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chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
coming up with one.

i have been in a steady state of self-torment trying to come up with a clever name for my art/design stuff. i need to make a site and an etsy shop for myself, and don't want to just do the "my name design" deal. i have gotten hung up on the name part :( and anything i wanted has already been taken either via the trademark office or as an existing design site.

i have brainstormed for ages, written words frontwards/backwards, nicknames, english/spanish, latin names for freaking plants, you name it. AGH!

any suggestions for other ways to come up with something?

i wanna have something short and clever but not cute, and just using my name seems so boring. should i just make a fucking word up altogether, or pick something hella random? i'm on the brink of doing so lol
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,598
    "CHEEKY and her GYNORMOUS BREASTICLES art shop"
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    "CHEEKY and her GYNORMOUS BREASTICLES art shop"
    it's probably already taken :( lol
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Posts: 3,636
    pick letters out of a scrabble bag?
    use an acronym?

    or if worse comes to worse....

    Acme Art Company

    good luck and congratulations again.
    Nice shirt.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,598
    Cheekys "funky Like A Monkey" Art Shop..............
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    pick letters out of a scrabble bag?
    use an acronym?

    or if worse comes to worse....

    Acme Art Company

    good luck and congratulations again.
    hmmm scrabble bag sounds good. not even as a way to pick a name, but a name itself. i'm at my wit's end which is saying something seeing as my wit was teeny to begin with lol

    thanks!
  • The ChampThe Champ Posts: 4,063
    Make up a creative yet marketable name....Sounds easy right ;)....Any specific ideas thus far?
    'I want to hurry home to you
    put on a slow, dumb show for you
    and crack you up
    so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
    god I'm very, very frightening
    and I'll overdo it'
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Uniqui Chiqui



    Ok, i am not serious.


    have you tried googling things?
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Cheekys "funky Like A Monkey" Art Shop..............
    haha funky monkey sounds good at this freaking point!
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Posts: 3,636
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    hmmm scrabble bag sounds good. not even as a way to pick a name, but a name itself. i'm at my wit's end which is saying something seeing as my wit was teeny to begin with lol

    thanks!

    hardly haha i'm sure you'll come up with something catchy.

    the simpler the better. go with your gut.

    Pen and Ink. there ya go.
    Nice shirt.
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    The Champ wrote:
    Make up a creative yet marketable name....Sounds easy right ;)....Any specific ideas thus far?
    nope...i started back in december, and shelved the process temporarily, thinking maybe revisiting it would prompt some sort of epiphany. which of course hasn't happened yet lol

    irony of it is i've been really motivated creatively over the past couple of weeks, yet this keeps eluding me!

    i'm *this* close to calling it "llama says it's casual friday" and have a small llama wearing khaki dockers as the logo. LSICF for short :( I NEED HELP lol
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    QuarterToTen wrote:
    hardly haha i'm sure you'll come up with something catchy.

    the simpler the better. go with your gut.

    Pen and Ink. there ya go.
    i tried that, it was taken! i've done a billion pen and ink variations in the two languages i know....i'm gonna bust a cyrillic move in a hot second!

    i agree though, simple is best. i'm hoping it'll hit me soon!
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    I sent you a pm. :)
    &&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,598
    uni-eeky cheekys funky like a monkey art shop.....where we dont play scrabble.....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Lizard wrote:
    Uniqui Chiqui



    Ok, i am not serious.


    have you tried googling things?
    i have, i did a thesaurus check for words, didn't see anything though. maybe i should do it again, perhaps somethign will jump out at me that i missed
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    :p

    MoreMagentathanmom?
    &&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    i have, i did a thesaurus check for words, didn't see anything though. maybe i should do it again, perhaps somethign will jump out at me that i missed



    i think the thesaurus is a good idea, give it another go. also, sometimes while looking at titles of books, moives, etc....can spark ideas for other things, wordplay, etc....so perhaps browse amazon or netflix, things like that...perhaps get those creative juices flowing. i think it's very difficult to come up with a really good name, so don't bet yourself up over it....it WILL come to you, eventually. :)
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


    I am myself like you somehow


  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,598
    unieeky freaky cheekys squeaky clean art shop.......

    fuck it....

    just name it...

    SPEEDYS!!!!!!!!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Too bad Pearl Jam is taken. :p
    Didn't you have a name but couldn't use it for Etsy?
    I like one word names like Lotus, Weeds, Angler, Juxt
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    justam that's a cute one! and speedy, yeah that rolls off the tongue, like for a while haha
    decides2dream wrote:
    i think the thesaurus is a good idea, give it another go. also, sometimes while looking at titles of books, moives, etc....can spark ideas for other things, wordplay, etc....so perhaps browse amazon or netflix, things like that...perhaps get those creative juices flowing. i think it's very difficult to come up with a really good name, so don't bet yourself up over it....it WILL come to you, eventually. :)

    good point on the books/movies, i didn't think of that! i did look thru some PJ lyrics as a last resort but i dunno. maybe i'll revisit some other lyrics too, in case something hops out.

    yeah i'm just being pissed about it because i'm impatient, it's driving me nuts that this is holding me up!

    thanks for the suggestions! :)
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Too bad Pearl Jam is taken. :p
    Didn't you have a name but couldn't use it for Etsy?
    I like one word names like Lotus, Weeds, Angler, Juxt
    yup, and then the name(s) i wanted were taken by other designers, at least if they were in a different field then it wouldn't be so bad!

    yeah a one word name would be awesome, something simple and to the point. not unlike the point i want to drive into my temple lol
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,598
    midgets
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    midgets
    shouldn't it be midgets?

    now i feel like brain of c lol
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    "GOOD ART"


    :p
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Lizard wrote:
    "GOOD ART"


    :p
    i did want http://www.buymyshit_bitches.com but it seems a little vulgar :p
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Picturethis.com
    drawntoyou.com
    paintingbyslumbers.com

    what sort of artwork?
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    jamie uk wrote:
    Picturethis.com
    drawntoyou.com
    paintingbyslumbers.com

    what sort of artwork?
    drawntoyou sounds nice. i do pen and ink, color, more abstracted type stuff
  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    chiquimonkey wrote:
    drawntoyou sounds nice. i do pen and ink, color, more abstracted type stuff
    I like that too!
    Her work is beautiful.
    :)
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I like that too!
    Her work is beautiful.
    :)
    thanks! :)
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Posts: 3,636
    TrixieCat wrote:
    I like that too!
    Her work is beautiful.
    :)

    yes it is. such a serene, tranquil feel to it.

    that's it....

    tranquil treasures

    or midgets hehehe

    the possibilities are endless.
    Nice shirt.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 25,598
    WALL-mART?????

    i give up.....

    hehehehehehehehehe............
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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