Which Design Stage Takes the Longest: Sketch, Color, or Final?

Which Design Stage Takes the Longest: Sketch, Color, or Final?Which Design Stage Takes the Longest: Sketch, Color, or Final?

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Elvira Zakharova

pro

• 1h

Which stage takes you the longest?

✏️ Sketch: too many options, and all of them look good 🎨 Color: cracking a safe, looking for the combination that clicks ✨ Final: nothing left to decide, just do it well and listen to the client

I’m team color 🙋

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Mark Pavlyshyn

pro

• 1h

That's an interesting project. What other styles can you use to design characters?

Elvira Zakharova

pro

• 1h

Thank you! I can adapt to different styles depending on the project, from clean vector and minimal line art to more detailed, expressive characters. It really depends on the brand’s personality and the story we want to tell

Oleh Urazovskyi 🇺🇦

• Oct 14

Which ZVEZRA logo direction do you prefer? 👀 I’ve been exploring two variations of the wordmark. Both follow the same visual direction, but each has its own character. Vote below!

I’d love to hear your thoughts! 👇

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39 voted

53%

34 voted

47%

73 votes

Closed

Tabish Malik

pro

• Oct 14

Option 1 for me, it has a bit more personality. Both are strong though, tough call

Renzo Poggio

pro

• Oct 13

How does a logo creation start?

After the briefing, once I understand the business inside out, I start with pen and paper. Drawing isn’t my main skill, but it helps me organize my ideas and try dozens of different ways until I land on a great result, before taking it to the computer and vectorizing it.

Here’s a glimpse of that process, from first sketches to the final “M”.

I invite you to see the full journey through the visual identity of Muzo Estudio. I’m really proud of the result and the process. Hope you like it.

Check it out