Logo Design; Explore the use of colour (Kidsons logo redesign)

For the last few weeks in illustrator we have been redesigning a logo for a logo cycle shop called 'Kidsons Cycles' the following image are my variations of the logo. In this logo i have chosen to use a sprocket as the 'O' as i believe it is a relevant symbol for cycling. The top two logos (with the blue and the orange i have chosen to use these colours for the fact that this is what the client has requested. The bottom two logos i have chosen to use green and a brown shades. i believe that these colours could work for the fact that cycling is an outdoor sport and green and browns are earthy natural colours (trees, grass, wood, leaves) 

Kidsons Concepts

Rapid Logo Study #1 (Snappy Jim's Mowing Service)

In Photoshop we were all set a task to create a logo to a business for a name that was provided for us. 

The name of the business that was chosen was 'Snappy Jim's Mowing Service' we were then given an hour maximum to hand draw something that was in both colour and black and white.

After we had finished drawing we then all had a critique each others work according to how we felt about the logo. the scores were out of 5. the maximum score you could have received was 45, I received 25. The following image is my final product. 

The following image is the winning logo from the task, this logo scored a total of 35.