Hi everybody, I will share with you the creative process in the development of a logo design, in this occasion for a contest supported by @steem-bounty.
The first idea a got it wasn't really original, I just copied the shape of steemit logo (which is a letter S) and used it as a background for my main tool, this beautiful letter B building with upvoting icons, lovely :-)
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the first equation was something like this:
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whit the next result:
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obviously, somebody noticed my mistake and then a new two idea came to help, the post stamp
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and the sphere
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but originally, what people suggested me to do, was to take the steem logo shape and use it as base keeping the letter be in contrast, so I did it, and this is what we got
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so technically we passed from here
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to here:
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I personally like it, I think blue is amazing for branding, is the colour of trust and confidence, is always fresh and everybody loves it, but the waves make me think on fire and I can't stop wondering how would be to try with a different scale of tonos, so let's see
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I'll call it Steem-Bounty on fire :-D
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purple is not bad either, but gree is my favourite colour, so I had to try it
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so that's the story with this design, the first suggestion, to conclude it here is the negative of the logo
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GREAT! Now, the second idea was inspired by coins, what limitate me a bit for picking colours
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and the process
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I can not make a coin red or purple, well I can (nothing is impossible in the world of design) but it would be maybe too weird, so in the black and white version, you can see how would look as a silver coin and in the original is the golden coin.
Continuing with round designs, I brought this another idea
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based on Fibonacci principles
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somehow reminds me of the joy we get when we write over sand with a stick, as you can see this is a one-stroke design where the letters S & B merge becoming one.
Considering different colour I tried with green
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cherry
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and indigo
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here the negative version of this logo
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The last three options are not so elaborate, I apologize for it, but I am a little bit short of time, anyway, two of them are inspired by the upvoting icon
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[IMAGE: https://steemitimages.com/DQmPJhkUdMe6kkBJd91XANqKGoHCvaz7nxiq4d57NZ9HjGn/SBb.jpg]
and also the blockchain structure, but, I presented as a group of boxes or cubes that are conected for invisible lines, it is more like a magnetic field that gets week on the edges, try to mix this elements forced me to twisted and realize that the diamond shape (from poker) was a good ingredient in the combination
[IMAGE: https://steemitimages.com/DQmPc4TFG1zD2bjFDVksLXbVJ75SLJD7Y2n1a1hbBKute26/SsB.jpg]
I didn't explore more colours for these ones, somehow I believe they must be yellow
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And finally, the last design is the poorest one acording to me, the idea is good, but it wasn't proper developed, I know I could do more, but there is no more time
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I have no idea what my chances are for winning this contest, but I feel happy to participate, it was a lot of fun be able do what I love again, at least for a while, I am quite open to criticism an all kind of opinion, thank you for passing by, please don't forget upvote and follow.
See you soon