Illustrator CC - My Logos

Illustrator CC
~My Logo~

 Below is a logo I designed first in black and white. The logos I created for my digital media class display who I am as a person. Not necessarily experience, but who we are within and what makes us, us. I wanted to keep the layout clean and straightforward. I, myself, am a very outdoorsy person. I grew up camping, hiking, and always doing outdoor activities, whether it be throwing a frisbee or having a lemonade stand. I love to be outdoors and active. This can be in extreme or very simplistic ways. At first, I wanted to create mountains, but that did not capture my creative touch.

I decided to create a bear because It’s one of the few symbols that capture a large portion of who I am the things I love to do—everything from wildlife and hiking to relaxing and eating. To me, this has a profound meaning than just a bear. Also, I placed a footprint inside the bear to represent my love for hiking. They were traced from the bottom of hiking shoes. The footprints in the bear are mine. It is exceptionally fitting for who I am. You can’t necessarily depict the way I want this to be pictured in the black and white. However, the colored footprints, especially the green to blue, represent hiking on the ground to the sky. This symbolizes trekking a steep incline while hiking through a mountain. If you think about this literally, it could also parallel running into a bear on a trail, which happened to my father and me. What a close encounter! Lastly, the camera I placed within the bear above the footprints represents the camera I always have with me. I love photography. I have always loved nature photography. Having a camera forces you to enjoy and appreciate the little things in life. To also allows you to have an excuse to enjoy the great outdoors and to destress. And that is why it fits for me. Specifically, in Florida, because I love taking pictures of the sandpiper, which is a type of bird species.