Creating a Logo

To be honest I was very unsure about this project for a few reasons. The first reason is that I really don’t like the way I draw even though it’s not bad I always feel that it could be better. Second is because trying to think of design is very hard because there are many things I feel that I stand for. Most of my creative thinking was done through brainstorming, drawing, and a searched the web. I really put a lot of focus on my logo being something that represented me and what a stand for. Those two were the things that really stood out in the readings. So I sat down with paper, pencils, colored pencils, markers and started to draw. I decided my logo would be about family and the strong bond that they have, in my first sketch I created a tree with hands because the tree represented family and the hands stood for they would always catch me when I fell. My second sketch was I pictured when I think of family, the third sketch is the Chinese symbol for family, the forth sketch is the Arabic symbol for family, the fifth sketch is the Spanish symbol for family. My sixth sketch is a shamrock because my married name is Milligan and my husband and his family one hundred percent Irish and every time I see or think a shamrock I think of family. My final sketch is my finished product and I incorporated all the symbols of family into the shamrock because to me no matter who you are and what your back ground is family is a strong bond that is hard to break. The elements of art that I used are shape, line, color, mass, and value. One major discovery and what I learned are the same and that is it’s not as easy as it looks creating something that represents you because good or bad it reflects you. Also that all the elements of art play an important role in creating a logo because too much or not enough of something can ruin the whole thing. I thought both the videos were good but I can say that I liked the second one better.
http://www.coolchinesesymbols.com/chinese-symbol-family.html
http://www.symbols.com/pics/big/41b/41b33.gif