Logo Design Blog

So we are finally here! The last week of Ice Hockey Logos.

For the last week we have the Eastern Conference of Ontario Hockey League. There are many nice logos so enjoy them!

Does a logo design function as a mask? I would say that in most of the cases it surely does. If you think about it, a mask would always emphasize certain characteristics, usually the strong ones that no one could overlook and leave aside other characteristics that most of us wouldn't notice. A logo design would do exactly the same for a company, organization or individual. It would take the best features and point them out so that everyone could see and appreciate them. A mask would use symbolism and color to transmit a certain feeling and a logo design would not be far behind in that area. A mask would not always emphasize the best features though, while a logo design would always strive to do just that.

Energy, movement, action, sweat put into a type of art that almost everyone enjoys in a form or another and at different levels. Yes, it can only be dancing. Male and female, young and old, if you feel the vibe you need to express it and let it come out of yourself into beautiful arches and pirouettes, for the connoisseurs, or weird and strange poses for the dance newbies. Being a three dimensional act and implying movement and energy it can only be so difficult to express dancing at a two dimensional graphic level. The challenge of designing a logo for a dance crew or institution only starts with the issue of transposing energy and movement into two dimensional static graphic shapes.

Ontario is a province of Canada located in the east-central part of Canada. It has Its own hockey league, Ontario Hockey League.

A couple of days ago I was in search of some sketchy fonts for a project and I was especially after some fonts that looked hand-drawn. I was working on some illustration that needed to look like pencil colored and I was in need of a font type that would go along that line. I surfed through some resource websites that I had saved in my browser's bookmarks and then, being unable to find anything suitable there, I turned to the ultimate free font resource dafont.com I've also found a couple of promissing fonts on Fonts2U via Webdesignerwall. The search led me to a handfull of very nice sketchy free fonts out of which I finally selected the winner for my project, Handvetica. Here is my selection of free hand-drawn sketchy fonts. If you're in need of a typeface along these lines, it might save you precious time.

The art for art or designing for designers are just a few words that we could use to describe the process of creating a fashion logo design. Fashion is a key element for anyone with a sense of style and elegance and, in today's competitive world, fashion brands compete to get their clients attention. Even if we're not looking at the world known and famous fashion designers that have global recognition and set the trends in fashion, there are a certain characteristics that are common to fashion logo designs. Simplicity, glamour and style are the key features of fashion logo designs, and beyond everything they need to express, represent and differentiate the fashion artists and their creations.

For todays weekly sports logo blog post, we we'll move on with Canadian Hockey League Logos.

Last week I told you that Canadian Hockey League (CHL) is divided in two leagues.