#2 Don't put this on your hood though (pg. 182)

This week's exercise fit right into my professional life. I've been working on logos up the yin-yang for about 3 weeks straight now. So for this one, I wasn't sure if I was excited to do it or bummed cause it's all I've been doing (well logos that is).

Here's the instructions for this exercise:

"Every car manufacturer has an emblem. Not necessarily a logo, but an emblem. It adorns the front and back of each car they make. Volkswagen, for instance, has the VW emblem. BMW has the circle with the white and blue quadrants, and Ford has the blue oval with their name written in script inside. Wouldn't it be cool if we were identified by our emblem? That's your task. Create an emblem for yourself. Not a logo, but an emblem. It can have something to do with your name, your initials, or a nickname—anything that says who you are. Remember, it just has to look cool in chrome."

To the designers, isn't it nice that the requirement is that it has to "look cool?" Haha!!! AWESOME!


DAWN:
Being a girly-girl, flowers are a necessary part of my design. I went with a cherry blossom for obvious reasons (being Asian, duh). Since my name means "sunrise" I chose to create an emblem that evoked the same concept, with the cherry blossom rising. The swirlies have no meaning...they're just pretty! I'm calling my "car" the Eos, since that's "Dawn" in Greek. Ta dah!




























































LAWTON:
Here's my emblem. I wanted to go for a high performance (expensive, like I wish I was paid) feel to it. The horse symbolizes strength, hard work and high performance. The three stripes is a deconstruction of the "M" in my last name. I can totally see this on an exotic car or race motorcycle.




























AIMEE:
Mines is pretty rudimentary, I'm definitely not an artist ... but whatevahs ... it was fun...































MARISA:
Being Okinawan, I wanted to represent my rich culture by using their flag icon. I also strengthened that richness by using a gold tone. I used a stylized "M" mirrored to create the swishes. The swishes also create a "wave" like shape to represent Hawaii, the Pacific and Okinawa.



























STEVE:
i wear glasses and my hair is a bit wavy. i like to keep life simple and uncomplicated. not always easy to do.