My logo draft is simple yet effective. I originally got my inspiration from other personal blogs and the Graphic Design Junction site that showed a lot of examples with clean cut lines and letters.

To create my logo, I incorporated the type on a path tool often. It was simple to create my two initials by using the text tool and then increasing the font and fitting the “G” letter into the “C” because of their similar shape. I then used the brush tool to create the two lines coming out of the letters and I believe by having Smart Objects selected, they smoothed and straightened on their own.

I really enjoyed being able to apply different colors and fonts to my design but I was careful to not use too many because it would otherwise take away from the main aspect of my logo. I chose one color and made it a bright one to draw attention and continued the same font throughout the entire design.

In order to increase the thickness of my letters, I increased the stroke. One thing that I may consider changing in my final design is the font of the two initials. I made them super simple originally to ensure that they would fit into one another. I might change the font to make it more interesting and to have it represent myself and my blog more. One thing that I think does a good job of that is the cursive font with my name and tagline. I believe it gives my logo a more girly but also professional feel.

Overall, I am really happy with the way my logo design turned out and think that it is a great representation of what my blog is. It could still use some work as I become more familiar with the tools in Illustrator.