Goal:

Create a Finalized Logo and identity with colour scheme for Zella Holdings to be used with its subsidiaries

Additional End Goals:

Develop business cards, fax lead sheet, and letter head that include logo

First Stage - Initial Sketches

  • Reviewed images of companies in the green energy/hydro industry (Innergex, Brookfield, Run of River Inc., AltaGas, BC Hydro, Pacific Hydro, etc.)
  • drafed around 10 original logo sketch options for Zella to review
  • interviewed employees and researched about the company - how it got its name, about its values, what its products are.

Second Stage - Vectorize Sketches

  • Scanned hand-drawn logo sketches and clean up scans in photoshop to make it easier to see
  • Redrew each logo in illustrator to vectorize imagge and added colour

Third Stage - Refine Logos

  • Reviewed images of companies in the green energy/hydro industry (Innergex, Brookfield, Run of River Inc., AltaGas, BC Hydro, Pacific Hydro, etc.)
  • drafed around 10 original logo sketch options for Zella to review
  • interviewed employees and researched about the company - how it got its name, about its values, what its products are.

Fourth Stage - Choose 4 Favourites

  • Scanned hand-drawn logo sketches and clean up scans in photoshop to make it easier to see
  • Redrew each logo in illustrator to vectorize image and added colour

Final Result Logo

  • Continued iterating and communicating back and forth until the company has finalized a decision and chosen a logo they are most happy with.
  • Then based the rest of the branding items - business cards, website, letterhead etc. - on the logos