This was on tracing paper, and from my book of historic patterns. Again, I liked the concept of ‘interlocking’, and especially the ancient Persian pattern of interlocking ‘F’s.
More doodling around for logo ideas
More doodles based on traditional patterns in different cultures, to express the concept of FAIR. I did the second piece of paper whilst in an online meeting and it’s there I stumbled on the idea of making the four ‘o’s work together.
Doodling around ideas
I looked through my books on historic patterns for ideas. The concept of ‘FAIR’ involves things working together, tesselating, so I got interested in that.
More book sketching and doodles
Book sketches
I wanted to get an idea of what a book looked like for the ‘cookbook’ logo.
Logo design brain storm 2
This time I looked at the conept of ‘cookbook’ and researched imagery around that.
Logo design first steps
I set out to make a new logo for a website about making data FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable). The website came out aof a project called FAIRplus, and I tried to keep the original colours and font of that project logo for this ‘FAIR Cookbook’. I had a brainstorm and researched the imagery around FAIR.
Second cyanotype
This time I laid the subjects flat on the page and stuck them down with blu-tack. The breeze was a pain! A more successful effort, though.
First cyanotype
I got a cyanotype kit and tried it on a sunny evening. I think the sun was too low so I had to expose for a long time and I didn’t realise the subject had to be flat against the paper. I thought a silhouette would create an image. This was a seed head and most of it wasn’t touching the paper, so didn’t create an image.
Even more stylised fashion figures
I’ve decided I need to use the drawing methos as a starting point and do more from observation of real people so I can see how the body actually moves, and the natural positions of the limbs. The model is still a helpful start, though.