When thinking about my logo, I wanted to incorporate my area of study somehow: magazine journalism. My initials are “LG,” so I drew a fountain pen with a line drawn to appear as the “L.” I connected the line to the bottom of the “G,” so it looks like it was just drawn as well. I would obviously place this near my wordmark on my resume or a business card, so readers would understand it’s my initials. As for my identity, I wanted to portray that I think of writing stories as a craft. I hoped that choosing a fountain pen instead of a modern one will show this.

For my logo, I wanted to make my name look cohesive, because it’s a good way to draw the reader in and get the whole picture. I liked the use of my full first name, because that is more important to me. I then connected the last letter of my first name with my single initial of my last name to have the eye read from first to last name. I like this simple font because it was easy to manipulate, however, I may explore more diverse fonts for the future.

My first thought when I was sketching out different ideas was wanting to do something with the “rah” since it was in both my first and last name. I added the color to my first name and made my last name thinner so it might help differentiate between the two. I used the same font and color as my resume because I assumed people I may be giving my resume to, I’ll also be giving a business card to, so it would be beneficial to have every piece of my paper identity coherent.

For this second idea, I wanted to incorporate something with the S and G in my names being similar curves and shapes. I think this one might be a little difficult to comprehend, and it might be because of the font. I think because the font is slightly unusual, it might get in the way of understanding it. However, on a business card with other information, it might make more sense. At first I had the G in the same maroon color as the first logo, but decided to change it so it would have more a contrast with the black S on top of it.

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