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Lucidity said on Feb. 15 '08

I like the symbolism of the mark. Could be viewed as all nature, with a leaf surrounded by mountains, or has 2 hands holding nature (which I think is what you were going for) I like the concept alot.

gthobbs said on Feb. 15 '08

Thank you. You are correct in your translation of the image. The hands come together to form an Aspen leaf, as well as protect a damaged tree, while forming the mountain range.

sdijock said on Feb. 15 '08

Great blend of symbolism. Well done.

admarcbart said on Feb. 15 '08

I love the mark. Would find it more appealing and would have better balance overall if you could use a different typeface. Something sans serif would be best IMO.

firebrand said on Feb. 15 '08

Great icon. The hands representing mountains works very well. The type is a little heavy.

ahab said on Feb. 15 '08

Very nice.

Glavnicky said on Feb. 15 '08

Cool Icon, Very Cool =).

OcularInk said on Feb. 15 '08

Nice icon for sure!!

TwoPD said on Feb. 15 '08

I agree, the type looks so generic and takes away from the awesome symbolism.

Oronoz ® said on Feb. 15 '08

Great simbol!!! Very nice

Lawrence Anderson said on Feb. 15 '08

Very nice.

mebs said on Feb. 15 '08

I think this is one of the best logos I've seen on here in a long time! And there are a lot of awesome logos on here.
VERY well executed. I really like that you can see the mountains, the hands and the leaf all at the same time, it's not like people will see one or the other, or one is hidden or anything.
I think the typeface is a good choice, seems very professional and structured. I think if you went with a sans serif, or all lower case, it may look too 'hippy-ish' with the nature images.

Jeff Fisher LogoMotives said on Feb. 15 '08

Great icon - the aspen leaf immediately said "Colorado" to me. The hands/mountain duality is brilliant.

djuice said on Feb. 15 '08

Wow! Great mark

bpotstra said on Feb. 15 '08

WOW! This is fantastic work!!!

logomotive said on Feb. 15 '08

Great mark Glen. I agree with Bart, I might try a bolder sans serif on this one with the angles and amount of dark area in the sky.

secondtoughest said on Feb. 15 '08

Truly great work.

Respiro said on Feb. 15 '08

Clever! Thumb up! :)

OcularInk said on Feb. 16 '08

Can't stop coming back to this one. Very smart solution.

gthobbs said on Feb. 16 '08

Clash: I'm glad you said that. The tightness was bugging me too.

And thanks to all for the positive feedback.

mariozitow said on Feb. 18 '08

couldn't be better!

nsu said on Feb. 18 '08

very good.

actiondesigner said on Feb. 18 '08

This is very good. Putting all those symbolisms into one logo - to end up with a "simple" mark like that - very well done.

ryantoyota said on Feb. 18 '08

Very cool, and beautifully executed, although I have seen this concept before.

gthobbs said on Feb. 18 '08

Ryan: Interesting similarity.

bujang_keparat said on Feb. 18 '08

Nice work, a triple symbolism. A leaf, mountains, and hands, that's truly represent the foundation. Excellent job

raja said on Feb. 24 '08

GT - I would love to see this with some colour!

gypseemoth said on Feb. 28 '08

brilliant

andrendhiq said on Mar. 05 '08

cool logo with cool concept.:)

bob sakoui said on Mar. 08 '08

A very nice mark, well done.

Logomotive said on Mar. 12 '08

Wow, that looks great bro.,love it in color even more,not that it needed color though. Great design.

gthobbs said on Mar. 12 '08

Thanks logomotive.

nido said on Mar. 13 '08

very nicely done mate...

firebrand said on Mar. 13 '08

The logo's pure class in colour. 'Top float'.

gthobbs said on Mar. 13 '08

Thanks for the comments AND coming back to check out the color version guys!

mainichi said on Apr. 27 '08

this is really a great logo but I'm very curious. nobody has found other meanings?
in italy during the '70 there was a great female movement for the equal opportunities of the female and male sex, and the symbol that the women used was the two hands linked like this logo.

image from wikipedia, look at the right side:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/9/9d/Femministe_anni_70.jpg

the meaning is clear, the shape of the two hands internal remember the female sex.

anyway, after that, anyone who wants to allude to female sex, make this symbol with the hands.

this is not a critique, i love the logo, but when i make a logo or a normal symbol, I need to remember that in the world there are shapes used and abused for multiple and different symbolism.

don't you think?

mainichi said on Apr. 27 '08

(left side, sorry)

gthobbs said on Apr. 27 '08

@ mainichi: Your points may very well be true and valid. However what you forget to mention is "audience". The intended audience for this is a very specific region in the US where this symbolism holds no ground and bears no meaning whatsoever. Handshakes may be viewed as vulgar in some areas but it doesn't stop the practice or use in others as a form of communication. And if someone truly chooses to read the graphic as the female reproductive organ...I'll just say that correlation is intended to represent "mother earth". Ok...that last one was a joke. But after 18 years of presenting to clients...I can justify any design on the fly.
Thank you, however, for bringing the cultural perspective on this.

mainichi said on Apr. 28 '08

gthobbs, yours are sacred words. all designers should find a way out in these occasions.
however I didn't want to criticize your logo for his wrong message, or that can be interpreted differently, but I just shared my opinion about the double or "different by culture" meanings.

great work, thanks for not jumped on my words! :)

BigAl67 said on May. 21 '08

Great piece of work... great concept rendered brilliantly.

gthobbs said on May. 21 '08

Thanks big al. This is one of my personal faves. I've enjoyed seeing your stuff too. Keep it coming.

grubedoo said on May. 30 '08

Absolutely love it. Fantastic. Favorited.

gthobbs said on Jun. 24 '08

Thanks grubedoo!

McGuire Design said on Jul. 12 '08

Very nice, I saw the hands and mountain right away. Good Job!

tariq-design said on Jul. 22 '08

not related to idea :) but looks good anyway

mikeyn said on Jul. 30 '08

Great mark !

gthobbs said on Jul. 30 '08

Thanks mikeyn and McGuire.

But @ tariq... I'm not sure what you mean?

leo said on Sep. 09 '08

great

gthobbs said on Sep. 09 '08

Thanks leo.

clayandstan said on Nov. 12 '08

Works very well.

clayandstan said on Nov. 12 '08

Works very well. Nice.

gthobbs said on Nov. 12 '08

Thanks clay. And thank you as well Stan.

o-man said on Nov. 12 '08

feels good.

gthobbs said on Nov. 13 '08

Thanks O. This has always been a personal fave so I'm glad to see it received so well here.

gyui said on Nov. 13 '08

gthobbs, I've always liked this logo a lot! It influenced me to use hands in one of my logos.

gthobbs said on Nov. 13 '08

Thanks gyui. Glad I could reach out and touch somebody.

apsaracreative said on Jan. 05 '09

Fantastic. It's a shame how ineffectively they used it on their website.

LoGoBoom said on Jan. 05 '09

You got that right apsara! Thanks.

designabot said on Jun. 04 '09

lovely stuff

logoboom said on Jun. 09 '09

thanks designabot... a personal fave

meloga said on Aug. 02 '09

awsome...

logoboom said on Aug. 03 '09

thanks meloga

ethereal said on Sep. 09 '09

Awesome.

logoboom said on Sep. 09 '09

thank you ethereal. I've always loved this one.

squarelogo said on Sep. 09 '09

This couldn't be any better.

rudy hurtado said on Sep. 09 '09

Always loved this one too.

logoboom said on Sep. 09 '09

Thanks square and rudy!

firebrand said on Sep. 19 '09

Should be a featured designer.

logomotive said on Sep. 19 '09

^ditto

logoboom said on Sep. 19 '09

Thanks Roy and Mike. Your work is equally inspirational!

Brandsimplicity said on Sep. 19 '09

Amen to that. You got some sweet work bro:)

logoboom said on Sep. 19 '09

I'm feelin' the love Fabian! Thanks.

nido said on Sep. 19 '09

I say ban him!...

logoboom said on Sep. 19 '09

can always count on you nido for an objective opinion ;-)

logoboom said on Sep. 20 '09

...and to usually be wrong :-P

nido said on Sep. 21 '09

you _still_ here!?!?...

logoboom said on Sep. 21 '09

Relax. I'm packing my bags. I'll leave the key at the front desk.

raja said on Sep. 21 '09

in case you are sitting there still hitting the F5 key looking for more praise, here you go!

Awesome logo bro!

logoboom said on Sep. 21 '09

well I wasn't hovering over the refresh but I'll always take a compliment from the distinguished raja.

logoholik said on Sep. 21 '09

Wait a minute... you're not in a featured gallery? Strange... David, there's another hint :) You can ban him later on :p

logoboom said on Sep. 22 '09

Thanks bojan...I think.

fogra said on Sep. 22 '09

Can't believe I never commented on this logo. It's definitely a Top 10 logo in my book.

logoboom said on Sep. 22 '09

Wow Sean, that's a high compliment indeed.
Thanks for FINALLY stopping by ;-)

Rokac said on Jan. 30 '10

I keep coming back to this one. What a beauty!

logoboom said on Jan. 30 '10

Thank you Rokac!

michaelspitz said on Jan. 31 '10

Again, another one I just saw... Awesome mark Glen!! :)

logoboom said on Jan. 31 '10

Thank you Michael. My personal fave (of my own work anyway :)

logoses.com said on Feb. 28 '10

Great Job!

logoboom said on Mar. 01 '10

thank you logoses!

gary said on Mar. 15 '10

like it!

logoboom said on Mar. 16 '10

Thanks gary!

Rokac said on Mar. 16 '10

Every time I see this masterpiece in recent comments I get the need to comment how great it is:) My top 10.

pjmaster said on Mar. 16 '10

How I missed this one. Amazing symbol. This go to my fav list.

logoboom said on Mar. 16 '10

Thank you Rokac and Master PJ. This one makes me proud.

peterehat said on Apr. 28 '10

This is one of my all time fav's. I'm wowed by how you've fit so much dual symbolism into just one logo--shapes forming hands, leaves, mountains, hill...and all still maintaining a strong conservation theme. Amazing!

logoboom said on Apr. 28 '10

Well thanks peter. I'm glad it all reads in there and still WORKS!

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