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In my original sketches I was working through some options with only the windmill blades, and after some of the previous feedback, I'm considering this route again!
Modifying the original Windmill shape too much can make it look like something else entirely, which could counteract the whole point of representing their local landmark!
But then again, this one may provoke just as many questions! But does it matter? I'm not so sure...
over 1 year ago
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Matthew Leak
definitely better with the body of the windmill
over 1 year ago
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Graham Smith
In my humble opinion, you need to work with the original windmill in some way. This looks too abstract, plus the blades without the body look a bit lost.
It doesn't achieve the look you need, especially for a church logo.
Look at 'playing' with the shape a little, you have room to make changes, so long as the overall impression is there. People local to this area will immediately know what the logo represents, even if you have taken some artistic licence with it.
But you do need to be subtle. I would play with the shape, size and position of the blades so that they somehow cover more of the top of the windmill 'the problem area'.
I notice it only has 4 blades, not 5. So you have room here to make some changes that reflect the nature of the windmill.
over 1 year ago
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Graham Smith
Think 'heart and soul', this is important to the local people, so treat it with respect but know that you can 'iconise' it in some way. It's getting a feel for what is acceptable or what may be to much. It's just feeling your way. With a church logo, maybe offer up some alternatives, some simple, some sensible and some quite 'artistic' and see what the 'locals' say, after all , it is there church.
From what I can see from the photos, you can afford to make changes to the roof portion to loose the 'male muscle' link. :) It's definitely doable Mark.
Thinking, as it does have 4 blades, which are perfectly aligned, there may be a way to focus on 'just' the blades, to play more into the 'cross' association. Bit like this...
Logo idea
4 blades positioned like this look more 'significant' than 5 that are in various positions.
Logo idea 2
You could play on the 'cornerstone' aspect, and actually position elements of the logo into a corner.
And some bits that i have played with...
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over 1 year ago
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Church logo 4
by Mark McCorkell
i have continued on experimenting further with the logo, and working on this idea of forming the cross from the windmill blades. This was actually one of my very first sketches back at the start, so I have pretty much went full circle with the logomark. But something as clean as this may work much better through the branding and stationary.
over 1 year ago