Comments on: Personal logo design sketches

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:15:31 +0000

Hi Adam,

I appreciate your compliment, thanks, and know what you mean about similar-looking monograms. I think it’s one of the first methods a designer might try when creating a logo, and in hindsight, sometimes I wish I’d have opted for a different look. But with that in mind, what’s most important is each aspect the identity stands for (what you do and how people see you).

Good luck with your personal project. Mine took an age, so I hope you finish up quicker.

By: adam

adam — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:14:09 +0000

haha, oh man, what a time to find your site and subsequently this particular blog!

over the past couple weeks, i have begun to think about updating the typography in my personal business system to something more custom instead of just having my name set in an existing typeface (like it currently is). i dont want to get too much into a “graphic” but just something more than generic type.

point being, my initials are ad (close to yours eh?) and many of my sketches this past week (especially the the more rounded type versions) are really similar to yours . . . CRAP! well, at least i can take some solace in the fact that some of my ideas sorta resembled ideas from a damned good designer; )

here is a cell phone pic of a few of my sketches from the past week or so. looks like i need to revise it a bit more to differ it more. (haha, nevermind the ruled paper)

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:59:04 +0000

nikky, Kristina, Chris,

You’re all very welcome, and Chris, if there’s anything you think I can help with in particular, by all means get in touch.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:13:25 +0000

I like your thought process. I’m merely only an eigth grader, but I enjoy looking at your sketches. Although 76 gave me a laugh, your choice on what you have now is very good. 81, and 108 were my personal favorites (after, of course, the one that you currently have) and I hope you continue on with your great imagination! My email was provided, so if you can, email me back. I hope to learn more from you. Thanks for your time

By: Kristina

Kristina — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:43:35 +0000

I love 102 and 84.

By: nikky

nikky — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:35:10 +0000

thanks for this…

this gives me the idea on making a logo for my site.

happy new year!

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:54:05 +0000

Thanks very much, Hector.

I had a bit of an awkward stance in #72.

By: Hector

Hector — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:00:30 +0000

I love #72. It’s amazingly creative..!

By: Hieu

Hieu — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:40:21 +0000

Hey David, I just saw this logo http://www.doshdosh.com which uses the same typeface as yours.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:53:57 +0000

That’s interesting, Karly, and thanks for conducting a little research for me. It’s funny, I’ve become so familiar with it that I can’t imagine not being able to read it, but then I’m not my target market. ;)

You’re right that my logo always appears near my name, and when I’m handing a business card to someone, they know my name before receiving it, so perhaps that’s why you’re the first to mention the legibility issue.

This reminds of the ‘eight’ logo I featured a while back. That name might not be apparent at first glance either.