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The Logo Challenge Files

Not every job starts with a nice clean file. Here are some of the toughest images clients have sent us – phone screenshots, tiny thumbnails, photos of shirts and pencil sketches – and the print-ready vectors we rebuilt from them by hand.

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If you think your logo file is too poor to work with, send it anyway. Chances are we’ve seen worse.

📱 Phone Screenshots & Screen Grabs

The logo was only ever seen on a phone screen – captured with the menus, status bar and all.

WHAT WE RECEIVEDPort Lincoln Motorcycle Club – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDPort Lincoln Motorcycle Club – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Port Lincoln Motorcycle ClubA phone screenshot with the logo squeezed into a small banner.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDEyre Yard Maintenance – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDEyre Yard Maintenance – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Eyre Yard MaintenanceA screenshot of a web browser, with the logo only a few pixels high.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDPack Horse Opals – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDPack Horse Opals – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Pack Horse OpalsA screenshot from an Office document – the only copy the client had.

🔬 Tiny Thumbnails

Images so small you can barely tell what they are – rebuilt to scale up to any size.

WHAT WE RECEIVEDPt Lincoln High School – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDPt Lincoln High School – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Pt Lincoln High SchoolA badge only a few millimetres wide, cropped from a T-shirt image.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDNyngan Public School – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDNyngan Public School – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Nyngan Public SchoolA 218-pixel shield with blurred lettering and washed-out colours.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDGround Academy – RAAF Base Wagga – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDGround Academy – RAAF Base Wagga – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Ground Academy – RAAF Base WaggaA 191 × 300 pixel web thumbnail of a detailed crest.

📷 Photos of Shirts, Patches & Prints

When the only copy of a logo is stitched onto a shirt or printed on a page.

WHAT WE RECEIVEDS & N Brown Earthmoving – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDS & N Brown Earthmoving – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
S & N Brown EarthmovingA photo of an embroidered patch on a dark work shirt.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDHOLF Championship – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDHOLF Championship – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
HOLF ChampionshipA close-up photo of an embroidered polo – rebuilt for its 40th year.
WHAT WE RECEIVED50 Years Eyre Highway – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVERED50 Years Eyre Highway – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
50 Years Eyre HighwayA photo of an embroidered patch, with stitching texture and shadows.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDThe Battle of PLGC – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDThe Battle of PLGC – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
The Battle of PLGCA design taken from a photo of a printed T-shirt.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDCarnevil – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDCarnevil – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
CarnevilA phone photo of a printed page, taken at an angle.

✏️ Hand-Drawn Sketches

Pencil drawings on paper, turned into clean, professional logos.

WHAT WE RECEIVEDMossie Murray Muster – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDMossie Murray Muster – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Mossie Murray MusterA pencil sketch on lined paper.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDMikkira Station – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDMikkira Station – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Mikkira StationA hand-drawn koala design, redrawn line by line.

🖼️ Logos Hidden in Mockups & Business Cards

The logo had to be pulled out of a busy mockup or a photographed business card.

WHAT WE RECEIVEDWoollards Roofing – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDWoollards Roofing – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Woollards RoofingA collage of shirt, truck and signage mockups – the logo rebuilt from the pieces.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDOne Masonry – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDOne Masonry – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
One MasonryA business card image (contact details blurred here for privacy).

🤖 AI-Generated Images

AI makes a picture of a logo – with no real fonts and no clean shapes. We turn it into the real thing.

WHAT WE RECEIVEDKraken Oyster Co – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDKraken Oyster Co – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
Kraken Oyster CoA detailed AI illustration redrawn as layered vector artwork.
WHAT WE RECEIVEDThe Garry Owen Stingers – original image supplied to VectorMan
WHAT WE DELIVEREDThe Garry Owen Stingers – clean vector rebuilt by VectorMan
The Garry Owen StingersAn AI mascot rebuilt with clean, print-ready shapes and lettering.

Got a “Hopeless” Logo File?

Screenshot, photo, sketch, thumbnail or AI image – send us whatever you have. We’ll reply by email with a free quote before any work starts.

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