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My 700th Blog Post!

This is it! My 700th blog post and August celebrates the 4th Anniversary of this little sketchblog. Sketchingspirit is a fun endeavor and I am looking forward to the next 700+ blog posts. Thanks for watching and reading!

sketchingspirit wet ink

I always tell my students that I would not give them an assignment that I would not complete myself because they are fun! This was an assignment I gave in my computer illustration class last fall. Enjoy.

Sketching Spirit Snow

Little Sketching Spirit Buttons

I made these little sketchingspirit logo buttons in class yesterday as a demonstration/example. They are a lot of fun and if you stop by my office, I just might give you one. :)

A Brief Campaign

Sketching Spirit Logo • Color

The activity of drawing in a sketchbook, writing in a journal or a combination of both can be cathartic. Ultimately, bringing about a spiritual renewal or release from the tensions of stress and everyday life. It is a perfect outlet for exploring creativity and documenting a moment in time. This is my basic philosophy on keeping a sketchbook and the foundation for the name of my website (www.sketchingspirit.com) and sketchblog.

The Sketching Spirit logo is a stylized dove with a five pointed star placed at a slight angle in the heart of the dove’s body. Doves as a symbol have a long-standing tradition representing the spirit of God’s presence. Sketching is often a means of meditation for myself and so I chose the dove symbol along with a simple star shape. I have always been enamored with stars, especially the five pointed variety. The star is placed at a slight angle, because sketches, life and myself are not always perfect. They are often a little cockeyed.

Sketching Spirit Logo • Black & White

Black on white and white on black versions of the sketchingspirit.com logo.

Flexible Identity

My logo is intended to be a flexible identity. Colors can change at my discretion to fit the purpose and the bird can face left to right or right to left depending on the design format. Here is a version in festive October colors.

Alternate Logo Design

An alternate design of the sketchingspirit.com logo that is a bit more playful.

Logo Development

These pages are an example of prayer clustering (a type of brainstorming in my case) and logo development for the sketchingspirit identity.