New Logo for cammydavis.com

I'm working on a new logo for the biz.  When I started the art business, I thought I'd be all creative and call it "It's All About the Art", which in theory is a good idea since my focus is on taking images of my artwork and creating "affordable art" for purchase (such as necklaces, cards, etc).  But...I realized it confused people.  They seemed to remember my name more than "It's All About the Art" and...as an artist your name is on all of you paintings, etc.  Plus, at this point, all of my websites are: cammydavis.com, cammydavis.youtube.com, cammydavis.etsy.com, cammydavis.blogspot.com.  So...it makes sense to call the business cammydavis.com.  God, even I am sick of my name now!  ;)  Anyway, as I'm coming up with new products, I've decided to make a logo that is similar to the sun and tree on a black background that I started with, but incorporates the name "cammydavis.com" and start incoporating the new logo into the new packaging.

New Logo Idea

I've had a few comments on the tree that I use as my logo. That it's "not your best work". I like it because of the strong colors. But, I like the idea of changing it as well. I get bored easily. I enjoy how Google creates new graphics each day for their "Google" logo. Of course I can't do it every day, but I like the idea of painting a new sunshine and tree logo every so often. I'm going to give it a try and see what happens. The problem is, it might confuse people with brand identity. For instance, the photo posted today of the purple tree, is so very different than my original logo. Will people get the correlation?

Logo

Today I worked on creating a new business card for myself. I really need to come up with a logo or image to use for my artwork branding. I keep going back to a black background with bright colors/images in front. Perhaps this would be a good thing to focus on this week. I also had a friend suggest I look at etsyrain. I'm not sure what it is but perhaps the link will have good ideas I can use.

Experimenting with Texture

I've decided to try different ways of incorporating texture into my artwork. I've been doing a lot of paintings with squares making it more 3-d. This is a takeoff of that idea. I used different materials leftover from my Interior Design projects and glued them to my wood canvas. Then I mod-podged tissue paper to even out the seams and finally painted using only two colors; Raw Umber and Titanium White.

I really like the way it turned out. :)

I also am working on the notion that along with the creative side, in order to have a "creative life", I also need to work on marketing myself and my work. To that end I'm trying to figure out a logo to use for business cards and as a banner for my etsy site. I also ordered a tripod today for my camera. At Christmas I spoke with my Uncle Evan, who is a photography buff (along with being an English Professor), and he gave me a few tips for taking better photos of my artwork.