Evan Huwa

Logo Design: Let the Type Do the Talking

Hey Erin, Nice work. It's always tough getting yourself familiar with the software, especially if you have never used it before. I commend you for working hard at this. Keep it up. You will see yourself improve the more time you spend in there tweaking and messing around.

Thanks for all the feedback. It's very helpful. I'm actually working with Inkscape rather than Illustrator because my computer is too underpowered to run Illustrator. I will play around with making the necessary changes over the next few days.

hi Erin! i think you are doing great for a first time playing with vectors, i'm also a beginner and it's not easy! out of your sketches, the one that really caught my eye was on the first page, it's the dotted circle with the ------and------ in the middle. i think it has great potential for playing around with modifying type. I'm loving the name of your store!

I'm still trying to figure out how to use Illustrator myself, but your digitized logo is looking great. Like Evan suggested, maybe try taking the text out of the circle and laying it straight in the middle between the top and bottom of the animals.

Hey Erin, Thanks for sharing your work. I think if you could put the type centered between the two lines it would read better. You can do that by selecting the type and in the type palette you would adjust the baseline shift. Let me know how that goes.

Cute name :) I like the one on the bottom left of your second page of sketches, too. You might want to experiment with filling more of the space inside your circle (perhaps by making your animals larger/fit together somehow), and I wonder how the text would look in all caps and not touching the circle? Illustrator has a really steep learning curve but it's good to do something project-based to get used to it. There are lots of videos around about how to use specific tools that might help you. I just took another Skillshare class that taught me a lot, and the instructor is offering an Intro to Illustrator class that you might want to check out: <a class="url" href="http://www.skillshare.com/Learn-the-Ins-and-Outs-of-Illustrator/589498286/2113484769" rel="external nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.skillshare.com/Learn-the-Ins-and-Outs-of-Illustrator/589498286/2113484769</a> Starts May 7th. :)

I like the overall simple design of your logo

One international trip with an 8-month-old, one lack of internet connection, one open-sourced software use and a week of full-time parenting later, this is what I came up with!
I'm getting happier with it. &nbsp;My program doesn't have all the sexy texts that I've seen, so I was limited in that way, but it's getting a bit more polished.
<img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/5be90620a4001c0bfa16179331f07ab3/ddb497c9" alt="Logos for Mouse and Bear Homebrewed Crafts - image 1 - student project" srcset="http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/5be90620a4001c0bfa16179331f07ab3/ddb497c9 600w, http://s3.amazonaws.com/skillshare/uploads/project/5be90620a4001c0bfa16179331f07ab3/ddb497c9 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" loading="lazy">This is the first time I've ever used vector art software and it was a real challenge for me. &nbsp;It took me about 6 hours to make this logo! &nbsp;It's not perfect but I'm happy with the progress.
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