So I get an email from a friend at a church... The church has no identity, no website, no no branding, no nothing... The guy asks if I can come up with a logo for them. Carte Blanche... Seems perfect right? No. It's hard to come up with something when ...
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So here's my motto: Simplicity is Key. I love simple. Paring down. Editing myself. Taking away what is not necessary. I work in the creative department at our local newspaper, and I get to work on some local ads on a daily basis. Clients who are paying for space will want ...
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Was tasked with coming up with a logo design for a local Event Planning startup. When starting the brainstorming and designing process, I like boundaries. You would think it's better to let a designer run carefree with no limitations-- not so, grasshopper, not so. Limitations and boundaries form tension. Tension in ...
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Charged with coming up with an eye-catching ad page for a chamber of commerce e-newsletter. Client had lots of information they wanted on the page sized advert. When you are looking at a print piece, you have to map out how the eyes will travel on the page. If you have ...
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From prior post, client changed name from "KimCakes" to "UglyCakes." Made changes to logo and then came up with a simple back to a business card. Utilized the teal color and kept same font choice. Since the front of card is so graphic heavy, the back needed breathing room. Used ...
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Currently am working on a WordPress website for a local ministry. It is a new frontier. One that I was hesitant to get into. However, with a WordPress site, it is clean, user friendly and client will be able to be more hands on and less dependent. The backend, administrative ...
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Client gave me one picture that she wanted on the postcard. Picture was of the dance studio. In order to incorporate the foto, I had to put a little transparency so you could see the words clearly. I felt like I was done when I added flares, the name and information. However, ...
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Currently working on a branding project that entails logo design, building a website and name recognition. Church name is "Restoration Church." It is a church plant with a projected launch date of Jan 2012. Leaders threw out words to describe the feel that want to have for their logo: Organic, ...
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Here's something I have wanted to do for a while... go through the process of logo creation. It's not sitting at a computer and if you know how to work Adobe Illustrator well then you will automatically get a good logo. A logo should represent who you are. It should ...
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Ongoing project... Client is a small business owner who sales cupcakes. In order to get name recognition and a more diverse clientele, we have worked on a variation on "looks" for the company logo. Currently, this look is in keeping with the whimsical yet sophisticated feel of the company. The actual ...
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