Sorry Styl, been pretty busy with school. I've got nothing but time now
Anyway to finish this off, besides the ripping, the copyright, and alllllll physicalities of the matter. Even if winmodify was granted permission to use it, you still have 2 major problems.
1. [Creativity] The fact that the lizard is the logo/mascot of wincustomize makes it look like either they (winmodify) are trying to ride in their wake. And the fact that it's already been done, and in the same type of field makes it completely redundant. FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION!! The last thing winmodify would need is unintentional confusion to users, winmodify is not wincustomize, and hence it needs to show that, and make sure people know it is different.
2. [Example] What type of message are you giving to users on a "graphic" site no less, if your logo isn't even original. All logo's need to have a connection to what they are representing, and having a chameleon for a logo makes no ties as to what the site is about. In which case I'd also like to point out the lizard is not the logo of wincustomize, it is a mascot. You do not need a picture in a logo, a logo can be anything. An image, text, shape, even a solid color. Winmodify NEEDS an original logo easily recognizable as their own, makes a connection with them, and like all good logo's to be simple.
You need to find out what winmodify is about and stands for, gather ideas, then once you know what the logo should communicate, then you can start to work on it. Don't try working backwards, just because they need a logo doesn't mean the best thing to do would be, lets find a groovy cool picture. Logo's are a different ballgame altogether.
Look at logo's that do work, and are highly succesful. Many you can identify just by the shape, or color. If you see two arches and think of "mcdonalds," or red and yellow and think "kodak" then that is an EXTREMELY succesful logo. Logo's also need to WORK the size of a billboard, a lighter, and a dime. And frankly, a highly detailed render isn't going to cut it at different sizes like that. Thats why simplicity is "key", the more simple the logo, the easier it is to remember, and recognize.
