Vector Graphics: Logo Designs

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This week in Digital Media we learned about vector-based graphics.  Vector graphics are used to create digital illustrations and connects points by lines.  For this week’s assignment, we had to create two different logo designs for our blog theme. Since my blog is titled “The Crafty DIY Blog,” I wanted to create a logo that represented crafts in a simplistic way. 
For my first logo, I used the software Vectr.  I created a vector graphic of a ball of yarn using the ellipse and pencil tool.  I made the ball of yarn a light blue/aqua color to give it a peaceful look to it.  I used the font “Crafty Girls” for my text because I thought it fit my blog theme perfectly and it matched the original font I used for my blog title, which I was very happy about.  I liked using Vectr mainly because it gave me more font options than Method Draw did and I get the sense that it’s a craft/DIY blog from my logo.  However, the layout for the page was more challenging to use than on Method Draw for zooming in and out for adding detail. 

For my second logo, I used the software Method Draw.  I created a vector graphic of a pair of scissors using the ellipse and line tool.  I decided to make a pair of scissors for this logo design because DIY projects require a lot of cutting and pasting.  This software was more challenging to work with because the software wouldn’t let me easily click on my lines and move them around.  I had to click a couple of times to get my design together, which was stressful for me.  I used the font “Courier” for my text because of the few options it had, I thought that was the closest to a “crafty” font.  I put the text over the scissors because I wanted to make the text layout more interesting than on a straight line.  I wanted to add color to the scissors to make it look appealing, but it would not give me that option to fill in the spaces between the lines, so I left it blank and simple.  Although both software’s had its advantages and disadvantages when creating my two logos, I am overall pleased with how they turned out. 

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