For my logo I created a little rectangular graphic with my initials at the top of the rectangle and then I used the word travel, with the A being a camera that I created myself in illustrator. I had the idea for this logo because I feel like it was the easiest and clearest way to demonstrate what my topic is about. The word travel is pretty self explanatory, people know what that means and how wide the horizons are for people to travel around the world. I knew I wanted to add a camera into the logo to show photography and videography being an important part of my travels and my topic in general. As I was brainstorming I noticed that a camera could somewhat resemble an A so I replaced that with the camera.
I originally was planning on taking a clip art camera off of google to use in my logo but as I looked at all the options on google I realized I could probably make something similar. So I challenged myself, and I think it turned out looking pretty good as I have absolutely no experience with this software. When I started the design process I started making the camera first because I wanted to have the full space to work with and then eventually shrink it down to fit into the logo. I used the rounded rectangular tool and the eclipse tool to make all the shapes of the camera. I then changed their stroke and fill color to either black or white depending on which part of the camera is was for.
A challenge I faced was getting the text to become gradient because every time I would try it would just stay black, I had to go back and watch the varsity lettering tutorial to eventually get it to work. I also struggled with getting the spacing between the text to be even and look good because I felt like it was either too much or not enough space so I had to play around with it quite a bit. 
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This is amazing, much better than mine. I like the work you did on the camera, the simplicity is excellent but still definable as a camera. Good idea on substituting the camera with the “A” it works beautifully. I would suggest changing the gradient from the “V” to maybe the “L” other than that its perfect. It relates to the topic fine and definitely suggests exploring the world and somehow capturing that experience.
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I think this design is very clean and I loved how you created a camera for the letter ‘A’. The coloring is also not to vibrant, but still catches the eye. The gradient was a great touch, but I think you should attempt to have each letter gradient from light to dark. This would lead the eye across the word for your logo, allowing it to flow a little better. I don’t think this is necessarily a criticism, but you should try out a different font. Maybe a more rigid one, that way it fits with the geometric shapes created by the camera you designed. I am just suggesting this idea, so take that with a grain of salt. In the end, I think your design is very clean and you have a good base to create a great design for friday.
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