Graphic design class - graphic production

In this class we learn about the basic graphic design theory. We did some basic exercise with fonts and layout as well. The final project is to make a logo design for our game/ an game you want. I decided to make logo for my orientation to game design class which I made a running platform game.

Muriel game logo project

Since the game is a casual game that targeting older kids and up, I want to make the logo design more "kids friendly". It should be simple and cute like, easy to read and remembered.

Here is some early sketches and concept I made ;

Then after I choose 2-3 best one, I made the rough version into Adobe Photoshop just to see which one work the best. Some of them are too much detail and some are too hard to recognize since I want the main character's cat (whose name is Muriel, hence the game name) to be visible in the logo.

And after more tweaking and choosing the best color, these below are the final version of the logo. I made it into colored version and the BW version as well. Personally, the curly style of the cat's tail is the cutest ;)

The Verdict

Even if you are an experienced graphic designer, it is good to always learning basic skills and having exercises. To be proud and love our work, it is a mandatory in my opinion to create a good design. This is what I always remembered when doing any kind of works.