@hejgustav: Brief: My tech blog artoo.se needs a logo+symbol. Inspiration: Dexter Morgan

If you want me to do logos for your blogs in languages other then English it helps if you have a character I like attached to it. Like @hejgustav.

I really like Dexter, especially the first season, however he was a hard character to combine with a tech blog named after an other famous character. Maybe I went too literal with the blood splatter, in the end I toned it down to just mess up the shiny of the aqua inspired symbol. I like doing 3d rendered stuff in illustrator but it’s hard to get though the printing press, believe me I tweaked those files for days. On the other hand today’s 3d photolike icons is pretty hard to use from a interaction design standpoint, since they don’t translate well in small sizes. When I look at the result now I think I could have simplified the A/rss symbol with one less line to get the A to read clearer, but that’s the thing with quick logos, no time to do it again, just produce! Design time around two and a half hours.

Download the Artoo logotype »

And so the usual request for more briefs, and another thing, if you have some music that you want me to use please feel free to sent it in. To paraphrase Heidi Klum: Musicians, this is a competition for you as well. But seriously, not every logo fits with the great music from Songs I Wish I Had Written. But todays does, the music in today’s screencast is Transistor Tropics – The LK.

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