You can be inspired by a lot of things — even things you’d never expect, in my case it was ribbon. A ribbon probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about something that could inspire you for a design, or maybe it could, but, I never thought about it until now. It seems so simple but this small thing can help you come up with a great idea. This helps me to create something personal and unique to me.
When making my logo, I just couldn’t find the right font, I know what I was looking for but none of the fonts came close to what I had in mind. I knew I wanted to combine a more simple san serif font with a curvy one, cursive if you will. That’s when I decided to make my font. Having this kind of freedom I could make it look exactly how I want it to look. But I wanted to make it more personal from just cursive letters. That is when I came up with the idea to make it based on one of my favorite things, ribbons. I started to sketch out a logo inspired based on the way cursive is all connected while making it look like a ribbon. Doing this I was able to make it the way I wanted it to while being able to make it very personal. With that idea I also added a few more things to bring out it being personal, it is my logo and it is supposed to represent me.
Doing this I was able to make it feel more personal. Each stroke was intentional and purposeful. This was all about creating something that felt uniquely mine. Now when I look at my logo, I can see the work and effort that came out of this. I was able to learn a lot and make something that was entirely mine. This proves that you can get inspiration from anywhere. Something as simple as a ribbon helped me design a piece that reflects my style and the kind of designer I want to be. That’s the cool part about creating — you never know what small, unexpected thing might lead to your next big idea.