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more of the logo from wednesday.

still not done but close.

http://flickr.com/photos/23386160@N08/2282532201/

fake estate.

apologies to stanley donwood.

http://flickr.com/photos/23386160@N08/2283235320/

a few logo sketches for jj’s friend’s radio show.

http://flickr.com/photos/23386160@N08/?saved=1

why didn’t the chicken cross the road?

http://flickr.com/photos/23386160@N08/?saved=1

Tonight I created this painting, with which I am very pleased…

And now (this is work, so I’m not sure it counts, but it does require creativity) I’m trying to improve my web design company’s logo.

Current logo:

Sketches:

Illustrator play:

And now that I’ve photographed my sketch, I can actually trace it in Illustrator and get that damn fox tail shape right. (Yeah, I don’t have a scanner. I’ve been begging my boss to get me one for a while now!)

Oh, and for the record, I didn’t slack off yesterday. I did some sketches (they just didn’t turn out post-worthy), one of my cat, one of a high heel - my absolute favorite shape in the world is the silhouette of a stiletto heel, I’m fascinated by the shape, it’s beautiful! Wearing those kinds of shoes make me fabulous, also.

Today was round two of cutting a stamp for my sales tags.  (Because I am impatient and my camera battery is dead you get to see why today had to be round two.  Round one , below, consisted of me merrily chopping off the last “e” on the first try.  Geez.)

Looks a lot rougher than it actually turns out.  And this is much easier than one might expect.

1.  Print your text or image in reverse.  [Black and white with no gradation works best.]

2.  Use rubber cement to attach print-out to stamp material, image facing up so you can easily see it.  [Could use eraser or buy new from craft/art store.]

3.  Slowly score around the part you want to stamp with a sharp Exacto blade.

4.  Remove outline of paper template and start carefully removing excess rubber from around image.

Pie.  Easy as.

I am helping Bobby with his blog, Cross Town Rival, and he needs a logo. I don’t have graphic design programs on my PC but I do have cool fonts so I created the following typefaces for his blog.

I don’t know if he’ll like any of them, but I think it’s a good start. Which are your favorites? If you need reference go to http://crosstownrival.blogspot.com

Thanks guys! -Meghan http://thoughtsfrommeggiepoo.blogspot.com

Working on this for a while, so hopefully between earlier and this it covers today and yesterday. Still, I can’t let it defeat the purpose of setting aside time every day.