This is my entry and the thinking behind the design for the Blocktrades Logo Challenge.

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I used square ‘blocks’ rotated to make diamonds and allow space for a transparent background, and I was thinking of an arrow to represent speed.

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Over the blue diamond is increasingly smaller white diamonds that are semi transparent, all aligned to the left hand side to create an illusion of an arrow moving forward with a motion blur. The effect is more prominent when the size is reduced.

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The bitshares logo I found online was not sharp enough so I quickly remade it. I used a combination of circle and square selection tools before erasing the inner circle and the lines to get as close to the existing logo as possible and create a smoother edge. This was done on two layers, the 3rd layer in the image is the original I had found on google.

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I added another square and re positioned them, and moved the bitshares logo so the squares create an arrow point in the middle and to the right of the bitshares symbol.

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I then made the bitshares logo white and added a drop shadow to make it stand out and to allow the top corner of the b to be seen if its placed on a white background.

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I try to keep my designs simple and bold and take consideration into the resizing of logos for use on different platforms. Below is the full size 1000 x 1000 px .png image.

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Thanks to @officialfuzzy for hosting this challenge and giving me another reason to have a play in Photoshop. I have always enjoyed logo design and I appreciate the opportunity to create a logo for @blocktrades.

My design was created using Photoshop CC.