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muzza
Posted 2013-06-17 8:00 PM (#472630)
Subject: OT - Graphics help required



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Some of you may have been following my amp build on Facebook and in the Downundererers forum. I've been getting a LOT of comments along the lines of "It needs a 'Muzza' label on the front."

That's where you lot come in...

Design a logo/label that say's 'Muzza'. Either capital 'M' or lower case, and two zee's. I was visualising a script type font, SIMILAR to Marshall, but I don't want it to look like a straight copy.

Also, not sure if I should put it along the top, a la Blues Junior, or on the grille cloth.

Gimme some options.

A pack of Tim Tams for the winner, and a blue and white OFC guitar pick if you haven't got one yet.

Let the creative juices flow...

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FlySig
Posted 2013-06-17 10:58 PM (#472636 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required



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Location: Utah		Place it upside down along the bottom edge....
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BanjoJ
Posted 2013-06-17 11:43 PM (#472637 - in reply to #472636)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required



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DaveKell
Posted 2013-06-18 6:21 AM (#472642 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required


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Location: Fort Worth, TX		If you don't have one yet, awhile back I posted a thread offering to design band logos for free. It was my job in my career for over 40 years. let me know if you still need it and I'll get right on it. Had an idea as soon as I read this post... and for G o d ' s sake, forget about brush script! It's as overused as helvetica. I can send ya a file you can take to any local sign shop to have a vinyl decal cut from. If fillhixx sees this maybe he will post the logo I did for his band. I don't have it on this computer. I will need a measurement of the total area the logo will fill.

Edited by DaveKell 2013-06-18 6:24 AM
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muzza
Posted 2013-06-18 8:09 AM (#472645 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required



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No Dave, I don't have one yet.  I only posted this today. 

Funny what you said about Brush Script. It was my pick of the ones Banjo offered. The others looked like they said 'Muxxa'.  But anyway, I'm after something more original. I could've gone through all the fonts myself if that's all I needed.  An existing font doesn't qualify as 'creative juices'. 
 
I don't know where is the best place to put the logo yet. That's why I've asked for help from you creative types...
 
The front of the amp is (close enough to) 18" wide x 16" high.
The 'fascias' above and below the grille cloth are 2" wide.
Fascia screws securing the baffle board are 12" center to center.
Area of the grille cloth is 16.5" wide x 12" high. 
 
Sounds like you might be getting the Tim Tams...
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MWoody
Posted 2013-06-18 9:27 AM (#472649 - in reply to #472630)
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You need to go with your best market stealing graphic that plagarism can buy!

 



Edited by MWoody 2013-06-18 9:28 AM
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cliff
Posted 2013-06-18 9:29 AM (#472650 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required


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Location: NJ		Muzz;
Send me yer e-MailAddy . . .
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MWoody
Posted 2013-06-18 9:34 AM (#472651 - in reply to #472630)
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Did you say Juicy!



Edited by MWoody 2013-06-18 9:37 AM
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DaveKell
Posted 2013-06-18 2:51 PM (#472661 - in reply to #472645)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required


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muzza - 2013-06-18 8:09 AM

No Dave, I don't have one yet.  I only posted this today>



I'll get on it and have ya something by the end of this week. The file I send can also be used at a signshop with a computerized router so you can have a dimensional piece to attach to the grille cloth with double stick tape. That would be more authentic than vinyl letters in the small area at the top. On to the fun....
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stonebobbo
Posted 2013-06-18 3:20 PM (#472664 - in reply to #472661)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required



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My brother in law builds boutique amps.  He has his logo printed on a metal plate and then attaches it to the cabinet.

 

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muzza
Posted 2013-06-18 4:22 PM (#472665 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required



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Location: Sunshine State, Australia		Woody, you're on fire. What app did you use for the second example?
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MWoody
Posted 2013-06-18 4:53 PM (#472667 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required



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Location: Upper Left USA		Paintbrush... Windows 7, Office 2010... the big squeeky marker.. totally old school.
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muzza
Posted 2013-06-18 5:50 PM (#472668 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required



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Location: Sunshine State, Australia		Woody, I was only joking about using an app. I thought you'd used an old white board marker and scanned it.
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cb13
Posted 2013-06-18 8:20 PM (#472671 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required


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Cool amp.  Definitely on the grill ala this Supro.  I'm not an artist but I see the two Z's in 'Muzza' being linked (kind of like ZZ top) and lightning bolt-like.  Are you going to put some labels by the controls?  A logo could go there also.

 

 

 

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muzza
Posted 2013-06-19 2:22 AM (#472683 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required



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I've even got my own creative juices flowing now... (Yeah, I know... they're nothing like what I asked for...)

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Gemm
Posted 2013-06-19 8:54 AM (#472687 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required



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Darkbar
Posted 2013-06-19 10:18 AM (#472689 - in reply to #472683)
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muzza - 2013-06-19 3:22 AM

I've even got my own creative juices flowing now... (Yeah, I know... they're nothing like what I asked for...)


I like the one on the right side. Very cool
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MWoody
Posted 2013-06-19 11:13 AM (#472691 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required



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Location: Upper Left USA		Muzza, I was only joking about using an app as well... You are on to something though.

Reminds me of what the "Taggers" have been doing to walls and boxcars.
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dobro
Posted 2013-06-19 12:57 PM (#472693 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required



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Location: Chicago		You, know, MUZA means "Muse" in Russian. The script would have to be MY3A... or maybe MY33A for the European market? Russians understand the
"Zed" figure so that Bob G's graphic is perfect
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muzza
Posted 2013-06-19 4:50 PM (#472699 - in reply to #472689)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required



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darkbarguitar - 2013-06-20 1:18 AM 

I like the one on the right side. Very cool

Which one?  There are 3 different graphics on the right. 

The 3 on the left are all different too.  Subtle differences, but different. 



Edited by muzza 2013-06-19 4:51 PM
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dobro
Posted 2013-06-19 5:50 PM (#472700 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required



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Location: Chicago		The one on the bottom right, say. If you add just a shade of a tail to suggest a "Y" you got it. The double Zed looks single enough to really mean "MUSE" in Slavic. Really cool!
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dobro
Posted 2013-06-19 5:50 PM (#472701 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: Re: OT - Graphics help required



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Location: Chicago		Sorry... I'm Dyslexic.. The one on the bottom LEFT
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DanSavage
Posted 2013-06-20 9:33 AM (#472717 - in reply to #472683)
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muzza - 2013-06-19 12:22 AM

I've even got my own creative juices flowing now... (Yeah, I know... they're nothing like what I asked for...)



Bottom right.

The 'U' on the left logos looks like a 'V'.
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Guitsome
Posted 2013-06-20 12:14 PM (#472720 - in reply to #472717)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required


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DanSavage - 2013-06-20 10:33 AM

muzza - 2013-06-19 12:22 AM

I've even got my own creative juices flowing now... (Yeah, I know... they're nothing like what I asked for...)



Bottom right.

The 'U' on the left logos looks like a 'V'.


Is this one of those "brain games"?

I agree with Dan. But, personally, I like like the logos on the left as they are more decipherable. I would try to make the "U" look more like a "U" though. The Z's on the right seem to get lost to me, but very creative nonetheless.
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DaveKell
Posted 2013-06-20 1:14 PM (#472722 - in reply to #472630)
Subject: RE: OT - Graphics help required


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Location: Fort Worth, TX		http://i1154.photobucket.com/albums/p538/davekell1/Muzza_zpsbe9c9da...

Based entirely on originally stated specs.
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