You know, sometimes you just get this itch to create something. Doesn’t have to be a masterpiece, just something to get your hands dirty, make you feel like you’ve done a thing. I was fiddling around the other day, not much else going on, and an idea popped into my head about our local youth team, the Carson Colts. Their current logo, well, it’s seen better days, let’s just put it that way. Just a very generic horse. So I thought, hey, why not try my hand at something new for them? Just for kicks, you know?
My Little Logo Adventure
So, first things first, I didn’t jump straight onto the computer. Nah, I’m a bit old school like that. I grabbed a good old pencil and a blank sheet of paper. Started sketching out some ideas. Horses, obviously. Lots of them. Some looked like they’d win a race, others… well, they were more like sleepy ponies. It’s funny how what’s in your head doesn’t always come out right on paper immediately.
I spent a good while just doodling, trying different poses for the colt. I wanted something that screamed energy and team spirit. I had a few general directions I was thinking about for the horse itself:
- A really strong, powerful stance, maybe a bit muscular.
- Something super dynamic, like it was mid-gallop, full speed ahead.
- Or perhaps just a really striking horse head, focused and fierce.
It was a bit of a back-and-forth, trying to decide which felt most ‘Colts’.
Then came the colors. This is always a tricky part for me. I wanted something that felt like ‘Carson Colts’ but wasn’t too boring. Blue is a classic for ‘Colts’, right? So I started there. Tried a few shades. Navy blue, a brighter royal blue. Then I thought about accent colors. White is clean, but maybe a bit plain. Silver? Or a tough-looking grey? I played around with a few combinations on paper with some colored pencils I had lying around. It’s all about trial and error, isn’t it?
And the text! ‘Carson Colts’. The font had to be right. Nothing too fancy or script-like. It needed to be bold and clear, something that would look good on a jersey or a banner. I don’t have a million fonts, but I scrolled through what I had, looking for that perfect fit. Something that felt strong and dependable.
Bringing it to the Screen
Once I had a sketch that I didn’t totally hate, I figured it was time to try and make it look a bit more official. I took a photo of my best sketch with my phone and then tried to use some basic design software I have on my computer. Now, I’m no pro at this stuff, let me tell you. It was a lot of clicking and dragging, trying to get the lines smooth. Those curves on a horse, they’re trickier than they look on a screen!
I spent a fair bit of time just cleaning up the lines, adjusting the shapes. Getting the horse’s eye to look determined and not just vacant was a mini-challenge in itself. And then placing the text around or under the horse, making sure it all balanced out. There were definitely a few moments where I nearly threw my mouse across the room, not gonna lie. But I just took a break, came back to it, and kept fiddling.
Eventually, after a lot of tweaking, zooming in and out, and probably drinking too much coffee, I got to a version that I felt pretty good about. It’s not going to win any design awards, that’s for sure. But for a little something I whipped up in my spare time, I was quite pleased. It had a bit of punch, the colors worked, and the colt looked ready to charge. I showed it to my neighbour whose kid is on the team, and he actually thought it was pretty neat. That was a good feeling. Just a fun little project, and who knows, maybe the Colts will even use some version of it one day. That’d be something, wouldn’t it?
