SaltMill.org Logo - round 2

[pyrophone]

Here is round 2 of my logo revision for SaltMill.org, a web design studio for non-profits. There are 2 versions here, the only difference being color. Each version is displayed on white & black backgrounds.

Round 1 is here if you want to see it. (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=235919)

I am looking for overall critiques as well as input on color. Thanks for all who contributed to round 1 - I'd love to hear from you again.

Version 1 CYAN:

http://www.saltmill.org/temp/bluewhite300.jpg

http://www.saltmill.org/temp/blueblack300.jpg


Version 2 GREEN:

http://www.saltmill.org/temp/greenwhite300.jpg

http://www.saltmill.org/temp/greenblack300.jpg

[jcombs_31]

For me the text seems too much in the background. I think the (salt shaker)? needs to be toned down.

[Anogar]

Ah, excellent. You're really great at listening to advice. This is a very nice logo, I like it a lot. I think that there is a bit too much space between the 'r' and the 'g' and the 's' and the 'a' - but that's my only real critique.

[Esherido]

I still absolutely love both of them! :thumb2: It's mainly a question of preference between the blue and the green versions; but I think the blue would do better if it had a lighter, more ocean style color because you get salt from the ocean. ;)

[TheCanadian]

Big improvment over round 1, I like the green one best.

[hybrid101]

green+gray version looks excellent:D

[ApixDesigns]

the actual logo or salt shaker looks more to me like a pepper shaker. ive never known of a salt shaker to have a handle on it like that. also i think the text is WAY too much in the background. i dont relaly like the colour scheme either. sorry, this is a nay from me.

[REEF·]

Looks like someone decided to critique 7 threads at once :pa:

[ApixDesigns]

Looks like someone decided to critique 7 threads at once :pa:

are you talking to me.

[REEF·]

yah

[ApixDesigns]

lol. cool.

[leisuresuitlissy]

Black background + blue salt mill is my favourite :love:

[pyrophone]

the actual logo or salt shaker looks more to me like a pepper shaker. ive never known of a salt shaker to have a handle on it like that. also i think the text is WAY too much in the background. i dont relaly like the colour scheme either. sorry, this is a nay from me.
Apix - Thanks for the honest critique - I can understand (though don't agree with) the point about the text. I like the fact that the icon is in the foreground - it comes across stronger to me than other versions I made where the text dominated. But I do understand that not everyone will see it that way. ;)

It is not often that I have the pleasure of introducing someone to something for the very first time - enter the friendly rotating world of salt mills (not salt shakers) with crank handles :beer: :lol::

http://www.saltnpeppersplus.com/proddetail.asp?prod=3822%2D27%2D0%2D0&cat=111
http://www.surlatable.com/common/products/product_details.cfm?PRRFNBR=7981
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000DE4TW?v=glance&vi=accessories
http://www.abtelectronics.com/scripts/site/site_product.php3?id=14244&AID=10274510&PID=613288
http://www.cookswares.com/individual.asp?n=6021
http://www.chiarugi.it/eng/articoli.asp?ID=70
http://www.salamandercookshop.com/productDetail.asp?intDepartmentId=161&intManufacturerId=9&intProductId=1240

[SlowRoasted]

Both versions are very nice. I am leaning more toward the blue, but that may just be because I like the color blue better:P

[thats all folks]

I like the concepts but I to feel that the "salt mill.org" is being over powered by the logo seems to be more in the background then part of the overall logo. But really nice job!!!!!

[cj2a]

Looking good. Still not quite feeling the space between the r and g but everything else works for me.

[ApixDesigns]

i have an idea. try to put a stroke of about 3-5 pixels around the salt shaker that is the same colour as the background. i think it would lok better if the letters werent merging into the salt shaker.

[pyrophone]

Thanks everyone for the input - I'm switching hosts and the logo images will be unavailable for a while. I'll use your input and make my final version soon. Thanks!

[haam]

wait, salt mill is "an interactive media studio" - i don't think this logo is good AT all then. that salt shaker (which is actually a pepper grinder) doesn't say "interactive" "media" or "studio" to me. it actually says, "come in and have yourself a salty hamburger" ...or something... but nothing about media.

and i tend to hate fonts where the uppercase letters are the same height as the lowercase letters.

i know you're late in the design game here but you might want to rethink the logo and maybe even the name.