Baxter
The word I chose to create was the name of my dog, Baxter.
I was a little slow getting started. Sketching is not something that I do a ton, so I wasn't really digging the exact look of what I had going on. Eventually I did end up with the general idea that I wanted to try out.
One big take away from this project is to save all versions of your work! I accidentally lost some earlier versions that I wanted to revisit but couldn't.
Overall I'm happy about my first attempt. I might try make some additional adjustments and increase the width of the bone in the B since that letter is looking a little heavy compared to the rest, and adjust my spacing a bit better between letters.
Final graphic: