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(still much more superior to the new one)

etc :)

But then again, Xerxes is not so much looking for a corporate logo, so it's indeed fine.

But maybe a stylized version would be handy, for on your letter paper and associate giveaways :D

Hypnotising. I like it very much.

tres bien!

j 'aime!

;-)

nice artistic logo!
great

when i first had a look at it earlier today i didn't like the concept too much because i just couldn't get the connection to xerxes at all, then somehow the x from the background started to burn it's way throughout the color-mash =)

the colors are very playful and one can tell that you've been on a xerxes-diet while you did that one. =)

A good test is to boil it down to a silhouette



Does it still work in this form? I think it does.

And by that I don't mean all the great pixelwork can just be ignored, I mean to work as a logo the silhouette has to be recognisable.

thx again ;) yes i worked first on the shape in the goal for Xerxes to make more than one logo with.

Its different, people should just give it a chance.
First xerxes logo was indeed cool, looked more serious at first sight but it was also kind of "common".

the logo is super cool ! but it does not give me the impression of ambient or electronica.
when i see it , i think more on the bitmap brothers. but it's still a cool designed logo.

it looks a bit like goa. :P

Thats not a good thing to say so.
Goa to me looks like lens-flare.

it could look goa, if you turned your screen contrast and saturation up way too high. But not with those colours..

(would you believe me if I told you I actually own this one)

imho ra's logo is perfect for its uniqueness : it doesn't need to look like goa or electronica, and assimilating some kinds of illustrations with such music genres is narrow conformism :p

1/ We never said it had to look like goa.
2/ It somehow has to make you think about some concepts related to the music of xerxes so basically, it *should* have to look "electronica inspired"

Discussions about logo design in pouet.
Who would have thought of that?!

Zest knew about I'm sure.

wow.. really overwhelming amount of feedback! thank you so much everyone.. i need to bring extra cash to breakpoint to buy you all beer :)

cheers,
klaus

knl, we definitly need to get some drunken pics of us at BP this year. lets make it a date :)

i'll bring the photo-camera!

btw, i love the logo, but i agree on the "it's too complex for simple use on shirts etc" stuff.. you'll always have to run with it in full-colour print mode. Maybe Ra can make an abstractized (ahem?) version of it that you can use as a footprint you can leave anywhere, including on the butts of competitors in music compos?

I think is really good. Not for a sportwear company, neither for a financial institution. But pretty good for Xerxes, it give a whole world and feeling to it. And if it makes Ra and Xerxes happy, then... DEAL!.

You should just keep it as it is.

Sweet stuff! I agree with what someone said earlier of it giving a Bitmap Brothers vibe with the subdued colors and smooth look, but in my book that is a very, very good thing! :)

What is the creation process behind it? I guess nowadays it's not pixel-by-pixel painting, but other techniques that's used?