Ideas needed for hot rod shop logo

[fitzee]

I have a idea for a small rod shop here on the Island and I`m doing up a logo.I found this Skull and turned it black and white and want to give it a Hot rod theme.Any idea??

fitzee

[gowjobs]

The Dread Pirate Rodders???

[Harrison]

You are on the island? How about "Gay Canadian Pirate Hot Rod Bitches"

Maybe?? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

JH

[fitzee]

You guys crack me up!!Do me a favor? If you want to be a ass be a ass else where.I`m looking for ideas not assholes with smart remarks.You fucking with the wrong one when you fuck with a Newfie!!

fitzee

[momentumfoto]

Gay Newfie Hotrod Pirates...

sorry I just had to...

[Satinblack]

Brain Salad Surgery Rod & Custom?

[fitzee]

Ok!! how many more ass holes do we have down south???

fitzee

[JamesG]

Heres a start....

[stealthcruiser]

lots!

[ramrod]

[ QUOTE ]
Ok!! how many more ass holes do we have down south???







Not all of them.

[Big A]

Fitzee, what's the name of the shop?

[fitzee]

[ QUOTE ]
Fitzee, what's the name of the shop?

[/ QUOTE ]

Island Rod and Custom is going to be the name of it.Seems like there is some clowns on this site!!As if I never new that before.Finally some help!!I like the flame idea.Thanks

fitzee

[Bumpstick]

Seems to me to be pretty presumptuous of you to have people design something for you that they might ordinarily get paid for. Even if it is hot rod related. And why does everything have to have a skull in it? (kinda' unoriginal isn't it?)

[whizzerick]

Dont let the Yankees get to you, Fitzee.
It's just their way of saying 'Hi!'... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
There ya go:

http://www.whizzerick.com/ISLAND.JPG

[Harrison]

[ QUOTE ]
And why does everything have to have a skull in it?

[/ QUOTE ]

Good damn question. Skulls & iron crosses - I just don't see it.

JH

[JamesG]

[ QUOTE ]
Dont let the Yankees get to you, Fitzee.
It's just their way of saying 'Hi!'... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
There ya go:

http://www.whizzerick.com/ISLAND.JPG

[/ QUOTE ]

Thats badass Whizz!

[BARNETT]

I'm computer illiterate so I'm not much "actual" help. I was thinkin that some pinstripes on the forehead, in addition to Whizzerick's design, would look cool.

[whizzerick]

You're right Barnett.
That forehead is a canvas begging for One Shot!

[fitzee]

Now that is so cool.As for the "Why Skulls"I don`t really know.I`m not into the Bright colors and flashy signs.I see something I like,I go with it.I have been hunting around the net for a while looking for ideas,nothing catchs my eye,but this Skull keep coming back to me.I think the pin strip idea is great.Thanks guys

fitzee

[Munson]

Whizzerick strikes again!! He is awesome!!

My version sucks, but does highlight some neat lighting aspects when you actually hang it on your shop!

[fitzee]

[ QUOTE ]
Seems to me to be pretty presumptuous of you to have people design something for you that they might ordinarily get paid for. Even if it is hot rod related. And why does everything have to have a skull in it? (kinda' unoriginal isn't it?)

[/ QUOTE ]

Well,I understand where your coming from with the "Paid for design" idea.I`m not looking for someone to do me up a logo,I just want some ideas.I`m looking to start a small business building car,I have been doing it for over 20 years and think it was about time to give it a try.Don`t want to spend no big money into it yet till I see if it will work so Getting idea from guys on the net is a cheep way to help out with my business plans.As for the "unoriginal" crack!!Funny thing,sence when is anything we do in Hot rodding original??

fitzee

[Toqwik]

Call it Island Rod Or Custom, and tell everyone you sponsor NASCAR iroc racing.

[safariknut]

Just an idea but you could use an island in the foreground with maybe a palm tree to the side and the skull half buried in the sand with a derelict rowboat in the background.The logo could run in an arc across the top (the word island)and straight across the bottom(rod and custom).
Ray

[Muttley]

How about a bunch of natives with tiki masks dancing around a boiling cauldron with a Flattie in it.

[daddyo54]

whizzerick for PREZ. !!!!!!!!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[bradberry00]

here it is with some stripin' like was suggested...can't beat a little one-shot

[bradberry00]

little more stripin' in the background....

[whizzerick]

Woa! Bradberry00, that' RIGHT ON!' It'd make a wicked tatoo?
Good call Barnett, that shows what good art direction can bring out in talented artists.

[antichrysler]

Whizzerick is the F'n Man!

Fitzee, it looks like you could just print this off and run with it for now...but you might try to work "Gay" into the name somewhere to make the guys from TN happy. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Donzie]

Ok, just my gay 2 cents worth, but as much as I like pin stripping, I think it's a little too much. Especially if you were going to use this on a business card, I think it would get muddy. The design is awesome. I also agree about the skull (over used) but I guess it depends on the clientel you're looking for.

[whizzerick]

Donzie, I'm not too crazy about skulls myself:
Then again, I'm easily scared... Must be the French blood in me? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
I'll start running and scream like a little girly: ' Maman, au secour!'. Very emasculating...

[DrJ]

When I see skulls and flames and all that "hip" stuff on a logo I wonder how much of the product line is going to be T shirts, pecker studs, and belt buckles.
For an actual rod-building shop or service garage I would be more attracted to a business with a more subdued yet obviously to the point logo like the one on this old balance slip from a local company.

[Munson]

Give him a break, the guy lives on an island (a fucking cold one)!!
Good luck, but show us the finished product whatever it ends up being.

[DrJ]

[ QUOTE ]
Give him a break, the guy lives on an island (a fucking cold one)!!
Good luck, but show us the finished product whatever it ends up being.


[/ QUOTE ]

Just calling it like I see it.
If you're going to make money in a business, for a time longer than the current "Von Dutch" type "fads" then a more "timeless" logo might be be a better idea.
That's all.

[Harrison]

[ QUOTE ]
When I see skulls and flames and all that "hip" stuff on a logo I wonder how much of the product line is going to be T shirts, pecker studs, and belt buckles.


[/ QUOTE ]

AMEN!!!!

JH

[Harrison]

[ QUOTE ]
Just calling it like I see it.
If you're going to make money in a business, for a time longer than the current "Von Dutch" type "fads" then a more "timeless" logo might be be a better idea.
That's all.

[/ QUOTE ]

AMEN!! Preach on good Dr.

JH

[345window]

Is this going to show on TNN or Discovery, Queer skull for the Gay Rodder? Thanks all for the great laugh, way better than American Chopper.
(Dont take offense coz I'm an idiot, when you're friends stop laughing it's a sign you're out!)

[Ryan]

Skulls make for bad logos. You aren't Hot Topic.

Logo I am trying to talk RACEFAB into:

[Broman]

Are you guys working in vector? Illustrator maybe? Just curious. I am Illustrator illiterate, I am so used to my Gerber program that anything else feels like junk.

[Kevin Lee]

Illustrator is for losers. MACROMEDIA FREEHAND http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Hey, that isn't half bad for someone who does such goofy magazine logos. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Hot Rod To Hell]

Don't get me wrong, I love skulls... Been drawing them and playing "pirate" since I was about 3 (even have a pirate tattoo! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif), but leave it out of your logo if you're in it for the long haul. I'd really try to stick with something more relevant, more "to the point".

Although, now that I think of it, that might not work either; I'm a body piercer for a living, and I've had people that were scared to get pierced by me because I had "too many piercings"! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif WTF???

"No, it looks like that guy builds COOL traditional rods, I don't want him to build my traditional rod..." http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[BARNETT]

As far as this skull layout goes...Bradberry00, that's some cool striping on the skull! Ryan, that is a nice clean design! I think, if I had to vote, I would lean toward something like Dr.J and Ryan are showing...those are easy to read, will be functional for different media uses and be pretty "timeless". Good call, guys!

[Satinblack]

Actually I wasn't joking. You didnt say you had a name for it till later in the post! And I was making a name. If you don't like it then don't use it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Django]

Are you building skulls or are you building hot rods? I just whipped this up quickly, so don't be too critical. For concept only.

If you liked it and wanted to use it to creat the finished artwork, and this goes for anyone/everyone, you should offer some kind of barter. I do it all the time. You need design work: I need welding or parts. Works great.

[Ryan]

Hey Kevin.

[Hot Rod To Hell]

That's AWESOME Ryan!!!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Munson]

I need some cool software, what are you "pros" using?

[Kevin Lee]

NICE. "Whoever" did that rules.

[Ryan]

Ya like it? It's only a comp... Came magically in about 5 minutes.

[Hot Rod To Hell]

Actually RYAN, I think that YOUR design would make an awesome tattoo!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Ryan]

Funny you should say that, because when <font color="red">I</font> designed it, I thought the same thing!

[whizzerick]

Django, that's nice and crisp.
You DO know that there are NO palm trees in Eastern Canada, uh? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
Lets try and make the 'client' happy.
The 'client' wants a skull:
Quick test: can someone tell me WHERE that skulls and bones came from?

[Kevin Lee]

Just give me another five minutes. Wait for it.

[Kevin Lee]

.

[Ryan]

I have this weird eary feeling that you are gonna die in a horrible car crash on the way home from work today. Hope it's just me being crazy.

[JamesG]

If wants to use a skull so be it. Maybe he's wanting to get more pirates to bring their work to him..... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Hot Rod To Hell]

5 minutes??? Seemed more like 17 to me! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

So who REALLY designed the "I RULE" logo??? Cuz if Ryan (or whoever) doesn't mind I'll get that shit tattooed on me!!! (Although I might have to change the colors up a little)

[Ryan]

IIIIIIIIIIII designed it and of course you may!

[Django]

Yeah, I KNOW there are no palm trees in Canada. But come on, with a name like ISLAND, you think of warm weather. The birth of hot rodding is in CA, where there are palm trees. He's on an island in Canada. We all know if given the chance, EVERYONE would live in CA where there are... palm trees! Why rub it in that he lives in a cold dark slab of ice surrounded by water so cold that even the beaver's nuts have turned inside out. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Grimlock, that's hilarious! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[hankcash]

I wanna play too....

on the second one, I used the Canadian flag and replaced the maple leaf with the logo.....get it??? huh??huh??

I have more ideas that I will play with as well...

HC

[hankcash]

Canadian twist?

[2tall2beahotrodder]

hank, where you get that Rod and kustom font... I need that FONT!!

[hankcash]

Rat-

http://www.fontfoundry.com/index2.htm

HC http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Peter Pan of Chicago]

IMHO, I think Django nailed a long lasting, marketable, and traditional logo. It could be used successfully for store signage, shirt &amp; jackets, decals ect.

Even if it's got the trees or a skull in the grill, that logo says: "Quality Hotrods &amp; Customs built here". 'nuff said.

Joel http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Django]

[ QUOTE ]

Lets try and make the 'client' happy.
The 'client' wants a skull:


[/ QUOTE ]

He's asking for free design work. Since I did that for my own enjoyment, I don't care about making anyone happy but myself. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif If he wants to contact me about producing finished art, then that's another story.

Thanks Peter Pan. Someday maybe all this design whoring will pay off. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[D Picasso]

here's your ever-lovin' skulls.

afrikakorps!

[Cword]

http://www.fsra.org/hamb/fitz.jpg

[fitzee]

I knew I came to the right place for this shit.The more I see the more I start to dislike the skull idea.I was looking around the net for old school logo to get ideas from.Never had much luck.Now I see some of these I thing my mind is changes.I`m going to play around with some of your ideas and see what I come up with and run it buy the gods of logos here at Hamb.I can`t thank you guys enough on all you have done to make these logos.Hambs rule!!

fitzee

[fitzee]

Took me awhile but it is hard to come up with something I liked.Still needs some work.What do you guys think?

fitzee

[roadstar]

This is my actual card.

And by the way, the car is one I built, and it did have a SKULL shift knob http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Hot Rod To Hell]

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/image_uploads/332759-BLOW.jpg

Uh-oh..... I really did it!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

http://www.inkandsteel.com/HAMB/pict0009.jpg

[Rainer]

HA - supercool http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif - now you can hope that not 20 other people will make the same http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[345window]

This post is still crackin me up, I actually rated it. The moral of the whole story might be that you gotta dig up your own buried treasure.

[Ryan]

You, my friend, are certifiable nuts. Cool.

[sodbuster]

Is that the front of your leg?

[Kevin Lee]

Damn.

[JamesG]

Your a hairy bastard! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[CruZer]

Fitzee, as others on here have said and you seem to agree,skulls are a bad idea on a business logo.
A couple of young guys in my town started an automotive repair business"Skull Automotive" . They even put their name on the side of a new Blazer. No one took them seriously and they folded in 6 months.
Same thing with a friend of mine.He named his shop "8 ball Auto Repair" with an 8 ball for a logo. He never made it.
You gotta get people to take you seriously(unfortunately). http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Hot Rod To Hell]

Yep. That's the front of my leg, just above the knee. And yes, I am a hairy bastard!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[fitzee]

been playing around some more and I`m getting the hang of this logo stuff.I`m no Ryan but I`ll get by.How long between the time Ryan posted that log and the tatoo was done.Your one sick puppy http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Anyway what do you guys think of this one?

fitzee

[Munson]

Fitzee, what programs do you use?

[BARNETT]

I think the design looks pretty good. Maybe switch the flames out for a solid color, medium size bar (rectangle) behind the oval? Maybe in black with everything on a white background...it would give more of an "old style" look, where as the one above is more contemporary. Just a thought.

[repoguy]

[ QUOTE ]
When I see skulls and flames and all that "hip" stuff on a logo I wonder how much of the product line is going to be T shirts, pecker studs, and belt buckles.

[/ QUOTE ]


Now that's some funny shit! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[JamesG]

With the whole "name" thing making or breaking you, if I ever start a kustom shop it's going to be named "FREE BEER ROD N KUSTON" That should generate ton's of customers!

[fitzee]

[ QUOTE ]
Fitzee, what programs do you use?

[/ QUOTE ]

I`m using 2 programs Corel Photo house and Adobe PhotoDeluxe.Nothing to fancy.

fitzee

[fitzee]

I see your point.I keep using a black back ground because I want to look right on the side of a company truck that will be flat black.

fitzee

[zonkola]

[ QUOTE ]
Anyway what do you guys think of this one?

fitzee

[/ QUOTE ]

It's definitely a step up from the previous logo. But honestly, if I were you I'd be calling Django to see what welding jobs he needs done...

[fitzee]

I really don`t get what your getting at but something tell me that this guys log is like this???

fitzee

[JamesG]

Something I'v been tinkering with....

[Unkl Ian]

If this was on an oval background,
instead of a triangle,
I think it would be perfect.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/image_uploads/332757-grill.jpg
Put a plastic Palm Tree in the office. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Kevin Lee]

I think ovals are the flat black and red steelies of the retro design world. The triangle makes it rule and Django knocked this one out of the fucking park. Seriously Fitzee, you should be asking this man what he needs for it.

[Harrison]

This has gone on so long I guess I'll have to say it again.....

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
And why does everything have to have a skull in it?

[/ QUOTE ]

Good damn question. Skulls &amp; iron crosses - I just don't see it.

JH

[/ QUOTE ]

[ChevyCrazyJoey20]

http://www.nlclassics.com/events/2007/classic_wheels_07/images/classic_wheels_2007_09.jpg

[Flathead Youngin']

When we were in middle school we had a buddy that had a dad that owned fighting chickens. Well, we always called him Coronel Sanders. One day, he got on the bus and told us, "My mom doesn't like you calling me colonel sanders......"

WRONG thing to say to a bunch of middle school kids. Kind of reminds me of this thread!

Sorry, I don't have anything to contribute other than a story:rolleyes:

EDIT: WOW this is O L D!

[lesabre59]

Illustrator is for losers. MACROMEDIA FREEHAND http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Hey, that isn't half bad for someone who does such goofy magazine logos. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

FREEHAND..ahhh hellllll no!!!! You probably liked IBM's Ventura for layout too, hahahahahahaha

[movingviolation]

http://www.nlclassics.com/events/2007/classic_wheels_07/images/classic_wheels_2007_09.jpg

Nice chassis.............;)
Love the wide white..................wait that looks familiar:D

[turboroadster]

Gay Newfie Hotrod Pirates...

sorry I just had to...
hahahahahhaa, beat me to it:D

[Harrison]

hahahahahhaa, beat me to it:D

Yeah, Turbo.

You're about 3 years late.

JH

[Aman]

Motto: Bring us your skull and we'll slam it!!:D

[mcload]

Fitze: Loose the skull...looks like a shop for Halloween costumes or perhaps a tatoo parlor. Approach you logo this way: If you had to make a small 2 ro 3 inch badge to put on a stunning, just finished project car, what would it look like? I'll bet NOT the skull! (If it is, then I don't want you working on my car!). I don't know why you are avoiding the obvious: Island = Palm Tree. It's a word association thing. If people look at a skull will they think Island Hot Rod? No. If people see a palm tree, will they think Island Hot Rod? Yes.

So rip off a nice single trunk palm tree from the internet, and put a ring around it with the words Island Hot Rod Shop and location. If you have to be weird about it, put some tombstones under the tree!;)

(Unkl Ian has the right idea!! You should send him a check!)

[Oggie]

But if you must use a skull.... Only 98 Million bucks.

[Chuckles Garage]

Skulls make for bad logos. You aren't Hot Topic.

Logo I am trying to talk RACEFAB into:

Ryan, If RACEFAB doesnt want that, I'd like to use the basic design idea on the doors of my dodge. cool stuff!

I want to put "chuckles garage" on it.

[Chuckles Garage]

But if you must use a skull.... Only 98 Million bucks.
Oggie, put me down for three. Its all I can afford since I just spent all my money at boyd coddington's shop.

[Oggie]

You could put it on top of the worlds tallest billet shifter....:D

[Irish Dan]

Incorporate your design in a circle with the logo of an island in the center. Position the name Island over the top of the circle forming a curve, then the words Rod(s)? and Customs in a circular pattern on the bottom of the circle. Many marketing studies established the fact years ago that circles are "eye catchers" and tend to grab the attention of those who see it. I'm sorry I can't post a sketch of this proposal, my computer's in need of a lot of things. Since I sense that you are a fellow irishman, the idea is gratis;...your's for the asking! After all, us "Micks" need to stick together as you have no doubt concluded after reading previous posts on this thread! good luck to you bucko!

[leadsledbuick]

Motto: Bring us your skull and we'll slam it!!:D
Now here is a great slogan for a bussines.:D

[fitzee]

Man this post is old!! forgot all about it.What was I thinking? Thanks for post a pic of the booth,might been better in a post a little bit newer but hay you tried.

[Dino the weirdo]

Hey Guy...Thats what I do ..design logos. First I ask the customer : mild or wild , contemporary or traditional. Then we have a direction. Next come's Stuff like color ,graphics, things it has to incorporate. Since we already know the name , I ask about slogans, discriptive phrase/e or services rthat are not self discriptive in main name and need to be included. We do a couple of preliminary ideas to norrow things down to go to a final camera ready . I Always make it work in black & white before going crazy with colors. And it should be done as Vector art Not original in digital. Goto www.thelogofactory.com (http://www.thelogofactory.com) for a complete explaination of Vector vs. digital in thier library tutorials. Its the best I've seen . Skulls ??? leave that motif to the bikers. Dino

[19Fordy]

Skulls are cool, if you're building motorcycles, but a rod shop should have something associated with hot rods in it.

[Aman]

Unkl Ian, I think your design is the winner. It'll look perfect on my Dodge Panel tooling around Padre Island and other parts of South Texas. My son and I are planning the build and have been looking for a logo for the truck. I originally wanted to go back in local history to the 40's and use a name the really existed but Corpus has no hot rod history, that I can find. Got anymore island ideas? My artistic abilities suck so any help is appreciated. Thanks, A.