Date of Birth: Nov. 20, 1969
Email: laurentiu_toma@yahoo.com
Portfolio: www.99designs.com/people/grade
Location: Romania
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I have a lot more experience in Art than in Design. First I am an artist and the Design is more an experiment than is a passion. My experience in Design constitutes in seven to eight years of computer work.
Are you self taught or did you go to school?
Art Institute of Timisoara graduated, where I did five years of painting which is still my passion and I can declare myself more of an expert than in the Design area. I consider Design as being a rank in Art and this would make it easier for me to have realistic opinions about a good done job or a poorly done one. This would not be possible without a long term of studies.
How long have you been designing logos?
I start designing logos 3-4 years ago.
Where do you get your inspirations from?
From everywhere, but first of all i like to invent things.
What tools and programs do you use to create logos?
I work in illustrator and corel from my logos.
What is usually your design process?
I start working directly on the computer, i make sketches very rarely. I always try to make something versatile for looking good on monocolors , flat colors, b&w , and ofcourse in 3d style. I try to fit at the client brief, but manytimes i just want to make something good and profesional without caring about the clients taste. I want to do something logical , something who can be changed very quickly in terms of colours and gradients.










Oh Grade, this is nice stuff !! Surely you are one of my inspirations to the logos you can see in my portfolio
Good luck grade
Awesome work! I love the 3D touch of the logos. Very inspiring, definitely one of the best logo designs I’ve ever seen!
Thank you for comments der and cooljaz!!