Wow. Tough brief.

I think you did wonders considering what you were given. My only comment is that the detail on Earth is very different from that on the dolphin. I'd 'roughen' the land mass a little bit. Make it more abstract. In my opinion, all elements of a logo need to look like they were drawn with the same pen.

Is the red proposal mandatory? I'd keep it blue.

I'd also change the detail in the Earth. Pay special attention to where the oceans and landmasses are. It looks like your dolphin has a wizard's beard.

- Lex

That looks cool I think, quite fresh and original!

A few quick things:
1) Given that that dolphin has no eye, if the earth is also red he looks quite dead to me. :-\
2) Have you tried h-flipping the dolphin so that he moves/jumps left-to-right? (Possible stronger forward movement)
3) Regarding the brief: To my reading this dolphin is not necessarily «jumping over» the globe, he's sort of lying/swimming on top of it. Dunno if that's a problem though.
I also agree with what was said about the detail level in the globe.

I think you will, as with firefox, always suffer from the problem of one part looking as if it crushing the other after it has dropped from a great height.

Having said i does look ok. I would second the idea of correlating the dolphin marks with the earth details.

Also is a red version essential? I get a hellish fire and brimstone feel from it!

Thanks all, I appreciate the feedback. I am currently working on correcting the Earth, to redefine the strokes.

TheQMovement is right, the red is essential, but only in minimal applications. Plus the shop owner loves it, i did have my qualms about even showing him, but I went with what the client would want, not me.

Never noticed the similarity to the firefox, but I think it is different enough, plus the owner also asked me to knock-off some Pepsi something or other, I said we'll see.

I know the beard image is in there.. but i love that.. It takes a minute of staring, but i think its funny.

So im going to push more on the globe, updates soon.

Beard? I didn't say beard. Lex did. But hey, now I can't not see it! :-)

How about abstract geography? Like in the Firefox logo.
Or do you need to communicate the actual geographical location?