So, the other day I wrote THIS post about an idea I have been chewing on, which in short is to design word symbols for people - be it a name or just a word which resonates with you or someone you know. I have a few ideas of where I would like to take this but as yet, have not settled on anything other than the fact that I know I want to offer it to people.
In the above mentioned post, I said I would be happy to do a few pro bono designs for people that dropped the word or name they want into the comments - and everyone is still welcome to do that, wither on the original post or this one. The first taker on that post was and although he put forward two requests, I decided to work with the first one - and the word requested was "KAIZEN".
I stand to be corrected, but from what I discovered... the word is of Japanese origin and it means "change for the better" which I think is a REALLY awesome choice of word and definitely something worthy of turning into a symbol.
As I mentioned previously, there are so many avenues that these symbol designs could go and I have not really settled on the direction just yet - ie. whether I simply charge a flat rate for the design as a once off thing and then the buyer can do whatever they want with it or perhaps I create them as NFT's at a set price - I am undecided, but being that I sell quite a bit of design work via print on demand sites, I was obviously hoping to incorporate customised merch into the whole thing... nonetheless, like I said, I am wanting to do some freebies so people can get a better idea of what I mean by creating "word symbols" and also to give a clearer idea of the scope this concept has - each design being completely unique in style and end result.
I had a lot of fun fiddling with this one last night and don't worry and
... you ladies are up next :) and I am equally looking forward to putting both your requests together.
I uploaded a short sample video of the process to youtube, but only for the purpose of showing you guys - the video is unlisted as I do not use youtube for anything else. I also made quite a few design tweaks after that too, but it's just for the general idea anyway.
After spending a little more time on the symbol a little earlier today I got it to a point where I am happy with it, however - if this was done on a commissioned basis, the tweaks would be done to a point where the buyer was happy first - then me :) The colour circle version was the original draft which got changed somewhat today...
I decided that I was not really happy with the flipped "e" in the word because it looked too much like a "g" and I also wanted to give the end result a little more balance - I just felt like it was missing "something"... so I fiddled a little more and this is the end result.
I have to admit, I like it a LOT and although I have not engaged with much at all, well - only two or three times actually... I have a feeling that this style will connect with him... I hope I am not wrong, lol! The whole point of a symbol design is that it is NOT really decipherable to onlookers, although if you watch the video I dropped above, you will quite easily be able to see the fundamental letters of the word as they were put together.
I then decided to put the design onto some of the merch which I sell my other designs on so you can all get an idea of the sorts of things you can do with the final design. The symbol has been uploaded privately, so you will not be able to see it in my online shop and I would simply supply direct links to buyers that wanted to order any particular products via my store.
So that's it - pro bono number one done and dusted... I really look forward to hearing what you have to say and will supply you with the original file - just drop me an email on mymadmerch@gmail.com :) and as for the rest of you - as I said before... I am quite happy to do a few more freebies, so if you have a name or a word which you would like designed into a symbol - drop a comment or drop me an email on the above mentioned address.
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Until next time...
Much Love from Cape Town, South Africa xxx
Jaynielea
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