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Category Archives: Graphic Design
Current projects: Another oilwell logo
Today I’ve been working on an oilwell logo. The theme assigned to the field was astronomy, so the well project was given the nickname of a star found in one of the constellations in the northern sky. My visual inspiration … Continue reading
Current project completed: Holy Cross oilwell logo
Here is the accepted logo for the third oilwell in the series. The Holy Cross neighborhood is named for the Holy Cross private boys’ school which had stood on that site for over a century before the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. … Continue reading
Current projects: Last of the oilwell logos. For a while.
Just finished sending off roughs on the final oilwell logo in this current series. The theme for this oilfield is historic neighborhoods of New Orleans. So I used ironwork and wooden gingerbread on the iconic building of this particular neighborhood … Continue reading
Current project: Phinisi oilwell logo
I delivered the final files for this oilwell logo Thursday morning. A phinisi is a type of two-masted Indonesian sailing boat, with 3 jibs. They were originally fishing boats, but today’s versions are often charter yachts for tourists.
Oilwell logo outtakes
This is the proposed version of one of the oilwell logos. The requested concept was to have a hockey puck bumping into the double o’s and displacing them. This was rejected because the offset o’s made it too hard to … Continue reading