{"id":993,"date":"2025-01-05T23:13:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T23:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/?p=993"},"modified":"2025-01-13T01:47:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:47:37","slug":"designing-the-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/2025\/01\/05\/designing-the-logo\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing the Logo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the logo design, I wanted to make it look like a ticket or vintage. So the first order  of business was to look on Pinterest for circus ticket designs and analyse a couple things: the font, distortion and colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-9.png 800w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-9-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-9-768x395.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the very quickly compiled mood board above, I have come to the conclusion that in my logo design, the font must be quite thick \/ chunky with a vintage feel to it. But before I jumped into finding the right font, I wanted to play with word placement and how it would look:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-5-1024x653.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-5-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-5-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-5-768x489.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-5-1536x979.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-5-2048x1305.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that, I went to look for free fonts and play around with Adobe Illustrator for the word order. Addtionally I looked at a Youtube tutorial for a vintage font effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-6.png 778w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-6-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-6-768x503.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to Create a Vintage Text Effect in Adobe Illustrator\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tEgx-yjP9tQ?start=484&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">At first, I wanted this to be my finalised logo design but when I was trying to put it in different colours, it didn&#8217;t feel right. As a result, I went back to Adobe and worked on a different draft.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-999\" style=\"width:613px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-7.png 531w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-7-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-7-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-7-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Finalised design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-8-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-8-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-8-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-8-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-8-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/pv2g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2025\/01\/image-8.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For my finalised design, I browsed Pinterest different ways to set out logos and eventually came across a ready made alphabet. With this alphabet, I tediously put the words together and went for a more simplistic approach, which in the end, I came to like a lot more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vintage circus alphabet &#8211; Freepik <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the logo design, I wanted to make it look like a ticket or vintage. So the first order of business was to look on Pinterest for circus ticket designs and analyse a couple things: the font, distortion and colours. 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