Introducing the New Logo!

Welcome back, friends.

This week's COMM 373 challenge was to create our own logo. So here it is! Innit lovely?

Allow me to describe the creative process to you. I have the free version of Canva for my own personal use, but I have access to a professional version for Mount Students for Life (MS4L). The professional version of Canva is absolutely amazing. Some features not included in the free version include an automatic resize button, incredibly cooler graphics, and nice templates. That said, the MS4L login credentials are not my own. None of the other students use it for their classes, so neither should I.

Now, about the logo itself. I wanted to do some kind of film reel, but I couldn't find anything free that was visually appealing AND would allow me to incorporate the name of my blog. But then I realized that I don't watch movies to review them. I watch them to enjoy them, so I might as well bust out the popcorn! I played with angles to see if I could wrap "The Weird Homeschooler" around the bag of popcorn, but alas, it was not to be. So I settled for the fun Courier New typewriter font, positioned it straight, and voilá! I had my labeled popcorn bag.

As to the color, I know the teal green does clash a little with the bright red stripes. However, I wanted the background of my logo to match the theme of my blog. I played around with some purples, but I thought the purple and red were too close. So I went with the greenish blue.

We will return to movie-related social media analyses next week!

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