INITIAL IDEAS

As a starting point for my designs I have started to explore the shape of the kola nut. Using my Wacom tablet I started drawing some shapes from pictures of the kola nut that i had collated. I started off very basic just getting the outline shape of the nut before going in too deeply because I think the logo needs to fit the corporate image and be quite simplistic and swish. 

initial sketches

After I had done some simplistic sketches I decided I wanted to incorporate more of the inside of the nut. The sketches above do not really appear recognisably as the Kola Nut. I did some more sketches and then started playing around with the fill of the shapes to get different effects. I really like the way the fills look because it means that you need less lines and the image can become more refined without loosing any dimension. 

Although i liked the previous drawings i wanted to continue to push the use of the kola nut by doing some different style drawings to keep my options open. Going back to the basic shape of the nut to see if I could unlock a more refined shape. Neither of these were successful as they do not describe the nut very well.