Thanks for entering the contest (just in time) for Love Your Life University. Below is a description of what I am looking for:
Your work is absolutely brilliant and I can see you are exceptional at what you do. Out of the over 100 entries in the contest over the past four days, there are only six graphic artists that have impressed me with what they have submitted and YOU are one of them.
Over the next 48 hours, I will likely narrow the field to as few as three—and from these three, my colleagues and I shall select a winner.
Now that I’ve been privileged to see so many examples over the past four days, I now have a better idea of the image and feeling I’m trying to have you capture in my logo (compared to when I first entered the contest 4 days ago).
Love Your Life University is affectionately called “Love U” because the foundation of what it teaches has to do with learning to authentically love yourself by recognizing the value you have to offer to others. Only when you love and approve of yourself are others going to treat you with the love you desire and the respect you deserve. Loving, accepting and respecting yourself is truly the key to successfully achieving any goal.
We at “Love U” work exclusively with people with potential whom we believe to be destined for greatness—heart-centered, positively-focused individuals determined to find ways to make a positive difference in the world.
The faculty at “Love U” are known for empowering their students with time-tested wisdom, resources and wherewithal to master the art of lighthearted living. They consistently accomplish this by imparting proven, repeatable success strategies that inspire people with a sense of clarity, competence and unshakable confidence to succeed at anything they choose to accomplish with amazing ease.
This is why my partner and colleagues would like to see a logo that captures the essence of what “Love U” stands for. Single words that describe the essence of Love Your Life University are:
• Love, Compassion and Kindness • Clarity, Commitment and Confidence • Empowerment, Strength, Balance and Brilliance • Joyfulness, Optimism and Positive Expectancy • Happiness, Humility and Success
To hopefully save you time and effort, I made a list below to give you an idea of what I am looking for. The descriptions below describe the things I like, but feel free to use your own creativity to create something even better!
Elements I no longer want:
No slogan—no purple—no cap and tassel--no hyphens in the words “Love Your Life”
Elements I DO want:
Style: Emblem
Emblem Size: Slightly smaller than one inch in diameter (about 14/16ths).
Colors: Primarily red and the kind metallic gold that has a reflective quality (smooth with no stippling, stripes or dots).
Outside Border: Thin, smooth, metallic gold rim on the outside of the outer circle and a thin white line on the inside of the outer circle separating the inner circle from the outer circle. It may look good to have a very thin dark red line on the outside of the emblem. I won't know until I see it.
Lettering: All capital letters with the first letter of each word slightly larger than the rest of the lettering. This is the effect I get when I use the “Small Caps” feature on my computer. I do, however, prefer that the letter on the top and bottom of the circle be the same size.
Positioning: Please place LOVE YOUR LIFE on the top half of the outer circle and UNIVERSITY on the bottom half of the circle with a thin white line at 9:00 and 3:00.
Inside Circle: See the description below for the desired image. Since the outside circle is gold, what is on the inside has to be shades of red and gold. Use your best judgment here.
Image: An elegant red heart with a metallic gold border that conveys joyfulness, triumph and illumination (light). I prefer that the lines that form the heart are refined and elegant (not too thick). I prefer a heart that is stylized instead of the classic symmetrical shape. I like the idea something within the heart that imparts positive feelings of joy, optimism and success. I especially like the gender neutral little characters that are part of the heart. I think this makes for a clever-looking icon.
Thanks again for all your hard work. I look forward to working with you.
Many Blessings to You and Yours, Jacquelyn Aldana 15minutemiracle@15minutemiracle.com
Dear Sue,
Thanks so much for your latest entry. It's very clever, but I don't care for the little caps and tassels the way I thought I would. I love the way, however, you put "Love Your Life" and UNIVERSITY below the emblem.
I also love the metallic gold you chose for the outside circle and your lettering is superb. It's my favorite of all the entries. Although I personally like the heart you choose on Entry 72, my partner and colleagues seem to favor a heart with an essence that says "Yippee, I'm happy, I succeeded." This is a bit tricky to have it look elegant without having it look cartoonish. To make it easier to understand what we are looking for, I created a list describing each aspect of the logo I am asking for.
Thank you so much, Sue, for putting so much time and effort into responding to my request for a logo that does justice to Love Your Life University.
Your work is absolutely brilliant and I can see you are exceptional at what you do. Out of the nearly 100 entries in the contest over the past four days, there are only five graphic artists that have impressed me with what they have submitted and YOU are one of the five.
Over the next few days, I will likely narrow the field to as few as three—and from these three, my colleagues and I shall select a winner.
Now that I’ve been privileged to see so many examples over the past four days, I now have a better idea of the image and feeling I’m trying to have you capture in my logo.
Love Your Life University is affectionately called “Love U” because the foundation of what it teaches has to do with learning to authentically love yourself by recognizing the value you have to offer to others. Only when you love and approve of yourself are others going to treat you with the love you desire and the respect you deserve. Loving, accepting and respecting yourself is truly the key to successfully achieving any goal.
We at “Love U” work exclusively with people with potential whom we believe to be destined for greatness—heart-centered, positively-focused individuals determined to find ways to make a positive difference in the world.
The faculty at “Love U” are known for empowering their students with time-tested wisdom, resources and wherewithal to master the art of lighthearted living. They consistently accomplish this by imparting proven, repeatable success strategies that inspire people with a sense of clarity, competence and unshakable confidence to succeed at anything they choose to accomplish with amazing ease.
This is why my partner and colleagues would like to see a logo that captures the essence of what “Love U” stands for. Single words that describe the essence of Love Your Life University are:
• Love, Compassion and Kindness • Clarity, Commitment and Confidence • Empowerment, Strength, Balance and Brilliance • Joyfulness, Optimism and Positive Expectancy • Happiness, Humility and Success
To hopefully save you time and effort, I made a list below to give you an idea of what I am looking for. The descriptions below describe the things I like, but feel free to use your own creativity to create something even better!
Elements I no longer want:
No slogan—no purple—no hyphens in the words “Love Your Life”
Elements I DO want:
Style: Emblem
Emblem Size: Slightly smaller than one inch in diameter (about 14/16ths).
Colors: Primarily red and the kind metallic gold that has a reflective quality (smooth with no stippling, stripes or dots) and also a little touch of white for a star-burst or border to divide the two circles.
Outside Border: Thin, smooth, metallic gold rim on the outside of the outer circle and a thin white line on the inside of the outer circle separating the inner circle from the outer circle.
Lettering: All capital letters with the first letter of each word slightly larger than the rest of the lettering. This is the effect I get when I use the “Small Caps” feature on my computer.
Positioning: Please place LOVE YOUR LIFE on the top half of the outer circle and UNIVERSITY on the bottom half of the circle with a thin white line at 9:00 and 3:00. I would like to see a white star-burst or small heart on either side of the outer circle as well.
Inside Circle: See the description below for the desired image. Since the outside circle is gold, what is on the inside has to be shades of red and gold. Use your best judgment here.
Image: A red heart with a metallic gold border that conveys joyfulness, triumph and illumination (light). I prefer that the lines that form the heart are refined and elegant (not too thick). I prefer a heart that is stylized instead of the classic symmetrical shape. I like the idea something within the heart that imparts positive feelings of joy, optimism and success.
Thanks again for all your hard work. I look forward to working with you.
Many Blessings to You and Yours, Jacquelyn Aldana 15minutemiracle@15minutemiracle.com