Logo Assignment

Where did I begin?

I believe i'm a wolf, or at least like one. I am sometimes a pretty independent person, though I am good when it comes to being in groups, and I actually prefer it that way (because, well...if I'm not with a group, I'll get WAY lost). I care the most, and almost only for the people I'm close to, since they've been with me longer and I wouldn't want to lose them. And if you mess with them, or make them upset, you'll have to deal with me. Though if something goes wrong for myself, I'll turn to them for support. I believe these qualities that I have in common with wolves are fairly good for a CyberARTS related career, since in mostly all jobs you need to work in groups sometimes, that and I need to know how to stick up for myself, and others, just in case something happens!

Elements and Principles 

For my logo, I believe that the majority of the lines used were very thin and smooth, while some others were thick and large. The typography I used goes on a slight arc across the yellow circle, and is just on top of the orange circle. The Font used was Myriad pro in bold, making the lines for the text seem dense and confident. Adding these all together, it makes a fairly simple logo thats easy to remember. I chose the circles to symbolize the moon, the lighter one most notably, the orange one was added to include more color in the logo. And since I am a bit laid back and like to simplify things, I think making a logo like this both fits my personality, and is somewhat eye catching. If there was any movement in the image, it would have to be the typography. it (in my opinion) catches the eye first, since its the darkest color among the others, and that then leads you down the bright yellow circle to the wolf, and then up to the orange circle. 

Getting Technical

Despite me saying that I wanted to make the logo simple, it was a pain in the butt to make, since I haven't really learnt how to use illustrator that well yet, I know the tools and some functions, but things go well for a few minutes, and then I screw up and all hell breaks loose. Though after working out those problems, I managed to get it done! the tools I used were the pen tool, the selection tool, the direct selection tool, type on a path tool, and a LOT of the eraser and scissor tool! I didn't really learn much more about these tools, since the presentations made in class helped a bunch. Though, I did learn to be more patient with the pen tool, since I was going far too fast and screwing up everything. Within my whole picture, I used five layers in total, one having the original picture, then the wolf, the yellow circle, the orange circle, and the typography. And from what I remember, no effects were used. I did try the gradient and different layer effects at one point, but it never came up in the finished product.

My Thoughts and Opinion

In all honesty, I am pretty happy with how my logo turned out. If I had more time, I'd experiment a LOT more with the different effects and whatnot with illustrator, but I was quickly running out of time, so I needed to hurry up and finish, so I could also get the written portion in. And what I learned about designing a logo was it takes much more thought, work and effort than I originally thought, since a bunch of ideas pop in your head, and its either "Its too complex", "Its too simple", "Its too colorful", "Its not colorful enough", "the colors don't pop". And then sometimes when you settle on an actual idea, it doesn't come out how you had hoped, you get frustrated and everything goes wrong, and then you have to change things up multiple times, it takes forever, and then finally...success! after so much blood, sweat and tears (not literally) its done! and you're finally happy :D Though I'm not entirely sure on what we should do next, though I do want to learn more about illustrator, and I mean MUCH more, not just the tools, but how it literally works, because these programs confuse me...a LOT! :D

and that is my logo~