I can’t fiqure out the best way to design the logo for my “Southampton, Sag Harbor and Montauk Line” with a tag line, “The Route to the End”
I want to have the Montauk Lighthouse, a whale (for Sag Harbor was a whaling port) and either a pilgrim or an indian (the first European Settlers were ex-Conncticut residents and the Native Americans were the Shinnecock Indians. A simplified version would just have the name.
Any idea how I go about this or is there some hidden logo designer you all use to get those great emblems?
This might help you get a few ideas going.
http://www.says-it.com/seal/index.php
I’ve been wondering thi same question myself
With all of the elements you want, it would be a very busy logo. If you check around almost everywhere, logos are a lot simpler, to be easily and quickly recognisable. You’re really describing a coporate seal that would be on stationery. Remember the KISS prinicpal - Keep It Simple Stupid!
Maybe just the lighthouse which I assume has the name of the port? The light shining from the lighthouse could have your slogan in it?
Of course I’m partial to lighthouses, having retired from the Canadian Coast Guard. I visited, viewed, photographed, inspected many lighthouses in my career!
BUT it’s your railroad, do as you wish!
Good luck, keep us advised of your progress.
Simplicity is clearly the key-maybe tracks leading to the lighthouse. Have you ever seen the AAR logo? Similar idea. Thanks for the help and if you know any graphic designers that do this kind of stuff for cheap, I’d like to meet him/her.
–Sansouci
A lot depends on era you’re modeling. Old time heralds had lots of icons - like a state seal. Canadian Pacific retains both world using CP on most equipment and the Beaver circle seal to promote its heritage. Most modern branchlines pick a nice font and a simple graphic to tie the letters together. Bold and easilly read - oh, fewer decals ruined because of application miss-haps. Unfortunately (from a designer’s standpoint) it is often the simplest ideas that are best, and the final idea doesn’t reflect amount of time spent on concepts, revisions, fine tuning. Pick something you like and go with it.