Exact Welding and Fabrication Logo
April 16, 2009 by Duncan · Leave a Comment
The Exact Welding and fabrication project is a full branding and identity package which includes a logo, business cards, pamphlet and a kick ass website by yours truly.
I really wanted to showcase the project as a whole but at the moment I have so many projects on the go in various stages of completion I got desperate and just had to show a little bit of the work I have been doing of late.
The logo is 100% pure vector and was created in Adobe Illustrator. I wanted to achieve a deep metallic look with a sense of realism, something you would see on an old classic car from days gone by.
I experimented heavily trying to get the desired effect with the help of a few tutorials I found here and here and in the end I ended up creating my own technique to add to my bag of tricks.
I think the logo turned out great, it looks like it was carved out of metal and polished, I learnt a new trick and the client is very happy. The next thing to expect from this project will be the business cards and brochure/ pamphlet and then on to the website which I am really looking forward to.
The Big Catch Fish ‘n Chips Logo
November 5, 2008 by Duncan · Leave a Comment
The Big Catch Fish ‘n Chips Logo
The food industry has been kind to me lately and even though eateries have been closing down or selling due to the economic situation, from where I’m standing it hasn’t really stopped people from buy these restaurants and setting up shop. I guess no matter what industry you are in everybody has to eat.
Being an Irishmen I have literally been raised eating fish suppers so when I was commissioned to design a logo for the Big Catch Fish ‘n Chips I took it as a medal of honour and coincidentally that was the direction I went with when designing the logo.
I wanted to incorporate one of those lifesaver rings that hang on the sides of boats so I started off with that but instead of making it look like the stereotypical kind of safety device I used the company’s blue to colour it. Next I surrounded the outside of the graphic with rope which represents boats, docks and all that marine stuff.
Because this is not you’re regular Fish and Chip shop I decided to put some nautical starts that also show that it is a 5 star restaurant to give it a bit of class and then of course the fish caught in the fisherman’s net.
Plain, simple and beautifully illustrated this logo says a lot by packing in a little story but lacks the complexities of a novel just like all logos should do.
Logos Old and New
September 17, 2008 by Duncan · Leave a Comment
Here are the last four logos I have created, I thought it would be better to post them all together instead of separating them into their own individual posts.
Sandstone Facilities Maintenance Inc
The idea behind the Sandstone Facilities Maintenance Inc logo was simplicity. The client is a real oldschool type who I have known for a very long time and the whole concept of having a logo was quite new so the plan was not to get too fancy.
This next logo was for a band called Lower Back Tatti who now go by a different name. This logo was tough because I didn’t want it to come off either cheesy or cliché but lets face it the best idea anyone can relate to with a name like LBT is a tattoo on the top of some girls ass.
Lower Back Tatti
Well I went for the tribal look for obvious reasons (damn I am cliché) and if you really look at the graphic you can see two swans with cobra heads facing each other making the shape of a heart.
The third logo is for Coffee Blend, which I can’t really take the full credit for. The client had the idea and I just kind of sketched it out, cleaned it up and vectorized it.
Coffee Blend
After researching other coffee brands and logos we noticed that they were all so similar so we agreed to stay away from that type of style but in our research we just happen to see a cigar label and we instantly knew which new direction to go, you just never know where you will find inspiration do you?
The last logo here is for Big Ten Burgers. The client wanted a logo that did not need any explaining and it could not contain an image of a hamburger.
Now it makes my job much more difficult to create a design which doesn’t need any explaining when you are not allowed to use any imagery, so the next best thing is to use text only.
Big Ten
Instead of using an “i” in the word Big we used the number 1 and combined the “g” with the letter “o” to make it look almost like a zero. This logo contains three different font types serif, sans-serif and a hand written typeface.
Hatch House Montessori
September 2, 2008 by Duncan · Leave a Comment
Click here to see the Hatch House Montessori School Logo
This is a logo I created for Hatch House Montessori School; they have such a unique building that it just had to be incorporated into their logo.
The reference photos were not the best to work with but I was more interested in getting the exact amount and placement of the buildings turrets as well as the accents around the windows to make it look real authentic.
Click here to see the Logo
In the end I think I think I really capture the look and feel of the building and the client was well pleased with the outcome.
Meadowvale web work
August 25, 2008 by Duncan · Leave a Comment
Meadowvale Logo
This is some of the cutting edge web work I did from way back in early mid 2001 for a band called Meadowvale, well it was cutting edge back then…lol
This project was my first real world experience and it was a massive undertaking for a noob because they needed everything from a logo to a website and everything in between and on top of all that it was to be done low budget because rock bands usually don’t have any money.
The band was pretty successful for a little while and did quite a few gigs (that’s band talk) eventually pressing a CD, making a music video which actually got played on Much Music for a week or two and then later on as most bands do they broke up.
Before they broke up we managed to make a pretty slick website that got lots of buzz, for its time it was pretty interactive, it was mostly flash based and even had a twisted version of space invaders which used the band members heads instead of aliens.
If you would like to see some of the graphic design work I did for Meadowvale you can find it here.
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- Meadowvale Logo
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- Bands latest update Ssection
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- Band member biographies
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- Space Invaders video game
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- Meadowvale site downloads
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- Flash intro image animation (remember Flash intros?)
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- Flash intro animation (end image)
