CCEA Logo

The Crisis Center of East Alabama logo project is one of my favorite to date. Completed as part of my final Public Relations Campaigns project, CCEA needed a logo that was light, appealing and easily recognizable. I rarely use my first idea, but the tree seemed natural choice in this project. CCEA wanted to promote itself locally (even though the hotline is available to anybody). The connection between the tree and Toomer’s Oaks seemed appropriate, not to mention trees are symbolic of strength, protection and renewal. Several variations of the logo exist.

The 40th anniversary version, and the regular print versions are pictured above. The web version, featured in the portfolio section, has an inner shadow that makes the logo appear as if the logo was pressed into the background.

I have also put together a quick tutorial video that shows how to create a vector tree, similar to the one in the logo, using Adobe Illustrator.

Please Excuse the Mess

Welcome to my new website.

Right now everything is a bit of a mess, but hopefully I will have most of it sorted out in the coming weeks. It was about time I moved my blog to WordPress. Tumblr is a great service, but it was time for me to move to something with more features and flexibility. You can still follow me on Tumblr. http://samuelrsolomon.tumblr.com/ I will still post interesting pictures and videos, but most of my writing content will be on this site.

I have a lot of projects I am working on.

• PaperMob Application – Web application that allows publishers to easily add digital content, social media buttons, commentary and more to print media. We think this is the next big thing for newspapers and magazines. Interested? I thoughts so. We are opening the beta to a limited number of publications. If you are a publisher don’t hesitate to get in touch.
• Crisis Center of East Alabama Campaign – My final project for Public Relations Campaigns. A group of us are working on reviving the CCEA, a nonprofit crisis hotline. I can’t give away too much right now, but here is a logo I made last week.
• The Elephant on Campus Documentary – A Michael Newman documentary about the need for higher education reform in America, and the problems created by the inflated value of a college education. I am assisting with promotion efforts. If you are a student, professor or anybody interested in rethinking higher education check it out. Just a $10 donation gets you a copy of the movie before it is released. The teaser video is below.

The Elephant on Campus | An Ornery Moment in Higher Education from Mind Twin Media on Vimeo.

Because of these projects, this website, and other school work it has been a while since I have posted. Don’t fret I have several posts that are works in progress.

• The Parallels of Design and Entrepreneurship
• Social Media & Job Hunting: How to Advertise to Employers
• Thoughts on the Future of Social Interaction
• Three Lessons of an Entrepreneur for Politicians

If you have any topic ideas feel free to let me know.