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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 10/26/2005 : 09:57:18

Certainly you can do better than my attempt at a new logo

Design and submit a logo to one of the officers by email or post it here.

Winners will be selected by the officers and the designer will receive 2 polo shirts embroidered as desired.

The logo should work on the web site as well as on letterhead.

The logo must incorporate somehow the Capri 25 as well as the Catalina 25 and 250.

We will accept entries up to December 15.

Staff is elligible and may receive the prize.

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 10/26/2005 : 15:53:13

Well I will give it a try or two. I will try and brain storm some good ideas and submit a couple for review every other day. I do this kind of stuff for fun, but I have the right tools to do it right

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 10/26/2005 : 17:37:06

Great! Keep them coming! I might just give you a polo shirt for effort if you send a couple in every other day!!!

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 00:49:11

Well, I spent most of the rest of my afternoon playing around with these. I wandered over to the Catalina yachts website to try and get some kind of branding for the logo. I know Catalina has paid big money in the past for the logo designs and the branding of their company, We might as well take advantage of this in the process. As far as the designs from scratch I will post new ones every other day untell you all say STOP........ to many choices. I myself own a Architectural Company, so the process of creating these logos are very fast and painless. At this point I do see there are three different logos floating around the site. First on the ENTER page, then on the main site, and the top banner, I will be happy to try and include all of these graphics. I do maintain 3 websites right now so I know my way around the HTML, I am planning on picking up the CSSA Site in the next couple of weeks and I am going to try and re-vamp their site.

Like I stated before, I am happy to help out, and would be very pleased to have my work on the top of the pages. I don't want to do all of this by myself, so please if you are any good at graphics please post them on the site.

Thanks again Catalina 25-250 for lettign us join the association.

PS: I am going to be sending in my dues and joining the association here in the next week, I was wondering if there is a way to purchase odler copies of the Mainsheet Mag. And if I do join this week will I recive the November Issue. There are allot of things I can write about for the Capri 25 class, and I will go about submitting these in the proper ways.

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 00:57:15

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 01:00:17

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 08:27:19

I'm no graphic artist and this would need to be cleaned up, but you can get the concept

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 09:21:45

Let's drop "built" the logos identify the model and Catalina Association sounds so much better.

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 09:42:04

I was going to mention the same thing, Frank.

The officially adopted name is Catalina/Capri 25/250 International Association.

The name can be changed in the future, but we should go with what we've got for the time being.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 10:49:04

updated ...........

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 11:36:43

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Duane Wolff
 updated ...........<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I like that Duane, but I might suggest moving the Capri 25 class insignia to the top of the diamond, and the burgee and words Catalina and Capri to the gap created at the bottom of the diamond. That would create an optical illusion of a full diamond, since burgee/Catalina/Capri has a diamond shape the way you've laid them out.

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 11:55:15

Here is one for today

Larger Format

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 12:06:39

Hey I just realized that I have become a Skipper :)

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Sea Trac
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 12:08:56

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Capri25
 Here is one for today

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I really like that one, too, Chris. Man, this competition's going to be tough. You creative-types never fail to amaze me.

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 12:25:14

I like that very much - I was playing with a similar idea but don't have the graphics program to do it!
One change I would suggest is to make the top lettering read:-
Catalina 25/250 Capri 25
The way it's laid out now it appears that the Capris have a 250...
Derek

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 12:56:14

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Derek Crawford
 I like that very much - I was playing with a similar idea but don't have the graphics program to do it!
One change I would suggest is to make the top lettering read:-
Catalina 25/250 Capri 25
The way it's laid out now it appears that the Capris have a 250...
Derek
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I just used Powerpoint Derek...

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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 14:38:06

One suggestion. Try to keep it simple.
The thin drop shadows and graduated drop shadows will be fine for printing but not for embroidery work. Especially the graduations.
Plus the more colors you have the more it will cost for both printing and embroidery. Not that this should dictate the design its just a consideration.
Square cut printing is cheaper than die cut(round or any other shape not square or rectangle)
I believe Chris is onto something with his last design.
Looks good!

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JimB517
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 14:39:26

Please do join CS you will be one of the first to get the new welcome letter that has been revised to include Capri's. We're just using my logo for now but I want to see material that properly includes and enfranchises our new members.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 14:50:13

I like coach's

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 14:54:57

Coach's what

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 15:14:11

I am using a program called Painter 6, I have been using it for 5 years now, and it works really well for the graphics. Everything is drawn on a different layer so all of the shadows can be turned on or off. Every color can be changed with out a loss in quality. I really like the circle designs, It would look good on a shirt at the breast, On a hat, or on the back of my car window. I am thinking that the Capri 25 burgee should be moved to the top like somone mentioned before, I will mess around with the lettering as needed. All of the text can be revised without messing up the graphic, so its just a click away. I do agree that KISS should be used in the design, its always worked for me before. So lets see a new design every other day would give you all around 30 somthing different logos. If needed I can update or cange the Main logo's also, just let me know. I have been really excited about joining the Association, every time I sit down to go thru the letter, I get side tracked. Thanks again for the comments on the art work, It's been allot of fun.

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Champipple
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 16:31:30

I meant to say I like CS's logo....the most recent one, but my brain is already 47 sentences ahead of my fingers so who knows what the heck winds up here when I type. That's also why I keep using the "...."'s I'm trying to cram a 25 minute thought into a 2 second window of opportunity to post to the board.

If I had time, I'd actually proofread the crap I post up here. Maybe I wouldn't look like such an illiterate babboon; not that there is anything wrong with illiterate babboons.....

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Buzz Maring
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 17:06:17

If I had time, I'd actually proofread the crap I post up here. Maybe I wouldn't look like such an illiterate babboon; not that there is anything wrong with illiterate babboons..... - Duane

Yep ... I think you're right ... we seem to have a lot of them running around Washington D.C.

BTW, I'm very impressed with everyone's efforts on the new logo ... I'm convinced that whichever one wins, it's going to be cool!

Thanks to everyone for your efforts!

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 17:21:31

The 4-color circular logo can easily be converted to a 2-color one for screen printing (where number of colors counts) by dropping the blue and the screened down black (in the outer circle) and then make the lettering black or red.
For embroidery we used to be able to get 6 colors for the same price but every element had to be at least 1/4" wide. Admittedly, I have been out of the business for 8 years, so things may have changed...I think that if the Capri portion is moved up to the top it would destroy the symmetry (just MHO).
Derek

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Ericson33
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Response Posted - 10/27/2005 : 22:34:35

Derik, I do agree with the Capri 25 moving up, it makes it look a little funny, I was woirking again on it this afternoon when the computer crashed? Painter is a little funny like this so I need to reinstall it tomorrowe if I get the chance. I have photoshop, and corel draw 11 also so I might try and use a different program for a different look. I really like the round one that I have done, so I am going to leave it alone and start with another design tomorrow or Monday. I have to do RC Saturday for the club championship, it will be a long day but I am looking forward to getting out on the water and helping out with the guns and flags.

Im am just going to edit this post, I did this one in Photoshop, The image is optimized for the web @ 150x150, I changed the text black because the font was not readable so small. All of the shadows have been removed.

As you can see, this image is allot crisper than the one I did in painter. I have never messed around much in Photoshop before but it seems to be a really good graphic program, It was simular to painter as far as the toolboxes so there was not allot of trial and error.

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Charlie Vick
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Response Posted - 10/28/2005 : 13:12:45

Lookin good!
I like the bullits instead of the slashes better too.

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