Before I write anything else, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who has graciously taken the time to participate and/or express interest in the contest so far. It's been very inspiring to see all the variations that people are coming up with and I thank you!

Now I have received a few letters from folks who were frustrated by the business names chosen for the logo concept. The points made had mostly to do with marketing and advertising concerns. For example, that "Julia Bean" is unprofessional or that "PixelBox" sounds like party store. Neither of these things really concern me, because again, I'm not in this for the money and never intend to earn my living from it. Instead, the future site is just to have a web presence for people who might want me to do some work. But I want it to look nice and that's why I came to you for help.

That said, if someone wants to come up with a completely different name and logo for the business, I've got no problem with that. The only requirements I have for pursuing that route are:

1. The domain name for your proposed name must be available as a .COM domain.
2. Anyone else would be allowed to design around your proposed name.

The one other name I considered using is:

Bending Light Design (BendingLightDesign.com)

The ideas came based on the origin of the word "photography" which is literally from the Greek: photos for "light" and graphein for "writing". Or "light writing" or "writing with light". Most domain names using terms like "light" and "writing" have been taken and what's really annoying about it is that "bendinglightphotography.com" and "lightwritingphotography.com" are both taken and have REALLY poor websites on them!

I now realize that if I keep updating the original Journal entry, it will soon become way too long (which it already is). So when I do updates on the contest, I will do them to new Journal entries. If you want to be sure to receive alerts when updated, just be sure to add me to your DeviantWatch with the Journal box checked. The next update should be sometime on Sunday where I will post all the entries to date in one location (similar to what =1ar has been so kind to do for me thus far).

Thanks again and keep the entries coming!