logo progress

19Sep07

well not with my logo, that’s still in the works. side note: does it take a long time for most developers/designers to come up with a logo that works? i keep fiddling with the design and i am still not terribly happy with the results. i think i’ll post some of my ideas and get some feedback.

ok back on track, my daily gig, i have designed a new logo and web site. i showed the basic framework to a co-worker and he liked it. he had one comment about the logo though, it conveyed nothing about what we do. side note number two: i would put the name of my comapny down but i still work there and if my boss (the owner) found out that i was trying to go freelance i may go freelance sooner than i thought. the company name is the owners name plus “& company”. so we came up with a third line saying what we do. now this is not a recent problem our logo had been bad forever. hopefully that will change. it felt kind of good to have someone with no vested interest in the project give positive feedback. i guess i can do this!

back to my first side note. it has taken me a long time to come up with a logo and design for my company’s website. i reworked the website a bunch of times before i finally settled down on the current layout. do most designers have that problem? especially given the free reign that i have. there is no color schema or layout to follow. there is no existing site to make changes to. i find it very tough to design something. perhaps with a bit more experience of what works and what does not work. getting better at gimp (you know the free photoshop knock off) . getting to know css a bit better. i guess it is all just part of the learning process.

i am still trying to build a portfolio. so things are still slow. i do not want to start working before i am ready. i think that would set me back more than anything else. so i trying to take my time do things right and move from there. it is hard though, i want to be out there working, designing and coding websites. i know it is a step by step process, and i am just at the beginning. i want to know more, i want to be better. which is a good thing. if i did not want to continue to grow i think i would have chosen the wrong path. but i do want to continue, i want to spend all my time working and designing projects. so that is good. i am still excited about this venture! so that makes it still fun.

ok back to work.

.mike

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