"A good heart is better than all the heads in the world."Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Good day fellow Steemians! Today I would like to share with you my entry for the Curie Logo Design Contest hosted my, of course, @curie the wonderful group of Curators.
I don't know if anyone else reading this has ever been "hit" by a curie (I'm sure you have), but it must have been one of my favorite experiences on Steemit thus far. The experience of being recognized by curie is only really trumped by all the people I have met through Steemit. So thank you @curie, for making Steemit a better place!
MY ENTRY:
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| RadiantGreen Heart 💚 | WarmRed Heart 💗 |
PROCESS AND VARIANTS:
So let me explain a little about what I did. This explanation is three fold, starting with the shape, then the colours, and lastly the copy / font.
The Shape:
At first you might see a heart, or perhaps a 3D "V" shaped box. So what is it really all about? Well, imagine for a second the upvote button was a 3D object, and fell over (right on it's face), you would end up with something like this.
Of course the fact that it then forms the heart shape was also intentional, and I thought sharing some love was a good way of describing @curie as a service and a community.
The Colours:
For this logo I couldn't decide, so I made both. The red-purple colour pallet was just based on the face that it's a heart, and red in general can represent love and warmth. The green pallet is based on Marie Curie, and the Radium that she is so very famous for. It's meant to represent that nice radiation glow green.
I also had a quick look at what the icon would look like in terms of usage on Steemit, and came up with a dark colour version.
The Copy / Font:
Firstly, the font I used was a Google Font, namely Poiret One.
I thought this was a beautiful and elegant font that could be used to represent die @curie group. I also tried some varients in terms of how to display the name. I will share a couple below:
MY TOOLS:
I don't have to much to say, all-in-all it took me a 4 - 5 hours over the past two days to complete. This logo was created by using Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Kuler (for some colour inspiration) and of course Google Fonts.
Thank you for reading!
In general I am not to concerned with votes, and I think that it is more important to have fun and learn, than it is to earn money and get recognition. However I am very proud of this logo I created, and I would love to make it to the top 10. So if you like what I did, and you feel I deserve your vote, please go vote for me in the comment of the Original Post.
Comments, questions and critiques are always welcome.
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Have a wonderful day.
SkippyZA _
