When looking for inspiration for my logos, I found that I was drawn more to the ones with words or with the blog title over the ones that were drawings or images. I also found that it was much easier coming up with designs revolving around my blog title, rather than trying to come up with one image that sums up my “about me” topic. I was really interested in the logos that had some sort of doodle incorporated into the text, along with multiple fonts throughout the design, as I felt this added an interesting element overall. So, I decided to keep it simple and make my design an interesting interpretation of my name/blog title.
So far, I have made use of the rectangle and ellipse tool, which is how I made the Z and the J. I also used the Pathfinder, unite tool to combine that into one shape that flowed together. I used the line and arc tools to make the small black letters to complete my name, and the text tool to add the cursive text at the side. I also used the brush tool to add the dots around the letters, and will likely be using it again to add linework to the image as well. I also made use of the gradient tools, and the multiple stroke options to make the logo stand out more. I also made use of the copy and rotate tools with some of the smaller letters as well as some of the dot clusters.
In my revision, I focused on fixing the J first, since the shape in my draft was fairly off-putting. In my final, I feel that I used figure and ground pretty well. The size of the J now allows for both the Z and the J to have equal visual weight. In terms of balance, I would say the dot work I employed made a pretty balanced piece. I feel like I gave everything an eyecatching placement.
Inspiration:
The 6th logo here,
this logo,
and this one.
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