My mood board for a coffee shop logo just hit 200 saved images and I'm feeling overwhelmed

I started with just a few color ideas but now I have SO many textures, fonts, and vintage signs saved that I can't even see a clear direction anymore, so how do YOU guys narrow down a huge pile of inspo into something you can actually use?

4 comments

4 Comments

wesleyflores3d ago

Nah, I gotta disagree with you here... sometimes having more options forces you to really commit to what you actually want instead of settling for the first thing you like. @holly709 is onto something about the shape thing, because color sorting just made my whole process feel like a never ending treadmill of indecision. You're better off just picking a single texture or font you love and building everything around that, then trashing the rest.

evan_harris61mo ago

Man, have you tried sorting them by color first?

holly7091mo ago

Sorting by color is a good start but it never seems to fix the real problem for me. The pieces just end up in these pretty piles that still don't go together. It feels like you're making progress until you actually try to build something. Maybe the real trick is sorting by shape instead.

sammartinez1mo ago

Sort by edge pieces first, trust me.