Talking Bout the CarWash.... HAHA It's Stuck In My Head

[HeavyHitter]

I have been working on a project for a soon to open car wash in my local town. I can not get that freaking car wash song out of my head. Work and Work, Get Your Car Wash Today. HAHA

The car wash is a new company starting in a tough economic enviroment where people are eating out less, mowing their own grass, and more importantly washing their own cars. The owner of the car wash is aware of the challenges he faces opening this business and is trying to do things correctly but at the same time not break the bank.

The start to this project is a simple logo design. The client described what he wanted the logo to look like. He mentioned wanting a sports car into the logo. I choose to give him a sports car but with a little twist. I traced the roof line of a Bugatti Veyron to be part of the logo to get the car shape. The logo was created in black and white, but the car roof line will be changed to blue for some applications.

Here is link to the WOODLAND CAR CARE LOGO DESIGN project.

 

[stephenj148]

Nice work! Simple, yet is eye catching and interesting to look at.

Nice job!

 

[Steve C.]

Steadily Depressin Lowdown Mindmessin.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKhUnl_yhc&feature=related

 

[Flame]

Sorry, fonts are a bit boring. The car is clean looking, but look at your demographics, are they upscale or cowpokes? I see that logo drawing in one class of people, but not even being noticed by another class. So... just double check your demographics is all I am saying.

But definitely, shine up them fonts!

 

[HeavyHitter]

Steadily Depressin Lowdown Mindmessin.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLKhUnl_yhc&feature=related

haha just what I need another song stuck in my head Good times

Dan

 

[HeavyHitter]

Sorry, fonts are a bit boring. The car is clean looking, but look at your demographics, are they upscale or cowpokes? I see that logo drawing in one class of people, but not even being noticed by another class. So... just double check your demographics is all I am saying.

But definitely, shine up them fonts!

Thanks for taking a look. I will take another look at it.

Dan

 

[rjpjr]

I kind of agree with Flame about the Fonts.

I spent some time designing an alternative of my own. These design posts are great practice since I don't get to do design as often as I would like. Some logos fall right into place, this one didn't. I struggled with this one and I am still not sure it works.

 

[Jillbeans]

I agree about the fonts.
The main font chosen is really wimpy looking as opposed to the beefy looking CAR CARE (which probably should have more emphasis than the Woodland part unless there are 10 car care places in his neighborhood)
The bottom panel creates a weird sharp angle against the italic of Woodland. The car is also fighting this angle. Perhaps you could flip the car to face the other direction and lose the panel on the bottom.
Love....Jill

 

[astro8]

I was messing around with some new fonts.

A couple of ideas....one loose and one a bit more stiff in b&w.

I like working in b&w, shows all the flaws.

 

[HeavyHitter]

I agree about the fonts.
The main font chosen is really wimpy looking as opposed to the beefy looking CAR CARE (which probably should have more emphasis than the Woodland part unless there are 10 car care places in his neighborhood)
The bottom panel creates a weird sharp angle against the italic of Woodland. The car is also fighting this angle. Perhaps you could flip the car to face the other direction and lose the panel on the bottom.
Love....Jill

Jill,

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at the project. Some very good insight. I will post up a few changes soon. I have been slammed with a couple more pressing projects.

Dan

 

[HeavyHitter]

I was messing around with some new fonts.

A couple of ideas....one loose and one a bit more stiff in b&w.

I like working in b&w, shows all the flaws.

I like the E on the bottom one. Reminds me of a friend's logo in Vegas. He has a company called Homeless Entertainment. Haha. I still have no clue why he named his company with that name.

Thanks for posting. I have a question for you on a non related subject. I will PM you in a few minutes

Dan

 

[HeavyHitter]

I kind of agree with Flame about the Fonts.

I spent some time designing an alternative of my own. These design posts are great practice since I don't get to do design as often as I would like. Some logos fall right into place, this one didn't. I struggled with this one and I am still not sure it works.

Thanks for taking the time to look it over and do a mock up. Looks awesome. I like what you came up with.

Dan

 

[HeavyHitter]

I should point out the owner of the logo wanted a deign that he could cut on his vinyl plotter. He wants to cut these stickers about 3 inches wide to place on some of his clients windows. I think this would need to be considered in the design process. I should have mentioned this in the first post.

Dan

 

[jfiscus]

the first logo is almost identical to someone else's logo I have seen before but the name escapes me... an auto lube chain maybe??? Might be the logo below, but not sure... was thinking there was something even closer.

 

[jfiscus]

more similar i drive by every day.