While everyone was happy with the logo concept, I was asked to do 2 or 3 additional designs just to give options. I'd like to do more breakdowns like this in the future. It helped me smooth out some final bumps, and I also think it just looks really cool. I'm hesitant to do too much more without the okay from the home office at this point I'm about 30 hours deep on the logo alone, so I didn't want to invest more time in something that wasn't going to get approved-so the best thing to do would be to show my week and get feedback, see if this was going to work for everyone.Īs that cleaned up sketch was being sent for approval, I cleaned up my sketches into this presentation piece of the logo-it compiles several different sketches and notes I'd written in margins along the way, so it's part plan but part record as well. This is the end result of that initial trace and clean-up a straight and simple version that I can show for approval. This is basically my layout of the letters to be traced digitally-still just cleaning them up in Photoshop, I'm not moving to vector yet. Basically my hope was to get the individual forms nailed down and make them more solid sketches, so I could then arrange them digitally to match the general idea of my original sketches of the entire logo. Considering that I was designing this while designing the covers and box set at the same time, I had to take into consideration how they would all work together in a cohesive fashion.Īfter many, many drafts on tons of tracing paper, trying to work out the respective nuances and character of each letter form, I eventually got to this sketch, which is a very rough, spaced-out layout.

I had a pretty clear idea from the start what I wanted it to look like, especially the overall shape and feel of it. Making it blue had always been my initial plan, and eventually everyone agreed it was the best choice.įull cover for part 2 / Illustration CollectionĪs near as I can tell, this is the very first sketch i made for the Rayearth logo-or at least the first sketch for the version that was eventually made. There were numerous discussions about what color the second box would be, and I tried every variation that everyone came up with. Photo of the front covers of all four books in part 1įull cover for part 1 / Illustration Collection Photo of the entire first set, including all four books (the fourth book is open to the fold-out at bottom)

Photo of the finished box for part 1, back view Photo of the finished box for part 1, front view

Magic knight rayearth manga cover art