Oldminer...

REALITY CHECK...

No offence but all the designs so far are absolutely terrible... [look someone's got to say it as we are not judging kids art and have to be nice about this here] corporate logo design should never be approached by this kind of cheapskate 'prize' competition and the entries just prove my point further.

Which is exactly why I originally said you are going to offer more than one bitcoin or you will get loads of amateur entries and no serious designer will bother to help. The sad thing is that people on this forum, although they have the 3d programs to play with, believe that they are good which is a worry in itself... The netcoin designs are superb and I agree are the benchmark and I only wish that the brief had been given earlier as I can see exactly what you now want... something that looks like a physical 3D coin that evolves your existing brand. I wish I had a 3D program as I could easily do it but unfortunately I just work in photoshop and I've already spent too many hours on this so I will have to bow out for now. My suggestion still stands that you put the reward up to at least 3 bitcoin as this is a small investment to get your coin branded by a professional.

If you are really serious about this coin the logo should be your first priority as it is how the public and investors judge you... an amateur logo and an amateur logo competition does not inspire confidence... get this right and make the right investment and lotto will be perceived to be a serious brand. Your brand values are embodied in your logo.

Did I hear someone say that market trading had reached 100,000 dollars... well 3 bitcoin is a drop in the ocean and a professional branding company would charge between 5-10 thousand dollars to do this for you and the better brand agencies much higher still. The examples so far all demonstrate why you need a pro to do it as it sounds easy but unless you know what you are doing, understand some basic typographical and design rules you are just going to get a load of rubbish like the entries that have been submitted so far.

Again, I don't want to offend anyone who has entered... but come on guys... seriously nothing has come close to what is required so over to the pros before anymore time is wasted.