re: Logo Project

when I was in graphic design, a logo project like this would entail 'thumbnails', basically very small, maybe 2"x2" at most, sketches of a bunch of ideas. They'd only be in pen, nothing would ever be brought into the computer till much later on.

Tell her not to fret over it, my teachers would only walk around and look to see you had enough drawings, nothing would be turned in. Tell her just to use word association, list out a bunch of words that she associates with 'wet' and 'sailor', then list words that she associates with those words. This helps come up with different directions/concepts/etc you might not normally think of. Then think of some iconography she can use, such as the anchor you already have. Try to incorporate them together in some meaningful and compelling way.

Is it a Graphics Abstraction course? what's the name of it?

They're looking for concepts here, not nice looking logos with clip art lol. Hope that helps more than me turning in ideas for her will!

ETA: I'm sure she's already been taught this, but don't forget to use some basic principles when designing these logos: LINK

Almost all those logos listed so far are an illustration, with some words next to them. They have no ties to each other and are separate. They should work together somehow. Also, don't worry about fancy fonts yet, this is the beginning stage. That's like working with color right now, which you already know not to. I wouldn't even work in grayscale, black and white only.