Logo

So, I was talking to Karen about getting a logo somehow.  And, you know, this thing is being done on a shoestring.  The whole point is to go very, very low on the costs.

So, Karen reminds me that nobody does anything for free.  She suggested I do it myself.  So, here it is:

I made it using Art Text 2 Lite, which I "purchased" for free from the Mac App Store.  It was very easy to put together.  The lite version is limited in functionality.  It actually delivered more than I expected for free.  Cherries were the only choice I had for fruit.  The "delicious" part was colored blue and had a really cool 3D gradient on it, but I thought it was too busy like that, and why have a second color?  Red and black.  That's simple and cheaper to print, even.  I think.

It's sort of succulent and simple, which is in line with the show.

I think.  One thing I do know that the Internet is very, very powerful.  In the last day, in about 4 hours, for free I have:

• Created a Facebook Page which describes the group and is a thing for people to Like and receive updates on their wall.
• Created Facebook events for both shows.
• Established ourselves as a theatre company on MadStage.com.
• Created this blog on Blogger.com.  I already had a blog (with a single post from 2007), and so the second one was dead easy to set up.  I have to say, I love that there's also a built-in mobile version for the blogging.  Really nice.
• Created an account on YouTube.
• Shot a little video on my Mac and loaded it to YouTube and then linked to it on the blog.

That's just amazing:  amazing that it's free and amazing that it is so simple.  And it will get simpler.  But probably not freer.  In fact, this might start costing money again soon.  I'd better get back to planning the show while I can afford to do it.