I think it's a really nice logo; the blue square pulls everything together. I'm a newbie at designing logos so I really admire your work. Did you take classes to learn vectoring and rendering or did you learn it yourself over time?
Nope, no classes or formal training. I started off using paths in Photoshop, then learned the ropes within Illustrator. Photoshop and Illustrator have similar path functions, they're just in different places (which can be a bit frustrating).
I'd suggest learning Illustrator for heavy vector work as it will be scalable to any size if needed in the future
I wonder if you had chosen a soft aqua green instead of yellow? Yellow can actually put off a lot of people since it's a bold color. I can understand its use for contrast though, except in this graphic, I think I find it distracting right next to the dark gray ring. I love the design though. Very well done.
I like NeoSans but not with this icon or maybe the light blue color, another thing ...I didn't like the black color in da icon, I think if u try another color from the same tones would be much better, Try dark gray and use it for the font too.
The old logo has that retro touch to it. I can imagine this new logo, even though stylish and beautiful, become corny and outdated. That's unfortunately what happens and it is very hard to design a timeless logo. But that is a really nice one, Axe. Maybe it has a little too much different colours? I would have made the three light-gray-blue strips the same dark colour as the oval going around the logo. But that's just me and I'm no way a logo designer
Nope, no classes or formal training. I started off using paths in Photoshop, then learned the ropes within Illustrator. Photoshop and Illustrator have similar path functions, they're just in different places (which can be a bit frustrating).
I'd suggest learning Illustrator for heavy vector work as it will be scalable to any size if needed in the future
Cheers
Anyways, nice symbol, but typo is really itching my eyes...
Go Axe, better luck next time, haha ^^