Category: Design

Focus on creating your own visual style

 

When you stop focusing on copying a style you seen from someone you will develop your own. Also when you develop your own people will be able to say oh I know that is from so and so. There are other people whom you will not know because they hid it so well. So being versatile is pretty good. Because if you designed everything that looked the same then your work would be just filled with the same thing just different colors and fonts.

Just think for a second of two people who have a piece of sheet of plywood. One will walk on it and the other may prop it up against someone and walk up it or cut it in half and make it as a ramp. The point I am trying to get across is that you have the same tools as anyone else. The real thing is what you do with them.

It is a very rare thing that we come up with the same style. Even though a lot of things are just remixes. Do not let that discourage you at all. Keep moving forward and developing your visual style. Change your setting and approach to see what could happen differently than before.

 

Have a great weekend everyone

Focusing on the things you are doing

Focus that is a very interesting thing don’t you think? How many times have you started something and then lost focus? Losing focus can be detrimental. The reason I say that is because one simple mistake will mess up everything.

Whenever I am doing a calligraphy piece and I am utterly focused and then I misspell a word by a letter or I have a line wave a bit (not straight) its because of me being focused poorly. You have to do your best to be focused. I’m not saying be so focused you forget about everyone else.

More so having a clear focused vision on what it is that you want to do. Especially with creating design projects being focused is important. When I am starting off a project for a client if I am not focused and confident all the way through then it will turn out poorly. I’ll admit I did experience this often. But now I know how to diminish that feeling immediately.

Because I want to be the best and so should you. You may be thinking yeah your talking about being focused right now, But I don’t have any clients or I cannot find a Graphic design job. Well you know what I don’t have any clients either and I have not been able to find a Graphic Design Job yet. You and me both have to hang in there. Remain focused and maintain your vision.

While your focused on securing that position and those clients you should be designing. Because if your not then it seems as if you don’t really care too much to be a designer for the long term. Remain focused and continue striving to improve and better yourself.

Update on my Daily logo design

So far with my daily logo design I have not missed a day. I am very very thankful that I have not missed on yet. At times I felt like giving up to be honest. The beginning at first was pretty hard.

Then I started to gain traction. You know for example when you are running and you feel as if your a machine. There is nothing that can break your mental and physical focus and you just keep going. Another thing I learned is that I produce better results when I do the logo in the morning.

I have been focusing on local restaurants and businesses. A vast majority of them are pretty bad. More so a lot could use a lot of refinement. I was at first a little surprised at the response I was getting. The responses were from the actual companies. But even though I was getting responses I made sure to not let it go to my head.

And now here is the recent logos I’ve done.

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If Companies Were Nations And Their Logos Were Flags

 

I recently came across this and I thought it was pretty funny. Because simply its something that you can easily see and it makes sense. Also its pretty interesting to see their logos used in such a way.

 

Stay tuned for next week I will be posting a series about? well you’ll have to wait and see. All I’ll can say its going to be something dealing with letters.

Be Proud of who you are

 

If you are not proud of who you are I want to ask you why not? Whether you’ve graduated from college and you have not been able to land a job in the field you studied don’t worry. You should be proud that you have even made it this far. Just think of the people whom you studied with in school that just gave up.

This is part of the process of this thing called life. If you have graduated from design school or wherever you have to stay committed. Do your best to not be afraid of trying new things. Trying out things that they did not teach you in school matters. Just think what they taught you in school is from a book and your sheltered.

A great example is a mother who never really lets her children experience how it is hanging out with friends and other things. You will fail and fail some more. I have been failing and I know that it is something I cannot avoid. But what I can do is take notes whether writing them down or mentally and learn from it.

One major thing that shocked me was when I learned that right now may not be your time. Because you may want to be the best and change the industry you have the utmost passion for. Until the time comes make sure you are working on yourself and your skills. Because if you are working on yourself and improving your skills the time is going to come.

 

Have a great weekend.

Logo design a day for 30 days

So recently I took it upon myself to design a logo a day for 30 days. The reason is because I felt that I for needed to improve. Also I wanted to hold myself accountable by posting it on my instagram and making it public. Which would motivate me even more.

Here’s some of the work I’ve done so far.

 

 

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