Logo + Branding

During my senior year of high school, I was chosen to design the logo for the 12th high school in Frisco, Texas called Lebanon Trail. Among designing the mascot and logo marks, I was given a place on the board to help ideate the colors for the school's interior, flooring, and tiling, as well as what the mascot "Trailblazer" would be and what it would look like. I decided on a horse with flames igniting from its mane as it blazes a trail with strength and poise. I sketched my first draft with pencil on paper, and from there began to bring the Trailblazer to life in Adobe Illustrator. I wanted the logo to be different than the typical angry, scary looking, about-to-trample-you-and-tear-you-to-pieces mascot, while still maintaining a bold, dominant and aggressive expression.