Horrible Logos
horriblelogos.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2010
Horrible Logos sells deliberately bad hand-drawn logos for $5 each, with a gallery and a funny about page.
What HN saysHN commenters mention it as a joke in logo and branding threads, noting the $5 hand-drawn logos and enjoying the about page.
18HN people shared it
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- 2Drawing bad logos for beer money since 20102 people · 167 points · first shared 2010 · 45 comments on HN
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- 4Hay wire1 people · first shared 2013
- 5Coding robots1 people · first shared 2013
- 6Testimonials1 people · first shared 2010
- 7Jess31 people · first shared 2010
- 8Faqs1 people · first shared 2010
- 9About1 people · first shared 2013
- 10Hail gabe1 people · first shared 2013
- 11Lap land pet sitting service1 people · first shared 2010
- 12Brunch bros1 people · first shared 2013
- 13Kevin lord barry1 people · first shared 2016
- 14Springy panther1 people · first shared 2013
What HN people wrote when they linked it
djsumdog · 2017-11-22
If I need a terrible logo, I use http://www.horriblelogos.com/
They're horrible and only $5
mysterydip · 2017-08-31
I wonder how the logos made by http://www.horriblelogos.com would rank
joosters · 2014-08-08
They should have tried http://www.horriblelogos.com/ - $5 for a hand-drawn logo, so no stock artwork involved.
(Logo will still suck though :)
sanoli · 2013-11-21
The 'Springy Panther' is one of the best/worst: http://www.horriblelogos.com/springy-panther/
The comment from the buyer: “Thanks Horrible Logos. That’s so appalling we cant use it anywhere…just what we were looking for!”
cfontes · 2013-11-21
The about page made me laugh, it's worth a look...
http://www.horriblelogos.com/about/
BorisMelnik · 2013-11-21
haha i love this one:
http://www.horriblelogos.com/hail-gabe/
malte · 2010-12-08
You can get a 'horrible' logo for five bucks: http://www.horriblelogos.com
cm2012 · 2016-09-13
I still use mine:) http://www.horriblelogos.com/kevin-lord-barry/
mikestew · 2013-11-21
Oh, I don't know, quite a few live up to the sales pitch.
http://www.horriblelogos.com/hay-wire/
jebus989 · 2013-11-21
I don't know where Brunch Bros is but I sure want to eat there now.
http://www.horriblelogos.com/brunch-bros/
dchest · 2013-11-21
He's still drawing! Here's the one I ordered in 2010: http://www.horriblelogos.com/coding-robots/
steve19 · 2010-09-11
Some are not to bad for $5. But this one is something else, he managed to incorporate the Nazi SS insignia ...
http://www.horriblelogos.com/jess3/
siculars · 2010-09-10
"My logo was rejected, what the hell?
It probably contains porn or was considered inappropriate for even a Horrible Logo."
LOL. The FAQ is hilarious. Go read it now: http://www.horriblelogos.com/faqs/.
SanjayUttam · 2010-09-10
Ha...
Lap Land Pet Sitting
"Thanks for the Beer Lap Land Pet Sitting! I hope you hate your new horrible logo as much as I hated making it."
http://www.horriblelogos.com/lap-land-pet-sitting-service/
encephalogram · 2013-11-21
...and get someone that uses Photoshop well to
digitize it properly.
Eh, from what I can gather Horrible Logos Guy seems to possess actual graphic design talent, and would likely be more than capable of properly digitizing any given logo. He actually offers high-res copies in exchange for larger quantities of beer, if you dig deeper into the site.
I'd surmise that Horrible Logos Guy could probably create good logos, but chooses not to, because shitty logos are much more fulfilling to create.
Case in point:
The logo he did for "Get Off My Lawn Records" is recognizable as the face of an old hobo from a picture on a greeting card I've seen 1,000 times at stores like Spencer Gifts. In the picture, the hobo is giving the middle finger, and the card usually says something like "happy birthday, go fuck yourself."
Sketch: http://www.horriblelogos.com/wp-content/uploads/horrible-logos-get-off…
Orginal: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jmlJwQlujeY/TilxbkpypMI/AAAAAAAAAiw/wcHa5FY6…
The fact that he sketched that up in like ten minutes, and that it's recognizable to me, tells me that he has enough artistic talent to source decent photo reference, and trace a crude drawing over it, while staying within the bounds of fair use, and (as advertised) not seriously developing a commercially usable logo. Thus, artistic talent.
powrtoch · 2010-09-10
Not to mention http://www.horriblelogos.com/testimonials/