We Have a Winner!
Thank you so much to everyone who entered the Afrobella logo contest. It was really cool to see how each designer depicted their vision of Afrobella, and over the weekend I plan to post a gallery of all the entries. Some made more use of text and fancy fonts, some relied solely on image. I got entries from all over the United States — and a beautiful one from Poland. The decision was made after testing multiple logos on a dummy page and sharing the finalists with friends, family, and a couple of graphic designer friends o’ mine.
I received many beautiful entries, but when I saw Shari Neal’s entry, I just knew it was the one. She captured the essence of what I tried to convey in the original call for submissions. I called her over the weekend to let her know she’d nailed it.
Shari’s a 23 year old who lives in Chicago. Her family is from Belize, and she’s an artsy type who loves to draw, design, sew, knit, crochet, make collages, and dabble in photography. She’s crafty! And Shari’s also my Pisces sister – her birthday’s a week after mine.
Shari told me that she read about the contest on Fly and as a regular reader of that awesome blog she was familiar with Stina Persson. “I really like working in silhouettes and shadows, and I really liked that artist’s work,” she explained. Shari says her ultimate goal is to be a handbag and accessories designer. “I also plan to launch a non-profit arts organization with my brother, he’s a painter and photographer,” she added. Her favorite blogs (besides yours truly) are Fly, Me Myself & Eye, Young Black & Fabulous, and Concrete Loop. Her favorite quote is, “The only failure is in not trying.†And I’m so glad she tried to come up with a logo for my site. With this beautiful new representation, I’m ready to take Afrobella to the next level.
Thank you so much, Shari! Big respect to you!
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I would love a tee as well, that would be a great idea especially in a chocolate brown cap sleeve!
Amazing design!!!! Congrats!!!
Some tech stuff for my fellow Afrobellas
Now I’ve added extra spaces so the computer won’t read it for the examples DON’T use spaces. This site converts code.
Add a space ONLY between IMG and SRC
and A and HREF
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2. How to add a picture
Now let’s put it together
Now to make a picture a link you would do this, simply replacing the text info with the image info. Tada, there yah go…
(Keep in mind if you want to figure out how to do something, look at the source code, right click on a page and scroll to view source code. It can give you lots of clues on how to do something that is technical, but don’t steal other people’s design who have a clue, cause they get kind of mad. How to do something tech is ok, but stealing someone’s look not cool, in doubt just ask.)
Jane
More tips go here:
http://www.webmonkey.com/
Darn, it still wouldn’t come up. I’ll just email Bella.
Jane
perfect!
It is lovely. I would be down for a t-shirt or two as well.I do agree with MochaSiren there needs to be a little love in the middle of the top of the page as well…it may just mean shifting the new logo over a bit…or maybe putting “Afrobella” with the new colors and starbursts? Just a thought.
WOW I love this LOGO way to go !!!!
I luv the new logo ladies! Great choice, Bella. I am also interested in a Tshirt whenever they are available.
I was just about to ask you if you were happy with that space in the middle but since all will be revealed soon, I’m looking forward to whatever it is.
Congrats Shari!
can we see the runner ups and the other submissions that didn’t quite get selected to win?
She’s very pretty and I love her smile.
congrats Shari! love the logo and thanks for visiting Fly!