Design

Hello designers and design lovers!

I’m building a brand identity for my upcoming project, Miyagi,  a 1:1 consulting service to help people learn how to self-custody their crypto. You know “Not your keys, not your coins.”

I need your help choosing the right look from these four designs. Which one do you vibe with most?

Don't do it :) skip branding entirely, just write "miyagi" in sans, pour all this time and energy in marketing

You finally found the way.
Be Comic Sans, my friend.

Mr MiyaLee 
xDDDDDDDDD

Maturing as a designer means finally understanding that a fancy portfolio is worse than useless, because if you believe that it will help you get clients, it will take away time and mental energy you would otherwise have spent on the only things that actually matter

marketing & distribution 

https://a0.design/

I wasn't kidding though 😂 related: https://farcaster.xyz/antimofm.eth/0x948fd7ec

The thing is having any branding beyond a simple wordmark is unnecessary complexity 

Now every time you want to make a simple marketing post, you'll have to style it, use a grid, position the logo, is it legible, is it on brand

But if there is 0 branding, just an identifier, you are free to market and users will take your USP at face value which will give you the cleanest type of feedback

I was aware of the "back to CS", and when I saw it, it felt like a 180-degree idea, fun and bold. Without knowing anything about design, I’ll take a risk and say I’d definitely keep that concept in mind for other things: it’s comfy, direct, and super punk, that  fits my style. But in this case, since it’s a 1-on-1 consultancy, I felt like “a familiar face” might have more impact. I’m going to implement your idea for the next project.

PS: I can see you've “destroyed yourself" as a designer just to recreate yourself. You already had all my respect and admiration but now, even more.