Old vs. New Logo

[The Kai]

Well after about 1 1/2 years of kicking around different ideas I redsigned my logo. Inspiration can take some time for me
This is the old One

And

 

[The Kai]

And the new. Comments??

 

[MJS]

The new one is great!! I like it!!

Mike

 

[parkerkarate]

That looks pretty cool.

 

[Lisa]

Very cool.

 

[The Kai]

Wll I'm pretty nervous, Thanks you folks are great!
Thanks

 

[KenpoTess]

Looks Good Todd

Out of curiousity, tis a Tiger right? Do the blue eyes have a meaning? Maybe it's just me, but the right side of the face looks rather wolfish.
I do like it~!

~Tess

 

[terryl965]

Kai I like the codtrast, maybe when you have time come up with some inspiration for me, I've been struck for almost a year.
Terry

 

[The Kai]

Actually it is a tiger (but if you see a wolf that is cool). The blue eyes are to represent water-to counter the hard earth elements associated withthe tiger(that's about as deep as I get)

Thank you

 

[Navarre]

That looks really good, Kai. It is much more distinctive and unique than the previous logo.

Where will this logo appear? Uniforms, jackets, the wall, where? I know that with our school logo, total number of colors and gradients and such were a consideration when trying to get uniforms and such made to look right. Do you anticipate any problems with this?

 

[Andrew Green]

It looks good, the only thing I'd worry about is that there might not be enough contrast on the right side to show up effectively in some print or at smaller size it might look cluttered, like if you where to put it on a business card, would the tiger be recognizable or just look cluttered?

 

[The Kai]

That looks really good, Kai. It is much more distinctive and unique than the previous logo.

Where will this logo appear? Uniforms, jackets, the wall, where? I know that with our school logo, total number of colors and gradients and such were a consideration when trying to get uniforms and such made to look right. Do you anticipate any problems with this?

Well the screen print with the number of colors is a little more then I would have liked

I intend to plaster the damm thing everywhere

 

[The Kai]

It looks good, the only thing I'd worry about is that there might not be enough contrast on the right side to show up effectively in some print or at smaller size it might look cluttered, like if you where to put it on a business card, would the tiger be recognizable or just look cluttered?

Well they say just lighten it upa tad and it should go well

 

[The Kai]

Kai I like the codtrast, maybe when you have time come up with some inspiration for me, I've been struck for almost a year.
Terry

Sure PM me what you want to do, give me a couple of years and I'll have it for you! Seriously if you need a sounding board

 

[Tripitaka of AA]

Nice logo, looks distinctive, memorable and unusual enough to stand out from the crowd. Well done.

Is the name new?
Does it have any meaning? Is the style based on a Japanese style? The word "Kempo" is Japanese. "Jitsu" is usually seen as an earlier/older romanisation of the Japanese word now commonly written as "Jutsu". "Taegar" is not Japanese, so why not "Tiger"? I do not intend this as criticism, I am just thinking out loud, these are the questions I asked when I saw the name...

 

[arnisador]

Cool! Looks like you changed the name of the style as well as its logo?

 

[Navarre]

It seems you've thought about the design quite a bit. I mentioned the color separation issue because it had been a problem for me.

What we can do on screen or for the web becomes much harder when trying to go for print, silkscreen, etc. Have you actually talked to some companies to get their input on how easily reproducable it will be to maintain high quality?

Hopefully it will all go well; it is a nice design. Much better than my original design for Bloated Opossum Kung-Fu.

 

[The Kai]

Yea I talked to screen printing and embroidery people so far.

taegar is a mashed together word (TKD and Hung gar) both of which Gm has elements of in his system...Hell he uses the word so to kiss up a little..

And yes I am changing the name of my dojo

 

[The Kai]

Yes Ive talked to screen printing people and the embroidery folks

taegar is a mash together of TKD and Hung gar both of which there are elements of in Gm teaching.....well , he uses the word, so...
for thing outside the school we'll go with Tiger so ads and phone listings are a tad clearer

yes I am changing the name of the school

 

[masherdong]

Looks good!