The Cycling shirt was easy to do. I know what cycling shirts look like, I have collected quiet a few for the last few years. One afternoon I sat down in front of the computer while talking on Facebook, and with my left hand, I drew 3 Cycling shirts, showed them to the cyclists, they voted, and voila! We have now a jersey design for our Johnson City Cycling Club Unclub!
Then it was time to make the logo. I have made logos for companies before but it was in another language and I was not sure if "logos" in English had the same meaning.
While cycling the state of North Carolina, (which by the way, it is a piece of cake), I met a lovely sweet girl named Kim. She offered herself as a sacrifice to our unclub to help me with ideas to create the Wheelbillies logo. I hesitated a little bit thinking, "what am I going to do with my life?, I might get bored if she takes over that job!", but I told her to go ahead and surprise me.
Kim's logo:
Kim surprised me! I think she did a great job. I wanted a wheel because of our lovely unclub name; and i wanted a cyclist, because that is what we do. We ride our bicycles. (really?)
I sent her creation to all our wheelbillies with some suggestions like: we need a hillbilly looking cyclist on a bike, corn like jugs tied to frame with lots of duct tape instead of water bottles, a long-barrel shotgun instead of a frame pump, and a pig chasing him, named Murphy. (Thanks Dan G for the great ideas). I only got one email back saying "yes" to her great design.
I was back to zero again, I must make a logo for our unclub. I decided to look for the meaning of the word "logo" and this is what I found:
Logo: A logo is a graphical element (ideogram, symbol, emblem, icon, sign) that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo's design is for immediate recognition.[1] The logo is one aspect of a company's commercial brand, or economic or academic entity, and its shapes, colors, fonts, and images usually are different from others in a similar market. Logos are also used to identify organizations and other non-commercial entities.
I got very excited about this, "LOGO", it has the same meaning as it did when I was creating logos in another language! What a relief!
I put my brain together, drank tons of coffee, and for the next 2 hours I sat on my computer and hammered that brain until I came up with THE LOGO!
But there was a new problem, I shouldn't have drank so much coffee. Instead of ONE logo, I was able to come up with 6 logos. Yes, the same amount of people at my house that I take care of.
I burst into tears of vexation, and now I need your help to pick the logo for our unclub:
Unclub Logo # 1
This one was my first creation, but It was missing something, so I kept drinking coffee
Unclub Logo #2
And here, I drank too much coffee and my wheel almost disappear, now it looks like the cap of a moonshine bottle.
Unclub Logo # 3
My four year old wanted to be part of this creation, so i let her helped me.
She needs some coffee.
Unclub Logo # 4
Almost perfect!
Unclub Logo # 5
What more can I say, I think I have arrived!
THE Unclub Logo # 6
I'm sorry...NOW I HAVE ARRIVED!!!
I think... so please vote!
Now..if you are still not sure, I was thinking of incorporating the mountains in the logo. So please make suggestions if you are not sure. Thank you!
AN UPDATE:
I received an adorable email from one of the cyclist and this is what she said:
"I like Kim's logo, I think it represents what we do, where we live and the two riders show the friendship we have while we are out there". I think she is right!
So after that, I decided to work on Kim's logo and see what I could do to make it more appealing to the people that liked the other logos. And this is what I have:
and for the cycling shirts, this is what I came up with:
I think I like it! What about you?
I went crazy again and created another shirt....just for you to know, I got bronchitis and I'm stock inside the house so what else should I do with my time besides reading?
I made 2 other jerseys!
