Okay, so I was messing around with some design ideas the other day, and I got this idea to try and make a logo for the “Salt Lake City Bees.” It sounded cool in my head, and I figured, why not give it a shot?
I started by sketching out some ideas on paper. I drew a bunch of bees, some angry, some more cartoony. I also messed around with different shapes, like honeycombs and circles. It was kind of a mess at first, but it helped me figure out what I didn’t want, you know?
After a while, I had a rough sketch that I thought had some potential. It was a bee, kind of stylized, inside a circle. Simple, but I thought it could work. I then took my sketch and opened my computer to do the design.
- I opened up my go-to design software.
- I started by creating a circle. This was going to be the main shape of the logo.
- Then, I started working on the bee. I used the pen tool to create the body, then added the wings and the stinger. It took a while to get it right, but eventually, I had a bee that I was pretty happy with.
- I placed the bee inside the circle and adjusted the size and position until it looked balanced.
Next up was the color. I knew I wanted to use yellow and black, obviously, because, you know, bees. But I also wanted to add a bit of a local touch, so I added a hint of blue, like the sky in Salt Lake City.
I played around with different shades of yellow and black, and also with the blue accent. This part took a while. Color is tricky, man. You gotta get just the right combo. I saved a bunch of different versions with different color schemes. It was a whole thing.
Choosing the font
The last thing was the text. I tried out a bunch of different fonts for “Salt Lake City Bees.” Some were too fancy, some were too boring. I finally settled on a bold, kind of sporty font that I thought fit the overall vibe. I arranged the text around the bee and circle, and after some more tweaking, I was finally done.
It wasn’t perfect, but I was pretty stoked with how it turned out. It was a fun little project, and I learned a lot. Design is definitely harder than it looks, but it’s also really satisfying when you finally create something you’re proud of.
Anyway, that’s the story of how I made a logo for the Salt Lake City Bees. A pretty random project, but hey, sometimes those are the most fun, right?
