Initial ideas for logo/graphic.

I want to design a logo for a YouTube channel which uploads Islamic songs (nasheeds) and Qur’an. This logo I am designing reflects Islamic history.

My main idea is to draw a Saracen character which is a warrior in Islamic history. I’m designing this logo for people who are interested in “nasheeds” or people who are interested in Islamic history. My product only has a few colours: Brown, green, dark green, black and brown.

The files I’m going to use is jpeg because the pddf file cannot be uploaded as an image or as a file that cannot be edited. Jpeg on the other hand can be exported and uploaded on the internet as an image and cannot be edited.

File formats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X8nboil7-4This is the image I first planned out to come up with my logo. It shows a character with a flag and a shield. I first came up with this as a sketch to plan out my first ideas.

I then designed my character in Adobe illustrator because I found the software very easy to use. The designing of the character was very hard and I found it very difficult. I had never used this type of software however I found it much easier to make my character then creating my character in Photoshop.

The font i used was myriad pro. I know this is the best font to use 

So I then decided I should colour my character with the tools in photoshop.

Here I blended in the sword with the flag I made the brush tool small and used the colour white. I used the paint bucket tool to colour the flag I also needed to blend the sword with the flag

I then decided to copy my design and paste it in Photoshop where I coloured the figure, items and the mountain.

I used the paint bucket tool to colour wooden pole. I also changed the colours to paint the helmet and the turban.

 

I decided to change the colour of the turban to green because I preferred it.

I decided to make the clothing green as well as the turban. The flag is black with white writing. The reason I chose the design like this is because it has a contrast.

When painting the hill/mountain the problem was that when I tried to colour it the whole page became black. So I had to connect the right part of the3 hill/mountain to the left side.

I then used the paint bucket tool and made the hill black. Then used the paint brush tool and created little lines to show what the mountain is like. I then used the bucket tool to make the armour. I then found a sword online and I used the rectangular marquee tool (m) to get rid of the white background.

I used the bucket tool and I made the sword black.I copied the sword and I place it next to the other sword. I flipped it and resized it.

wanted to make the shield silver but I decided to make it green to blend in with figures clothes. 

I then decided to create another logo but I wanted to limit the design

I copied the figure from my previous logo.

I pasted it and I decided to create two lines to become the stick of the banner. I then placed a hand on the stick and made the material on the flag. I used the line segment tool.

I copied the flag from the other image.

Bold italic for the font.

Same as the previous font.

I used the paint bucket tool to colour the wooden pole the shield, armour, ­­­­­clothes and flag.

I then used the bucket tool on the background and the colour I chose was dark blue.

File formats

Unit 54 Digital Graphics for print : commercial logos

 Unit 54 Digital Graphics for print

1.       Semiotics

Denotation-Actual meaning what you see.

Connotations-Hidden meaning what it represents concept. Messages’ are.

FedEx – Delivery carrier/stands for federal express

Purple: establishment

Orange:

Recognise it because it’s global, institutional

Formal

Simple

Arrow

Amazon –

They deliver anything from A to Z

Smiley face

Arrow

Informal

Friendly

 

Chose 4 logos /graphics.

1.       Discuss semiotics and explain

2.       Analysis of text, colour, image? Layout

3.       Identify and explain target audience through your analysis and how it appeals

Anchorage: The text anchors more meaning to itself. It fixing of meaning

Eg. The copy text anchors (i.e. fixes to one spot) the meaning of an image (for instance, a single rose that could be used for an ad for anything from a dating agency to a funeral home) in a print advertisement.

The Pepsi symbol is a simple circle with 3 colours: Red, white and blue. The colours represent the American flag. According to this document the new logo represents the Earth’s magnetic field.

The colour is very basic and the white surrounds the shape but the blue ring forums the shape. The picture in away looks as if its unveiling from blue to red.

The image looks informal and it does not have any righting because people recognise the logo.

It stands out because of the 2 primary colours and the white stripe. Its audience is mainly people who want to drink fizzy drinks.  But it appeals to children. The reason why the logo doesn’t have its name at the bottom is because most people recognise it. The design of the logo is limited with the circle that surrounds it. This in a way makes the image distinct from the background. The logo is basic and it is not complex and is easy to remember. 

Mitsubishi Log

Originally the company was a shipping firm in the 1800.  It was a group of two families who emerged together to become a one company. The logo represents the combination of “crescents” of the”— three-leaf crest of the Tosa Clan and the Iwasaki family crest, which showed three diamonds stacked on top of each other.  The three diamonds are said to signify reliability, Success and integrity. They are coloured red because red denotes confidence and attracts customers to the brand.              

The audience is mainly adults and the image looks as if it’s formal.

 

                                                                                                        

The google logo has 4 colours which is the 3 primary and one green colour. Google wanted to show that they do not play by the rules and are also playful without making the symbol bulky and big. The way the logo is designed it is not formal because of the colours and the way the letters are structured. The way it’s laid out is all the letters are on one line except the g. It attracts mainly young adults or children. It’s the way the colour stands out. The colour of the “o” is different to the “L” this makes the word stand out. Also it is displaying their fun and bright ideas.

When the two founders of adidas made their company they decided to name the first part “adi”. This was because one of the founder’s names began with those 3 letters. “das” on the  other hand was the end name of the other founder. The “a” in the word is not capital and it gives a sense of being informal. The 3 pillar like structure represents a mountain to denote the struggles and obstacles people need to overcome in sports. It also forms a sprinting rack in away. The colour is plain black and it looks simple.

The audience is mainly people who play sports or need equipment and cloths related to sport.

Logo plan sketch Design

This was my final sketch for my logo how ever i decided i would use another design because it would seem more appropriate. 

This is another design that I came up with.

This logo that I made is my final design  that I had chosen.

Logos

This is the logo I have designed. It was very challenging because I never used some of the programmes to design my logo.