Foah
Troubadour
The proposal
DISLAIMER: I want the thread to primarily be a resource of inspiration, insight and learning about design- and revision processes, rather than come off as a true service thread. Hence why it's posted here rather than in the services sub forum.
I'm preparing to add an additional chapter to my own design business, which will be wordmarks/logotypes, which is me branching out from purely architectural projects. It's also a great exercise for me to brush up on different software suites for future projects of mine.
Whereas my ideal clientele are small/medium businesses, brick&mortar and/or online, I need to build my own brand by preparing a portfolio of fairly recent projects. Which is where my claimed win-win comes in.
Do YOU have a wordmark/logo/branding matter that you haven't dealt with yet, or postponed "until my book is closer to being published"? A wordmark, which is what I'll refer my service to from now on in the thread, is simply anything text-related in your cover/web/digital/print design. I'd love to have a stab at it without demanding payments at all (As a student/start-up I can't deny minor donations if you're satisfied though).
Neither of us have anything to lose, and we'll hopefully be helping each other out in our own endeavours. I'll keep my active projects from here capped at 2 at a time, and will take them on in order of submittance. Let's say 3 revisions guaranteed to avoid having 1 project slot occupied for far too long.
Since this is a fantasy focused forum, I'll put a short dislaimer here and say that I very much do prefer elegant, legible, mildly ornamented design, over lavishly intricate hard-to-read-pretty-to-look-at design. Even the greatest of authors' books use simple serif type for wordmarks for a reason.
How to submit?
DISLAIMER: I want the thread to primarily be a resource of inspiration, insight and learning about design- and revision processes, rather than come off as a true service thread. Hence why it's posted here rather than in the services sub forum.
I'm preparing to add an additional chapter to my own design business, which will be wordmarks/logotypes, which is me branching out from purely architectural projects. It's also a great exercise for me to brush up on different software suites for future projects of mine.
Whereas my ideal clientele are small/medium businesses, brick&mortar and/or online, I need to build my own brand by preparing a portfolio of fairly recent projects. Which is where my claimed win-win comes in.
Do YOU have a wordmark/logo/branding matter that you haven't dealt with yet, or postponed "until my book is closer to being published"? A wordmark, which is what I'll refer my service to from now on in the thread, is simply anything text-related in your cover/web/digital/print design. I'd love to have a stab at it without demanding payments at all (As a student/start-up I can't deny minor donations if you're satisfied though).
Neither of us have anything to lose, and we'll hopefully be helping each other out in our own endeavours. I'll keep my active projects from here capped at 2 at a time, and will take them on in order of submittance. Let's say 3 revisions guaranteed to avoid having 1 project slot occupied for far too long.
Since this is a fantasy focused forum, I'll put a short dislaimer here and say that I very much do prefer elegant, legible, mildly ornamented design, over lavishly intricate hard-to-read-pretty-to-look-at design. Even the greatest of authors' books use simple serif type for wordmarks for a reason.
How to submit?
I'll need the following (submitted below as a response in the thread) to get started with your wordmark:
- The word/name
- Its proper designation (Is it your author name, your book's name, your series' name, your vlog channel's name?)
- Desired influences (References to other media with clear intent of what aspects you appreciate and want incorporated in your own wordmark if possible)
- Its intended habitat (If your wordmark is a book title--what type of artwork will you want this wordmark to cooperate well with? Dark, earthy, abstract tones? Constrasted photographs?)
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