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    How to Design Band Logos

    By GuestPoster | December 14, 2009

    What better way is there for your work to become well-known than being a band logo designer? Unlike making a logo for some teeny-tiny nearly-unknown web design company, a band logo has a pretty decent chance of gaining some recognition. Unless, of course, you make a logo for a lousy little band in Tumbleweed who only gets gigs to perform for the hearing-impaired senior citizens.

    Band logo design is not that different from regular logo design. Both of these graphic design jobs are executed in the same manner; a clear symbol that properly represents the essence of the band, a proper font for the band’s name, or a combination of both. As the artist hired to undertake this task, you will have to figure out how to effectively sum up the band’s name, genre, and essence in that one little picture, and it has to be unique while being easily readable. Maybe once the band achieves international fame, you can butcher the logo into something completely indecipherable that only the fans will recognize. But until that point, make sure people can read the band name.

    If you can’t think of a good original symbol to use, there’s no shame in using an existing symbol with a little design tweaking. For example, a fantasy rock band that called Jupiter could use the planetary symbol that looks like a curved number four and make it look as if it’s made out of chrome and surrounded by stars. These symbols are not copyrighted because they are typically universal, so use these if you have to.

    Also like regular logo design, you have to use proper artistic elements in the design of a band’s logo, because it may be the logo that makes or breaks their dreams of stardom. That being said, if you’re designing an identity for a death metal band, you probably should not use delicate cursive fonts, soft edges and subdued colors. Who would take a metal band seriously with that kind of logo representing them?

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