Shannon O’Connor
So here is another monogram study for a very good friend and regular contributor to this project, Shannon. Shannon is bright, kind, inventive, cool, smart, technologically proficient, creative, and a lot of fun to be around. In short, she’s amazing. I wanted to capture some of her qualities in these monograms. Hope you liked it, and thanks to Shannon for asking for it!
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Shannon is speechless. But also, only as good as those who inspire me, like you. I’m immediately drawn to the curvy ones, and love love love top row right hand corner because at first glance it looks like an “M”, thus accidentally adding in my middle initial. (All the forms are fascinating, but my second favorite ‘shape’ is middle row, second from the right). My most favorite font is definitely top row left hand corner though. It’s organic and reminds me of my sketching energy. Since I’m wired to go right to the ‘pretty ones, I almost missed the beauty of everything else…soooo…
Top row, second from the left: it feels like my [admittedly excitable inflection. It has MOVEMENT, which makes it really really interesting!
Top row, second from right: carefree font that reminds me of magic markers (my FAVORITE thing to write with) Makes me smile just looking at it!
Middle row, furthest on the left: I like the combination of a rigid border with the fluidity of the letters. Again, this is one of the ones my eye skipped over at first, so it’s an artistic concept that I’ll now pay more attention to and experiment with.
Middle row, second from the left: Same as above, but I prefer the former because there’s more curves. The angels in this one give more definition which is is really important to keep in mind when someone wants the monogram to be easily recognized and associated with the name. I definitely lean toward “make the original forms as hidden as possible! I LOVE puzzles!”
Middle Row, Second from the right: Oh, I just love the font and shape of this one. Bold and dignified, contemporary and clean, but with that hint of whimsey. If I were some sort of big shot in New York City with a real grown up job, this would be the ticket. But I am just a dreamer, and so curly cues took the cake (le sigh).
Middle Row, furthest on the right: I like the curls, but it gets a low ranking due to the ‘straight path’ the eye takes
Bottom row, furthest on the left: Varsity Letters! The lighter shade is a great choice, because it counteracts the bold font!
Bottom row, second from the left: I love that this feels like a signature. It hearkens back to the one in the top left corner, because the line flows so easily that it doesn’t seem digital at all. Despite my former comments about rigidity, this one is actually unnerving because it feels a bit too free, so in this particular study, I like a little something to keep the forms “grounded”
Bottom row, second from the right: This one is so pretty-defintiely an optimal balance of the flow of a freehand feel and a boundary referenced above. When compared to the others, the only drawback is it feels horizontally long (probably because it’s so evenly balanced, where my favorite (top right hand corner) has a upward diagonal line.
Bottom row, furthest on the right: I truly appreicate the clean lines of the form, but have an aversion to square individual letters. Low ranking for personal taste, high ranking for design!
Really John, they’re lovely. Thank you so very much.
I’m honored and thrilled that you really took the time to assess and critique them. I seldom get that kind of attention, and it’s a lovely gift. I’m happy to pass any and all of them on to you in SVG on PNG format so that you can do with them as you please. I’m so glad you liked them, and I meant every stroke of the sketch. 🙂