Clippers Logo


Artist Statement:

I choose the Clippers old logo as during their time with this logo, they were my favourite basketball team. I thought that the idea of this logo was very simple, and would be a great way to start using illustrator and using different skills.

The parts I found easy was the drawing of the basketball. Doing the angles of the ball after practice in class made it clear about how to make the lines smooth and round. This is the part I enjoyed the most and with the next part  will create something similar to this. The nest step was adding the text. At first I didn't know what to put in the text, but putting the team on it was an easy move. Other texts are some facts and old players that made this team what it is today.

What i struggled with was the letters. Firstly, making them identical to that of the original was tough. But the hardest part was figuring out how to clear the color from inside the letters 'P' and 'R'. I'm sure there is an easy way around this that I will learn!

If I were to do this again, I would put more writing into the logo to make it more like a basketball. Right now, the the text makes it look less like a basketball.

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