My personal logo process

Coming up with a logo is definitely a difficult job. It takes a lot of hair pulling, head banging, and brain damaging to actually brand yourself. Seriously, it took me about a month or two!

I didn't even want to start my blog until I actually came up with a logotype because at first I didn't want to use my name. I was in a tight decision between using my name or going with a made up design group. Of course, my name is boring and it sucks really bad, so I was leaning towards a made up name.

Then one day I decided to post a thread in logoponds forum to ask for opinions. I posted ..

Hey guys,

I'm new to logopond.com So, nice to meet you all..

Well, I am kind of in a personal dilemma here and I need some help. I want to launch my blog/folio site but I seem to can't think of a personal logo. The reason being is that.. My name sucks. My name is Paul Vu.. I seriously can NOT think of anything for "Paul Vu". I am usually very creative but.. not when it comes to my name. Argh. What do you guys think? Should I just work under a created name or keep on trying for "Paul Vu". I even tried playing around with my name. "Paw Vu" But when I thought about it.. pawvu.com looks kinda weird because of the w and v.

I've been stuck on this for two weeks and its killing my brain cells!

Opinions and ideas much appreciated. Thank you.

I got a few comments saying that I should stick to my name because Its short and memorable. Are you kidding me?! "Paul Vu" is so boring. Anyways, so I actually took their suggestions into consideration and started playing with my initials, PV. I came up with a whole lot of designs using my initials.

This was my process.


This was my process and this is my new logo. I am very happy I finally came up with it. I can finally sleep at night!

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