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Jessica Hudson
Jessica Hudson
9,391 Points

Logo feedback please!

Hey guys! I've been playing around with some ideas for my personal website, starting with my own logo. It's currently a work in progress; I still don't know what color scheme I'm going to end up using, but I would like some critique on what I do have now to continue.

I started out with a sketch on paper, cleaned it all up in Photoshop, and it's all been converted into a vector image in Illustrator. The goal is to create a fully responsive website with a great SVG logo.

http://imgur.com/e15r7ZF

(By the way that's me hehehe)

+1 I like it.

5 Answers

Another solution would be to add blocs of flat color instead of add weight to the lines. You can then keep your thin lines as a motif (giving some texture feeling). What I would do (and what I actually do) is, now that you have your "illustration" set as a sketch, confront it with some typo (your name, and slogan, if you have one). Get them next to each other (or above or below, try it), and it will make more sense, because you can then have a feeling of the contrast (here you have only the lineart, and away from everything else, it works, because you have a unity of the space and the contrast, black and white only).

With your text next to it, it will take another dimension (thin or thick typo, round or square, fantasy or serif, etc...).

Next you would maybe try to mix it with your name, and it will give you another feeling (don't hesitate to change every bit of it). Your illustration is a good concept, keep it, but what is important (in my opinion) is the experience of your logo in its whole, more than the details, the quality or the complexity of a good illustration.

Maria Cuan
Maria Cuan
4,500 Points

I love how detailed the hair is! Now depending on your brand and website. You might want to consider spacing. Most logos are recommended to take an invisible shape for better spacing. Yours could cover a "square" or "circle" but due to the complexity of the illustration, you might want to simplify to rigid shapes.

You might also want to consider line consistency, in smaller (mobile) screens, the super thin lines may not show up and make the design look unfinished.

I love the personality of the design and I hope to see it in action soon!

I agree with the feedback Maria provided. I'd get rid of those real thin lines by increasing the line-weight. I feel that the logo fits well into a 'square' or 'circle'.

Jessica Hudson
Jessica Hudson
9,391 Points

Thanks guys, I appreciate the feedback. I will definitely work on those thin lines. I also think I will fit the design into a circle.

Hey!! :)

Any update? ^^ We are waiting to see the result here :D.

Jessica Hudson
Jessica Hudson
9,391 Points

Hey! Thank you by the way for your constructive criticism. I got bogged down with a lot of stuff the past two weeks and really haven't had much time to work on much of my website :/ I did fix up my illustration a bit:

http://i.imgur.com/Di3L2f7.jpg

I've also settled on a color theme that I'm really excited about:

https://kuler.adobe.com/theme1-color-theme-3443525/

I'll be working on layout and typography within the coming weeks. I'm going for a playful theme; I really want my site to be reflective of my personality. I'll be sure to post an update as soon as possible :)

We'll be waiting then :).