# Help with a Team Logo Design? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362 "2011-09-23T18:37:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/1 "2011-09-23T18:37:10Z")
If this is deemed help with homework, so be it. Banish me to the wolves and burn me at the stake. Or something. So, this is for a Master’s level online course. There is a fair amount of group work that needs to be done, and our group needs a name and a logo. We’ve got a name – ANNTS. That’s the first initials of all of our names. Ants are known for their teamwork – makes for a good team name. Anyway, I’ve got access to Autocad, solidworks, photoshop, and the skills to do pretty much whatever I need to with any of them. Because of this, I’ve been tasked to create the team logo. Problem is, I’m stuck. I don’t know what the logo should look like. First I was thinking it should be an ant made out of the letters annts – kinda word world like. Now, I’m thinking that’s too cartoony. So, any of you creative types got any ideas. This really isn’t homework. The homework is the stuff that goes under this cover sheet. And, it’s not like I’m asking for help drawing it up. Just any ideas would be a huge help. I’d really like to get at this tonight, but I absolutely have to have it done by Sunday night. So, how about it. Anyone wanna flex their creative artistic muscles and do some brainstorming with me? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/2 "2011-09-23T18:43:39Z")
[ul] [li][A stylized version of this](http://culturechangecatalyst.com/images/ant-walkers.jpg)?[/li][li][Or maybe this](http://www.clipartillustration.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/fire-ant.jpg)?[/li][li][Or then there’s this one](http://the_cajun.tripod.com/uncles.jpg).[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/3 "2011-09-23T19:58:01Z")
I’m digging the fire ant. I’m not sure the blood shot eyed druggy ants would be appropriate, though. I’m getting a dead link on your third one. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/4 "2011-09-23T20:07:06Z")
What is the project and degree program? ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/5 "2011-09-23T20:10:05Z")
Well, I’m going after my Master’s in Engineering, but the class is Project Management. The current project is just to do an ice breaker and team charter, but there will be other projects throughout the semester. We’ll be keeping the same team, team name, and logo for the whole class. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/6 "2011-09-23T20:21:25Z")
A group of ants standing around holding blue prints, wearing hard hats, etc. Y’know just looking like engineers on a construction site. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/7 "2011-09-23T20:47:37Z")
I whipped out [this](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/ANNTS_Logo.jpg) and [this](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/ANNTSLogo2.jpg). Text-heavy, though. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/8 "2011-09-23T20:54:57Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I whipped out [this](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/ANNTS_Logo.jpg) and [this](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/ANNTSLogo2.jpg). Text-heavy, though. The second one **rocks** : simple, can be produced in a single color, the marching in a line suggests teamwork, bold, readable. Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/9 "2011-09-23T21:57:52Z")
To play up the teamwork angle, five ants (perhaps with an identifying physical characteristic of each team member if you want to get cute) suspending a giant (to them) crumb/boulder above their heads. Or, **garygnu** ’s second submission. I like that. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/10 "2011-09-24T10:11:17Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > To play up the teamwork angle, five ants (perhaps with an identifying physical characteristic of each team member if you want to get cute) suspending a giant (to them) crumb/boulder above their heads. Too complex for a logo. > [@Wheelz](#): > > Or, **garygnu** ’s second submission. I like that. Agreed. Simple, memorable, good at small sizes, professional in tone. SanVito, real-life brand designer. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/11 "2011-09-24T13:48:53Z")
> [@B.Serum](#): > > The second one **rocks** : simple, can be produced in a single color, the marching in a line suggests teamwork, bold, readable. Bravo! I like it, too. Clever but not cutesy, and would be appropriate for whatever type of projects that come along. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-a-team-logo-design/597362/12 "2011-09-25T23:26:44Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > I whipped out [this](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/ANNTS_Logo.jpg) and [this](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f295/bedgyro/ANNTSLogo2.jpg). Text-heavy, though. Thanks for working on that. That second one is perfect. I missed the deadline for our first project, but I’ll see if I can incorporate that into the next one. I’ll give you full credit, of course!