Logo Reflection

1. My logo design was created for the Diverse Dance Team. Even though simple in design and color, my design represents what the team is as a whole. The final design which is rather simple, can instantly show its audience what the design is primarily for, a dance team. The Diverse Dance Team already had it's own design, and I wanted to create a new one that was similar to it, yet different. Originally, I wanted the font to be in script, but after trying different fonts, I realized that this particular font was better as it is easier to read compared to script. At first I also wanted to add more color into it, but after trying different backgrounds and colors in the figure, I found that the black and white was the best choice. The other colors didn't really seem to have a really good flow and was rather distracting when looking at the design.

2. Personally, I didn't really have a good idea of what I wanted to design when I started this project. I had all these images in my mind, but I felt as though I couldn't top the design the team already had nor could I put my designs out on paper. I found myself spending too much time sketching what I had in my mind, which caused me to be a bit lost during this project. Eventually, I created a simple sketch and decided to recreate it with an image on Gimp. When I used Gimp at first, I wasn't sure how to draw out the sketch I had, but I decided to search up images of a person dancing and traced over it, creating the figure. After creating the figure, I finally knew what I wanted to have my design look like. Although I thought creating a design on Gimp would be difficult, it actually allowed me to decide what my design should be.

3. Honestly, I thought the most difficult part of this project was to top the design which the team already had. I didn't want to create a completely new design only to have the members of the club dislike it. I felt as though there were standards for me to reach and I was afraid I couldn't reach those standards. Even though I was afraid of whether or not they would enjoy my design, I showed one of the founders the design and she really enjoyed it. This made me more relieved that I didn't do a horrible job on the design.Another difficult task was to get the exact design I had in my mind. Putting it out on paper was difficult for me, but eventually I had a final product. Although my final result wasn't what I initially wanted, I still am happy that I created something which I like. 

4. I am happy with my final design as I have put a lot of effort into this. I constantly changed the figure I used and it took me a while to find the image I wanted to use for this design. I eventually came to my final result, after playing around with the placement of the words and the figure. What I really like about this design is that it's simple and doesn't have too much detail which can be distracting to people. Logos should be simple and sends its viewers the message of what it should be for, and I believe my design shows that.

Final Design on a sweater

Final Design

2013 Memories

Here are 13 memorable moments from 2013:

1) I got my license in June
2) I went to the Jingle Ball in December
3) I went to a Wanted concert in August
4) I took a college course at Fordham over the summer
5) Went to the beach with my friends
6) Had an amazing birthday dinner
7) Went to Atlantic City for shopping and the Wanted Concert
8) Baked brownies with my friends on my birthday
9) Watched scary movies with friends
10) Attempted the smoothie challenge
11) Met up with an old friend and watches This is the End
12) Watched a sea lion show over the summer
13) Bought a lot of shoes :)