Battle Geekz!

My boyfriend and our friend, Frank, started a podcast a little over a month ago called Battle Geekz. It is a new take on a review show where they give each other nerdy "assignments", whether it be a comic book, movie, tv show, etc....then they meet each week to discuss and "battle" on their various opinions. It's quite fun to listen to! They asked me to design a logo for them, so I thought it would be fun to make them look like they are about to partake in a sci fi meets fantasy duel...

After I completed the logo, I wanted to take it one step further and design them a Facebook cover page. They use a lot of sound effects from Street Fighter, so I thought I would stick with the theme and drop them in a classic Street Fighter battle scenario.

You can download Battle Geekz on Itunes or visit their website to find other ways to listen and download!

Panda Pandemonium!

At work we made teams to help people get involved with our yearly activities and to help people get to know eachother a little better. I am a team captain, and we had to come up with a team name that included and animal and another alliterative term. Behold....PANDA PANDEMONIUM! Definitely rushed a little on this one, but I think it turned out cute.

Canada's graphic identity

I have been visiting Canada the past few days with some of my best girlfriends, and it has been a great time! One of the things that always strikes me about Canada is the overwhelming presence of the maple leaf...

At first I thought that this was due to the extreme national pride that most Canadians seem to embody. Don't get me wrong, I think that this is definitely part of it. But when I look at the actual ways that the maple leaf symbol is used, I think that it is just a much easier symbol to integrate into a graphic identity. Red white and blue stripes and stars are a lot more to handle...probably the best recent use of the American flag is the Obama logo.

Do you think if America had a symbol closer in comparison to the maple leaf that it would be seen more often in branding?