Emerald Sky Final

I gave the client the "final" from the previous post and he liked it, but it closely resembled a spermatozoon. So I did some research on sperm (funny but true) to figure out why they looked similar. Basically, you got your head and your tail and the proportions of the cell, which were similar to my previous logo. Then, I went and researched comets to see why they looked the way they did. Comets have a trail of dust, an ion tail, a head and a nucleus. When I was looking at comets, my favorite part was the dust tail, which you see illustrated above. I also added a bit-o-dust coming off the nucleus (rock) so it detracts from the spermatozoon look-a-like. Lastly, I added a circular grid to the logo to make the tail more unified in flow and shape and voila! I finished the Emerald Sky logo. (2 down 3 to go!)

Emerald sky logo

Here is the beginning exploratory phase of the Emerald Sky logo. Since this publishing company specializes in Sci Fi and Fantasy, I had fun playing with the idea of spaceships and celestial forms. I thought about sketching griffins and pegasus', however that wouldn't work with the other 4 logos, because they are literal descriptions of the name of the company. 

 The comet was the best pick for the client and I am glad she did. I feel that the comet best includes both the sky and the emerald. Here I got to play with comet tails and figure out what the rock would look like. The client picked C with the rock in A. When I was finalizing the logo, I realized that the trail was too straight, plus the positive space wasn't working for me. So I changed it to be more dynamic and more like a comet orbiting an unseen mass.