Project 04: Developing a Logo

My first round of trying to design a logo didn't go so well:

Yikes

I drew the frosting shape based on the picture of a cupcake I found on the internet, but it just looks like a blob. As for the type on the bottom logo, I thought it was a cool idea but I just couldn't execute it properly.

Now here are some of my final stages of making a logo:

I knew I needed a more polished cupcake if I was going to do a silhouette, so I just started creating a more detailed version of it (top left logo) just so I could see if it looked right. Then, I filled the entire cupcake shape with a single color and gave it a blue background (top right). I thought it looked simple and minimalistic, which is great, but I wanted it to be a little more fun. My final edit was to add a scalloped border around the circle and change the color palette (bottom).

I'm really happy on how it turned out. I was thinking that since the cupcake symbol is so striking the logo could stand on its own without the company name on there and still be recognized for that company.