{"id":80,"date":"2016-10-27T02:26:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T06:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tordevries.net\/portfolio\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2021-01-04T12:17:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T20:17:42","slug":"and-im-the-dad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tordevries.net\/portfolio\/branding\/and-im-the-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"And I\u2019m the Dad | Logos &#038; Branding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/andimthedad.com\">And I\u2019m the Dad<\/a> is my personal blog. As a \u201cdad blogger\u201d since 2011, my blog has grown organically to over 12,000 followers on Tumblr. I have been spotlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/mediablog.prnewswire.com\/2015\/06\/15\/blog-profiles-dad-blogs\/\">PR News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/12\/30\/lunch-notes-from-dad\/\">Mashable<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/dad-creates-fun-lunch-notes-to-put-in-his-sons-lunchbox\/\">Laughing Squid<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yummymummyclub.ca\/blogs\/mummy-buzz\/20140102\/dads-creative-lunch-notes-to-his-children-will-inspire-you\">Yummy Mummy Club<\/a>, and others, and my writing has been published by <a href=\"https:\/\/goodmenproject.com\/author\/tor-de-vries\/\">The Good Men Project<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherly.com\/community\/tor-de-vries\/\">Fatherly<\/a>. My slogan is \u201cscripts and scraps from my real-life parenting sitcom\u201d and, indeed, most of my posts are in basic TV script format, or sometimes quotations.<\/p><p>The guy in the logo is me, though I may have taken liberties with my implied fitness. I also develop custom versions of the logo, like the \u201c2020\u201d edition featuring a COVID-19 mask and a &#8220;Black Lives Matter&#8221; t-shirt, and the \u201cSpace Dad\u201d featured at the <a href=\"http:\/\/pixels.andimthedad.com\/solar-system-scaling\/index.php\">SSDST-1<\/a>.<\/p><p>In addition to the logo, I also designed and coded the <a href=\"https:\/\/tordevries.net\/portfolio\/digital\/and-im-the-dad\/\">custom Tumblr theme<\/a>, created <a href=\"https:\/\/tordevries.net\/portfolio\/digital\/and-im-the-dad-videos\/\">nature videos<\/a>, and doodled <a href=\"https:\/\/tordevries.net\/portfolio\/personal\/lunchnotes\/\">lunch notes<\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"beHR\"><\/div><p>AS SEEN ON&#8230;<\/p><table style=\"border: none; width: 100%;\"><tbody><tr><td width=\"50%\" valign=\"middle\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/12\/30\/lunch-notes-from-dad\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto; padding: 1vw; width: 100%;\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/header_logo.v2.us.dark-dd0a18bfb3d211980944b582cfc03c24db96b9069f2a3234fb6cf064c72f58aa.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/td><td width=\"50%\" valign=\"middle\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/dad-creates-fun-lunch-notes-to-put-in-his-sons-lunchbox\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto; padding: 1vw; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.stackcommerce.com\/assets\/logo-main-mobile-image\/410\/694a7b01daf0c9a138ac966be3c950d002eedc84_logo_main_mobile.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"50%\" valign=\"middle\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mediablog.prnewswire.com\/2015\/06\/15\/blog-profiles-dad-blogs\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto; padding: 1vw; width: 100%;\" src=\"http:\/\/promotions.prnewswire.com\/rs\/prnewswire\/images\/PRN-blog-badge.png\"><\/a><\/td><td width=\"50%\" valign=\"middle\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yummymummyclub.ca\/blogs\/mummy-buzz\/20140102\/dads-creative-lunch-notes-to-his-children-will-inspire-you\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto; padding: 1vw; width: 100%;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yummymummyclub.ca\/sites\/all\/themes\/ymc2014\/logo.png\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"50%\" valign=\"middle\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goodmenproject.com\/author\/tor-de-vries\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto; padding: 1vw; width: 90%;\" src=\"http:\/\/goodmenproject.com\/wp-content\/themes\/goodmenproject\/images\/goodmenproject-300x300.png\"><\/a><\/td><td width=\"50%\" valign=\"middle\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fatherly.com\/community\/tor-de-vries\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"height: auto; padding: 1vw; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/1ehukb3kd764oddub3rdo4uw-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grandfather\/images\/logo-thick.png\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And I\u2019m the Dad is my personal blog. 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