I was recently interviewed at The Logo Creative, and was asked “What was the first ever logo you designed?”
To find my first logo, I went to the workbook from my first ever graphic design class.
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I was 15 at the time, and the logo was designed for a fictional watch company called “Time Flies Watch Co.” My solution seems to be some sort of flying watch, with an attempt at using negative space.
As we were all beginners at some point, I thought it would be interesting to see the first logo design from other respected logo designers, in the hopes of inspiring others to keep practicing their craft.
A big thanks for sharing your first logo: Von Glitschka, Josiah Jost, Sean Farrell, Kevin Burr, Logoholik, Jerron Ames, David Airey, Mike Erickson and Raja Sandhu!
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Update April 2018: Get the My First Logo eBook
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My First Logo eBook – A collection of first logos by over 100 designers including Jeroen van Eerden, Von Glitschka, Melinda Livsey, Tako Chabukiani and myself.
My First Ever Logo Design
Other Logo Designer’s First Logos
Von Glitschka – PaynLess Vending
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Josiah Jost – Action Now
Sean Farrell – Cliq Consulting
Kevin Burr – CardioLabs
Logoholik – Zogozizd
Logo design for a local print house in Serbia, deriving from the owner’s family names: ZOran, GOran, ZIvka and ZDravko 🙂
David Airey – Fidelity Hearing Center
Mike Erickson – Datamark Enterprises
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Jerron Ames – Companion Care Animal Hospital
Raja Sandhu – Webfellaz
Created in Photoshop with a font and Photoshop Styles.
Vincent Burkhead – Collabora Design
Logo Geek – Future History
What’s your first ever logo design? If you’re game, share it in the comments below.
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It was great to have you onboard for an interview Jacob, thanks for taking part.
I really like the Webfellaz logo.
Thanks for your great post.
-Arash
These are all surprisingly pretty good, and all show a real spark of talent. I always expected designers ‘firsts’ to be awful. My first logo was designed in Photoshop…
I would have to agree, they do show some talent already. And I do have to make clear that some of these were not “first”, but the earliest the designer could find have access to, because many were made before digital.
I checked all the logos but the first logo is great.
What amazing logos … excellent work
Data Mark enterprise logo which one i s my favorite. Good work
The logos shown in this post have a really interesting and meaningful design with a uniqueness in each. I liked the Companion Care Animal Hospital and Action Now logo designs a lot. Thanks for sharing this post. I will keep these interesting designs in mind while re-designing the logo for my website.
The first ever logo I designed was my own! Here it is then and now!
Most of these are quite good. I especially like the ones for Fidelity Hearing, Cardiolabs, Companion Care Animal Hospital, and Cliq Consulting.
All these logos look very professional. My first logo sucked big time.
The first logo I made was when I was ten. At a summer camp in New Mexico. They were branding calves and I was intrigued by the designs for various brands. So I made my own, a combination of the letters L, J and G. And I put it all into a “Walking Diamond”. I’d draw it here, but can’t find the paintbrush.
That’s a shame you can’t find it!