Inglewood by Simon™

Inglewood

by Simon™ • Uploaded: Mar. 11 '11

Gallerized Mar. '11

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Description: Logo for a South African wine brand. A hidden delight.

Status: Client work

Commenting: Actively seeking critiques

Tags: wine • woodcut • bird • woods • tree

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milou said on Mar. 11 '11

WOW. Give me vibes from The Fountain movie. Great piece.

Simon™ said on Mar. 11 '11

Hey Milou. Thanks dude! I can't keep up. ;-) I've just got 7 of my first 27 logos uploaded, and already replying to comments! Got to love it! And just found out that I need to include the typography if it's to considered for a gallery spot.

milou said on Mar. 11 '11

That's for the best welcome aboard Simon! Yes that's their rules, to have full set in the gallery.

lefty said on Mar. 11 '11

^what milou said, remind me of The Fountain too, lovely work.

Simon™ said on Mar. 11 '11

Great. Now I've got to hire this movie, The Fountain. :-)

vergad said on Mar. 11 '11

congrats simon... champion stuff

Simon™ said on Mar. 11 '11

Thanks! Quite cool watching which logos people respond to. Sherbet, I've totally forgotten to get any work done today! All your fault! ;-)

hertzpectiv said on Mar. 11 '11

very nice, indeed!

Simon™ said on Mar. 11 '11

Thanks Hertzpectiv.

jerron said on Mar. 11 '11

This is gallery material, maybe without the drop shadow.

Simon™ said on Mar. 11 '11

Thanks Jerron. Yeah, the drop shadow was totally unnecessary. I just wasn't able to find a background colour that went with the logo. Actually each wine cultivar has a different colour behind the foiled gold logo. Can you believe that I've got a printed sample of the label, but have never actually seen the darn thing on bottle?

lumavine said on Mar. 11 '11

Great stuff! I would absolutely love to see the foil printed version. You could probably shrink it a bit for display - to give it a bit more negative space to breathe. Wonderful job!

vernics said on Mar. 11 '11

Great stuff, Simon!

Mikeymike said on Mar. 11 '11

looking great, Simon. perfect for a wine label. nice work.

Simon™ said on Mar. 11 '11

Hi Lumavine. I have followed your good advice and shrunk it down a bit. The irony is that a friend advised me to keep the logos smallish within their frames, but I was worried at the last minute that the detail would get lost. A lot of my logos are 'illustrative' - many more to follow in the coming days...

Simon™ said on Mar. 11 '11

Thanks Mike! One of those late night magic moments when it all came together, but can't remember for the hell of me how I got there. ;-)

nido said on Mar. 11 '11

I cant help but hear Dr Dre's voice... Inglewood... or was that "in the hood"?... I make up my own stuff...

Anyhow... nice work.

ColinTierney said on Mar. 11 '11

^ hah, was thinking the same thing. and i believe it is inglewood he says. although i'm sure he has said "in the hood" as well.

Type08 said on Mar. 11 '11

"...Inglewood always up to no good..." (2Pac f. Dr.Dre, California Love)

Simon™ said on Mar. 11 '11

Yeah, it's funny how we make up our own lyrics for parts we can't hear properly, and then are pissed at the singer when we find out it's not the way we imagined it. Like it's their fault. :-)

Simon™ said on Mar. 11 '11

I think you'd get your ass kicked if this was a logo for any type of rapper! ;-)

nido said on Mar. 11 '11

^Lol... checked it out... Next Episode and its Inglewood... everybody on the left only...

La - da - da - da - daah...

nido said on Mar. 11 '11

... and I think you'll find its "pop a cap in the ass".. not "kick" ;)

Sean Heisler said on Mar. 11 '11

Da - da - da - da - da, it's mo'f'n D R E! :D

Simon™ said on Mar. 12 '11

I really appreciate all the floats. Thanks Logoponders! :-)

lecart said on Mar. 12 '11

This is looking great! Personally, I'm not a fan of the dropshadow. Cheers and Welcome here!

Simon™ said on Mar. 12 '11

Hey lecart. Drop shadow is no more! Just a lighter red against the background. Maybe just me eyes - but it's funny how I can still see a slight dark halo around the circle's edge? Optical illusion?

lecart said on Mar. 12 '11

Haha, I'm pretty sure there's a drop shadow, or hallow, however you want to call it. :D

ghiath said on Mar. 12 '11

very nice

firebrand said on Mar. 12 '11

You could also lose the lighter red circle Simon? just a thought.

Simon™ said on Mar. 12 '11

Thanks Roy! :-)

simonfenix said on Mar. 12 '11

Great work namesake!!!

Simon™ said on Mar. 12 '11

Simon's rule!

contrast8 said on Mar. 12 '11

very inspirational:) great work!:)

ru_ferret said on Mar. 12 '11

"Simon's rule!" haha, that's for sure! :D

lecart said on Mar. 12 '11

Now it looks even better! :)

hyperborea said on Mar. 12 '11

Great job indeed Simon! It has a feel of something that cames from 19th century, like vintage book illustration.

Simon™ said on Mar. 12 '11

Thanks hyperborea. Exactly that and more specifically from woodcut bookplates (ex libris). The owner's hallmark.

nitish.b said on Mar. 12 '11

tr u go..looks grt widout the shadow and circle...:)

Sbj said on Mar. 13 '11

It's great to see such a nice work .. Perfect

outlander said on Mar. 13 '11

Great work

watermarker said on Mar. 13 '11

Very great! Some issue with the typo though, it looks a bit seperated... hm, maybe its just the size.

Simon™ said on Mar. 14 '11

Watermarker - it may look a little off, because the mark and type were never intended to sit next to each other. The actual wine label has them miles apart, at different sizes, and on different colour backgrounds, but I had to configure it differently to work for presentation purposes on LogoPond.

Simon™ said on Mar. 14 '11

Laziness ;-)

Simon™ said on Mar. 14 '11

I've made them the exact same red now, for those of you with eagle eyes! :-)

Simon™ said on Mar. 14 '11

David, awesome site by the way! Works like a dream.