Laura Mallaghan Illustration

It was before the logo design announcement presentation, the college trip. It was my first time ever being in this building. So, look at the view, at the top of the building, the Cube. They have trees planted on the building, this is eco-friendly kind of thing, i really like it.

This live project seem a big thing to me, a lot going on, busy, busy, busy project. So I have used what I learnt about designing a logo when I did ALEM. Logo should always be simple, clean, colours, with images that people would recognise as the name of the company. Firstly I created a mind map about Corby and Centara, I had some ideas from this when I used it for images bank like tree that represent environment, Raven that represent Corby’s emblem, people that represent the community, etc. Even i grew up in Corby, my family lives there and i still have a friend who lives in Corby and i grew up with. Then I developed some sketches and ideas for the new logo. I designed some simple and colourful. I used mixed media on the logo designs that will bring some idea before I designed it on illustrator. I designed 13 logos but chose 6 to improve and present to the client. My first design I focused on the C, I used the C to underline the ‘entara’, then I placed the strapline ins...

Students Put Skills To Good Use Look at me, i looked quite tiring, i didn't expected to look like that, cringed. This is about designing logos for Centara, in Corby,  each of us graphic students have to make more than one logo design so that they, the Centara 'judges', pick one that they likes the most. It was hard work, but i had fun being creative by design the logos. My Grandma M had got the newspaper, cut this photo out and proudly display on her fireplace so she can show them off to her family and friends. Proud grandmother moment.