Feedback, Please! (My Animated Business Logo)

Disneyphile · 10-19-2007, 10:14 PM

Here it is in all its glory:

http://homepage.mac.com/tdsproductio...eTheater1.html

(May take a moment to load.)

Please give me some honest feedback! The idea behind this was to show motion (dynamic) and a bit of color, relating to television and film (in the spirit of color bars).

The static logo will be a freezeframe of the animated one for use on business cards, etc. The animated logo will be used to front my productions, as well as the opening page of my website.

JWBear · 10-19-2007, 10:21 PM

Cool! I like it!

Gemini Cricket · 10-19-2007, 10:28 PM

I think it's pretty.
Thumbs up.

BDBopper · 10-19-2007, 10:43 PM

Stupid QuickTime never works on this PC ever!

One of these days I'll get a new one.

I am sure it is awesome Teresa.

Disneyphile · 10-20-2007, 12:24 AM

Here's the static logo:

3894 · 10-23-2007, 05:42 AM

Well, shoot. I can't see either the animated or the static.

lashbear · 10-23-2007, 06:41 AM

Eek !!! 40.7 Mb

...now downloading.... Only another 6 minutes to go.

Cadaverous Pallor · 10-23-2007, 07:31 AM

Since you asked for feedback: I dig the circular part, but I felt the words appeared so quickly that the effect used when they appear is completely lost. I'd slow that down a tad.

The static version you posted isn't working.

Chernabog · 10-23-2007, 08:20 AM

I likey but I echo CP's comment above. Put the circly part up a tad longer, or the words up a tad longer before they disappear. It seems so ... sudden (maybe compare it to a logo just slowing the entire thing down, as it stands, by a second). Also, 40MB is way too big for a front page logo, there's gotta be a way to shrink that down. Otherwise, good work!

LSPoorEeyorick · 10-23-2007, 09:00 AM

Yeah, I'd definitely agree with CP - and add that - from a marketing standpoint - while the animation is cool, your company name doesn't stay static at the end; you may definitely want to land on it (because - as you're still a new company - name recognition is really important, and it's hard to stick it in people's heads if the logo doesn't stick around at the end of the animation for at least a few seconds.)

Also to Chernie's point, click-through data has shown that the longer it takes a page to load, the less people stick around to see it. This is not to say that you have to limit yourself to HTML - there's all kinds of great SEO for flash these days, and there are a lot of cool tricks you can do to improve loading - I'd recommend talking to a flash specialist for implementation. (I've got a crew of them if you need ideas.)

10-19-2007, 10:14 PM	#1
Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Feedback, Please! (My Animated Business Logo) Here it is in all its glory: http://homepage.mac.com/tdsproductio...eTheater1.html (May take a moment to load.) Please give me some honest feedback! The idea behind this was to show motion (dynamic) and a bit of color, relating to television and film (in the spirit of color bars). The static logo will be a freezeframe of the animated one for use on business cards, etc. The animated logo will be used to front my productions, as well as the opening page of my website.
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	Cool! I like it! __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I think it's pretty. Thumbs up.
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BDBopper Not Taking Any Crap! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleaning Up America, One Step At A Time! Posts: 1,694	Stupid QuickTime never works on this PC ever! One of these days I'll get a new one. I am sure it is awesome Teresa.
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Disneyphile SQUIRREL! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the curbside. Posts: 5,098	Here's the static logo:
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3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	Well, shoot. I can't see either the animated or the static. __________________ "I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smolder." - Flynn Rider, "Tangled"
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10-23-2007, 06:41 AM	#7
lashbear SwishBuckling Bear Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Isolation :) Posts: 6,597	Eek !!! 40.7 Mb ...now downloading.... Only another 6 minutes to go. __________________ *I Heart* my Husband - I can't think of anyone I'd rather be in isolation with.**
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Since you asked for feedback: I dig the circular part, but I felt the words appeared so quickly that the effect used when they appear is completely lost. I'd slow that down a tad. The static version you posted isn't working. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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10-23-2007, 08:20 AM	#9
Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	I likey but I echo CP's comment above. Put the circly part up a tad longer, or the words up a tad longer before they disappear. It seems so ... sudden (maybe compare it to a logo just slowing the entire thing down, as it stands, by a second). Also, 40MB is way too big for a front page logo, there's gotta be a way to shrink that down. Otherwise, good work! __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony) Last edited by Chernabog : 10-23-2007 at 08:27 AM.
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10-23-2007, 09:00 AM	#10
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	Yeah, I'd definitely agree with CP - and add that - from a marketing standpoint - while the animation is cool, your company name doesn't stay static at the end; you may definitely want to land on it (because - as you're still a new company - name recognition is really important, and it's hard to stick it in people's heads if the logo doesn't stick around at the end of the animation for at least a few seconds.) Also to Chernie's point, click-through data has shown that the longer it takes a page to load, the less people stick around to see it. This is not to say that you have to limit yourself to HTML - there's all kinds of great SEO for flash these days, and there are a lot of cool tricks you can do to improve loading - I'd recommend talking to a flash specialist for implementation. (I've got a crew of them if you need ideas.)
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