’ the amount of LOLs had there was something to behold…
tyler h | June 26th, 2008 | 2:53 pm
maybe if it was a pic of krystal meyers…we know dan would buy the tshirt
sam30 | June 26th, 2008 | 6:07 pm
krystal meyers, me, it makes no difference really…same general result…
The Headless Horseman | June 26th, 2008 | 10:36 pm
haha. I’d rather have a shirt with Sam on it than Krystal Meyers, especially if the caption was “Jus’ ‘avin a spot o’ fun.”
Colt | June 26th, 2008 | 11:49 pm
haha! agreed^^
Brandon | June 27th, 2008 | 10:52 am
a big LOL.
tyler h | June 27th, 2008 | 11:52 am
i want a spot o fun