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Originally Posted by 20_range
I like the state ones, I'll have to look some of those up.
Are you drawing these animals, or getting them from a pack of some kind?
I always love how much detail you fit into your logos, I feel like I'm always running out of space. Usually I don't try for complex borders and insects because the main art and text is already straining readability, but you always fit in little extra ring flourishes and the text is clear.
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I'm not drawing them, I'm using stock images and using Illustrator to manipulate them mostly. I'll draw on top of things, or add to images with the pen tool. I use the puppet warp tool along with some of the other tools. I really love Noun Project for images. I also love to harvest stuff out of old archival sources like comic books, stuff I find on Flickr Commons, etc. Of course some are the more basic stock images like the ones that come with my Adobe subscription. Oh, I've purchased a few things from RetroSupply and VectorLab among other places too.
One of the things I really like to do is take complicated images and sort of "dumb them down" by taking most of the various colors out and flatten the perspectives to be more logo-ish.
I've taken some drawing classes recently and am pretty decent generally, but I haven't really "unlocked" the skill of drawing on my digital pad. I need to practice more.
And thanks for appreciating the flourishes... I think I'm responding to the graphic design trend of minimalism by going maximalist. I love the little easter egg things. Even if they aren't totally visible in the game, its just kind of cool to know they are there sometimes.
Your stuff has been looking great! I don't comment much, but I always check in on your posts and am constantly impressed!