In the beginning, I decided between two important ideas: Music and a professional style. In my first pass, I came up with the idea of using two quarter notes connected with a beam as part of the H and the bass clef as the C.
In my third pass, I sketched several ideas, playing around with font styles and different groupings. Eventually I settled on two main ideas, a professional type of logo composed of actual music note groupings, and letters combined in different forms using the Amadeus Regular and MusiSync.
Once I had established my final idea, I began figuring out what notes would make the best overall shape of the figure. I first attempted this with two quarter notes connected by a single beam. However, this had a complicated relationship with pathfinder, so it was ultimately rejected. Next, I attempted a similar concept, but this time, there is a double beam connecting the notes and the top ones are half notes. With this pass, my goal was to space out the notes, so they were not connected in a straight line. While I did enjoy how this version turned out, the top notes lacked unity with the bottom and generally seemed out of place. Finally, I found a method that worked.
I began with using the MusiSync font to create four quarter notes, each within its own text box. Next, I tried arranging them into a vaguely “H-shape”, with two notes on the bottom and two on the top (rotated 180degrees). Looking further into the font, I found just what I was looking for: a resting bar, which I then used to act as the middle bar of the H.
The C on the other hand, was much less complex, though it did take some thought to perfect. I started off with a symbol for “cut time,” which resembles a cent sign, and scaled it up to 72pt. Then, because I needed a wider image to compliment the arrangement of the H, I played around with the dimensions until I was satisfied.
In the end, I was between two concepts: a group of letters gathered to resemble a sea monster, and an arrangement of musical notes. Though it could have gone either way, I decided that the latter had a more professional approach and suggested the greatest creativity.
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