I see a lot of graphic designers throwing up mood boards, like and this and this, to help with them with design projects and branding, so I thought I might just do one for the onthelookout as well! #fakeittilyoumakeit.
Coming up with a logo and overall feel for this brand is something that I've been wanting to take on for a while, but haven't necessarily thought I was ready to do. There are just so many options out there! Color schemes, fonts, packaging, mission statements, etc etc. When you have complete creative freedom, it can be hard to narrow down just what you like, no? Pinterest has been a great resource for helping me compile all of the visually inspiring stuff out there, so I used that to pull together this first mood board. I gave myself 10 minutes to look through and select all of the pins that reminded me of my vision for onthelookout. I think the time limit was helpful, lest I spend hours on something that is supposed to be pretty quick and organic. I hope that studies like this will help me narrow down the goods and edits out the "unnecessaries." Plus, I am dying to get a some business cards and a custom stamp made for packaging. At the very least, it was fun to do!
Colors and shapes are pretty consistent here: Pink, blue-grey, black, and gold appear everywhere on my Pinterest boards and in the colors around my house. Oh and I love me some triangles and geometric, deco-inspired shapes. However, I'm still on the fence about the logo... I can't decide if I like the blocky text or hand-written script look. Thoughts?
I'd love to see any mood boards that you've done!
Coming up with a logo and overall feel for this brand is something that I've been wanting to take on for a while, but haven't necessarily thought I was ready to do. There are just so many options out there! Color schemes, fonts, packaging, mission statements, etc etc. When you have complete creative freedom, it can be hard to narrow down just what you like, no? Pinterest has been a great resource for helping me compile all of the visually inspiring stuff out there, so I used that to pull together this first mood board. I gave myself 10 minutes to look through and select all of the pins that reminded me of my vision for onthelookout. I think the time limit was helpful, lest I spend hours on something that is supposed to be pretty quick and organic. I hope that studies like this will help me narrow down the goods and edits out the "unnecessaries." Plus, I am dying to get a some business cards and a custom stamp made for packaging. At the very least, it was fun to do!
Colors and shapes are pretty consistent here: Pink, blue-grey, black, and gold appear everywhere on my Pinterest boards and in the colors around my house. Oh and I love me some triangles and geometric, deco-inspired shapes. However, I'm still on the fence about the logo... I can't decide if I like the blocky text or hand-written script look. Thoughts?
I'd love to see any mood boards that you've done!
So fun that you made this! I was working on an inspiration board of sorts this morning for tomorrow's post. I'm daydreaming of pretty packaging and decorations too!
ReplyDeleteAren't these so fun? So pumped to crank them out whenever I need a little direction/inspiration!
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