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Draw Logos from Memory

neal.fun

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Re: Draw Logos from Memory

#2
LOVE THIS.

Should make it make passive insults at each attempt.

"You t'ink dat is logo. Go buy more."

"Are you raised in gulag - how much pay for such swine"

"What iz dis, Picasso on crack. Too normal. Mpr fucked up for the party - NEXT!"

Etc.

Re: Draw Logos from Memory

#5
Ok, that was actually pretty entertaining. I didn't see a way to save or share the doodles, but I was able to print as pdf (after clicking a box for "show background" to get all the images to show).

Here's mine - but obviously, don't peek until you've done it yourself: https://imgur.com/a/YxX64F3

Re: Draw Logos from Memory

#6
Just goes to show you how a mix of boldness and simplicity goes a long way. Nike and Spotify had the most easily-reproducible logos. I don't think I could draw the starbucks logo from memory with a gun to my head, and I couldn't even remember Amazon's logo at all.

Re: Draw Logos from Memory

#7
post #6

Just goes to show you how a mix of boldness and simplicity goes a long way. Nike and Spotify had the most easily-reproducible logos. I don't think I could draw the starbucks logo from memory with a gun to my head, and I couldn't even remember Amazon's logo at all.

Paul Rand, who designed IBM's and NeXT's famous logos, said a logo should be simple enough and memorable enough that someone could draw it in the sand on a beach using just a stick.

Re: Draw Logos from Memory

#8

I hope all the drawings are being logged so the followup can be "1000 attempts at the starbucks mermaid", kinda like the "draw me a sheep facing left" project: http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/thesheepmarket/

That would be quite unfair and non representative since the given pen size is way too big to actually reproduce the Starbucks logo, even if you had the memory and talent.

Re: Draw Logos from Memory

#9

I hope all the drawings are being logged so the followup can be "1000 attempts at the starbucks mermaid", kinda like the "draw me a sheep facing left" project: http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/thesheepmarket/

That would be quite unfair and non representative since the given pen size is way too big to actually reproduce the Starbucks logo, even if you had the memory and talent.

considering you can swap colors back and forth, I'd say it's mostly possible (to draw thinner than the minimum just draw one color, overwrite with another)
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