Saturday, October 22, 2011

Capturing Nature Logo

I was recently asked to give a talk and create the logo for the "Capturing Nature through Art and Photography Festival" at the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge that takes place May 12-15.  The festival opens on International Migratory Bird Day and will offer photography workshops, field sketching classes, travel lectures, etc.  It sounds like it will be a great event.  If anyone is interested let me know and I can send you more info.

But back to the point of this post.  I worked on the logo this week and have narrowed it down to three concepts.  I struggled a lot with this logo because it had to incorporate three different ideas - nature, photography, and art.  No small feat I tell you!  You can see what I came up with below.  There are several options within each concept.  Right now I haven't worked on the font at all and they all need a little further tweaking, but I didn't want to go any further without deciding on the direction.  So let me know your favorite.  Any comments would be greatly appreciated!

Concept 1 - 3D Circles


Concept 2 - Shutter Palette


Concept 3 - Tripod Easel

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13 comments:

  1. Annie RayOctober 22, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    I like the top tripod easel design best (with the bird flying onto the canvas), followed by the bottom shutter design (with the corvid and the paintbrushes).

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  2. AnonymousOctober 22, 2011 at 4:29 PM

    HI,
    I like the tripod design too.
    angela

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  3. Julie Z.October 22, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    I like the middle one, as it isn't a sequence. It gets the idea across in one image. But they're all great. And what a cool conference!

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  4. roxygirl88October 22, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Nep, I am with Annie Ray. I like the top easel the best, and next the bottom shutter design. Nice work!!

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  5. AnonymousOctober 22, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    I like the 3D circles design but the easel options seem more "you". You can't go wrong with any of them.
    Jennifer

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  6. KHudOctober 23, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    I like the middle one a lot - but it's very similar to the logo for Google's Picasa program - so for some folks it may bring that to mind instead of the festival. My favorite is actually the first one - it's bold colors/images would translate well to t-shirts and other printed materials.

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  7. Becky DesjardinsOctober 23, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    My favorites are the first design in concept 2, and the first design in concept 3. You are so talented, Vanessa! They really are all so great!

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  8. Melissa DavisOctober 23, 2011 at 7:23 PM

    I like the 3D circles because of the colors, but I like the creativity of the easle design with the bird flying onto the canvas.

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  9. AnonymousOctober 23, 2011 at 9:51 PM

    Hey...
    You are going to Ottawa? One of my favorite cities! Quaint with European charm. I have taken your sister there a couple times, and have been there on business countless times.
    I think the first logo in Concept three is the most creative....but my favorite for a "logo" is the first one in Concept two.
    --Tony A

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  10. LibbyOctober 24, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    I love the third one best! They are all great though.

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  11. AnonymousOctober 24, 2011 at 9:34 AM

    The first in #2 shutter series. It's bold and succinct. Does Ottawa have a trademark species?
    Jim

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  12. AnonymousOctober 24, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    What a great opportunity! I love the first image in "tripod easel." Really attractive to the eye, and the concept works, too. But my second pick is the first image in "shutter palette." I guess I like images of birds that show them as free or about to be free!
    Kara

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  13. NessyOctober 31, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    Thanks to everyone for their comments. When I tallied up the results from the blog and email these were the results:

    Concept #1 - 5 votes

    Concept #2 - 12 votes
    #1-7
    #2-1
    #3-3
    (1 unspecified)

    Concept #3 -12 votes
    #1-11
    #2-1
    #3-0

    I'm still waiting on comments from the logo committee. I'll post the outcome as soon as I hear!

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