I feel like I have been focusing on the heart aspect more than what makes my heart function. My idea for this logo was to focus on having a pacemaker. The idea came from having a pacemaker and dealing with daily life. I added a clock to signify school, but also that the heart has timed beats and a pacemaker helps the heart have regular beats. I added another roof to signify home life. I added the words, “pace of life”, because a pacemaker helps a heart beat and the heart beating indicates a person has life. Pace of life also means that life can go by fast, that is why the person seems as if it’s running.

Design influences that inspired the logo I made were, at first the pacemaker logo, but then, the Ronald McDonald House Foundation. I wanted to use my space and tried to make the logo look simplistic. When I was reading about how logos changed, less was better. The logos presented were minimalistic and clean. I feel like I have accomplished that while adding details that stand out. When I was drawing my logo, I had many different ideas. I was going to have a pacemaker connecting to the heart by the leads. The problem I encountered was drawing a pacemaker and connecting it to the heart. I didn’t really like how it looked. I decided to look at other foundations and Ronald McDonald House Foundation stood out. I then started redesigning my logo and started making it on Illustrator.

I mainly used the pen and curvature tool to make my logo. One of the hardest parts for the logo was making the heart. I feel like there was an easier way to make it other than the curvature tool, but that’s what I used. I kept messing up, so I did half of the heart and then copied it and reflected it. I then had a problem making them intercept. Another struggle I had was angling the fonts. That is something that I will be working on to make better.