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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

How to improve your design...

Simplify and edit

My last post was what I thought was my latest assignment for my class. Turns out (since I missed last class, which was supposed to be a working class or lab) the instructor modified the assignment.

Instead of blending a photo of your self with your initial she changed it to using elements (line, shape) of your photo with your initials.

I'm still not sure if I did it correctly; however, this is what I created.

I started with a photo of myself. Edited it in photoshop by changing the appearance settings to black and white and adjusting the threshold. Then I imported the photo into Illustrator and used it as a template. From there I began to create a black and white, with gray scale, illustration.

This is the first attempt/draft

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Then I began to simplify and edit my elements.

Here are the three final logos each one being edited from the previous one by saving as a copy in Illustrator and limiting my choices each time until the final design was simply a black line drawing on a white background. The goal was rely on as few lines as possible and to use implied line where ever it seemed to make sense.

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Which design do you think works best?

3 comments:

Jennifer Vanderbeek said...

I really like the stark contrast of the black and white center image--it would look great in a variety of color combos and really stands out as a logo.

Anonymous said...

I like the third one, it is clean and simple. Sounds like a fun class, fun while learning. I "followed" you from SITS. Stop by www.Redo101.blogspot.com anytime!

Katherines Corner said...

I found you on SITS. I enjoyed my visit to your lovely blog. Wishing you happiness and a wonderful weekend. Hugs!