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General info

Hello,
I’m trying to make a logo for my friend who owns a local repair shop, so nothing of international significance.

Problem is, I have no professional formation, he asked me to do it because it’s nothing too serious and I’m good with PCs

So I watched some videos and tutorials of famous designers to at least know where to start.

His workshop is called DP Garage: since his “brand name” is literally made by his initials I thought that maybe working on those letters would make his workshop easier to remember across town.

Need your feedback

Firstly I need you to look at the attached image and criticize it like the meanest professor you had, this includes technical mistakes such as lines, angles, curves, radius ecc… but also scaling, color suggestions (if any), versatility.

Want another direction

Then I beg one of y’all to give me an idea of another direction to take: initials are easy for beginners but they’re not memorable and just can’t work out how to put together D and P with something mechanical related which doesn’t look banal and soulless like wrenches or gears.

Here’s something to help:
• It focuses on fast and simple everyday repairs
• Since he’s young, he wants the logo to feel professional so people won’t think he lacks of experience
• It’s strengths are fast and affordable repairs that don’t need heavy machinery
• Only motorbikes

P.S: I posted the first version a while ago and tried to improve the existing design following your feedback

Ho preso l’immagine da un post di Instagram, lì la maggioranza dice che la blu ha la precedenza in quanto sta percorrendo la strada principale e non deve svoltare ma lasciamo queste cazzate: senza segnaletica non si può dire per certo che sia la principale e da quando chi non svolta ha la precedenza?

Un’altra parte ha detto che ha la precedenza la gialla perché alla sua destra non c’è nessuno, io però ho sempre saputo che bisogna tener conto della traiettoria, che viene incrociata da destra da quella blu.

Lo spazio nell’incrocio non è sufficiente per essere impegnato e concludere la manovra successivamente come in alcuni casi

Personalmente io ad esclusione direi gialla (anche l’intelligenza artificiale) ma vorrei sapere da voi

Hello everyone, some time ago I posted a sketch for a repair shop called DP Garage asking for your help. Y’all told me it had some potential so I started experimenting with it.

I randomly noticed that the negative space of the head of a wrench resembles a “D” (like in the attached image), so I opened Canva and put my previous design inside a wrench icon I found online.

This way the letters design which I liked remains and it makes people know it’s something related to repairs.

Now, ignoring all the technical issues because of Canvas limits (non concentric curves, borders totally offset, too much difference of weight between shapes…), do I continue with this design? Do you understand it’s intended to be a repair shop? Do you understand the letters inside are “D” and “P”? Would it look good on a billboard or flyers? Is there something you would drastically change, delete, or add?

As always thanks for the feedback, last time it was really appreciated 🙏

Brand’s name

My friend opened a repair shop called DP GARAGE (his initials). I know it’s hard to work with two letters so I asked him to find another name, which he doesn’t agree to.

Info

His business is purely local so he doesn’t need abstract logos nor symbolic shapes, just a simple solution which combines his initials (D&P) and somehow tells the people it’s a repair shop (cars, bikes, tools, fuel, repairs…).

My attempt - asking for help

I follow some design pages and doodle for fun, but I’m not a professional, so after many attempts the attached photo is the best I could do: the space inside the D resembles a P and I added some random race pattern to the left.
Of course I’m not asking a logo design for free, but if you would like to help in any way (tips, ideas, corrections) it would be greatly appreciated.

Attached photos
The hand-drawn one is my proposal, the red DP is his current ai generated design, the screenshot is a website I’ve found in which I’ve created some kind of bolt.

Thanks in advance!