Logo Project

For this project I really liked the idea of creating a logo all about me. I thought it would be really fun, especially because I got to explore the things I liked to do and draw them all out!

         My first thought was that I had to include music, music is such an important part of my life. I’ve been singing and playing piano for as long as I can remember so to create a logo about me without including music was out of the question. I also wanted to include traveling in my logo, I love to travel and visit new places. The summer I spent in Europe was some of the best times of my life and someday I hope to go back and maybe even live there. My favorite logo I created was the suitcase with all the bumper stickers. I thought it was perfect, I could include stickers of all the things that made me, me. But after reading all the articles on logos I realized that the suitcase logo was too intricate and couldn’t translate well to a smaller size. I then began to think about including a globe in my logo to symbolize how I love to travel; from there I came up with the speech bubble containing the music staff to symbolize how I am always singing, the speech bubble had an arrow at the end because I’d always like to take my singing to the next level. I finally decided on a piano circling the globe to showcase my love for music and for travel, I liked that my final logo was simple but effective and would translate well to a smaller size.

My starting sketches that included different design ideas and written ideas as well (top) and the final sketch of my final logo (bottom)

         The most important discovery I made while creating my logo was figuring out how many factors go into making a successful logo. I found that the best logos are simple in nature, like the Nike swoosh, the apple logo, or even car logos. they all are just a simple picture. I realized that some of my creations were really heavily detailed and that I had to cut back. I also learned that coloring in my logo was more difficult that I thought it would be. I decided to paint my logo, but getting the colors to not run together and not muddy up was hard. My paint kept mixing together and I had to start over once or twice to make sure I had painted in the lines.

I thought the videos were interesting and helpful. The most important information I learned from the PowerPoints and visuals about logos was that it had to translate well into a smaller size. Every article I read made sure to include that detail. I also learned about the four different types of logos, Characters, which contain only a single characters or abbreviations, the word, which is only the full name of the company, figurative, which is a picture, and combination, which is word and picture.

final logo