Okay, here is a blog post about creating a “clipart basketball and a pompom small town big spirit” design, written in the style you requested:
Alright, so I had this idea stuck in my head. I wanted to make one of those designs, you know, for the local high school. Something that screams “small town, big spirit!” I figured a basketball and a pompom would be perfect. Simple, classic, and gets the message across.
First, I grabbed my trusty tablet and stylus. I opened up my favorite drawing program, the one I always use. It’s not fancy, but it does the job. I started with the basketball. I drew a circle, not perfect, mind you, but good enough. Then I added those curved lines, you know the ones, that make it look like a basketball. I filled it in with that classic orange color. It took me a few tries to get the lines looking right, but hey, I’m no artist.
- Drew a circle for the basketball.
- Added curved lines to make it look like a basketball.
- Filled it with orange color.
Next up was the pompom. This was a bit trickier. I decided to go with a bunch of thin rectangles, all overlapping and coming from a central point. It was kinda like drawing a firework, now that I think about it. I picked our school colors, blue and white, and started drawing those rectangles. I alternated the colors, blue, white, blue, white. It took a while, and my hand started to cramp up a bit, but I kept going. I played around with the size of the rectangles until it looked fluffy enough.
- Drew thin rectangles overlapping, like a firework.
- Alternated colors with blue and white.
- Adjusted the size of rectangles until it looked fluffy.
After I had both elements, I played around with their placement. I tried putting the pompom on top of the basketball, next to it, behind it… you name it. Finally, I settled on having the pompom slightly overlapping the basketball, kind of like it was resting on it. It looked pretty good, if I do say so myself.
Then came the words. I wanted something simple, something that captured that small-town spirit. I ended up going with “Small Town, Big Spirit.” I chose a font that was bold and easy to read, nothing too fancy. I placed the words below the basketball and pompom, and I think it really tied the whole thing together.
- Experimented with different positions for the elements.
- Chose a bold and easy-to-read font for the words.
- Placed the words “Small Town, Big Spirit” below the image.
Honestly, it was a fun little project. And who knows, maybe I’ll see my design on a t-shirt at the next game. Or maybe not. But either way, I had fun making it, and that’s all that matters. It wasn’t perfect, took some time, but I did it. That’s it, folks! See ya in the next blog post!
