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A Chat With Logo Designer And Illustrator John Mascarenhas

November 11, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | Comments Off

A Chat With Logo Designer And Illustrator John Mascarenhas

John has been a featured artist on LBOI and has donated his skills to the first ever Cartoonize Yourself contest on the blog in the past. A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing him for a designer showcase on Brandstack where he is one of the top selling logo designers. In the

Design Mistake #1 – Designing A Logo In Photoshop

November 8, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 13 Comments

Design Mistake #1 – Designing A Logo In Photoshop

It’s true you know. You’ll learn more from your mistakes and the mistakes of others than you will from advice and suggestions. I wish there was a mistake bank somewhere that I could log into and read to my heart’s content. Read about other people’s tomfoolery and naivette. Because that would equip me to avoid

62 Intelligent And Integrated Logos For Typography Lovers

October 20, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 42 Comments

62 Intelligent And Integrated Logos For Typography Lovers

 Its been a while since I did a logo inspiration post. A lot of new logos crop up on the design scene everyday and some of them are pretty fantastic. Today I am showcasing some recent logos from various websites that caught my eye, because they all used typography successfully to convey a message or

Logo Designing 101 – Is My Logo Inappropriate?

September 28, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 8 Comments

Logo Designing 101 – Is My Logo Inappropriate?

There comes a time in every logo designer’s life when he has to design a mark with a slightly rounded, rectangular shape. Uh-oh! And thus opens a can of very phallic worms that wriggle through the sludge of words like "inappropriate", "sexual" and "eroticism". Now when that happens, you can do one of two things.

41 Whimsy And Fun Logos That Will Make You Smile

September 27, 2009 | Thoughts & Words By | 20 Comments

41 Whimsy And Fun Logos That Will Make You Smile

Logo designing tends to be a serious business [a tad more than some of the other disciplines of design] and most logo designers tend to be a serious bunch too. But when they loosen up, they can produce some really light-hearted and fun branding. A lot of them [including myself] adapt the "Whimsy", a style