For my logo, I decided I wanted to incorporate elements of music to fit with the theme of my blog. My design shows a fist clenching onto a microphone with musical notes floating and flowing above it. I was initially inspired to do this design from one of our tutorials where we had to make a fist. That tutorial really helped me in creating this design. The overall design is meant to display an artist performing on stage and the music that they’re producing flowing out of them. Once I sketched out my design on paper, I copied it almost exactly onto Illustrator, but changed a few things. In my sketch I had “Live Music Central” fully displayed. On my Illustrator rough draft I decided to condense it to just “LMC”.
I used the line tool a lot to create the outline of my hand/fist. I also mixed in the arc tool. For the fingers I created rectangles and then went to effects to round the edges to make them look more like fingers. I used rectangles for the microphone handle as well and a circle for the actual mic part. I put a gradient fill in the mic to give it a silver/black look to let it stand out. I made sure to hold down alt when changing the lengths of my fingers to keep the change consistent on both ends. To get the wavy lines for the musical notes, I created a line and then transformed them slightly to have them squiggle. For the actual notes I used the circle tool then filled them in with black and put a line on them. I used the rotate tool heavily in my logo to align different aspects of my design. The most challenging part of this process has to be the making of the hand not including the fingers. It was tough lining up all the edges and turns correctly and make it look smooth.
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Hi Sky, I liked your design and how you used aspects of music in it. I liked the idea of using the fist holding the mic as it portrays the aspect of a musical artist performing well. I also liked the use of the music notes on top of the fist it shows how the logo has to do with music. I also liked how you used the gradient tool on the mic, it gives it some contrast to the rest of the design. However, I think that if you were to make the hand holding the mic black and make the lettering white it would make the design pop a lot more. Another aspect that could be improved upon is spelling our Live Music Central, as I did not know what LMC stood for until I read further into your explanation of your logo.
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Hi Skyler!
I really like the overall look of your design, I think it looks clean and well put together. It shows that you put a lot of effort into the hand and the creativity is great! The only things that I thought could have some improvements is the microphone and the color scheme. I think that you could add some color to the overall look of the design to make it more prominent and colorful like your blog header. When I think of music festivals I think of bright colors and loud/upbeat music, I think this should reflect in your logo! This would make the fist pop out more. You could also add grain to the microphone while keeping the gradient effect. I am really excited to see the final results of your project!
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Hey Sky,
I like your logo and how it fits so well with your theme and how much you enjoy music and festivals. I think your logo is really cool and unique. I like the fist with the mic because it is a cool concept. I also like that it is simple but conveys the message intended. My suggestion is to add some bright pops of color and fill in the fist better. Festivals are all about the music and the visuals and I think your logo would look amazing with some bright orange and yellow or a sunset color. Overall I think you did a great job and am excited to see your final logo!
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