Logo Designs

This is the first time I have done some logo designs, I quite enjoyed it although the client did have specific requirements. I sort of ignored them sometimes just to see what I could come up with on my own along with the designs that met the requirements.

I was asked to create this shape for the 'a' and transform it into rolling hills, although they aren't the best rolling hills I think this one looks the most professional out of them all.

This was one that I wanted to design from a different angle, I joined the r and the a together with a circle which I made to represent a seed and then have the tree and roots coming out of it. Bit messy and complicated for a logo but I thought i'd fully investigate my idea just incase there was any aspect of it that could be used.

The client asked for a swoosh in the logo, this simple line isn't exactly a swoosh but I thought it was a nice trial. Maybe a bit too simple and the type is horrible.

I quite like this one, incorporating the leaves into the actual lettering. Adds another layer to the style which is nice.

Another attempt at the swoosh.

Another one of my trials.

Using the seed idea again but just with the roots.

These two ideas came about using the ball of leaves as an icon or as part of the lettering. It was hard trying to make the leaves as realistic as possible.

Found a badge design competition

Which I entered and now a couple of hours later, i'm not particularly happy with what I entered...

I wanted to play on the idea of the moustaches and bring something new into it. I might see what I mean by the design straight away but someone could come along and think what the hell is that?

Well we'll see won't we, at least i've actually entered something.

Improving skills in Illustrator

For the last few weeks I have been helping my mum out with some poster designs and I designed some basic characters in Illustrator:

I started to design the above image and showed my mum (sounds really kid like but still, almost like a client) and she said she didn't actually wear a nurse hat and wanted short and spiky hair like her own. So I came up with the illustration below:

I placed the information in a box with the same flat colouring that the illustration has. She loves it and will be posting it up in her school for people to see.

Good result.

A bigggggg catch up!

I miss my blog :(


And I feel like i'm neglecting it, i'm putting off writing down my experiences in it because i'm not happy.
But now i've decided that i've just got to go for everything and be grateful.


So, here we go.
I started my work experience at Work Creative last week and on the first day I was given a job. I was like wow they're actually trusting me with a job, then it hit me - doubt. Am I good enough to do this? What are they going to say if they don't like it? This is good practice for my new 'embracing criticism' rule which I did not do at the time. So I spent ages doing this quite simple design, probably about 6 hours which was way too long but I was so scared of getting it wrong, I wanted to make it perfect. Then when he suggested ways of changing it I didn't embrace it. This was a big mistake. I wish I hadn't been put off by this but I'm only 19, people changing your ideas is still going to hurt after one year of uni. I still came away from the day with a positive experience, I still loved it. I got to see how everything worked, how they handled clients, how they avoided people on the phone! I even got some tips on Photoshop about things I had no idea how to do but really should have. It made me realise how I taught myself Photoshop and probably don't do things the same way as everyone else.


I said at the end of the day even if I had been sat there all day doing nothing I still would have learned something and that is what the experience is all about. I guess i'd sort of lost that and felt like giving up. I wish i'd written this reflection post sooner.


I went in the second day, I felt happier with what I had to do, well more confident as I was asked to do a Photoshop mock up of a website for a business builder. I thought to myself that I would do something quirky to show what type of things i'm in to. But I left at 1 which meant I didn't have time to finish it. I loved getting a written brief, something so simple in black and white that you could do anything to.


Got to remember it's a work experience, I am grateful for anything I get. I didn't think I would get a job to do and I can't imagine other agencies going to these lengths for me to get a good experience. I really thank them and am returning next week after I get my shifts from ASDA. I think i'm going to get them a card too to thank them... Maybe some chocolates or something for their office because it seems as though they haven't been there very long. Perhaps a plant?


A list of things I have learnt from working at Work Creative:

• How important client meetings are - The client was very involved with the designing and making suggestions about where things should go and how it looks in their mind.
• How to make a gradient in Photoshop which I then used for a leaflet
• How to do actions in Photoshop which change loads of files without having to do everything multiple times.
• Not to try and dress up as everyone was quite casual.
• Everyone has been in the same boat as you, so they understand you.
• Where big companies find these massive clear images from. Istockphoto.
• How well I manage to design quickly in small notebooks.

Talking about the last point, maybe I should consider this for next year - Using smaller notebooks and take less care about the presentation of my work.

Here is a screen shot of the work I did on the first day:

The photoshopped website I created on the second day:

At the end this will be a positive experience that I will learn from, because I am going to make it a positive experience for myself and learn so much from it. I also got a Tumblr account, I love it. It's much like when I got Twitter, it's opened up a new world of accessing people. Plus since I have no followers and don't follow anyone else it's like an online diary of my thoughts. Love it.


Jennie... GET OVER YOURSELF.