Ricardo CostaPersonal identity · Case study
2026

Personal identity

The logo is basically a stylised version of me.

The logo is a stylised version of me — the glasses, moustache, creative side, technical side and the purple I naturally use all the time.

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The Ricardo Costa lockup

01 — The Brief

A personal mark built from the things that actually make me, me.

The hair reflects the creative side of who I am and the kind of work I’ve always been drawn to — illustration, animation, branding, visual design and just making things with personality. I didn’t want the logo to feel too corporate or generic, because that wouldn’t really feel like me.

“Creative, visual, technical, a little playful.”
01 / STAND OUTI wanted it to feel like me.

The glasses are there because I actually wear them. They also gave me a natural way to represent the two sides of how I work: one visual and creative, the other more technical.

02 / DUAL ROLEOne eye for design. One eye for how it works.

One side is about how something looks, feels and communicates. The other is about how it works. That is why one lens carries the technical symbol — a nod to UI/UX, front-end development, React and building real digital products.

02 — Construction

Simple enough to work everywhere.

System Specs
PRIMARY LOCKUP
The primary lockup
STANDALONE ICON
The standalone icon
LUMINOUS WORDMARK
The wordmark

03 — Scalability

Recognisable whether it is tiny, full-size or reversed.

ICON SCALE PERFORMANCEPass
128px
64px
32px
Avatar Mode
HIGH-CONTRAST REVERSEDDark mode
The lockup reversed on black

On dark backgrounds the mark flips to warm paper with the violet lens kept as the accent.

04 — Brand Spec Sheet

Colour palette

Ink Purple#2E0D5A — Frames & Wordmark
Electric Violet#9F66FF — Atomic lens highlight
Paper#F2F0EB — Portfolio canvas
Ink#0D0D0C — Default dark / deep tone
THE PRIMARY DISPLAY ACCENTInstrument Serif Italic

Purple is there for a very simple reason: it’s my favourite colour. I’ve always naturally gravitated towards it, so when I was creating something that was supposed to represent me, using purple just made sense.

STRUCTURE & SYSTEM BODYGeist Variable

The technical symbol represents the part of my work that goes beyond visuals — UI/UX, front-end development, React and building actual digital products instead of stopping at the design stage.

05 — Brand Application

An identity built for the work I actually do.

DEVELOPER PORTFOLIO HEADER (2026)
ricardocosta.dev

06 — Reflection

One eye for how it looks. One eye for how it works.

Overall, the mark is just a compact version of how I work: visual, technical, a little playful, and interested in both the design and the thing behind it.

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