How do you stand out from others? One very important aspect of blogging and a recurring question.
Designing a logo and 'branding' my website, to me, seemed to go hand in hand. The first thing I see when arriving to someone's page and from thereon associate with their website/brand is almost always their header text and logo.
I wanted to show you where I started with my logo, and where I ended up. It was a frustrating process, yes, but in the end it was worth it.
>> Quick Review
If you're not up for reading this whole post, which I know some of you won't be, I can just tell you here where I ended up. After an ad on craiglist and google searches, I ended up using
Little Guy Logos. I highly recommend them. They are who created the final logo (at the top of my page). They are affordable ($89) and offer you 3 designs with unlimited revisions until you get what you want.
>> Inspiration
If you already have an image or style in mind, this may not be necessary. Some of you might already have an associated image or style to your website/brand, but a lot do not.
Scope around the internet, and get a feel of what is already out there. This is not for you to copy others, but simply get an idea of what is possible, and what could work for the letters in your name, the number of words in your name, or color even schemes that you are drawn to.
Do you want all text? Do you want it black and white or including color? How loud should you make it? All of these come to mind, so it really helps to look outside of yourself for inspiration. Here are a few examples of blog logos/headers I was looking at. You can click on the header to be redirected to the blog. I'm not sure if any of these sites have changed their headers/logos since I had screenshotted these, so just keep that possibility in mind.
