Capital Region Melee
In June 2023 I was approached by waly, a member of the Capital Region Melee scene, to make a logo to represent the Capital Region for use in merchandise. What started as a standard commission process very quickly turned into a democratic process involving the majority of the Capital Region Melee players voting on ideas they liked the most to make a logo that they could all proudly stand behind. Later in March 2024, tezlik approached me to ask about helping to refresh the rest of the CR Clash graphics with this new logo and a new flavor.
The original post-it note I scribbled a couple ideas onto in a half asleep state before bed one night.
The refined sketches of the logo concepts presented earlier. The CR Melee community overwhelmingly appreciated the C+R Abstract design. Final votes: CR Shine: 1, C+R Abstract: 16, C+R Star: 5, C+R Neg Space: 2, exCalibuR: 1
During the process of drawing the C+R Abstract design in Illustrator, I floated around the idea of adding a small star onto the R as shown, strongly wishing to implement the idea this is for the Capital Region, as regional capitals are usually denoted with a star on a map. The community voted towards this design being their favorite.
When it came time to add some color into the logo, I had a few ideas on how to do it. I created a couple of pattern ideas using shades of green, a color already used by their weekly, CR Clash. While the vote was a bit more contentious, the simpler outline in the top left won out. Final votes: Top Left: 9, Top Right: 0, Bottom Left: 5, Bottom Right: 7,
The final step of the process was to pick a color scheme for the logo, after polling the community for a few ideas of color schemes, as well as adding some of my own, I opened up the voting to the community, with the 1st green option winning with an overwhelming 10 votes, the next closest being options 2, 4, and 5, all tied at 3 votes.