For my final logo, I decided to go simple and use the ocean as my basis. I did the ocean because I am very interested in marine biology and learning about environmental science. I have always wanted to study the ocean, so if I were to have design a logo for a future company. I thought that the wave would be a perfect fit for that. Also with the wave, I could play with texture by using a live trace tool. This gave me a cool texture that made my logo look more like a painting. I love the creative touch on my logo, and I am proud of my texture, balance, and color choices. In this project I learned how to use the scanners and live trace my sketches into something cooler. I learned this by using a new program that I am learning about, Adobe Illustrator. You do this by cropping your scanned sketch and opening it in illustrator. From there you select live trace and choose a type of live trace. Then you can use different colors and text to personalize your logo. Finally you place your logo on a proof sheet on t-shirts, water bottles, etc. One key thing that I will take away from this project is how to create a simplistic design to portray a quick message about a company. I will use this if I need to present something in a quick presentation. I could also use it as a metaphor that I could explain something. I went through multiple logos, which went through mountains, octopuses, and waves. I would put my sketch into illustrator and went through all the live trace options. If that didn't work, I would begin to use the pen tool and go through the different strokes on that. If nothing was sufficient, I would move onto my next logo. I did this about three times. Then after that, I put my final logo on blank hats and such, and I was done. |
First stage sketches:Final logo:
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How tools did I use?On this tutorial, I used the poser edges tool, I also used the color halftone and changed the maximum radius to six. I used this tutorial.
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What tools did I use?I first placed the glass over the person. I resized the image to fit the person's face, and changed the the normal to multiply on my layer. Then I just earased to my liking. Click here for the tutorial that I used!
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