Mobile App Logo

Hello guys! Haven't really been posting much lately because of the upcoming end-of-year exams. Spent under an hour creating and refining this logo for my friend who is building some tourist guidebook app. Just explaining some basic concepts:

Color Scheme: Red and white, Singapore's national colors
General Shape: Rounded rectangle, fits iPhone theme perfectly
Blending: A few basic effects used, gradient, bevel, emboss used to make logo slightly 3D, solid color would be too plain, shadows to highlight important text
Background: 360 in low transparency, overflowing text gives effect of 360 degrees, all round, Singapore outline in medium transparency, creates visual recognition for app users
Caption: App name, accented first word to give emphasis since the app makes use of image recognition

So that would be the first serious app logo that I am designing. Please leave your comments! Stock files are available upon request. Thanks!

Name Card Design

Hey guys, decided to upload my revolutionary name card on this blog. So how is it revolutionary? Think about it, how often is it that you see a nice name card with all the details that you might need on it? Too often, people who try to cram too much information on their name card find that the wording turns out crammed and many important details like the logo of the organisation is not large enough for the recipient. In order to solve this problem, I have enlarged the school crest such that it flows over the sides. However, it does not move the focus from the main text as the transparency is reduced. As the words "name card" suggest, the focus has to be on the name. As such, the largest and most distinct text would be my name. To make it stand out from the general card, white is used as it has the greatest contrast to the black backdrop. This if followed by the part I play on the team as the reader continues reading from the main focus. Noting the the target audience would be people from other countries, they would probably remember a person by their country and hence, the words team Singapore with Singapore in red. In case the person would like to contact me, I have also included details such as my email as well as my Facebook profile URL. In order to make the card look less wordy, the Facebook icon as well as a mail icon is used. This also makes the card more intuitive to read as the reader would immediately identify the location of my contact details instead of having to look through all the text like in conventional name cards. On the left, I have included the team name in green and white which is less outstanding than the main text, this will share the focus with the crest as it holds the same information, which is the school I represent. Beneath it would be the team credentials in grey, allowing the reader to gain some information about the team. Overall, the bulk of the information is centralized and hence stands out when viewed at a glance. Also, it conforms with the school colors of green, black, white and gold and also the national colors of red and white, all naturally colored on the information. This aids visual recognition and allows the reader to form a mental connection with the country as well as institution. However, this is just a draft. Please feel free to comment on it. Thanks!

Basic Photoshop wallpapers (Facebook style)

Hey people, I have created some awesome wallpapers recently and I have decided to be nice and share about how these were done. The above design was actually inspired by Facebook as you might have guessed from the logo. So how exactly did I create that metallic logo?

1) Firstly, select the rounded rectangle tool and hold down the shift key to draw a square with rounded sides. Make sure that the foreground color is grey.

2)Right click the layer and select blending options and make the following changes:

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3) After you are done with the metallic button, create a new text layer and input the letter you desire.

4) Following which, change the blending options as shown below:

5) Finally, add some text such as a tagline and your completed wallpaper should look something like the one shown below:

Here is another wallpaper that I have created using Photoshop with a more original, game like feel. To find out how this was done, come back to check out the next few posts where I will describe it in greater detail.

Thank You for visiting my blog and I hope you have learnt a thing or two about Photoshop-ping wallpapers.

Looking back, I am not sure if I can give a full tutorial on the red wallpaper. It is a lot more complex and would take a lot of screen estate to explain. But i'll try anyway.