I need your honest opinion!

[Zack]

That's freaking sweet!

[Mr Cob]

no prob homeboy...logo looks great! i love the lime green!

Thanks Rob!! You rock man!


Okay so here it is! My final logo... No turning back!

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[rrasco]

Might be too late, but I have a few opinions on the matter.

First, the logo. IMO, avoid the square background in the logo. It detracts from what is actually going on in your logo. Any type of modern design is going to go the more abstract route, instead of making things look blocky. By have a square background in your logo you not only add to this blocky look, but you make it harder to modify the logo to use on different mediums, similar to what someone said before. Typically, you only want 2 or 3 colors in your logo. For example, what I would aim for is a white background (effectively no background) with a shape (dog, cat, pets, paw, etc) as a solid color and then put your name below, above, or beside it. The shape and name could be one solid color, or one for the shape and one for the name. Make sure you are 100% happy with your logo as you and your clientele will identify your brand with it forever.

For inspiration, here are some logos my graphic artist friend created. Notice how many of them are contained in a background.

http://www.luisjones.com/logos.html?sort=1

Also, to add a little bit to what Rob said about the website and keywords. He's right that the URL is important for SEO. The URL is the most powerful place you can have for targeting a keyword. You need to be careful about your meta keywords because sometimes doing too much can be more detrimental than beneficial. URL structure, page titles, meta description and keywords, along with keyword density in the content is what will get you better search results from search engines. When it comes to SEO, there are really an unlimited number of ways to do things, so if you want to talk more about it, I'm willing to help any way I can.

[Mr Cob]

good info on the background dude

[Regric25]

NICE! Thanks man I appreciate the tips! I am 100% happy with my logo now. It's large enough that I can edit it and fit it anywhere for different mediums. I have the logo saved as a PSD file so I can go back and edit the logo as I need to for different mediums. Each item on the logo is saved as an individual layer in the PSD file. I appreciate the offer on the tags! I bought a new domain today so in the next 24 to 48 hrs it will be arccphotography.com. I am forwarding the origional domain to the new domain. Thanks again for all the help EVERYONE! I truly appreciate it.

[rrasco]

What software are you going to run the site on?

[betiuminside]

LOL, this what I was tying to suggest... or something like that... that's the idea... Incorporate the light boxes or something that would indicate what you do... not only in words but with an image as well

[Europhyllia]

Rick I think you came up with a great solution.
What will really win people over will be your awesome portfolio anyway!

[Regric25]

What software are you going to run the site on?

I already have the site up im just waiting for it to configure so i can point the domain to zenfolio.com

LOL, this what I was tying to suggest... or something like that... that's the idea... Incorporate the light boxes or something that would indicate what you do... not only in words but with an image as well

SWEET! Thanks man!

Rick I think you came up with a great solution.
What will really win people over will be your awesome portfolio anyway!

Karin you are so kind! Hopefully I can get the site up and running with the SEO so I can use it as a tool to get cusomers in.

[Regric25]

Finally! The website is back up... Thinking about being a MAAST sponsor... Lots to think about. Thanks again everyone!