A few basics to avoid when designing a company logo include;

1. Gradients within in the logo design typeface.

2. Excessive use of drop-shadows within the logo design. Care must taken especially when used in combination with gradients.

3. Rainbow gradients within the font or graphics of the logo design.

4. Marrying together bold primary colours such as bright red and primary blue.
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Cheap Logo Design - a business owners dream and a very achievable one. Below is a list of some ‘cheap logo design’ websites I found, and my accompanying comments of course

Lets start with an in-depth look at the cheap logo design services of…..

£25 Logo
On the surface of it a professional looking website, not quite sure what the swirls are around their own logo however, and how they interact with the ‘eye’ (is it an eye?) in the ‘O’ of the word Pound.

£25 Logo declares to be the home of ‘affordable logo design’, crikey, they are a bit more than affordable aren’t they! Most likely they want to avoid the word ‘cheap’.

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Simple Banners

I designed an attractive exhibition banner today (below) for Naturessence.

I note that events and exhibitions are very popular with small business owners. Some business owners however (due to the high cost of most stalls in large exhibitions) have found them a bit hit and miss in terms of profitability.

Therefore here are my 10 top tips for making the most out of your exhibition dates:

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Over a week ago (I was away in Spain last week) I completed the design of this character for free as part of my ‘freebies’ promotions recently promoted on the main Truly Ace web site. I’m extremely taken with her.

Designing things that when completed actually excite me often tends to come hand in hand with designing things for free I find.

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