Simple Sweets Bakery, final!?

I think we've reached a final design for Simply Sweets Bakery!

More Midwest Firestop

The guys over at MF have changed their name from Midwest Firestop to Midwest Firestop Installation Company. Its harder to fit, and as seen in the logo on the left, not as easy to make it flow. The one on the left, at least to me, reads "Midwest Firestop (Installation Company)" - where its almost like they install midwest firestop. The logo on the left has more of a vintage feel than the one on the right as well, when considering the typeface and the way its incorporated.

Closing in?

Scroll Fonts

Thoughts? I have favorites...

Round three:

Simple Sweet Bakery Update.

Some subtle changes, done for the evening:

Sweet Cuppin Cakes

I have a friend, she needs a logo/identity/sticker/business card. She approached an artist who had an image she liked, and was told to bid on it. Not to be outdone, I did this:




Now I'd like any feedback I can get, before I change a few more things, and hand it over - anyone?

Ramey Time Lapse

We have family that lives in the town of Ramey, PA. Purdue happened to play Penn State this weekend, and they happen to be huge Penn State fans. So naturally we went and stayed with them over the weekend, and went to the game.

One of the oldest single point Buick dealerships, if not the oldest, sits in Ramey, and our family runs it; and has since 1909, I believe:

Blue Lady

Some art we should have bought at an antique store...

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Everything I do lately...

...is flat. I don't know if its a stage, a preference - or a flaw in my abilities; but its where I'm at.
The logo is still in its very early stages, but it could end up staying alot like this. Thoughts? Maybe the text is too rough for the rest of the logo? Maybe the orange make the serviceman look like a convict? The orange color matches that of FMCI, which happens to be a parent company. Thats also why you see the repetition of the flame element on his hat.

Photo Gallery!

Thanks to Alex Kingman, I've found a way to quickly create easily updatable photo galleries. This is a good first step towards a more coordinated website for myself:

http://hybridthree.com/gallery/fig/

Audio Store Freelance

I've had a chance over the last few months to work on a project involving retail space. The idea was to come up with a quick model of what the store might look like. As the client has seen the model, the retail space has changed shape, product has been added, a name has been picked, and materials have changed and added.

This is where I work...

...most of the time

A project finished, Fang comes home.

I had the luxury of a free afternoon Saturday and all the parts and tools I needed to finish off my roof rack project. I cut down the teak slats (and suffered from projectile wood bits to the stomach), oiled them, and fit them with the appropriate hardware. In the evening we drove out to finally collect Fang - or so we thought, only to find that the distributer was bad and he wasn't ready to be brought home. We did get the call to come collect this morning, and had a fairly large check to write, as well as a 45 minute one-way drive. The heat seems to be stuck on on the passenger side, and I have no brake lights - but I'm more than happy to have it back after nearly 4 months of being off the road.

What I've been up to at work

Over the last few months I've had a chance to do a few logos that eventually ended up as business cards and letterhead. I'm more happy with some than others. The three clients were:

FMCI: Firestop Management Consulting Inspection
DNS: Desktop Networking Solutions
Pegasus Business Partners

All of the cards have backs, I'll go into detail at a later point with all of the designs.

The Eames'

One of the neatest places in Indy to look for antiques is Midland Furniture Mart. We went a few months ago, and I found a deal too good to pass up; an Eames conference table for... $45. It has a nasty particle board top with rubber bumper edges, so that will need to be replaced; but the aluminum feet and black support tubes were in great shape. I bought it, and it will become my desk, as soon as I can decide how I want to build a new top for it.

Extracurricular Project

I bought this roofrack just over a year ago from a friend for the stately sum of $25. Its an original German piece thats seen better days. It was made by a company called Herkules, and the version I have was meant for a car with a slide back canvas sunroof, more pictures and history here. I've sourced teak for the slats, and I've chosen to go much wider than original - it just feels so much more substantial that way. I should be getting the parts - I partially disassembled it - back from the powder coater this week. I'll assemble it with stainless steel nuts and bolts, and go to Circle City's Volktoberfest in October (hopefully).

I have storefront!

My first paid logo ever is on the front of a store. Not my favorite logo, but when the client saw the sketch they wanted it as is, fast, and as cheap as possible. So it goes. The store is located on the corner of 146th and SR37 on the way to Noblesville. They sell custom computers. They install, maintain, or service your network - DNS stands for Desktop Networking Solutions. "Computers Made Easy" was a tag line I pitched, and they liked.