I heard back from 30 Mile, while they liked the logo I submitted they said it wasn’t really what they were looking for, but since I was the only person who submitted anything they decided to give me another shot at designing the logo. They also sent me a sketch of something they had found that they liked and wanted me -to use their terminology – make it “badass”. That has been a bit of a struggle, as I’ve been trying different accessories to make the logo appear “badass” but still keeping it kid friendly. I need to submit something by Thursday morning and I have several iterations of the new logo done, but none of them seem quite right yet, but I’m hoping inspiration will strike at the last minute!
I’ve also agreed/volunteered to design the invitation for an anniversary party for a family friend which should be a fun project.
I hope to find a few other volunteer (or paid) projects over the summer. I tried a site called CrowdSpring for a while, where clients post their design needs and creatives can submit ideas over a period of 30 days or so and get paid if their design is chosen. I got rather frusterated with that site, when I would submit something and get rather high ratings from the clients, but then have them choose something else (that to me, always looked very similar to what I designed!!) I might try that again for a while this summer – some of the projects offered quite a bit of money to the “winner”.
I’ve had to put my jewelery site on hold again as I’ve been busy with the 30 Mile logo and now with the invitation, but I will hopefully get that going soon – I’ve got some sketches so at leas that is a start!
Here are the ideas I came up with for the 30 Mile logo, if anyone reads this before 11pm on the 2nd and has any ideas on how to make it more “badass” yet still kid friendly let me know!
