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My apologies to those that viewed, liked, and floated this when it was in the Gallery a few months back. At that time, the logo was still in development, and the client saw it online and asked me to pull it, because they wanted the chance to reveal the final logo first.**Subsequently, the logo was finalized, and this is the *general* direction they chose. However, after turning over my final files, the church's in-house %22designer%22 got a hold of this, and botched it all to hell: http://bit.ly/FP-sadness**At any rate, I still retain full rights to display my original artwork, so this is what I am entering into online galleries, awards submissions, and consideration for book publishings.

Thanks for putting this back in, David!!

float again!

Got my float again, great job, Jon!

Thanks, Rick, Sean, and Ben! I appreciate the floats!**@Ben, yeah, it really annoys me when this happens, but this is exactly why I have a clause in my contract that grants me full rights to my original artwork for the purposes of self promo (portfolios, online galleries, etc.) education (blogs that go into detail about my design process), awards, and book publishing. It sucks that our hard work sometimes gets mangled like this, but if you take appropriate steps to protect yourself, at least you'll always have the *good* work to be proud of.

Amazing re-design :)*Nice how did you make the old one look so amazing using the same curch %22view%22 but with new style.

I appreciate the kind words, Shadz!

The gallery was long overdue! Congrats!

Thanks, Ray!

Refloated! Such a shame about the client's end use. Why hire a dog and then do all the barking yourself? Also, I believe that unless the client asks you to sign something to the contrary then you maintain all those rights regardless. That said, it is way smarter to just make sure that you (and the client) know this right from the start.

Extremely beautiful!!!!!! Cant even imagine a better way!!! WELL DONE!

It's still great :)

pure awesomeness !!

This reminds me about Michelangelo's biography. He was dealing a lot with narrow-minded church people. You can read his biography, a great one, it is called - %22The Agony and the Ecstasy%22 by Irvin Stone. This book inspired and helped me to overcome rejections and other difficulties which I encounter as an artist.

@Joel, you're so right, man! Thanks for the float.**Gustavo, Josh, Bernd, thank you once again for the great comments and floats!**@Giedrius, I definitely am no stranger to rejections, and I think I typically take it pretty well. Still sucks when you think you have an obvious winner, and your client pulls some wacky %24%23! like this with little to no logic behind it. But like I said, at least I still have a portfolio piece, and it will be submitted for awards and design annuals, so it's not the end of the world.

P.S.: You know, if you hold all rights, you can pull back the design anytime, if it gets misused (or not used at all) by a client - its naturally often connected with lawers and such. At least a client cannot do anything to your desing, as he wants to, even if he has payed it.

LOL David, I think we can all agree that the client made an obvious mistake here. **@Ray, I wasn't aware of that. However, in this instance, I think I'm just going to walk away with a strong portfolio piece, and hopefully some awards. I don't think the amount I made on the sale of this logo warrants the time, money, or aggravation required to get lawyers involved. **@Thierry, thanks for the nice comment and re-float!

still brilliant

Thanks, Raja!

amazing work!

float again, still one of the best pieces of work here IMO. But its such a shame how this ended up i think.. it will look great in your portfolio on the other hand though!

Thanks, Simo and Anton! I appreciate the kind words.

Love the woodcut style, perfect! :)*

Thanks for the nice comment, Hanuman!

Check the interview over at Logogala :)*http://www.logogala.com/gallery/details/first-presbyterian-church-of-fort-lauderdale/

oh my! no justice to what they did! absolutely love your work. great job!

Love the graphic rendering..

love the hatching!

@Jorge, thanks for the support, man! Yeah, I still can't believe they botched it so badly.

@Dawood and Abi, thanks for checking this out, guys! I appreciate your kind words.

Me encantan la forma que da las lineas!

Make that 100 floats :)

Wow, thanks for the kind words, Jean and Gareth!

Really beautiful. Amazing job.

This is among my top 10 favorite logos. I love it.

Sophia, thank you for your kind words. Sorry for the late response.

Antonio, I'm really flattered, man. Thank you for the support. I apologize that I didn't see your comment until just now.

good ^^

Wow, amazing style!

^ Cheers, Aleksandar! Thanks for looking.

Thought I commented on this one before. Always Loved this one.

Thanks, Mike! Means a lot coming from the Master!