Here is my entry to the #1UP logo design contest by @flauwy.
To make the logo, I created a thumbs up mascot in Adobe Illustrator and then used the thumbs up mascot as a blue print to draw the 1UP logo pixel art in Adobe Photoshop.

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The Illustrator Thumbs up mascot I created for the logo.

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The 1UP Logo

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Update

I have adjusted the space between 1 and up, bringing them closer as requested by @flauwy. And I also trimmed the logo, making it background-less.

Here are the updated logos

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Here are the 1UP Thumbs up mascot without the texts

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The Design Process

I painted the pixel art in Adobe Photoshop using the the mascot I designed in Illustrator as a reference.

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Download the Illustrator and PSD files here

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Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors

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