Alright, so I decided to mess around with making a ‘superflat monogram’ the other day. Wasn’t really for anything specific, just felt like trying something out. Sometimes you just gotta make stuff, you know?
Getting Started – Just Diving In
Didn’t really have a plan. I just opened up my usual design tool – the one I mess with for random graphics. First thing was picking letters. Went with my own initials, seemed easiest. Didn’t want anything too fancy, the whole point was ‘superflat’. That word just stuck in my head. Saw some designs like that, really minimal, almost like symbols.
So, I typed out the letters. Big, bold font first. Looked okay, but not quite right. Too… normal. The idea was to strip everything back. Like, really back.
The ‘Flat’ Struggle
Okay, ‘superflat’ meant no shadows, no gradients, no fancy effects. Easy enough, just use solid colors. But it also meant simplifying the shapes themselves. I started playing with merging the letters, cutting bits out, trying to make them flow together but stay really basic.
- Tried overlapping them directly. Looked kinda clunky.
- Tried connecting them with simple lines. Better, but still not ‘superflat’ enough.
- Started really chopping away at the letter shapes. Made the curves into hard angles, simplified complex parts.
This part took way longer than I thought. You’d think making something simpler would be faster, right? Nope. It’s tough making simple look good and not just… empty. Spent ages just nudging lines back and forth by tiny amounts. Used just two colors – a dark grey and a sort of muted blue. Felt clean.
Hitting a Wall (Sort Of)
There was a point where I almost gave up. It looked too simple. Like something you’d see on a generic corporate logo that means nothing. Was this even worth the time? Felt a bit silly, fiddling with letters on a screen when I probably should have been doing laundry or something actually productive.
Reminded me of when I tried that whole minimalism thing in my apartment. Got rid of a bunch of stuff, felt great for like a week, then realized I actually needed some of that junk. Making this monogram felt similar – how much can you take away before it loses its personality?
The Final Push and Result
Took a break. Came back later and looked at it fresh. Decided to just commit to one of the versions I had. It wasn’t gonna win any awards, that’s for sure. But it was superflat. It was minimal. It did what I set out to do, kind of.
Basically, it’s just my two initials, heavily simplified, locked together, using those two solid colors. Looks very clean, very geometric. Maybe a bit cold, but hey, that’s the style.
So yeah, that was my little experiment with a superflat monogram. Didn’t change the world, didn’t make me rich. Just spent an afternoon pushing shapes around. But it scratched that creative itch, you know? Sometimes that’s all you need. Now, about that laundry…
