Mad logo skillz?
It's fun to see what I can come up with when a challenge is presented, especially since I consider my visual communication skills to be infinitely better than any other communication skills I may posses. (i.e. "infinitely better" is a more a statement about my incredibly crappy writing and speaking style, and not some ego-driven proclamation about my superior graphic design talents.)
The best part is reading the responses. Some have done a great job of articulating in words what I was trying to say visually. Reading stuff like that is, for me, the big reward in visual communication.
It's also cool to see other responses: Too corporate looking. Looks like a sperm. The style is too 1980s.
I loved that last one. The eighties is when I majored in graphic design. It's also when Saul Bass designed the original AT&T globe logo -- one I've long admired for its simplicity and clarity.
Simplicity and clarity. Two things I strive for visually, and need a huge shot of whenever I try to put anything into words.
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I got my first major paycheck from my new job recently. It's going well. The stress level is so low and I'm loving that. Yes, it can be busy, but that's not what stresses me. People stress me. Fortunately, what I sensed in the beginning at the first interview has held -- the person I work for and the people I work with are not asshats. What a relief!
The in-laws are (finally) deciding that they can and want to retire (at age 71). We're going away with them for several days soon to check out some places, and hope to come away from it with a better understanding of all the considerations. In preparation for this, I've been spending a lot of time gathering information about the kind of retirement communities they are looking for and crunching numbers so they don't have to wade through all this alone, and so that a few of their more notorious offspring can't find some way to fuck all that up for them so they can get something out of it.
Tonight an offspring, one that is not among the notorious, joined us for the evening as we were all meeting to talk about the places we were going to visit, compare what they offer, and try to figure out general costs. At one point, he proposed they loan him half the money from their home sale so he could pay off some of his ever-increasing debts. They would then be so lucky as to receive monthly checks from him to use for their own monthly fees. Basically, they put the rest of their lives on the line for what banks would consider a high-risk loan. What a fuckwad!
It took all of two minutes for me to not only get him to retract such a greedy, selfish and risky proposal, but to express guilt and shame while doing it. Damn, I feel good about that. Hmmm. I guess sometimes I can produce some verbal clarity!
for the NNAF
3 comments:
Glad to hear the job is going so well. And kudos on shaming the leech.
Yes, it's good to hear about the job.
As for the logo, I liked the "infinity" version of your design a little better. My suggestion was considered beneath commentary wherever I submitted it. I wanted the "Ghostbusters" logo.
My feeling is that since atheists don't really need a logo, we should adopt an amusing one if we adopt one at all.
Also, I think the "a" does look like a sperm, which is what I like best about it.
I liked the infinity one better, too. The "a." one just popped into my head, and once I made it, I went all "hmmm" and the infinity was born.
I agree about the logo thing overall, but it's hard to pass up an opportunity to see what I can come up with when a challenge is presented.
I worked gobs of hours in the last several days. Now it's off to peruse retirement places with the in-laws!
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