Looking for some Logo Critiques

[wanyo]

Hello and long time no see Kirupians! I'm messing around with some logo designs for a service one of my clients offers and I'm trying to get some second opinions on what looks right. Thanks in advance! :mario:

http://eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logo.png http://eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov2.png http://eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov3.png http://www.eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov4.pnghttp://www.eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov5.png http://www.eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov6.png http://www.eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov7.png http://www.eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov8.pnghttp://www.eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov9.pnghttp://www.eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov10.pnghttp://www.eecrisis.com/files/handyman_logov11.png

[travis]

I like #3 (The one with the house behind it), it's the least cluttered. I feel it may even better if you take out the house.

[Pasquale]

Simplify the shapes of everything.

The contour of the arm would be more readable with less detail along its length.

[jcombs_31]

Did you draw inspiration from this ... http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/6992

I don't really like the house but something about the first 2 doesn't seem right. You are close, but needs some slight change to make it just right.

[hybrid101]

number 3 for me:D
but use lighter colors:D

[mlk]

The third image looks quite violent. It feels like a burglar/rioter about to screw your house. It's a bad idea.

As dark said you should keep the essence of the first two. Work on the lines, don't simply vectorize a picture !

(get a clear profile of the hammer, remove the sleeve of the right arm)

You've got a nice potential with the idea so go for it !

[simplistik]

Did you draw inspiration from this ... http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/6992

I don't really like the house but something about the first 2 doesn't seem right. You are close, but needs some slight change to make it just right.

:lol: do what?

Personally I think you could get away with not using the hammer or the second hand. May also want to try making an 'H' with the nail making up the whitespace

[RabBell]

I'm gonna dd my vote for the third one, mostly because in the 1st and 2nd one it does look like the guys just hammered the nail through his hand.

I was gonna say swap the hammer for some other tool but in retrospect I'd say that the hammers perfect and the hand in triumph thing is great...you might not need the house in the background but I'd keep it

number 3, nice work :cool:

[wanyo]

Thanks for all the help everybody! :bu: So the higher ups vetoed the building idea and threw some other things my way. They want me to try out a horizontal style logo as well. I added in a couple more designs as I'm going through changes.

To answer a couple questions/concerns: I didn't get an idea from that logopond image, but that amuses me. It was from an image the client provided. I'm stuck using blues/whites due to the company colors and they were set on the hammer idea. Originally they wanted me to copy the arm and hammer logo.... :\ And I never noticed that it looked like it was going through his hand, but that made me laugh! :D