michaelblack | BLACK SUN - fresh brand identity

split brand: michael black | BLACK SUN, see: http://michaelblack.com coming: http://blacksunstudio.com

michael black is leading advertising and commercial photographer with
20 years experience in leading visual campaigns. he has worked and currently works with the largest agencies to small business. He and his crew provide studio and location work pretty much anywhere up to any scope.

BLACK SUN is michael's home base and is a very hip and cool industrial chic creative arts building. the studio is 10,000 sq feet and can accommodate simple to very elaborate shoots. we like to say from peanuts to elephants, but this is not part of our visual brand.

important to know is that bold, simple. clean and elegant is most our preferred style

current website: http://michaelblack.com

art buyers
creative
art director
agencies [any size]
universities
business with inside marketing/design teams
magazine/editorial producers

we are looking for a fresh look of our brand [see attached], but not so different that is totally unfamiliar.

part of this requires a strong independent word mark

part of this requires a strong independent stand alone graphic

our current graphic is available, but does not have strong integration with our word mark. however, have used part of the graphic in many ways successfully.

if you can make it work we like both michael black and BLACK SUN to be able to be connected and separated to stand alone

final artwork must be vector graphics with clearly defined groups

usage: web, print, screen, multi-media

preferred colors (rgb reference):
black (250/250/250)
red (105/10/10)
grey (flexible, but neutral i.e. 100/100/100)
white (0/0/0)

feel free to ask any questions