A while ago, I entered a design competition set up by a New Zealand vet clinic, to upgrade and overhaul their existing logo.... and I made it to the finals! Someone else's design got the final nod after that point, obviously; but the mere fact that I made it into the top group indicates, I would say, that they thought my designs were pretty spiffy! Good feeling, that. We had to come up with a range of concept designs, and then pick our favourite three to develop into a set of 'first pass' logos. From there, the finalists - such as myself, go me - were instructed to (following instructions and critiques by the judges) take their best logo from the first pass, and upgrade it into a final 'second pass' logo; complete with variations in typography and colour scheme to give the judges a range of options....