When I considered what a new Rise Sync logo could look like, the synchronicity of how sunshine rays appear similar to tick marks on a clock seemed like a simple and irresistible concept. I first laid out the shapes in black and white, then experimented with a variety of colors and gradients. I settled on an orange/yellow hue to make sure the icon was easily recognizable as the sun. I received feedback to make the design more playful, so I curved the minute hand arm and thinned out the sunshine rays to give them a hand drawn look on the final polish pass. Despite my exploration with a few fonts, the client opted to keep his existing one.