Exquisite Corpse

I chose to make my exquisite corpse a radio. I wanted to have him dancing, but he would be making the music. The nose is meant to be the "play" button. And the buttons on his tie would be "stop", "fast forward", "rewind". His stomach is meant to show movement and what kind of music he is playing, which is fun dance music. I wanted his legs to be a different color than the rest of his body to show that his legs are moving a lot.

Logo Project

Logo Project:

I decided to make my logo for my Dad's company, Quality Painting. He always says his current logo is boring, so I wanted to make it more fun and lively. I decided to add a lot of color and splashing paint. I showed it to him and he really liked to idea. Overall, this project was really fun because the paint was a really cool technique.

Caligramme

I made my caligramme Mickey Mouse. Overall, this was a pretty simple project. I really wanted to do Mickey because Disney World is one of my favorite places, and I thought it would be cool to put Disney Quotes inside of a Mickey Mouse head. Overall, I was very pleased with the project. 

Logo Analysis

The Apple logo has always stood out to me.  I like that it is so simple and yet everyone knows the company and it is so successful. I also like how there is no color. That makes me think that the logo is timeless because sometimes bright colors can be a little much for a logo. Apple has so many consumers that it is trying to reach that I think it would be hard to have a complex logo. I think that having a simple logo really works in their favor.

I also have always thought the amazon.com company logo was really interesting. It is similar to the apple logo in that it is really simple and everyone still knows the symbol. I think it can be really hard to make a simple, yet stand out logo and amazon has managed to do that. It is also timeless so I don't think they will have to change their logo anytime soon. Because they have such a broad audience, amazon needs a logo that fits everyone, which is why I think the logo suits the company well.


The Fanta Orange soda drink is also really interesting to me. This one is a lot different than amazon and apple because there is a lot of color. It also looks really fun because of the cool writing. I think that works for a soda drink because I personally only drink soda occasionally at family parties, or other events which I think are fun. I think the logo matches what the drink is meant for, which is fun events. The majority of people I know don't drink this on a daily basis so the fun color and wording words really well for Fanta.

My next logo is the Twitter logo. I think this logo is interesting as well because there is not much detail and it is really simple. I like how it relates to the company because tweets are meant to be short and to the point, with not too much detail. That is exactly how the logo is. I think the logo sets up the meaning of Twitter really well.

Last is the Dunkin Donuts Logo. I like how this logo uses bright colors, but still isn't obnoxious. It's also interesting that the majority of the logo is pink because that seems like a very girly color to me but the target audience is not just women. I like how the company has been so successful yet the logo does not fit a lot of other logo standards (ex. apple and amazon have very simple, black & white logos).

Logo Ideas

My five ideas for logos are:


1) Quality Painting- This is my dad's company. He is always saying that he wants a new logo because his is boring (a tipped over paint can). I was thinking to make it more fun I would have a paint can splashing on a background.


2) Utopia- I made this company up. This company would plan your dream vacation/honeymoon/ etc. I was thinking I could make it incorporate a lot of things, like tropical palm trees, mountains, or the desert.


3) Lake Realty- This is also my dad's company. It is a company that him and his friend started where they buy houses, renovate them, and then sell them. Since they do a lot of houses near lakes I was thinking of making the logo look woodsy with a log cabin.


4) School House Icecream- This is a new old fashioned ice cream shop that just opened in my town. I wanted to make the logo look very old fashioned, like in the 50's time period because that is what the inside looks like.


5) Candy Crane- This is also a company I made up. It is a company that plans candy themed events like birthday parties or weddings. I thought this one would be fun because I could make it very colorful and put lots of detail into it.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Meghan Girouard. I am a junior here at UT. I am majoring in marketing and minoring in public relations. I am also in the Delta Zeta sorority. I am from Massachusetts and have a Bernese Mountain Dog named Rex. I also like to spend time at the lake with my family over the summer.
 I'm really excited to take this class because I've never taken an art class that works with computers before. I took a lot of photography classes in high school, which I think could help a lot in this class.