Here are some sites on logo designs that I am blown away by
http://www.youthedesigner.com/2010/06/30/55-fresh-and-creative-logo-designs/
http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/hidden-logos-in-graphic-designing/ 

Did you know there’s a bear in the Toblerone logo? Took me a while to adjust my eyes to see it. So cool! 

And I am absolutely smittened by the works of Nadir Balcikli, Logorado. The designs are witty! I enjoyed deciphering (is that the word for it?) each design – I see the design, I make out the individual elements, put them together and everything makes sense!

Absolutely brilliant! Your logos rock!

I’ve decided to stick to my first love, Design.

So I’ve cleaned up my portfolio blog, removing the Writing section. It’s true! I design better than I write! So I’m going to make design my profession for now. As for writing, I will stick to blogging, fun and random copywriting, proofreading, spellchecking and helping friends adjust the tone of their email to get their message across in the politest way possible. YOSH!

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I added an I Like This button beside the blogpost title, so if you like a certain post but are too shy to comment, gimme some love instead! I will really appreciate it :D And I also added a visitor counter to my sidebar, so hits will be counted from this day onwards. Thank you!

Thanks for visiting! x

Applications used: Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3

Credits: MPHOnline, MPH Creative Department

Final Design

I personally like this though!

I realised I’m drawn more to reading what’s on an ad first, rather than looking at its pretty graphics. But good copywriting done in good typography accompanied by pretty graphics is a real bonus!

On a different note, dear booklovers, MPH is now on Twitter, Facebook and Youtube! So in the meantime of waiting for the upgrade to complete, you can search for “mphclick” and see who launched what book and of course, reviews on attention-worthy books and booksales! Wee!

Here’s what I recently did, under 5 hours (An emergency job!). It’s for one of my sister’s BA assignment — A business plan for a Laundry Cafe.

Applications used: Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS3
Credits: If the t-shirt and cap shown below are yours, thank you. Found them on google images.

Final Logo

What it would look (thanks for the typo check, Sharmi) like on a staff polo t-shirt:

And a cap:

Lastly, at the store front:

My logo ideation: I tried to capture both “laundromat” and “cafe” in 1 design, which one brought me to the colour blue, t-shirt, washing machine, and bubbles; and the latter to coffee, and instantly brought me to a coffee pot, coffee mug and a coaster.

I imagine the place to be cosy and inviting, instead of just having rows of washing machines and dryers lacking personality and warmth. So I made the logo look casual, hence the handwritten font style for “Easy Wash”. And I wanted “Laundry Cafe” to stand out a bit more, by using a bold serif font. So equally both set of words stand out for different reasons.

The logo says Easy Wash Laundry Cafe is where you want to gather your friends and spend your lazy sunday afternoons doing laundry.

You can take a look here.

I meant to doodle something and post it (as I had made a mental note to do it for every entry) but for now, I haven’t got the time. So I promise in the next post, I’ll doodle something, no matter how bad it’ll look since drawing is my weakest point!

But nevertheless it’ll add more life to this empty board.

*brushes invisible dust off beloved blog*

“If you truly love what you do, it will show in your work and other people will respond to it. Don’t try to appeal to a broad audience; what makes you different is what people will love about you and your work.”

- PearsonMaron, Featured Seller on Etsy