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Logo Design Project Step by Step Walkthrough

This post was originally published in 2008 The tips and techniques explained may be outdated.

A personal project I'm currently working on with a developer friend is a website calledmyNiteLife . As part of the overall design process one of the first jobs of the project was to

develop a logo and brand for the website, follow this step by step documentation of the whole process of the logo design from conception to completion.
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I then booted up Adobe Illustrator to test out a range of type treatments, ranging from thin andmodern sans-serif to sexy and classy serifs.

The next stage was to develop various choices of type into draft logo concepts, basing someideas on the initial thoughts doodled out in the sketches. Planning ahead to the website I knewthat a fairly dark colour scheme would be used, therefore I developed the logos on a black

background to make sure they looked their best.


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Continuous ideas and concepts developed the logo into four possible concepts, these were then

sent to a few friends for their thoughts.

The chosen version was the entirely slab-serif based logo, this was then concentrated on andtweaked slightly into two new versions. The first tweak was to test out the logo with tighterkerning making the letters butt into each other and the second was to swap the dot on the letter 'I'for a crescent moon to represent the night time element.


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The tight kerning gave the logo a more modern and attractive appearance but made the letter 'I'interfere with the capital 'N'. Combining this with the use of the crescent moon was a perfectsolution.

One other issue was the slight interference with the letter 'I' and the letter 't', experiments weremade to knock out part of the letter with a flowing curve following the line of the 't'. This helpssolve the problem and adds a little designerish touch!The complete logo design was then complete, shown in it's barebones mono state before beingtreated to colour and subtle effects.


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The Making of the myNiteLife Logo Now you've seen my personal development thoughts behind the logo, I thought it would be greatto show the techniques used in Adobe Illustrator to create the final logo from scratch.

First off, the wording 'my', 'nite' and 'life' were typed out and set in the chosen font of Clarendon , making use of both light and black variations.
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The tight kerning was quickly applied by choosing the -75 option from within the character palette.

Additional kerning adjustments were made to individual letters, ensuring that all charactersoverlapped slightly. This was done by using the ALT key along with the left and right cursorkeys.


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As mentioned previously, this causes unwanted interference with some characters, the solutionsof which were to add the pretty curve along the letter 'I' and swap the dot for a crescent moon.

The line of type was converted to outlines (Type > Create Outlines) to make each letter aneditable shape. These were then ungrouped to enable access to the letters individually.


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A temporary circle was used as a tool to measure the gap between the letters 'I' and 't'.

The same tool was used to plot a guide at the same distance from the bottom of the letter 't'.


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A third guide was added to the lowest most part of the straight edge of the letter 'I'. Using allthree guides a larger circle was drawn which resulted in an accurate curve that followed parallelto the outline of the letter 't'.

Using this new circle along with the Subtract from Shape Area option from the Pathfinder toolenabled the excess section of the letter 'I' to be chopped out.


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The resulting shape of the letter 'I' I think gives a slightly more unique characteristic to the logo.

The final fix to the logo was to add the crescent moon shape to relate to the night aspect of the brand. To edit the letter 'I' the Compound Path was released to separate the shape into two pieces.


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The dot was scaled up to give more of a visual impression, then a temporary circle was used toknock out an area of the shape to give the crescent shape.

The only remaining step was to clean up the logo by combining all the individual letter shapesinto one complete object using the Add to Shape Area from the Pathfinder tool.


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With the logo being generated in the mono state it could then be given some sprucing up withcolour and slight visual effects. The colour purple was chosen for the brand to relate to the sexyand classy image that the myNiteLife site was to portray, and also gives a nice deep colour torepresent the colours associated with dusk.

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Design a Print-Ready Beer Label in Adobe IllustratorAlan Ballard on Oct 21st 2011 with 98 Comments

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A few times a each month we revisit some of our readers favorite posts from throughoutthe history of Vectortuts+. This tutorial by Alan Ballard was first published on March 18th2009.

Alright folks, its time to roll up the sleeves and get down to business with this full -featuredAdobe illustrator CS3 tutorial. This one takes you from setup to production of a really cool beerlabel, although this could be useful for any bottled concoction of your choosing.

We get to cover all kinds of useful Tools like Type On A Path, Live Trace, and the OpacityMask. My buddy brewed his own beer and I made him labels using this technique, and they werean instant hit! Im very happy to show you how its done. OK, lets do it!

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Step 1 - Create the Document

Open a new Illustrator document 11 inches by 8.5 inches in CMYK color mode. This probablyisnt your default setting so make sure to change the Units and Color Mode for t his one.

Select the Rectangle Tool (M), with no fill and .25pt stroke, then click once on the stage andenter 4in wide by 3.5in high. Select Ellipse Tool (L), click once on the stage and enter 2.1in by2.2in. Select both the ellipse and the square, and in the Align palette center the objectshorizontally and vertically.

Step 2 - Make Crop Marks

Select the square, and in the Menu go Filter > Create > Crop Marks. Increase the square size to4.125in by 3.875in. This square will be the size of our image, which is 1/8in larger than the cropmarks. This ensures no white-space when you or the printers cut these labels out.


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Step 3 - Center the Label

Select all, and in the Align palette toggle the artboard and center the label horizontally andvertically. Select the square and crop marks and in the Menu select Object > Lock > Selection(Command + 2).


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Step 4 - Create the Oval

Ok now we can start really making graphics. First off, select the ellipse and c opy it (dont paste itquite yet). Fill the oval with dark green (#6B752A). Give the oval an inside light green(#D3E27E) 3pt stroke. Use the Appearance palette to add an outside dark green (#6B752A)1.5pt. stroke.


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Step 5 - Cut Out the Center

Go ahead and paste in front your copied ellipse (Command + F). Double-click the Scale Tool to bring up the dialogue, and enter 65% in the Uniform field. Select both ellipses and in thePathfinder palette, then apply Subtract From Shape Area an then click Expand.


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Step 6 - Create the Brand Name Text

You should still have your original oval in the clipboard, so paste the ellipse in front again(Command + F). Double-click the scale Tool to bring up the dialogue, and this time enter 71% inthe Uniform field. Select the Type On A Path Tool and choose a font (I used Copperplate bold at34pt) and set the color to white. The Copperplate font-family is available at MyFonts.com . Clickon the oval and type the brand name of the product.
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Adjust tracking (space between the letters), if necessary, by clicking between the letters and pressing (Command + Shift + Left or Right Bracket keys). >Adjust the baseline, if necessary, byincreasing or decreasing the size of the ellipse that the text is on.

Step 7 - Rotate the Text

View the rulers by pressing (Command + R) or Menu > View > Show Rulers, select the type anddrag a horizontal guide from the top ruler to the center of the circle. If the guide isnt visible,then go to Menu > View > Show Guides (Command + Semicolon). Use the Selection Tool (V) todrag the handle of the text to the centered position.


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Step 8 - Add a Background to the Oval

Select the Ellipse Tool, click and hold Alt + Shift while dragging outward from the center ofyour oval to create a circle that extends past the empty center of the oval. Fill it with orange(#DF771C) and no stroke. Right-click > Arrange > Send to Back (Command + Alt + LeftBracket key) to send the orange circle to the back.


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Step 9 - Create the Main Banner Strip

Select the rectangle Tool (M) and click once on the stage. Enter 2.2in and 0.3in for width andheight. With the rectangle selected, go to the Gradient palette and choose a horizontal lineargradient color #533930 on each end and #A6583F in the middle. Give the rectangle a 1pt blackstroke, and check the Round Join option.


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Step 10 - Squeeze It!

In the Menu, go to Object > Envelope Distort > Make With Warp and choose Squeeze, checkHorizontal, and Bend only 2%.

Step 11 - Create the Banner Text

Type the name of the product and center it in the rectangle (Ill stick with Copperplate for all thetext).


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Step 12 - Create the Banner Tail Part 1

Select the Rectangle Tool (M) and click once on the stage, enter .5in width and .3in height. Giveit a 1pt black stroke, using the Round Join option again. Give this rectangle a linear gradient with#533930 on the left and #DF771C on the right.

Step 13 - Create the Banner Tail Part 2

With the rectangle selected in the menu go to Object > Path > Add Anchor Points. With theDirect Selection Tool (A) select the middle point on the right of the rectangle, and drag ittowards the center to create the end of the tail. Hold Shift while dragging to force it to bestraight.


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Step 14 - Position and Duplicate the Tail

Place this tail object on the right end of the rectangle, and nudge it down a bit. Send it behind therectangle with a right-click > Arrange > Send Backward (Command + Left Bracket key). Copythe tail object and paste in front (Command + F). Right-click the copied tail object and selectTransform > Reflect. Choose vertical and 90 degrees for the angle. Move the reflected tail objectover to the left side, holding Shift while dragging to force it to be straight.


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Step 15 - Create Banner Details

Now, a detail to make the banner more realistic: zoom in close to where the right tail meets therectangle. Choose the Pen Tool(P) and draw a shape with four clicks: the bottom right of therectangle, the bottom left of the tail, straight up to any position (hold Shift) and back to the

beginning point to close.

Fill the shape with a dark brown (#2D1C17) and 1pt rounded black stroke. Press Command +Left Bracket key until the shape is behind the rectangle but in front of the tail.


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Copy it, paste in front (Command + F), Right-click > Transform > Reflect > choose Vertical 90degrees. Shift-drag to the same spot on the left end of the banner.


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Step 16 - Warp the Banner

Select the entire banner and in the menu go to Object > Envelope Distort > Make With Warp,choosing Arc and 12% for the Bend.

Step 17 - Position the Banner


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Now lets place the banner in the design. Click the brand name text (VECTOR TUTS) so thecenter point is visible. Drag a vertical guide from the left ruler to the center point. >Place the

banner in position, using the vertical guide to keep it centered.

Step 18 - Create a Wheat Grain

We could just grab an image of wheat or a stock vector, but would you learn much? Nope! Letsmake stalks of wheat from scratch. Use the Ellipse Tool (L) and create a small thin vertical ovalof any color.

Use the Convert Anchor Point Tool (which is nested in the Pen Tool) and click the top point ofthe oval. Use the Selection Tool (V) and press Alt while dragging to create a copy of this teardrop shape to use as the tip of the wheat in a few steps. Place it aside for now.


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Use the Direct Selection(A) Tool and drag the top point up and to the left on our original teardrop shape. With the Direct Selection Tool, drag the left side curve handle to the right, whichcurves the tear drop shape. Now it looks more like a grain of wheat.

Double-click the Rotate Tool (R) and choose an angle of about -20 degrees. You want to get thattip pointing slightly right of vertical.


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Step 19 - Transform the Wheat Grain

From the Menu, select Effect > Distort & Transform > Transform. This is a great feature ofIllustrator. You can use it to create all kinds of interesting patterns and shapes. In this case, wewill repeat the wheat grain to make the rest of the wheat stalk. Check Preview and enter 3 forcopies and -0.15 (about) for more vertical. Click OK when it looks right.


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Step 20 - Copy and Position on the Left Side

Copy it, paste in front (Command + F), then right-click > Transform > Reflect, and chooseVertical 90 degrees. Nudge it left into position. Place your copied tear drop on the tip.


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Use the Line Segment Tool(\) and create a white vertical line for the stem, below the grains.

Step 21 - Warp the Wheat

Select all the wheat elements and make them white. From the menu select Object > EnvelopeDistort > Make with Warp, and choose Arc for the style, check Vertical, and about a 30% Bend.


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Step 22 - Position the Wheat in the Label

Place the wheat in the label, resizing and rotating as necessary, then go to Arrange > SendBackward (Command + Left Bracket key) to send it behind the banner. Copy and paste in front(Command + F), right-click and Transform > Reflect, choose Vertical 90 degrees and move thecopy to the right side of the label.


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Step 23 - Add Text to the Bottom

Add the word Ale or Root Beer or whatever the type of drink it is. In the Menu, go to Object> Envelope Distort > Make with Warp and enter an acceptable negative number under the Archeffect. Position the text in the middle-bottom of the label.


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Step 24 - Add Text to the Top

Select and copy the main large text-on-a-path. Paste in front (Command + F). Increase the size sothe circle is just larger than the label oval. Use the Selection Tool (V), and click any corner of thetext-on-a-path and Alt + Shift-drag to expand equally.

Type a catch-phrase or quote to personalize the product. Decrease the font size as necessary anduse the color #6B752A. Use the Selection Tool (V) to adjust the position of the text on the curve,

by dragging the right handle.


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Step 25 - Grab a Photo

Get a photo of the Brewmaster, or any person youd like to feature on the label. Its the head andshoulders were looking for. It is very helpful to have the subject on a whi te background. Many


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thanks to wookiestock at deviantart.com for this photo I have used in this tutorial. Open the photo in Adobe Photoshop.

Step 26 - Prepare the PhotoIn the Photoshop Menu go to Image > Adjustments > Threshold and adjust the slider until theresa good balance of light and dark in the face. We will need the face area to be contained, as in no

breaks along the perimeter of the head, because we will fill the face in with white later. So forthis image, I darkened his left cheek and right ear so there is a complete outline of his head afterthe Threshold is applied.
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Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M) to create a selection around the head and shoulders. Go toSelect > Inverse (Command + Shift + I) and delete everything but the head and shoulders. Cropand save the photo.


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Step 27 - Live Trace!

Open your new face photo in Illustrator. Select the image and click Live Trace, adjusting thesettings as needed.


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Step 28 - Live Paint!

Click Live Paint, then with the Live Paint Bucket Tool (K), fill all the black areas with dark brown (#533930). Fill all the face portions with white, using the Live Paint Bucket Tool. Cleanup the image as necessary and place it in the middle of the label.

Step 29 - Add Depth to the Face

Now we want the top of the head to pop out from the oval, but the rest to go behind the oval,making a 3-D effect. Select the face, copy (Command + V), and paste in front (Command + F).Right click and select ungroup (Command + Shift + G.)


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In the Pathfinder palette, choose Add To Shape Area and click Expand to make the face onesolid shape.


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Use the Knife Tool to chop off the top of the head, and delete the rest by using the DirectSelection Tool (A). The Knife Tool is one I hardly ever use, and theres no shortcut for it, so itmay be tricky to find. It is hidden under the Eraser Tool (Shift + E)


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Select the face and send it back behind the oval. The chopped-off head part will be in front now.

Wow this thing is really starting to shape up! All we need now is a background and the label isfinished!


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Step 30 - Hook Up the Color and Lines

Select the label square and fill with light green (#D3E27E), and remove the stroke. Use the LineTool to create two horizontal .25pt black lines; one near the top and one near the bottom. Feelfree to make them longer than the square, as we will crop them later.


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Step 31 - Blend the Lines

The Blend Tool makes it easy to repeat evenly these lines across the background. Select them both and in the Menu go to Object > Blend > Blend Options and choose 50 for Specified Stepsand click OK. Now go to Object > Blend > Make to apply the effect. Send the lines behind theartwork but keep them in front of the green background.


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Step 32 - Fade the Lines in the Center

Another really cool feature in Illustrator is the Opacity Mask. I will use it here to fade out thelines. Copy the green square and paste it in front of the lines, and give it a radial black and whitegradient, with black in the center.

Select the square and the lines, and in the Transparency palette menu, choose Make OpacityMask.


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Adjust the gradient to fade the lines out in the center. Your label design is done!


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Make sure to click the left square in the Transparency palette when you are finished editing theopacity mask, because you will not be able to select other elements until you do.

Step 33 - Flatten Transparency

Some printers freak out when they see transparency-related effects, so we will flatten ours to besafe. Select the opacity mask and choose Object > Flatten Transparency.


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Step 34 - Create Outlines

Select all the text in this file (or just select all (Command + A), and in the Menu choose Type >Create Outlines. This will ensure your typography is preserved. It may be a good idea to saveyour file before this step, in case you want to edit the text later.

Step 35 - Arrange Two Labels on the Artboard

Select everything including the crop marks and group it (Command + G). Change the x-positionto 3in. Copy and paste another label in front (Command + F). Move the x-position of the secondlabel to 8in.

Ungroup the objects until you can select and delete the horizontal crop marks in the middle of

the two labels. Here is your final, printer-friendly, super tasty illustration!


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Thanks for following along, and I really hope your labels are a big hit!

Here is the original label I made for Huja Brew.

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Previously, I have featured David Pache of Dache on WDW, an amazing logo designerfrom Switzerland. He is known for designing unique and colorful logos. I'm very gladto have David to share his design process of the WebMYnd's logo. This case study(written by David himself) provides full creative brief and progress images from startto final. Read on to find out how David got inspired by Wassily Kandinsky 's art (one ofthe most famous 20th-century abstract artists) to create this fantastic logo.

Introduction

Last year, I was approached by a startup who required a logo in order to launch a business in theUS. The WebMYnd team were 3 MIT and Cambridge University graduates who were very

passionate about their product. They had acquired seed funding from ycombinator an outfitwhich picks enterprises to back and who have an excellent track record. WebMYnd have a

product which is a plugin for your browser that turns your web browsing into an extension ofyour own memory. it allows you to keep a copy of everything you look at on the web, and thenallows you to search actual page images and text when you need to remember something again.

The creative briefThe main aspect of their brief was to create an identity which would communicate the idea ofcollecting everything you look at on the web in one place and to inspire the idea of extendingyour memory. They wanted to make a tool that people would prefer to use in place of the oldfashioned way of bookmarking and tagging websites. They also wanted the logo, or someelement of it, as a button to indicate when the plugin was in use therefore colour was of greatimportance.

Getting started

Initially, I took the brief at face value and brainstormed some ideas. I wanted to create a conceptusing the initial from WebMYnd and the first concept which was produced as as follows. Thesimple lines created an abstract reference to a brain (an idea which the client had experimentedwith but did not like the appearance of a brain. This design captures the essence of a brain but atthe same time forming a W.
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The first of these above gave the best line to work with however I did not like the linear aspect asI would be unable to use enough variation of colour within a single lined image. Below are mydevelopments of the first idea into a two dimensional concept and intersecting these shapes withdiffering elements to allow me to fill with colour.

After some re-drafting of one of the concepts, i decided on a wholly symmetrical design wherethe W mirrored the M therefore I transferred the design to the Dot Grid Book below. As thedesign had four elements which were identical in design, I was able to just concentrate on oneelement which could be copied and rotated at a later stage using the computer software.


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Colours

Once the four elements were plotted and finalised, I looked at possible colours. Below are somecombinations which I experimented with.

I finally decided on the colour scheme below using quite vibrant colours to create a presence buttrying not to use garish tones which would offend the eye of the audience.

Final colour placement and concept presentation

I tried many combinations. When dealing wit the use of colour in this quantity, it is a case oftrying until you find the right solution. Below is the finished design which was selected by theclient.


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Delivery and feedback

The client initially loved the concept and used it for a number of months however after somefurther discussion between themselves, they decided to choose a different design to moveforward with however they still retain the rights to the design, should they wish to implement itin the future.

I would like to thank the creators of WebMYnd and wish them every success for the future. Itwas a pleasure to work on this project and this design is one of the more popular with clientswhen they see my portfolio. Of course, I welcome any comments regarding this specific articleor my design process in general. Thanks and enjoy!

Credits



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This entry is part 22 of 22 in the Vector Text Effects Session - Show All Previous

With oil prices the way they are today, everybody is thinking Green. I have done many projectsrecently that require a Green style applied to the design. In the following Illustra tor tutorial, Illteach you how to create a Green type treatment. It works great for logos and other designelements.

1. Create Your TextStep 1

Create a New document that is 8.5 x 11 inches . Choose a typeface for the type treatment (I used"Helvetica Bold") and type out what you want. Next, Outline the text by going to Type >Create Outlines .
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Step 2

With the text selected, create a Linear Gradient from the Gradient panel. Change the color ofthe first swatch on the Gradient Slider (left swatch) to a light green (I used these CMYK values:C=40, M=0, Y=100, K=0 ). Change the second swatch on the Gradient Slider to a darker green(C=60 M=16 Y=100 K=0 ). Use the Gradient Tool (G) to adjust the gradient by clicking at the

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2. Create a LeafStep 1

Now were going to create some leaves. Start by drawing a leaf shape with the Pen Tool (P) .Again, with the Pen Tool (P) , draw a line that starts at the tip of leaf and ends in the middle ofthe bottom part of the leaf. After selecting the line and the leaf shape, press the Divide button in


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the Pathfinder panel, located on the bottom left side of the panel. Ungroup (Command + Shift+ G ) the objects so you have two separate shapes.


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Select both shapes and create the same colored Linear Gradient as the text. Next, select oneshape and use the Gradient Tool (G) to click and drag at a 45 degree angle across the leaf halfshape. Do this again for the other half of the leaf.

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3. Create a Waterdrop

Next come the water droplets. Create an oblong ellipse with the Ellipse Tool (L) . Then create aLinear Gradient using the same colors as the leaf and text. Adjust the gradient so the dark sideis on the bottom left.

Create another ellipse on top of the previous ellipse and create a Radial Gradient with the sameswatches as the highlight gradient. Adjust this gradient so the light part of the gradient is coming

from the bottom left.

Create two more smaller ellipses with Linear Gradients matching the highlight gradient. Onceyou are done, group all the ellipses, scale and place them on the leaf shapes. You can easily copythe droplet by holding down Alt and dragging a copy.


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4. Create a Cute Ladybug

Step 1

The next couple of steps deal with creating the ladybug. Create an ellipse and fill it with aLinear Gradient . Make the first swatch in the gradient a red ( C=0 M=100 Y=100 K=0 ) and thesecond an even darker red ( C=0 M=100 Y=100 K=35 ). Adjust the gradient so the red color is atthe bottom of the ellipse.

Copy (Command + C ) the ellipse and Paste it in Front (Command + F ). Draw another biggerellipse that overlaps the center of the original ellipse. After selecting one of the original ellipsesand the overlapping circle, press the Intersect Shape Areas button in the Pathfinder panel.Make the intersected shape a Linear Gradient with the first swatch white and the second swatchred. Adjust the gradient so the white is at the top of the shape.


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Step 2

Draw five more ellipses over the ladybug body shape and group them together. Copy (Command + C ) the original body ellipse shape and Paste it in Front (Command + F ). Withthe copied body shape and the five ellipse selected, intersect the shapes.

Change the dots to a Linear Gradient with the first swatch a really dark red and the secondswatch a black red. Adjust the gradient so the lightest red is at the bottom of the combinedshapes. Next, Copy (Command + C ) the top highlighted shape of the body and Paste it inFront (Command + F ).

Copy (Command + C ) the dots and Paste it in Front (Command + F ). Select the copiedhighlight and one of the dots copy and Intersect them. Create a Linear Gradient with the firstswatch at 60% black and the second at 90% black. Adjust the gradient so the lighter black is atthe top of the shape.


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5. Position Your Elements

Step 1

Draw an ellipse roughly the size of the completed ladybug. Create a Radial Gradient so theinside swatch is black and the outside is white. Set the ellipse to Multiply from theTransparency panel and send it behind the ladybug to the bottom left, creating a drop shadow.After grouping the ladybug and drop shadow, place it on the leaf. Then scale and rotate the lady

bug as needed.


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Step 2

After selecting the leaf and all the elements on it, place them over your text. I placed mine overthe first letter of the word.


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Step 3

Copy (Command + C ) the leaf and elements, except the lady bug, and Paste (Command + V ).Flip the leaf horizontally and scale down the leaf. When scaling you dont have to constrain the

proportions, this helps the leaf look different from the other. Repeat this step a couple of timesaround the text.


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Select the expanded brush shape and create a Linear Gradient with the same swatches as theoriginal text gradient.

Step 4

Repeat the steps for creating the leaf blade around your text. Try to vary the shape and size of the blades.


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Step 5

Next were going to add some more water droplets around the text. Simply Copy (Command +C ) the droplets on the leaf you already made and Paste (Command + V ) them around the text.Also, be sure to vary their size and shape.

Step 6

Now it is time to work on the dirt at the bottom of the text. Double-click on the Pencil Tool (N) in the Tools panel to bring up the Pencil Tool Options . Change the Fidelity to 5 to get reallysmooth lines.

Use you Pencil Tool (N) to draw a small circular shape. Press Alt before you let go to close theshape. Next, create a Radial Gradient with the interior swatch a brown color ( C=35 M=60Y=80 K=25 ) and the exterior swatch a dark brown color ( C=50 M=70 Y=80 K=70 ) . Place thespot on the first letter of your word. Scale the dot down smaller than one of the droplets.


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Step 9

Draw a Radial Gradient ellipse like you did for the ladybug drop shadow. Squish the ellipse toabout half the size. Send the ellipse behind all the artwork and set it to Multiply .


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Step 10

Repeat this drop shadow under all the letters.

Step 11

For the background create a rectangle with the Rectangle Tool (M) that is the size of youdocument. Give it a Radial Gradient , make the interior swatch white and the second swatch alight green ( C=13 M=0 Y=38 K=0 ).


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Congratulations, Youre Now Done!

Now you have a nice green type treatment!


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Mac OS X

January 14th, 2008 by ART-D Posted in Adobe Photoshop , Designing

Learn in this tutorial how to design an awesome wallpaper with Mac OS X logo.
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Final Image Preview

Begin by representing a new file ( File>New ) that would have 1024768 px and 72 dpi . Selectnext the Paint Bucket Tool (G) to paint the layer in black color.

Next well try to picture an apples silhouette with the Pen Tool (P) . Its contour should be of black color. Next press Alt button and select the Ellipse Tool (U) to cut out a part of the fruit, asit is demonstrated below: The shape may be corrected with the Convert Point Tool .


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Try to represent above the apples silhouette a layer reserved for the figures, marking out thezone previously as it shown next picture.


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Mark out the earlier made layer , containing the apples silhouette and make a click on Add aMask option on the lowest part of the layers panel. Select after that the Brush Tool (B) to erasethe apples right side as it is demonstrated next picture:


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Create new layer and select the Pen Tool (P) to represent a silhouette of the leaf above the applethat is of black color too. The corrections on its shape may be done with the Convert PointTool .

Make a copy of the earlier made texts layer and place it above the layer with the leaf (on thelayers panel). Apply also the same operation we did earlier with the apples silhouette. It meanswe have to press once again the Alt button and make a click between the layers.


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Getting better result is possible when combining all the previous layers, except black background, in a group (press Ctrl button to mark out the necessary layers and keep pressed theleft mouses button when taking the marked layers on Create a new group option). Apply thenext shown parameters for the new group: Opacity 38%

Create a new file ( File>New ) with 55 px and 72 dpi . Select now the Pencil Tool (B) torepresent the pattern, colored with #C3561E


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Save the next option: Edit>Define Pattern Create new layer now and continue by choosing the next option to apply the pattern: Edit>Fill

Make a mouses click on Add a Mask option on the lowest part of the layers panel and selectthe Brush Tool (B) with blurred edges and black color. Erase everything around, except the zonecontaining the apple and the leaf.


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Apply for this layer the next parameters: Fill 40%

Create a new file ( File>New ) again with 3131 px and 72 dpi and choose next the Pencil Tool(B) of the same size and color, used earlier to represent another pattern.


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Save again: Edit>Define Pattern Create new layer and press on the next option: Edit>Fill for the pattern to be applied:


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Make a click on the same layer on Add a Mask option as we did earlier. Select after that theBrush Tool (B) with blurred edges and black color. Erase everything, except the apples zoneand the leaf.


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Apply the next parameters for the layer: Fill 80%

Try to make the same operation now the way we did when representing the apples silhouette.Apply the same instruments and the same methods.


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Blending Options>Gradient Overlay

Gradients parameters:


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Make a copy of the lastlayer and select Free Transform option to make the copy smaller as we may see on the next

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Step 4

With the Rectangle Tool (M) create a rectangle like from the bottom left to the center of the base (1). After that with the Pen Tool (P) delete and move to create half of the base of thesymbol (2).

Repeat the same process to create the other half of the base. Use the image below for reference.


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Step 5

Repeat again the previous step to create the right side.

Step 6

It's time to make some adjustments, with the Direct Selection Tool (A) move the points to makethe symbol a little bit bolder. Use the image below for reference.


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Step 7

Now it's time to add some colors. I used 4 basic colors, pink, yellow, green and cyan (1), theorder is very important. After that go to Window>Transparency. Select the all objects andchange the Transparency mode to Multiply. By doing that there will be 3 new colors, red, darkgreen and purple.


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Create a new document, I used A4 for the size. Then with the Rectangle Tool (M) create arectangle to fill the whole page. Change the color of the rectangle to (#383434).


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Copy the symbol from the other document and paste it in the new one with the dark background.As I was using Multiply for the Transparency Mode , the symbol won't be shown. So, changethe Transparency mode back to Normal and change the color of the symbol to white.


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Now just paste again the color symbolo and align it to be over the white version. That way thecolors will be visible.


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Now let's finish the poster adding the logotype "Abduzeedo" with the slogan "abducted bydesign".

The idea of this little walkthrough was to show you the creative process behind the new symbolwe will be using on Abduzeedo now in 2010. We are still working on some new features, so you

will start to see this symbol more and more.

Also we will have this poster printed in case you want to support the blog, as well as t-shirts.


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Light Effect version

With the icon done I created another version of the poster adding some old school light effects.But this is for the next tutorial.


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About the author

Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look forinspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, witha special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. Of course there are othersoftwares conteplated like Pixelmator, Fireworks, and web design tutorials.

Versus Inspired Photoshop Logo Tutorial

Posted by John Ward on Mar 20, 2007 in Logo Tutorials , Photoshop Tutorials | 55 comments

This Adobe Photoshop tutorial will show you how to create a rounded logo, inspired by theVersus cable network. We will use gradients and layer style to create this logo in Photoshop.This tutorial is great for all Photoshop users from beginners to intermediates.

This is what you will get when you are finished:
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Start off with a new 500500 pixel document with a background color of black

Now select red(#ff0000) as your foreground color. Create a new layer, then using the EllipticalMarquee, tool draw a perfect circle by holding the shift key while drawing.

Now press alt+backspace to fill the area with red.

Now apply the following layer style to this layer.
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Bevel:

Contour:

Gradient Overlay:

Then apply the style and your image should look like this:
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Now create a smaller circle where we just deleted one, and fill it with red. You will want to usethe arrow keys to position the dot before you deselect it.

Now we will add our text. Create a new layer and select the Text Tool. Click on the Layer andtype the first letter, I will use a T. The font I am using is 235pt Add City Boy, you can downloadit here . Position your letter so part of it is overlapping with the edge of the circle.

Now create another layer and add the other letter for your text the same way you did before.

Now we will merge the two text layers with the circle layer. Select all three layers by press ctrland clicking them, then press ctrl + e to merge the layers. Here is a before and after.

Now select your newly merged layer and apply the following Layer Styles by right clicking thelayer and select blending options.
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Now deselect the circle and draw a new larger one offset like below.

Now delete the selection and our results should look like this:

Now you can leave the logo like that if you want, but I decided to add a little bit more to it. FirstSelect all of the layers (except the background) in the layers panel by CTRL + Clicking them.Then on the menu in Photoshop go to Edit > Transform > Perspective .

Now move the points so they look like this:

Then apply the style and you are finished! I hope you liked this tutorial, feel free to leavesuggestions for my future tutorials.
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1. Setting up your Document in Photoshop

Once you have photoshop open, go to File -> New . Then specify the name of the logo, and awidth of 600 and a height of 500 .

Then click " OK " (Refer to the screenshot below).

After you click "OK" Your setup should look like this:


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(I'm on a 1600x1200 resolution. ) For the menus on the left, I have the layers view , and the Characters in

view.)

2. Experiment with Font Selections

As a starting point, I always experiment with a font that I think will work well with the logo. You have todevelop an eye for what font will or will not work, with the specifics of the project in mind. Since forbluelaguna we're trying to focus on a serious yet gamer'ish feel, a serious font selection might be the bestbet. Having yourself an arsenal of fonts is very important. I have several thousand myself.


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Select the Text Tool on the left menu: (As shown on the image to the right)

Adjust the settings on the Text Properties at the top to match these settings:

In the character window to the right, set AV to -60 as shown below: (This simply shortensthe space between each separate character, I like starting out with this setting, I don't knowwhy :)

Type " BLUE LAGUNA " in the document space (First, be sure that the background is white,you can use the fill tool for this. And I've decided to go with all caps to start out with, since allcaps is generally deemed more serious).


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With the type tool selected, and layer 1 selected, select the font list menu (where it says Arial):

You can do this next section in either three ways. - Hit the "Down" arrow to change the font view of "BLUE LAGUNA".- Hit the Down Arrow of the Font List to see the list of available fonts with a tiny preview of thefont.- Download a font viewing program.

I personally just use the first method, although I sometimes use a font viewing program. Ourgoal here is to find fonts that might work with the logo.

Once you come across a font that looks like it could work, you should Duplicate the layer inthe Layers Window to the right, and then hide the previous layer (The layer you right clicked

and selected "Duplicate" from. This way, you've saved that font selection (the hidden layer),and you have a new layer to find more fonts from) :


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3. Good and Bad Font Selections

Since our goal with this particular logo is to be serious, we need serious looking fonts. It simply takes timeto develop an eye for what is serious and what isn't.


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This is what I've come up with:

Although I didn't use one of the 6 fonts I selected initially for the word "blue", I simply used an unboldened versionof "LAGUNA", which keeps a consistent feel but also allows for separation of the two words.

5. Adding in a symbol

Sometimes logos work well with only the use of fonts, but most times adding in a relevant symbol of somesort will really make a logo stand out. When I say "symbol", I mean any part of the logo which isn't actualtext. So let's start with the first font selection from above:


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The Pen Tool is your Friend

The most important tool when it comes to logo design is the pen tool. If there is one tool to thoroughlyunderstand, it should be the pen tool. The pen tool allows you to create any shape(s) you want, andmaintain vector format (which is very important if you ever want to size your logo up n' down (forprofessional print or whatever.)

It's always good to draw your logo by hand without copying over a picture (vector tracing), but if you aren'tvery talented and don't have much experience, it might be your only option. So for the sake of making thebiggest impact on this tutorial, I will teach you all an awesome technique for creating great lookingsymbols for you logos.

Finding a suitable picture

If you're going to trace, I always suggest using a site like istockphoto.com to find the image and pay for it.This way you won't be using copyrighted images to trace over. Or taking your own picture to trace over.Unfortunately though, istockphoto has nothing with RPG or "anime". So I just went on images.google.comand found a picture which I think is suitable, here it is:

When I came across this picture, I got the idea that I can vectortrace over her face and hair to create what I want, and thenintegrate it along with the font selection in some unique way.

So once you've found the picture you want to trace (if not the sameone), save it to your hard drive, open it up in photoshop, CTRL-A,CTRL-C to select it and copy it, and go back to your main logodocument and CTRL-V.

Now you've imported this picture into your logo document. Onceyou've imported it, with her layer selected, you can cut off thebottom half of her body. (Select the first tool in the upper left cornerof the tools menu, Rectangular Marquee Tool), select the bottomhalf of her body and hit the delete key. Your screen should looksomething like this by now (You can hide the text layers behind it).


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Vector Tracing

Now select the magnifying glass in the tools menu and select around the girl, it will look like this zoomedup to about 400%:

Now select the pen tool in the tools menu:


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Make sure that the foreground color (the black square at the bottom of the pic to the upper right ---^) isthe same dark blue color of the text we specified.

In the layers window to the right, select the little round circular > icon on the upper right corner of thewindow, and click on "Create New Layer" in the window that comes up. Hit "OK" and then in the layerswindow, with the new layer selected, change the Opacity to 0%. We do this because once we start tracingover the image, we don't want the dark blue color hiding the picture of the girl below.

And with the pen tool selected, click a point somewhere on the outline of the hair (at the top), and thenclick to make another point somewhere on the hairline where the line will begin to form. You can holddown and "direction" the angle of the line to create a certain type of curve. It takes awhile to get the hangof, but it's very easy once you get the hang of it. After plotting points of an entire section of hair, yoursshould look similar to this: (Note: I've lightened the opacity of the girl to illustrate what your lines shouldlook like so far)


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(opacity 100%)

It's not perfect, but for now it's a good start.

Now I'm simply going to continue creating more shapes, like the facial features. After 15-20 minutes or soof creating the different facial features and the face itself, here is what I have come up with:

As you can see, I specified a different color for the face (light blue). And by now I have around 15 different layers. There's a separate layerfor the top portion of each eye, the bottom portion of each eye, themiddle, and the small glare. There's also a layer for the facebackground, and the ear.

So let us continue and add some shading...


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After about 20 more minutes of shading, this is what I've come up with:

There are a total of 3 different layers for the hair. It's somewhat of atedious process to do hair shading simply because there's a lot ofstrands of hair! But you have to just condense them and get the

general idea of the shading and it will work out well.

Then I did some light shading work on the face and the neck.

Now I consider the actual draft of the symbol complete. Let's make ourinitial text layer visible and see what we can do to integrate the symbolwith the text.

First, you will want to select the very last to the very first vector layer that you created (you'll have acouple dozen or more), hold down the shift so you can select them all. Then in the layers window click thelittle circular round button and select "New Group From Layers". This will put all of the layers of the girl,into one easily manageable layer group. This way, you can move around the one group and it will keep allof their positions together so it won't break up her face.


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As you can see, simply changing colors around can really change the look and feel of a logo. I'd considerthis logo a winner.

6. Conclusion

I can pretty much guarantee you that if you're a first time user of the pen tool or photoshop for that matter,it won't turn out so pretty like mine did. It takes some time and patience to really get the hang of it. It's allabout getting a little creative and working at it for awhile.

Drawing the Volkswagen LogoBy Dr Diablo | Photoshop CS3 | Beginner

This tutorial is going to show you how to draw the legendary Volkswagen emblem logo by using Layer Styles , Radial Gradients , and the Polygonal Lasso selection tool in order to do the tracing part. The image below show our end result.
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Our tutorial is divided into two brief stages:

1. Creating the circular orb surface2. Drawing the VW emblem

Creating the Orb Surface

First off, start by going through File>New and creating a new 250x250 document in Photoshopwith the following attributes:


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Before we start drawing, access the Tool Panel on the left side of your workspace and go downall the way to the bottom to change the Foreground Color to #82B2E0 and the BackgroundColor to #012B62 . Those are the primary colors of our logo.

We will draw the basic circular shape of the logo now, so grab the Elliptical Marquee Tool fromthe Tool Panel , and then while holding down the Shift key, draw a selection of a circle on yourcanvas as shown below.

Now press Ctrl+Backspace to fill the selection with your pre-set Background Color .


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Access the Tool Panel again and select the Gradient Tool this time. Make sure you select the Foreground to Transparent gradient type.

Create a gradient fill across your selection as shown in the screenshot below to complete creatingthe logo's surface.

The circular orb surface of our logo is now done, we will draw the actual emblem in the nextstage of the tutorial.

Drawing the Emblem

Before we start off, press D to reset your Foreground and Background colors to their defaultwhite and black values and then press X to invert the colors' position. In this section we are goingto basically draw the shape of the VW emblem and then give the layer we drew it on a DropShadow , an Inner Shadow and a Gradient Overlay style. Start off by creating a new layer bygoing through Layer>New>Layer . Using the Elliptical Marquee Tool , draw a round selectioninside the orb as shown below


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Go through Edit>Stroke and apply a 10 px wide inside stroke.

Once you press OK , you should get a result similar to this.


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We have to do some tracing skill practice now, use the Polygonal Marquee Tool to draw straightlines that represent the base structure of the VW logo, which obviously is a V with a W under it.Grab the Polygonal Marquee Tool and start drawing straight lines as shown in the screenshot

below. You can use the sample image that you have seen in the beginning of the tutorial as areference. Note that you can go over the white stroke we created because we are going to fill thisselection with white as well later on.

Once your happy with your selection, go to Edit>Fill and use White .


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We are done with the drawing part, it's now time to give the emblem some style and a 3D-likeeffect. Access your Layers Panel , then right click on the layer that contains the emblem andchoose Blending Options . Apply the following options for the Drop Shadow , Inner Shadow ,Gradient Overlay .


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As for the Gradient Overlay , make sure you edit the Gradient Fill Type by clicking its thumbnailnext to the word Gradient in the screenshot below, and apply the options seen in the Gradient Editor screenshot.


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Your Volkswagen logo is finally complete, you can optionally add some gloss with Overlay orSoft Light layer styles to make it blend in with the logo more the same way it looks below.

This concludes our tutorial, you can check my source PSD here . I advise you to experiment withthis logo by applying your own touch of style to it, and make sure you show off your work in theGraphics Showcase forum. I hope that you've learnt something new from my tutorial, feel free toemail me on [email protected] if you have any comments or questions or alternatively

post in the Oman3D Forum to get instant feedback

Tutorial Details

Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4 Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 1 hour

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This entry is part 15 of 16 in the Logo and Identity Design Session - Show All PreviousNext

Colorful and vibrant logos are extremely trendy recently. In this Quick Tip we will take a look athow you can easily create an appealing colored sphere which will make a great foundation for asuccessful logo. Lets get started!

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Start by opening Illustrator and creating a 1000px by 1000px file. Set the resolution to 300dpiand color mode to RGB.

Step 2

Turn on Smart Guides (Control + U) they will be very helpful throughout the whole process. Ifthey start getting in your way, simply disable them by pressing Control + U again.

Select the Ellipse Tool (L) and click in the middle of the artboard. You will be prompted to inputdimensions of your ellipse. Go ahead and make it a 450px by 450px perfect circle. Also, feel freeto create a new layer underneath, place two guides there and center them using the Align Palette.They will prove v

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