Mercedes Logo

My first Graphic Design logo! To professional designers out there you must think this is one of the easiest logos out along with the rest, however they are getting simpler by the day. I read and watched a tutorial and thought the video was better. I enjoyed making this! I researched what the three-pointed star meant, it symbolizes universal motorization "on land, on water and in the air". The logo is a silver gradient because in all the years this logo has been used its been sitting on a expensive and dashing looking car. I feel like if they used any other color it would have ruined the professional simplistic design.

Anatomy of Typography

The last few days I have learned about anatomy of type. It describes the graphic elements that make up printed letters in a typeface. It gives each font and character its own voice. Theres a different theme for each one. Lets say you have a poster with a beautiful simple design, you don't want to ruin that with a crazy noisy font do you? So you use a simplistic font that drags you in towards the poster. See? The different anatomy of types help get you to a beautiful design, and help you learn about the next font you or others will make. I have created a piece above me that will help me in the future of typography.