Day 2: Where We Brand While We Wait For Official Stuff

So while I wait for my bank account info to arrive, I thought this would be a great thing to do before tomorrow, where we are actually going to be starting to build a *very* simple page that takes a payment."Website" is a bit too strong of a word for what's gonna happen tomorrow but today is all about making a series of 'good enough' decisions for a brand identity so we can work quickly and efficiently tomorrow. Because a brand can make you go from looking like a hot mess to looking like a bad a$$ business owner.

Your 20 minute to-do list today:

✅ Make a free account on Canva.com.✅ Design a square and rectangle version of your logo; export from Canva. Save somewhere where you can find them.✅ Go to remove.bg and make a transparent .png file of the square and rectangular version of the logo.✅ Find 4-5 brand colors you can work with. Think a mix of neutral colors, darker colors, and brighter colors. You'll want to save the hex codes (the six digit/letter color codes for each color)Resources: design-seeds.comGetting The Hex Codes: Option 1: Install a browser extension (like the color picker I am using in the video). Option 2: You can upload an image with an internet tool and let it pick out the color(s) from that image: https://imagecolorpicker.com/en/Save these hex codes somewhere you can find them.✅ Pick a headline and body font from among the Google Font choices: https://fonts.google.com/Save these fonts somewhere you can find them. You can even download the .zip files for the font from Google Fonts and save it in the same folder as you are putting your logos. 

Looking good! See you tomorrow!

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