Logos, Banners, and Floor Signs, oh my!

Here are a few things I've worked on during my internship this far....

Roger's Printing had a customer who wanted a logo redesign so Dave passed it over to me. Basically all the guy wanted was the 'E' and 'T' to be connected/combined somehow. The bottom two are the ones that I liked the best.

The customer ended up choosing this logo, done in green and black. I made up the business card today (really all I did was put the logo in place of their old wording and retype everything else they had. It's pretty standard looking). I didn't get any more changes back from Dave, so either it's all set to print or the customer hasn't approved the most recent proof yet.

Add-A-Sign celebrates it's 20th anniversary this year, so Tim wants to make a banner. So far this is all I've come up with...it's based off a design theme that the previous intern came up with for the signage displays in the shop. I like it, but Tim would like me to present him with a few more ideas (mostly for practice). I really have no other ideas...informational signage like this is really something totally new to me, and I'm having a really hard time coming up with something that doesn't look too simple or doofy. Yes, doofy. Hopefully tomorrow I can think of some other designs. (P.S. this banner is like 10 feet long)

Tim also wants to add a floor sign outside the shop, to get customers' attention and let them know they do more types of signs than what most people generally think of. There is a floor sign in the bathroom, but most customers don't go in there. So far this is what I've come up with. It's nothing final yet, and I kinda forgot about it since there's no real rush. I think what's bothering me is the color of the word advertising.  But aside from black, there isn't too much that stands out and looks good.

So far things have been sort of up and down. Sometimes I get handed little projects for the shop and other times I just spend 8 hours talking to the guys and watching them make stuff when I follow them out into the shop. Today I did get to cut some vinyl stickers though...nothing special, just using a ruler and an exacto knife. Hopefully things will pick up soon, because 8 hours seems like 32 where there's not much to do but sit around and be cold. I have a feeling this is going to be where I find out if design is really what I'm interested in doing full-time. I don't know...I'm tired and I don't feel like commenting anymore on the topic.

P.S. My Target orientation was postponed from yesterday to next Thursday.