Here is my version of that one. (I have the large images with the touched-up emblem.)
Essentially, I rebuilt it from scratch. (Still not a completed "final design". Playing with colors and effects. Then I will go to 3D, if desired.)
I also tested it as a mini-logo, and it looks fine. Have one without the XHC, but adding words just made it almost impossible to read when normal-sized.
This is the medium one, 25% of the original size.
http://oi60.tinypic.com/8ybd6s.jpgHere is the mini-logo... about 10% of the original size.
Looking at the red one, I think I want to re-try red again. Keep going back to blue, because of the old logo.
Still looking for a decent "golden" texture for the leaves. Might have to hand-paint them. Olive green actually looks better.
