I HAVE A LOGO!!

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So this has been a bit of a struggle because I am not the best with logos. I started out sketching and looking up ideas on Pinterest and Google, trying to find something that was relevant to my Twisted Seashell brand. I looked up seashells I could do as well as logos that had a seashell incorporated in it. Closest thing I found that I liked was a graphic about summer:


I then made my own version with tracing paper for my brand and thought it looked pretty cool:

I then attempted to vectorize my drawing in Illustrator. I became frustrated and looked to tutorials. I found what I should do in order to get my letters to fit in that shape... but it just didn't look right. SO I ended scrapping the idea when talking with my group. This logo would have been too hard to read and confusing.

So... I went back to the drawing board as they say. I created a lot more iterations of different options for my logo. Here is how that turned out:


I really liked the s wrapping around the T. I then attempted to put that into Illustrator, and couldn't make it work like how I wanted to. So I ditched that idea as well, but I also advanced it. I knew I wanted a serif font for my main logo, so I went hunting to find a font that I liked best for my name and that also had a twisted w. Eventually I came across Bodoni. I have always loved this font, but having it in the context of my brand and logo has made me love it even more. So basically, this became my main font to brand.

So here are my final logos:




I love this! They are easy to read and unique and me! So I am finally happy with something I made for this class.
No for the website and reel and all that fun stuff.... yay

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