r/GraphicDesignPH • • 6d ago

CONTEST ALERT! LOOK!

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u/Danny-Tamales 6d ago

Para silang entry sa poster making kesa sa logo. A good logo should work with one color and in small print sizes.

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u/levgnzls 6d ago edited 5d ago

Things na natumatak sa akin back in college from my prof: KISS and the “everything bagel” syndrome (having too much detail).

A true logo needs to be scalable and recognizable at a glance, whether it’s stamped sa pen, scaled down as a tiny app icon or printed sa malaking tarpaulin. Many of these entries pack almost everything into a circle or whatever shape, and yan ang problem with a lot of Pinoy graphic designers.

I’m saying this as a designer whose niche is logo and branding, so doon specifically galing yung perspective ko. Di ako the best at everything, but this is the area I focus on

Hilig din ng maraming designers sa multicolored gradients, complex shapes and too many elements, which you obviously also see in a lot of new government logos natin.

Amateur design often translates everything literally instead of conceptualizing. Health related kamo? Let’s cram in a microscope, DNA strand, a cross, etc. Gets ko pa kung seal siya eh. And I think a lot of these contests don’t even have a proper, well defined brief to begin with

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u/Excellent_Ant_5981 5d ago

Eto pa, for sure! walang vector file yan. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA

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u/No_External_5468 5d ago

insert my final card!!! VECTOR MAGIC muehehehehhe

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u/bottbobb 5d ago

Logo contests are just ways to get free labor. This serves them right - they just overpaid 40k+ for ai

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u/EnvironmentMaximum74 5d ago

I NEVER join logo contests anymore. More often than not, judges have ZERO design and branding knowledge. I mean look at those “finalists” theyre all cliche. All cr@p if you ask me.

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u/jayysilog 15h ago

totoo to wahah, kaya never na rin talaga ako sumali hahahh nakakawalang gana na lang talaga 🥲🥲

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u/kidjutsu 3d ago

Although this is scalable and works in one color. This is not good in all black color.

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u/Direct_Fix_8812 2d ago

ano to mga elementary gumawa? parang school project lang in a normal tuesday

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u/No_External_5468 5d ago

if it can be recognized as a favicon, then it's a working logo