Catians is a young adult fantasy book series centered around cats and magic.
Our industry: Entertainment
Top Three Things to Communicate through our Logo:
#1 - Fantasy / adventure
#2 - Feline / cats
#3 - Elemental powers / magic
Our Target Market:
Target age would typically skew to the 13-16 range, but also to adults who enjoy fantasy novels with themes of adventure and magic. Cat lovers. Avid readers. Fans of fantasy and anime. Think of the people who enjoy Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Warriors, One Piece, Hunter x Hunter, etc.
Styles that we are interested in:
Abstract Mark
Pictorial Mark
Wordmark
Values to communicate:
Feminine
Masculine
Young
Mature
Luxury
Economical
Modern
Classic
Playful
Serious
Loud
Quiet
Simple
Complex
Subtle
Obvious
Color preferences:
Since the logo will be placed on colorful cover artwork, the logo needs to look good in a single color -- probably gold or silver -- that will stand out on the cover; however, versions with subtle green, red, and blue accents would be okay
Our Ideas and Additional Information:
I'm looking to design a logo for my books, a young adult fantasy novel series called
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"Catians" is a teen fantasy novel series about three teens who are given superpowers by cats. These powers allow them to transform into humanoid cats that control the elements (see the attached artwork). The powers are granted by a stone that is embedded in the user's forehead (see the attached artwork).
The element groups are as follows:
1) plant+water (green stone)
2) fire+earth (red stone)
3) electricity+air (blue stone)
A good logo would combine feline mystique and elemental powers. The logo should say "Catians" but I'd like it to include an abstract or pictorial image, which can be a part of the word or separate from it.
Drawings of my characters:
http://www.catians.com/ref1.jpg
http://www.catians.com/ref2.jpg
http://www.catians.com/images/catians-tthal.jpg
http://www.catians.com/images/catians-taiss14.jpg
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Here's a cool example of a typeface customized to fit the book: http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1387577872l/19549841.jpg
The book is about dragons and the typeface seems dragon-like.
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Here is a quick mockup of my cover with placeholder elements so that you can test your design if you want (please ignore the font selections):
http://www.catians.com/cover-mockup.psd
Note that the selected logo design will also be used in the interior of the book (e.g. on the cover page).
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Since this got cut off from my original description, I'm going to post it again here:
"Catians" is a teen fantasy novel series about three teens who are given superpowers by cats. These powers allow them to transform into humanoid cats that control the elements (see the attached artwork). The powers are granted by a stone that is embedded in the user's forehead (see the attached artwork).
The element groups are as follows: 1) plant+water (green stone) 2) fire+earth (red stone) 3) electricity+air (blue stone)
A good logo would combine feline mystique and elemental powers. The logo should say "Catians" but I'd like it to include an abstract or pictorial image, which can be a part of the word or separate from it. But if you have a good idea -- go for it! I'm open to out-of-the-box thinking.
Here's a cool example of a typeface customized to fit the book: d.gr-assets.com/books/13875778… The book is about dragons and the typeface seems dragon-like.
Also, here is a quick mockup of my cover with placeholder elements so that you can test your design if you want (please ignore the font selections): catians.com/cover-mockup.psd… Note that the selected logo design will also be used in the interior of the book (e.g. on the cover page).
Designers, just to clarify, you can use the mock-up template to test your design but do not post that here: post only the logo design as per our site rules and upload guidelines once you are satisfied with the results of your mock-up test. Again, do not post the mock-ups here.>
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