Logo critique

[anardodesign]

http://www.nuedrift.com/kirupa/nuedrift_1.jpghttp://www.nuedrift.com/kirupa/nuedrift_2.jpghttp://www.nuedrift.com/kirupa/nuedrift_3.gif

Which one would you as a design company use? My clients are Spanish speakers for the most part, since I am in Central Florida. However I want to be in both markets, because I get some English speaking clients from time to time. Another thing is that I am looking forward to expanding my company into Spanish based Marketing in the future.

If you guys have any suggestion it will be gladly accepted, and integrated if relevant.

Thank you Kirupians :)

[FlashVillage]

I like the third, but not in those colours. Try doing that one in the colours of the other two.

[hybrid101]

lose the 3d effect/gradient on the first.that would look horrible scaled;)
i like the type in the second though;)

[Battleman]

out of those three options, I like the third (red one).... however, I do think it's important to have an icon or element within your logo that you can use where appropriate (like in the favicon etc).

I think the thing that's bugging me about the blue swishy 'N' element is that it's made up of 3 strokes (up, down, up) and the N in nuedrift is just the two strokes (up, down) - like an upside down U. For some reason that doesn't sit well with me - I hope that makes sense.

I like the red. I think it will help you get noticed.

I also think it's funny how all three comments have pretty much said something different :) Good luck.

[Battleman]

just realised that the N element may be an 'N' and a 'U' joined together? Let me know if I've got it wrong.

[evildrummer]

I prefer the first but you have to sort out the gradients because printed they will look terrible

[DDD]

#1 for me. I kinda like the gradient and it is possible to get those printed cheap and correctly. But you will have to be sure on your PMS or CMYK colors. My only gripe is the part where the tips meet. Maybe you should try them being slender instead of flaring out. Kinda kills the depth you got going.

[acc]

my vote goes for #1, but I'd like to see it without the gradient, to see how it stands on its own.

Though nowadays, i'm seeing people create different version of their logo other than the standard, black and white and colour, they're also creating a 3d version, or a version with gradients and glassy look.

I do like the typography of 1 and 3.

[dalewb]

I don't know about anyone else, but I did not realize that was an "N". Way too stylized to be quickly recognizable. Even going back and staring at it, it still looks like some groovy wave to me. The others are right - the colors (in 1 and 2) look awesome on a monitor but in print it would be bad.

A company logo (in this case, the "N") should be simple and distinctive - solid colors, simple lines/curves, able to be seen at a glance and instantly recognized.

I echo other's sentiments in the nice typography of 3. If you removed the black rectangle, kept the text, changed the background color, and inserted your redesigned, simpler company logo, I think it'd be a smashing success.

[akbunny]

try 2 without the shadow thiny, then it would b cool i think ^.^