Logo Designer, Newcastle

I am currently sat in a chair waiting for a scan on my knee- as I recently had an acl reconstruction, so thought with aid of my beloved iPhone would do something useful and blog about Logo design.

If you take a trip to my site, you will notice that some of my portfolio is found on Design Crowd. Design Crowd for any free-lance designer is a great way to start out building a decent set of cross-industry pieces for graphic and web design work. Plus, a great way to earn a little extra cash from time to time!

I have been working on Design Crowd for around 12 months and currently rank 41/2nd in the UK.

I only tend to respond to project invites nowadays and the example below was a result of a recent project invite.

After looking at current trends with logo design, what is seeming to be emerging is "stamp" type branding - simple, one colour, print type logos. I am guessing that this may well be down to print costs being lower if the brand is a print rather than a "gradient-powered" piece.

Taking this into account, I have looked to create designs using solid shapes, one colour and essentially what would come from using negative space. In the below instance, take a look at how I have achieved this. The actual example
did not get selected, but I feel that the Klimt expressions the client was looking for was achieved. But never mind.

BUSINESS CARD DESIGN - COMIC BOOK STYLE

WOLVERINE BUSINESS CARD TUTORIAL USING INKSCAPE OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY.

The tutorial will show you how I put the card together.

FLYER DESIGN & GIMP

FLYER DESIGN USING OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY.

As a Digital Trainer, I have to find ways by which my learners can develop at home without facing barriers that come from using mainstream software. Many don't have the programs at home and what's more, may not have the finance to purchase them either.

So finding GIMP 2.0 was a great breakthrough; as many of the tools in Photoshop can be found here too.

I placed this up on my YouTube Channel a while back, I tend to use the videos for teaching the small groups I work with, so don't expect a huge amount of traffic to them. This Flyer Design Tutorial has ended up with over a 1000 views, not much in the grand scheme of things, but still, not bad.

I love comic books so, thought a Comic Book Convention Flyer would be a good example to give.

If you have any questions, please get in touch.