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1. Introduction to the Course: Hello there, and
welcome to the class on designing a logo using
Adobe Illustrator. In this course, you will follow a clear step by step process that takes you from
a blank artboard to a complete and
polished vector logo. The lessons are simple, practical, and focused
on real actions. So you can create your
own design as you learn. We begin by setting up our workspace and
preparing our document. We will bring in a hand drawn sketch as a reference
for the logo first. Then we will see the main structure of the
logo using basic shapes. This gives our design balance
and a strong foundation. So from there, we move on into Pentool to add in custom curves, smooth lines and details that give our logo its
unique identity. We will then place
our text and refine spacing to match the
style of the logo design. After that, we select a color palette at the
strokes and prepare a clean, black and white sin to test versatility of
the logo as well. And in the final steps, we will check the logo at
different sizes and export our files in the format suitable both for
printing and distal use. Let us begin this
creative process together and build your
logo with confidence.
2. Setting up Workspace: Now let's get started with making a logo in
Adobe Illustrator. But before that, you need to
actually go ahead and set up an Adobe Illustrator
project and then go ahead and save it out and
import out reference. But before that, you need to actually be familiar with
the software as well. So over here, when you
open up Adobe Illustrator, this is what you see
as a greeting here. This is what you see
in the homepage, as you can see here. So now, in order to go ahead
and create a new project, you simply need to
click on New File. And once you do that,
you can see that there's various options
that you can choose from, like there's web, print, branding, social, and so forth. If I were to go for branding, you can see that I got
many options right here, and you can see that one
of them is a square logo, which is actually 160 by
160 pixels right now. But you can go ahead and choose pixels and so forth, as well. But I want a high quality logo, so I'm just going
to set to 1,600 by 1,600 pixels right
here in width and height. And I'm just going to go
around and say, let's say, for example, green logo right here just like
this as the file name. You can go ahead and
choose different options, but you don't need to
worry too much about them. And even if you keep
smaller pixels, since we are working
with a vector file, it can be in laws
out later as well. But I'm just going to go ahead
and keep 1,600 by 1,600, which represents a normal um, a standard computer
screen size as well, not an exact, but
something which is closer. So one pixel here is the one that you see
in your computer. So you need to know
about that, as well. But anyways, I'm just going
to go ahead and keep it as it is and click on Create. So once I do that,
what happens is that it'll go ahead and create
out this document, as you can see R. So now
what I'm going to do is I'm going to go around
over here onto Fle and save this project first. So I'm just going to
go ahead onto File, and then I'm going to go
ahead and save this here. I'm going to save this
on my own computer. You can also save this to
your creative cloud here. But I'm just going to
save it onto my computer, and I'm going to go
ahead onto my desktop, and you can see that
Illustrator file is selected. So as the green
logo.ai is selected, let me just go ahead.
And save it out. Once I do that, you also
get Illustrator options and whether you want to go ahead
and enable legacy support. So I'm just going to
go ahead and choose the latest one that I
have and click on Okay, because I don't need to worry about legacy support right now. So once this is done, this is the artboard
that you have. So you got a square artboard. And if you want to
go ahead and change the size of the
artboard right here, you can go ahead and do that
as well if you want to, but I really have it as I
want here, just like this. So now, over here on
the left hand side, you can see the tools you can
see the shapes right here, you can see the draw
tool right here. You can see the Modify
tool right here. You can use the text
to type and so forth. And as I hover over, you will also be able to see, like, let's say, for example, what those tools actually do. And you can go around
on to learn more to actually go ahead and learn more about those tools as well. So this is what you have, and
if I were to click on this, you actually get more
tools right here, just like this as well. More modification
tools as needed. So now, to adjust the
workspace for logo design, it's a good idea to go ahead and enable our ruler
and grids snapping. So for that, I'm going
to go around over here onto view R here, and I'm going to
click on Show grid. Once you do that,
it actually shows square grids right here as you can see here, just like this. I can use all and use the scroll mouse
buttons to scroll it in and out right here. You can see that
the grid actually here lines up with
the pixels here. Whenever you're going
ahead and designing, what you can do now is, let's say, for example,
I can bring a square, you can see that I can click
on the square rot here, and then if I were
to click and drag, you can see that I have
a square rot here that I can go ahead and place it
on the grid as I want. But if I were to actually go
ahead rot here and zoom in, you can see that it does not actually line up with
the grid rot here. Let me just go ahead and
delete and zoom out now. So if you want it to be
aligned with the grid, you can actually go
around over here onto view and snap it to
grid, right here. So once you do that, if I
were to go to any shape, click and drag it,
you can see that now, it actually goes ahead. I can use the selection
tool now and move it. It snaps onto the place so that it is lined
with the grid, which is helpful whenever
you're creating out graphics. So now, apart from that, you can see that the
grid is quite light, and I want to go ahead and
change the color of the grid. Let's say, for
example, in that case, I can go around over
here onto Edit. I can go around over
here onto preferences. And here you can go to
guides and grids right here. You can see that this
is what you have. So there's a grid line
every 72 pixels right. It may not be what I want
because I got 60 16 red here. So let's say I want grid
line every, let's say, for example, 30 pixels,
let's say, for example, and I want the color to be,
let's say, for example, blue, a bit of a
dark blue so that I can go ahead and
see it right here. So once I do that
and press Okay, now you can see that
the grid line has been divided in every 30
pixels right here, just like this, as you
can see, right here. So this is what you
have right here. So now what you may want to do is, let's
say, for example, work around and then everything gets at
accordingly, right here. You can even go ahead and change that the grid line whenever
you want, as well. So now, apart from that, you can also go around over here onto D right here and
then show the ruler. So you can see the ruler
right here for the size. And if I were to click and drag out the lines
from the ruler, you can see that you got the
guides as well, right here, which is blue in color as well, which might be confusing. So I can simply go around
over here onto Edit, then onto preference,
go to grids and guides and change out the
color as I like, as well. So let's say I'm going to
choose green right here, just like this and press Okay. So once I do that,
you can see that now the lines are
green, right here. So guidelines are
like let's say, for example, a reference point that you can bring in
to design right here. You can click and drag it
out anywhere as you like, and it snaps onto
the grid as well. And you can select
it and then delete it by using the
delete key or simply drag the line onto
the ruler to go ahead and delete them out as
well, just like this. So that is how you can
go ahead and adjust the workspace as you
like for logo design. And you can see that
there's a bit of, let's say, for example, small
square of dots right here. So you can go ahead and reduce
the subdivision as well. So I'm just going to go
around over here on to edit for and I'm going to
go to preferences, and I'm going to go around
over here onto grad and Guide. And let's say the subdivision
is just going to B four, and I'm going to press Okay, and the subdivision changes out. I'm going to press
Control S to go ahead and save it out so that I don't
accidentally delete it. So as we move forward now, we're going to go ahead and
see how we can actually import out a sketch as a
reference for the logo, and we can go ahead
and start designing our logo then as we need
it in vector format.
3. Importing and Setting Up Sketch Reference: So now we have our
document ready, and I'm using my
Alt button here on my keyboard and using
the scroll mouse button to zoom in and zoom out here. So now let's say
what I want to do is import out a scanned image, a rough concept image of the logo that I want to
go ahead and phrase out. So to do that, I can
go around over here onto foil and then go to place. So once I do that,
I can go ahead and select out the reference file, the sketch, and click on place. So once you do that,
you can click anywhere, and the image will be
placed just like this. So now you can go ahead and use this particular a rot here, click and drag to go
ahead and resize it. Whole sip to maintain
the proportion here just like this so that the aspect
ratio won't be damaged. So now as I do this, you can see that
this is an image, but I cannot actually see
the grid in the background. Let's say I want to see it. In that case, you can go around over here onto properties. Or if you don't see
the properties, as you select this
particular layer, you can actually go
to Windows rot here and select properties
from over there as well. So that you get the
properties right here. Click on it, and over here, you can see that the
opacity is 100%. Let me just go ahead and
type in 50 and enter here. And you can see that the opacity
right here is simply um, 50%, and you can see
through right here. So now you can go ahead and resize it right here,
just like this. And let's say, for example,
align as you like. So let's say I want
to go ahead and align this particular light bulb screw right here in four of these, um, let's say, for example, boxes right here to
maintain proportion. So I can go ahead and resize it and place it
roughly right here. I can even go ahead and
then work around with the proportion as I
design out later. I can use arrow to go ahead and place, let's
say, for example, the top of this particular bulb right here right
on this as well. So as we go ahead and trace it out later in
the future as well, we can go ahead
and make changes. So over here, now, as I actually go ahead and
let's say, for example, um, take this as a reference, I can go ahead and
let's say, for example, draw on top of it
to actually trace, which we are going to see as we progress along the course. So now, let me just go ahead and select this and delete this. But when I actually, let's say, for example, trace on
top of this drawing, I may accidentally move it. Let me just press Control
Z to go pack here. And in order to prevent
accidental moving now, you can select this
and go to layers. Or if you don't see layers here, you can go to Windows and
then go to layers at. So now over here you can
hide and show the layer, or you can go ahead
and click over here to toggle Lock so that you don't accidentally
move the layer. So now you can simply go ahead and use this layer
as a reference. And then what you
can do is you can go ahead and click
on the plus button to create a new layer and simply go ahead and
start tracing it out. So let's say, for example,
I want to trace the cloud, so I can use circle
sap for that, so I'm using circle
sap as you can see, and then you can simply go ahead and then trace
it out as you like. You can go around over
here, just like this. Let's press Control Z, select the selection tool right here and then go
ahead right here, resize this out right here, drag this out as you can
see, and trace it out. See that this has a
fill color right now, but I may want to go
ahead and remove it. So you can see the fill. You can simply select
no fill right now, and then you can go around
over here and change the thickness of the as you can see from 1.2 point and
three point right here. Let's keep it four
point right here, just like this, and
this is what you have. And this is how you can
go ahead and trace out. So as we go ahead right here
in further lessons now, we're going to go
ahead and trace out whole logo and then
arrange it out as we
4. Using Basic Shapes for Tracing and Layering: Now that we have our reference ready and we know how to
bring in our shapes now, let's just go ahead and start tracing this particular
graphic sound. So I'm going to go
around over here onto view and make
sure that Snap to Grid is not turned on
right now so that I can go ahead and trace
everything freely at the moment. So let's just go
ahead and zoom in by holding Alt on my keyboard. And you can see that the
Background right here are all, let's say, for example, circles. So I'm just going to
go around over here and make a bunch of
circles right here. So let's just go
around over here, just like this and drag this out to go ahead
and make a circle. Similarly, I'm going
to go ahead and then click and drag
this out right here, just like this to make
a circle as well. So if I were to go
around over here, you can see that I can go
ahead and make a circle accordingly so that it
traces it out right here. So let's just go around over here and click and
drag this out, and you can see that the drawing right here is not perfect, but you can go ahead and then trace out the
circle as you wish. So let's just go around over
here just like this as well. So let's just go
ahead, press Cancel, and then I'm going to select this particular circle and then I'm going to go ahead and
trace it out just like this. It doesn't have to be
perfect right here, because the drawing is
not perfect either. So if I were to go
around over here, I got the final
circle right here, just like this, as well. So if I were to go
ahead and keep it right here, this
is what you have. Let me just go ahead and keep
another circle right here. So you can see that these are overlapping circle Sprot here. And now, whatever you draw in Ruby Illustrator gets
arranged out in layers, and everything that
I drew right here got arranged out in layer
two, as you can see. So now I want to go
ahead and select out all and combine out all
the shapes together, so they form the cloud that you see behind the light bulb. So to do that, I can go around
over here onto Windows, and then I can go
ahead onto Pathfinder. So here you can see that I have an option to unite the shapes. I can even subtract
the shape by clicking minus or intersect
or exclude here. But if I were to go
ahead and unite, you can see that they all become one single shape rot here. Let me just go ahead here
and go to file and save. But sometimes I may forget
to save about the file. And in that case, you can
actually go around over here onto Edit onto preferences here, and then you can go ahead. And then enable auto
saving as well. Let's say, for example, if
I were to go to Genvll, this is what you
have, as you can see, and there's different
options here just like this and even file
handling, and it says, automatically save recovery
data every 2 minutes, but you can also do 30
seconds to be more on the safe side right
here so that it keeps on saving even if
I forget to save it. Then you got this light bulb
right here as you can see, and I got these screws
right here as well, which I can trace out
using shape as well. For example, I'm going to
go round over here onto ellipse and trace out this
particular bulb, as well. So let's just go round
over here, drag this out. Let's just go ahead and
drag this out right here, and this is what you have. Similarly, now you can see that I got the bottom shape as well. So you can see that I
can go for rectangle. And if I were to click on it, you can see that I can go
ahead and define out a shape. But let me just go ahead
and click on Cancel. And here you can
see that there's other shapes that
you have as well. So you got the rectangle, and you got other shapes, as you can see right here. As needed. Well, let me
just go around over here. Let's say, for
example, right here. And then if I were to go ahead and let's
say, for example, click and drag this out, this is what you have for the light bulb,
bottom right here. So let's just go ahead and
then let's say for example, draw out a circular shape
right here, just like this. So I'm just going to go
ahead right here and then zoom in to go ahead and
create this in detail. I'm just going to
go ahead and drag this up over here on
the top and the bottom. So I have this as you can see. So if I were to go
around over here, just like this, this
is what you have. So if I were to press
Control C and Control V, I go ahead and I can go ahead and get a duplicate
here, just like this. If I were to go ahead and drag this, this is what you have. So you can see that this is
the shape that I have here. So if I were to go
ahead and select it, I can go ahead and
merge it out together, and this is the shape
that you have right here. So now what I can simply
do is I can select this, press Control C and
Control V right here to go ahead and create a copy
right here just like this. But you can see that it is actually, let's
say, for example, you can see that the lines
right here is not straight. So you may want to go ahead and do that in the
future, as well. So let me just go
ahead and delete it, and maybe I just want to go
ahead and then, let's say, for example, trace out
this part right here at the moment or use other
shape as I like, as well. So not everything can be traced out by shape. I don't
prefer to do it. And for detail, for
detailed tracing, you may want to go ahead
and use out the Pen Tool, which you're going to go ahead and see in the next
video as well. So you can see that
I got this shape, and now over here, you can go ahead and choose
a fill color for it. So you can see the fill color. You can go ahead and choose a
color as you wish, as well. And this layer right here, this ellipse layer is on
the top, as you can see. So this is the cloud.
So let's just go ahead and name this out as
Cloud, right here. Press the plus
button, let's say, for example, and drag this
ellipse over here on the top. And I'm going to go ahead and name this as bulb right here. So now what I can do
is I can go ahead and select out a color
here as I want right here. And then you can see that it already starts
looking like this. But what I'm going to do now
is add no fill right here. I'm going to select it and
click on No fill because I still need to go ahead
and trace out everything. So that is simply how
you can go ahead. And utilize the shape tools in order to go ahead and trace out in order to trace
out your design here, and then combine the shapes
by using Pathfinder and even aligned out in the
layers as needed here. So as we move forward now, we're going to go ahead and
use the Pen Tool to trace out the details here so that
we get exact logo as we
5. Tracing Elements with Pen Tool: Now that we have our
basic trace done, let's just go ahead and do some complex tracing
by using the Pen Tool. So to access Pen Tool over
here on the left hand side, under draw, you can
see the Pen Tool here. So now you need to know some
basics of the Pen Tool. If you were to click
and click here, it draws a straight
line right here. That's quite straightforward. But click and drag around
and it creates a curb line, and the line that follows it
becomes a curb line as well, then you get a
pointy line as well. I can go ahead and click and drag this around to
create another curb. And if I were to go
around over here, hold alt and click, then you can see that
the handle disappears. And now you can go ahead and continue with a
pointe line as well. So it does take a bit of tries to get used to
how to use pento. So I'm just going to go
around over here and select this right here and
use the Pentool here, but I'm not going to have any fill color so
that I can only go ahead and trace it out as per the graphics
that I have here. So if I were to go
around over here, you can see that I have
this graphics here, and then this is
four points in size, so I'm just going to go
ahead and keep that in mind. So now I'm going to
go ahead over here. Onto Pen Tool and I'm going
to go ahead and simply, let's say, for
example, click here. Once I do that, you can see
that this is what I have. I cannot actually create
any more lines right here. So what I'm going to do is I'm
going to go ahead and lock the bulb layer right here and create a new
layer on top of it. I'm going to lock all
the layer beneath it so that I don't accidentally
select it or move it. So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to
go ahead and take this bulb as a
reference point right here and then I'm going to click on that particular point, click and drag to
create, let's say, for example, this particular
a curb right here. And then you can see
that curve follows. I'm just going to go
around and see here. I'm just going to go
ahead right here and then click Or I don't want
a curb this big, so I'm just going to hold
alt and click right here, and then I'm going to
go ahead and click and drag it out right
here just like this. And then you can see that
this is what I have. So let's just go ahead right
here. And pull this out. Let me just press Control
jet and click and drag right around onto this section because I want straight
line from over here. So if I were to go around over here and click, this
is what I have. So if I were to go
ahead and click it, you can see that I can go ahead and select it all
the way till here. And I can hold all ra here and then enclose
out the shape. So you can see that this is
not actually quite perfect. You can see that I got the I have this particular shape ra
here if I were to move it. But what I'm going to do is
I'm going to merge it out together with the with
this particular layer. So I'm just going to
select this and sift select this shape as well. So now, in order to go
ahead and merge it, let me just go to Windows onto Pathfinder and merge it out. And you can see that
this actually moves up here on layer four. But I'm just going
to go ahead and drag this in the
bulb layer itself. So you can see that now
this is what I have now. Similarly, now I can
go ahead and make detailed tracing for the rest of the items right here as well. So to do that, I'm going to go ahead and use the
Pentel, let's say, for example, and
go ahead and then, let's say, for
example, select this. So let's say, for
example, I have this now. So I don't need to be let's
say, for example, perfect, but I can simply go ahead right here and then draw
this up right here, click and drag this out. And then you can see that I
have that particular shape. So let's just go
ahead right here, draw this out a bit, and then go around over
here and close it. Similarly, let me just
go ahead and zoom in and then trace
this out as well. This seems to be a circle, so let me just go ahead and bring a circle right
here, just like this. So similarly, now
what I'm going to do is I'm going to go ahead
and trace the rest. So this does take a bit of time, which is quite normal. So let's just go ahead
here and trace it. So this is let's say, for example, the
inner shape rot here. So let's just go ahead and
name this as inner shape, and I'm going to go ahead
and lock this out as well so that I don't
accidentally move this out. So let's just go ahead here, create another layer, and
then draw this out as well. So this is what I have,
so you can see that there's a little bit of tread
rot here, just like this. Let's press Enter so that I can make a separate shape
rot here, just like this. So let's just go ahead
and add in a bit of curb rot and let's do the same
here for this as well. So if I were to go
around press Enter, this is what you have. So now, what I'm going to
do now is make the leaf. So this is, let's say, for example, the wire
rot here just like this. So I'm just going
to go ahead and lock and lock this as well. Click on the plus button t here, and then now, what I'm going
to do is make out the leaf. So let's just go ahead and click and drag this out right here. And then you can see that
this is what you have. So let me just press Control, Jed because I didn't
get that quite right, so I can go around over here
and then click right here, just like this, as you can see, and then trace around
the leaf right here. So let's just go ahead
and click and drag. So when you actually first
try using the Pen tool, it takes a few tries before
you actually get it right. So don't worry about it
and keep on practicing. So this is the leaf as
you can see right here, and now I'm going to go around
over here and then click till here and simply make a shape right
here, just like this. Similarly, I'm going to
go ahead right here. And make these details as well, not as much as the drawing, but let me just
go ahead and then trace these all out right
here, just like this. I'm just going to go
around over here, trace it till here,
just like this. And if I were to go
around over here, trace it right around till here, click around and trace it right around till
here, just like this. So this is what you have, and you've got the leaf as well. And with the details,
I'm going to go ahead and work around
with it later on. So then I got the screw as well. So this is going to be the leaf right here,
just like this. And now let's go ahead and
trace out the screw as well. So for that, I'm just going
to go ahead and create another layer right here and make sure this
layer is logged. And now what I'm going to do is select the Pen tool right
here, just like this. And I'm going to go ahead
and phrase out the screw. So you can see that
this is what you have. So you can see that there's
the inner details as well. And I'm going to go ahead and then work around with
later on right here. So you can go ahead right
here and click and drag it to make the curves as I want
right here, just like this. So let's just go
around over here, and there's the
curves right here. So let's just go ahead
and drag this out as well and drag this out right here, just
like this as well. And then I'm going to go
ahead and hold alt and click because I don't want
that sort of a detail. So let's just go ahead and
then drag it out right here. Drag it out right
here, just like this, and I'm going to go ahead and
drag this out right here. Drag this out, right
here, just like this. So let's just go
ahead and enclose it here, just like this. I'm not going to worry
about the parts that overlap because I can simply go ahead and
work with it later. So now with the inner details, I'm just going to
go ahead and use the Pen tool itself
and draw around. So let's say, for
example, I can go ahead, raw here, and then, let's say, for example, draw out a bit of a screw
line right here. Press Enter to go ahead
and draw another line. I'm going to go
around over here, and then let's say, for example, make another screw line t here, and let's do the same
here like this as well. I'm not going to
worry about being perfect because this is
more of an art rot here. So this is what you
have, as you can see. You got the bottom
details right here, but you can go ahead
and add it later on. So right now you
can see that I got a rough trace and now
it's time to beautify it. So after you go ahead and
let's say, for example, work around with the
tracing fist now later on, you can go ahead and refine it, add color to it, as well. You got the text
remaining as well, but we're going to go ahead
and use text too for that. So in the next video,
we're going to see how we can go ahead and add in colors and beautify the
graphics that we have made.
6. Adding Text and Converting Text to Shape: That we have traced
out our logo here, let's just go ahead and then
add in the text as well. So you can actually go ahead and manually trace out the
text rat here as well. But what I'm going to
do is I'm going to simply go ahead and
type in the text here, which is similar in design. So for that, I'm going to take the Type Tool right
here and I'm going to click and drag around the green thoughts
itself just like this. So you can see that Aurim
some text is inserted. Let me just press Control
eight to select it out and erase this
and type in green. Thoughts right here,
just like this. So let's just go ahead right here and increase
the size of this. So you can see that
I have the option to increase out the text
size from over here. So I'm just going to go ahead
and increase the size out. But let's say I want
to increase it more, so I'm just going to go
around over here and type in, let's say, for example, 85, let's say, for
example, right here. Or maybe 82 right
here, just like this. So you can see that the
text that you see in the back is a bit squeezed out. So you can see that I'm
using a text MediatP. You can go ahead and use different sort of text as
you can see right here. You can choose this
one right here. As you select it, you
can go ahead and select, let's say, this one or
this one as you like. But I'm going to
stick to MiadPR here. And you can see that right now it's regular just like this. So you can see that
this is regular R here. But if I were to go
ahead and expand it, you can see that there's
other options as well. So this text does not seem
to have other text here. So you can see that there
are other texts as well, so you can see that
this is what you have. So I'm just going to go
around over here and choose something that is simple. So let's just go
around over here and you can see that
there's screenshot, like sour sands pro as well. So you can see that there's
different options right here. For example, there's
semi bold right here and there's light light italic
extra light as well. So you can see that
you can go ahead and select out bull font
for this one, as well. So let's just go
around over here. Let's say, for example,
and select bull font. Let's just go ahead
and decrease out the font size as
well, just like this. So you can see that this
is the font that I have. And then, let's
say, for example, what I also want to
do now is, let's say, for example, go ahead
and then squeeze this out a bit here so that
it matches what we have here. So you can see that it is bold, but I don't want that bold, so let's just use
semi bold rat here. So now what I can actually
do with this text is go ahead and convert
it into shape as well. So I can actually go ahead
and select out the text, go around over here onto
Object and click on Expand. Press. Okay. And now
you can see that now this particular text turns
into text adjust into shape. So you can go around over here, just like this and place it out. So now I can simply go ahead
and let's say, for example, pull this out here and pull this out on the left hand
side, just like this. On the right hand side as well. And you can see that
it actually goes ahead and matches
out our text now, may not be perfect, but
this is what you want. But if you want the text to be perfect according to
the drawing itself, then you are better off
freezing out all of it here because
the font that you actually see might
not be perfect. So this is what you
have as you can see. So this is how you
can actually go ahead and use the Type Tool to
type in the text and even go ahead and convert it
into shaped rat here so that you can pull it and
then make changes to it. As per changes to it as per the shape
here just like this. And now, as we move
forward in the next video, we're going to go ahead
and apply out colors to our logo to go ahead
and bring it into life.
7. Applying Color: That we have traced
out this design, let's just go ahead
and color them. So we have actually made
out separate shapes here, and we have separate
layers, as you can see. All of them are
locked at the moment, but let me just go
ahead and unlock each one of them except
for the layer beneath. Actually, let me just
go ahead and hide it because I don't
need that anymore. So now I can go ahead and
use the selection tool, select a particular shape
and color out what I want. So as I select this shape, you can actually see that I have the fill and stroke here. The stroke is already black. So let's just go
ahead and double click on the fill color. You can immediately see that it fills it up with black color. But I don't want
black right there, but something like light blue. Let's say, for example,
just like this. I'm going to press Okay,
and this is what you see. Now let's go for the bow
here, just like this. Or maybe I want to
go for the leaf. So let's go around
with the leaf. And then around over here, I'm going to go ahead and
choose a green color. If you have a specific
color palette, then you can actually
go ahead and add it in right here, just
like this as well. You can go ahead and add in
the color code right here, the hexadimal code for
the color palette. Since we don't have any
color palettes to follow, we're just going to go ahead and follow this free hand rot
here, just like this. I'm going to pressoro here. So now with this one,
let's just go ahead here. And select out something
like a bluest grey rot here. So I'm just going
to go ahead and click on this and press Okay. For this one right here, let me just go ahead and
choose a dark color rot here. Press Okay. So you
can see that I can start seeing
details on my logo. So now for the bulb here, let's just go ahead
and select out a bit of a yellow sheet
here just like this. So you can go ahead and
select out yellow here. You can go ahead and choose other color palette
as you like, as well. So you can see that
this is what you have. Or you can go around over here. And choose, let's say, for
example, a lighter color. Press Okay, and this
is what you have. For this one right here, let's just go ahead
and select out dark gray color or
something like let's say, for example, a bit of blue
here, just like this. So as I fill it out with color, you can actually see like this looks like a graphics
now a proper graphics, as you can see just like this. We still do need to go ahead and maintain
it out properly. So you can see the cloud
that I have right here. You got the light bulb as well. I'm not too happy
about the color, so you can go ahead and
adjust it out right here. And same goes with this as well. So you can select Out a C and then, let's
say, for example, select out color as you like
this like this as well. So now this is what you have. And sometimes when you actually
go ahead and color it, the layer may be beneath here. So once if that is the problem, you can simply go
ahead and click and drag and rearrange the layers. As you like, just like that. So that is what you
have right here, and this is how you can
apply out the colors. And let's say I want to go ahead and apply out
the colors right here. For let's say, for example, this is green thoughts. This is one single sp, but let's just go ahead onto objects and ungroup
it out right here. So once I ungroup it, you can see that I can
go ahead and select individual um,
individual letters now. So I can go ahead right
here, select, let's say, for example, the same color
right here as I want. So I can go around and
select out the same green, let's say, for example, here
to add in a bit of a touch. You can even go ahead right
here onto the eyedropper and select this exact green
here and the exact style, and this is what you have.
But I don't want this. I want to keep it
plain, so let me just press Control Jed right here, a bit of times, right here. I can go ahead and select all of these and select a
particular color. So let's just go around over
here and select this color. Let's say, for
example, so it goes ahead and mimics that
particular color, as you can see, right
here, just like this. The logo says green thoughts, so let's just go
around over here and then go ahead and
select green right here, just like this, right here. So let me just go ahead
and select out again. Seems like I didn't
select that properly, so let's just go
around over here. Press Okay, and then
this is what you have. So this is just a starting, so we still need to go ahead and color this
properly as we want. So and as we move forward now, we're going to go ahead and see how we can change the color and even the style that we have the stroke right here
looks quite plain now, but we're going to
go ahead and make it more interesting as
we move forward.
8. Changing Line Design: So over here, I have this logo traced out, as you can see, and if I were to go
ahead and click here, then I can actually go ahead and change the line size and
so forth, right here. But if I want to go ahead
and let's say, for example, change this out and
change the line as if it was drawn by someone to
give that particular look, then I can actually
go around over here and show the
properties panel, and you'll be able to see the properties panel right here. And then over here you
can see the stroke, and if I were to click on it, then you can see
the profile here. And there's different
profiles that you can select. So if I were to select
this, you can see that now the s are not quite uniform, but it looks like drawing here. Similarly, I can do the
same for this one as well. So let's just go around
over here onto stroke, and let's go around onto
profile and select this, and you can see that I
have the wide chains. You can go ahead and
select this one as well. Or another one as what
is needed for you. So you can go ahead and
select this out as well. You can see that it is much more interesting if you were to
select out lines like those. So for these four lines as well. So these are four individual
lines as you can see, I can go ahead here onto
stroke, and let's say, for example, select out, let's
say, these colors as well. So you can go for
this one right here, as you can see, or you can go for this one or
whatever you want. So as you do that,
you can actually see. Now there's a bit of an interesting width
changing going on here, which is much better for
what this drew is like. So apart from that, let's just do the same with
the leaf as well. So you can see that there's
the leaf lines right here. You can go ahead and
select and if you were to actually go around
over here onto stroke, you can go around over here
and let's say, for example, select out a particular
type of stroke rat here, particular type of line. So you can go ahead
and select this, or you can go ahead here, select this one out
as well or this one, and you can see that this
is much more interesting. So you can do the same right here with the leaves as well. So let's just go ahead
and select this. And on the stroke, I'm going to change the
profile to this one. So you can see that it is
much more dynamic now. Going to do the same
with the wire as well. So let's just go
around over here, work around with the wire,
or maybe I want this one. Here's a slide this, and then
around over here as well. So these are the wires as well. So let's just go around
over here onto the stroke and select out another
style for this as well. Or you can go for this, or
you can go for this as well, or this as well, as you can see. So it looks much
more natural now. So let's just do the same with the remaining
shapes as well. We are still now we are just following the
same standards. So if I were to go
ahead and do that, you can see that the lines are
much more interesting now. And that is how you can simply
go ahead and change out the line design as you want to give your
graphics that is logo, in our case, much more
interesting feel. So now, as we move along, we're going to see
how we can further adjust out our
colors and even go ahead and add in effects and even change around the
line color as we need.
9. Refining Color Adding Glow and Adding Line Color: Over here we have our logo, and we have made the changes
to the lines as well, and we have freely
chosen out the colors. But if you have some
specific colors, let's say, for example, in my case, let's say I have certain brand colors
that I have to use, then I can utilize
this hex code, or I can utilize the
colors and use it as samples and apply those particular colors onto
the design as well. So to do that, I'm going
to go around over here onto Windows and go
to swats right here. So over here you
can see like there are colors that you can
actually go ahead and bring in. So I have my color codes here. So what I'm going to do is
click on the Plus button, and here you can see that I
can actually go ahead and then enter those hexidecimal
code out right here. So I can simply copy this
and go ahead and paste this. Then you can see that this is the sad sign right here
here or light blue. You can see that it's
added in right here. So there's other colors
over here as well, so I can actually
sift select it and delete them out altogether
if I want to as well. So I'm just going to go
ahead and delete it out so that I only have my brand
colors. So this is what I have. I'm just going to go ahead
and copy and paste this out, press Okay, and there
you got that color. Like, on the plus button
right here, just like this. And then if I were to
go around over here, you can press Okay, and this is what you have. If I were to go around
over here, just like this, then you can see that I can
add in other color as well. Can go ahead and repeat it
right here, just like this, or you can even use the slider yourself and
choose the color yourself. But since I already
have the code, I'm simply going to go ahead and utilize this method right here. So you can see that I got all of the brand colors right
here just like this. So now what I can actually
do is select this and then, let's say, for example,
choose the color. So you can see that
I apply that color, and I'm going to apply
this color right here. Going to apply this color here, and for this one at the bottom, I'm going to apply this. So let's just go
ahead and select out all and select this color
right here just like this. I can even go ahead
and select out individual text rat here and select another color
as you want, as well. So let's just go ahead and
select dark green itself. So over here, I'm
going to select this one and select
this color right here. You can see that it's more according to our brand
identity here now. So now you can even
see that there is the S here, just like this. There's the path right here. And let's say, I want to choose the same color for
the path as well, the darker green for the path, not this color itself. In that case, I can actually
go around over here. You can see the path right
here, just like this. And right now, this
is the fill color, but I can actually go ahead
and select the path right here by clicking on
the stroke button. Then I can go ahead and
if I were to select it, you can see that that
color is applied now. Similarly, I'm going
to go ahead and select out these
individual colors now, and then I can go around over here and click right
here just like this. And you can see that that
is the color that you have. I can go around over here and select out, let's
say, this color, as you can see, or let's say, for example, this color
as you want, as well. Well, let me just
press Control dead ut here because black is
what I want right there. So this is what you have, and
apart from that, let's say, what I want here now is a
glow like effect, as well. I can actually go
ahead and add in glow effect as well on the bulb. So to do that, I'm
simply going to select out the bulb
that I have br here. And maybe I want to go ahead
and change this out as well. Maybe I want no fill for this. So I'm going to go ahead and choose the fill
color for this one, and I'm just going to
go ahead and select out the color right
here, just like this. And then I'm going to
go round over here. And for the fill
color, I'm going to select none right
here, just like this. So this is what I
have right here and I'm going to change around
the stroke color as well. So this is what you. Maybe
for the stroke color, I'm simply going to go ahead
and choose black here, just like this because that
is what it was right here. So now for this one, I'm going to select
this color right here. So I'm just going to
go around over here and then select out this color, and then I'm going to have
no color for the stroke. So this is what you
have right here. So now, apart from that, I'm going to go around
over here, and then, let's say, for
example, bring down the stroke size right here,
just like this as well. And now to add in the
glow effect in the bulb, I'm simply going to go
ahead and select it. Go to effects, and
then around over here, you can see that there's
different sort of effects here. Like, for example, there's
rasters and there's, like, let's say, for example,
there's autistic color, Effects Gallery, and
so forth, right here. So there's many different sort of effects, as you can see. Let's try this one
out right here, the glowing Edges, which does
not actually do much here. So let's just press
Control jet right here. So let me just go ahead
and select out this shape, the bulb that is, and then I'm
going to go to Effects en. Let's see what I
have right here. Under stylize, you can actually see that there's an outer glow. So this is what I
want. Let's say, for example, right now, it is black in color. The preview is on, but I actually want white
glow right here. You can see the glow right
here, just like this. You can see a preview as well. You can change around the
blur level right here, just like this and change around the opacity
of the glow as well. And you can actually
see that the bulb now looks like it is glowing, which is the effect that I want. And it can choose
the level of uh, pixels right here, just
like this as well. Press Okay, and this is what
you have, as you can see. You got the glow at
the outer edges. Similarly, let's
say I want a glow right here inside up
the bulb, as well. So I'm simply going to
go ahead and select it. And now what I'm
going to do is I'm going to go around
over here, and then, let's say, for example,
go to Stylize, and then I'm going to choose
inner glow for this one. So once I go ahead and do that, you can go for the center, and then you can see that this is the
effect that you have. So if I were to change
around the effect, I'm not really getting the
effect that I want right here. So I'm just going
to press cancel. So I'm just going to
make this leaf glow so that it actually looks like the bulb is glowing inside. So I'm just going to go around
over here onto stylize, outer glow for the
leaf rot here. And here, now you
can see the glue effect rot here just like this. So you can go ahead
and change out the blur amount as you like, press Okay, and this
is what you have. And this is simply how you
can actually go ahead and then change around how
this actually looks. So you can refine out
the color just like this and then add in line color as we saw right
here, just like this as well. And we even added an outer glue. Similarly, for these lines as well, let's say, for example, I'm going to go
ahead and then use a lighter seed of grey
here just like this. So this is what you
have, as you can see. So you got more of a
subtle effect everywhere. So this is how you can go
ahead and refine out k color, add in glue, and
add in line color. And one thing that we need to remember is that this is a logo, meaning what happens is
that whenever we use it, we may not use it in
the color format. We also we also use it in
black and white sometimes, and that is what we're going to exactly design in
the next video. We're going to
design a black and white versin of this logo now now that we have
the colored logo ready.
10. Make black and white version: So over here, we have
our colored logo ready. But when it comes to logos, you don't only use it in
its colored versonO you may use it as stamps
or in letterheads, which may be black and white. So it's a good idea to have a black and white version
of the logo as well. So to do that, I'm going
to go ahead and let's say, for example, select
out the logo. Let me just go
ahead and hold Alt and then use the scroll
mouse button to zoom out, and then I'm going to hold Alt as I have my logo selected, and I'm going to click and drag right here just like this, and you can see an exact
copy of the logo is created. So now from the
properties section, I'm going to edit
out the artboard so that I can go ahead and re arrange out the artboard to the size of the logo
that I have right here. Let me just go to
the selection tool, and now I'm going to
go to the copied logo. I'm going to go ahead and start by coloring out, let's say, for example, this particular
uh, this particular text. So I'm going to go
around over here and just choose it to be black. So I'm going to go around
over here and let's say, for example, select
black, press Okay. I may also want to add the black over here on
my color swats now, so I'm just going to
click on this button as the black color is
selected and press Okay. So now I'm going to
go around over here onto the back side right here. That is the cloud.
I'm going to go ahead and color it out black
as well, just like this. So you can see that I got
this logo right here. And then now, what
I want to do is color out the leaf as black.
Let's say, for example. For the lines right
here for the leaf, I'm going to go ahead
and select out white. So now, I need to
select white as well. So let's just go ahead and
select it out right here. Let's just press this
line button right here, that is, I just
want the strokes. I'm just going to go around
over here and select white, right here, just like this. So now I'm going to add the white right here, just
like this as well. So now I'm going to
go ahead and select out these strokes right
here, just like this. So I'm just going
to go ahead and select out these chokes. And let's just go
ahead and color it out as white right
here, just like this. For the bulb, let's
say, for example, right here, the bulb is there. I'm going to go ahead and
select out, let's say, for example, the
white color as well. So as I were to go
ahead and select it, I can go ahead and
turn it white. So similarly, I got these
little shapes right here. So I'm just going to
go around over here and select out white and then I'm going to go ahead and select these lines around
over here as well. So let's just go ahead and
select out the lines here, and then I'm going
to go ahead and turn it into black rat here. So, for that, I'm going to select the stroke and
turn it black rat here. Similarly, I'm just
going to go around over here and then make the
changes as I like. So this is what I
have, as you can see, and then this is
already black rat here. So this is black and
white, as you can see. I can go ahead and move these
out as I like, as well. So let's just go
around over here. And select out these layers. So I want to go ahead and turn this little dot
into black as well, but that is not being selected. So I'm just going to go around
over here on two layers. Let's say, for example,
and then I'm going to go around over here and select
out that particular shape. So you can see that there's
different shape rot here. So now, as I were to
hide and enable it, you can see that this is the shape that I have brought here. So let me just go ahead and select black for that as well. So this is the saprot
here, just like this. And then as I were to
select it right here, seems like the upper shapes
are actually interfering. So let's just go ahead
and hide these out here. And then I'm simply going
to enable this out here, just like this and
select out the shape. And I'm going to select out
the black color right here, just like this, enable
out everything, and this is what you have. Now, you simply have a black and white version
of the logo as well. Um, just like this,
as you can see that you can go ahead
and use as you like. So this is what you can do and create an alternative
logo design as well. So now we have created
our logo in full color and created a black and white
logo as well as necessary. And now we're going to
go ahead and work with further refining and
policing as we move forward.
11. Refining Design: Over here now you
can see that we have the two version
of the logos, but the black and white logo, as you can see, is still
not up to the mark. You can still see
the glow upside over here in the black
and white logo as well. For the color, that's quite okay because we want
it to be detailed. But when we print it out
in stamps, let's say, for example, the
glow be that good. So I can simply go ahead and
remove out the glow at here. So as I select the shape, I can go to Windows, and then I can go around
over here onto appearance. So here you will be able to see the outer glow,
which is turned on, so I can simply
select it, hide it, or I can go ahead and
entirely delete it out. I'm going to do the same
here for, let's say, for example, the leaf as well, where outer glow is applied. So let's just go
ahead and delete. With a leaf here, however, you can see that the
stem is missing. I can go around over here and simply choose
out the black color. So I can go around over here, select out the black color as I want here and press Okay,
then you get the leaf. But you don't have the
white outline here anymore. So I can simply go
ahead and press Control C and Control F. That actually goes ahead and then creates out a
duplicate para here. So you can see that I got this, so you can see that
I actually have another leaf on top
of the leaf now here. So now what I can do is I can go ahead and turn
it out into white. So I'm just going to
go around over here. And make it white rot here. So now I'm simply
going to go ahead and erase this portion here. So I'm just going to
take the eraser tool, and simply I'm going to go ahead and erase it out till here. So now, once I do that, you can actually see that I have the leaf detail rot here, as well as the nu as well
as the line rat here. Let's just go around
and select this and then simply select
black rat here as well, because I want the
outer stroke as well to be the same size. So this is what you
have. Apart from that, you got, let's say, for example, different
objects rot here, like, for example, this
elliptlor as well. So let's say, for
example, I'm simply going to go ahead
and hide these out. I may want to go ahead and
see the color of this dot rot so now I'm simply going to go ahead and hide
these all out here. Let's enable this
and select this out. And now what I'm going
to do is go around over here onto my
color swats rat here. And let's say, for example,
let's just select black rot here for inner
and outer layer, that is the shape
and the outline. So this is what I
have, as you can see, and if I were to go
ahead and enable it, now this is how you can see
that I have made refinements. So now I want to
go ahead and then make sure that it's easy
to move around the logo. So for that, I can go ahead
and group them out together. So for that, I'm simply going to click and drag all
of these together, and I'm going to group it out
right here, just like this. So now you can see
that this is a single C. I want to do the same
rot here for this as well, so I'm simply going to
go ahead and group it. So now I want to go ahead and place it out in the grid,
let's say, for example. So to do that, if I were
to actually go around over here onto view t here, I can snap to grid. Once you do that,
it actually starts snapping out to the grid here. So I'm simply going
to go around over here and resize it
out, let's say, for example, to see
how it would actually look right here
when it is small. But you can see that the
detail is actually being lost. So what I want to do
right here is I want to preserve those details
even when I rescale it. So let's just go ahead
and press Control J. And now what I'm going to go ahead and do is select this out, and then I'm going to go
around over here onto Object and expand out the
appearance right here. Once I do that and press Control J to group it
out and resize it, you can see that the details
gets preserved right here. I want to do the same
for the color as well. So I'm just going to go
around and select this, and I'm going to go
around over here. And without expanding,
if I were to resize, you can see that the lines
rat here is not working well. So let's just press
Control dead, and I'm going to go
around over here, and then I'm simply going to go around over here onto object, expand up the
appearance rat here. So let's just go ahead
here, group it out, and then what happens is
that if I were to resize it, now you see all the
details preserved, but it's not expanded
quite properly. So let's just go ahead t here. And then let's say, for example, group it out right
here, select this, and then I'm going to
go around over here and expand this out, not
expand appearance. Now if I were to group
it and resize it, you can see that I
got all the details preserved out even when I
resize it out right here. So now, let's say, for example, I'm going to go ahead and then place it up
right here just like this by snapping
out onto let's say, for example, four of the
sections right here. So right on to the size. Let's just go ahead
and then I'm going to utilize the outline
as a reference, and I'm going to go
ahead and resize it out as I one p here,
just like this. So let's just go ahead and
then place it up right here. And by utilizing this line, you can see that you can
take a reference right here. And this would how the
small logo would look. Really, I'm going to go ahead, press Control C and right
here, just like this. And let's just go ahead and create a bigger version as well. So this is what you
have, as you can see. And if I were to go ahead
and expand this out, you can see that I have
the bigger version here, just like this, as well. So this is how you can
go ahead and zoom in, clean out some things as you
want, make some changes. We even removed the glow for the black and white version
as you can sat right here. And enables
Snaptogrid as well to make sure everything
is aligned in place. And this is how you
can go ahead and make a small vision to see how it would look as a
small versin as well. So now as we have made our logo, the next step is now to
export out our logo, and that is what exactly we're going to do
in the next video.
12. Exporting Final Logo in Required Format: Over here, we have completed our design right here
in Adobe Illustrator. And if I were to go
around over here, you can see that I
have already saved out an editable file in AI that
is Adobe Illustrator format. This is what I can use
to go ahead and open and make changes to the
file whenever I want. But what I also want now
is I want a usable format, which is not in Adobe
Illustrator format because if we were to go ahead and share this
out to clients, then they won't be
able to open up the logo file without
having Adobe Illustrator. So before we actually go ahead
and do that, first of all, I want to go ahead and create
out artboard so that I can export out the black and white and the colored
version separately. So to do that, I'm
going to go around over here onto let's say, for example, onto the
Windows right here, and then I'm going to go
to artboards right here. So I get the artboard tool, as you can see right here. So now what I'm
going to do now is I'm going to go ahead
and click on, let's say, for example, the plus button right here and create
another artboard here. So I'm just going to
go around and say color logo right
here just like this. And I'm going to leave the within height to,
let's say, for example, like thousand by thousand pixels right here,
just like this. Press Okay, and this
is what you have. So you got the artboard
resized out right here. So now, this is just
for the reference here. So what I want to
do is I want to have two artboards right here. Wiz actually goes ahead and divides out these
particular logos. So you can see that I got this artboard t here now and I want to
make changes to it. So let me just go around onto the properties right
here for the artboard, and I'm going to go ahead and then edit out the
artboard rot here. So once I go to
edit the artboard, I can go ahead and resize
the artboard out right here. So I'm just going
to go ahead and resize this out
right here just like this right here and resize
this out here as well. And make one artboard
here, just like this. So you can see that
this is what you have. Apart from that, I
want to go ahead and add in another
artboard, as well. So I'm just going to click on the Plus button on
the new artboard, and you can see that
another artboard is actually added in, and then you can
see the logo there. So I have these logos here, just like this, but I still seem to be in the artboard mode. So let me just press
Control J. I'm going to select the selection tool
and then move this out here. So you can see that now I got
a one color logo right here and let's say, a
black and white logo. I seem to have name the black and white
logo color logo R here. So let's just go around
and say BW logo here. And then for the artboard two, right here that I
have, I'm going to say color logo, just like this. So once I go ahead
and do that over here, I'm going to go around. And then, let's
say, for example, go to Properties, go
to Edit artboard. Now you can see the
black and white logo and the color logo here,
just like this. So now, what I'm going to do is you can see that this
is just for reference. So let's just go
ahead and save it. And the thing with
Illustrator is that even if the contents are
out of the artboard, you can still see but the one inside the artboard
can be exported. So this is why I
want to go ahead and export so that I can share
it out with clients. So first of all, I'm going to
go around over here onto FL and export this out right
here and go for Export As. And over here, you
can see that I have an option to export
this out right here. So you can see that I'm going
to go inside design itself, and there are different
formats that I can export in. So I'm going to PNG here. And let me just select artboard right here and click on Export. Once I do that, what happens is that it'll go ahead
and select this out. So the resolution t
here, as you can see, is 72 PPI, that is
72 pixels per ins, but I want it to
be high quality, so I can choose high
quality here, like 300 PPI, or if you want to increase
out the resolution, you can increase this
out like this as well. Well, let me just go for a high, and then I'm not going to worry about anything
else right here. The anti aliasing, the default
is actually quite good. So I'm just going to go
around and press Okay, right here, just like this. So once I go ahead and do that, both of the artboards
will be exported as a usable PNG format,
as you can see. So with the other
application as well, you can simply go
ahead and open it out. So if I were to go
around over here, open it out, you can see that this is the
logo that there is. So if you also want to go ahead and export, let's
say, for example, a usable general type of
vector graphics format, then you can use SBZ. So for that, I can
go to foul export, and then I can go to
Export As R here. And in Save As Type, I'm going to go ahead and select SBZ and click on
Export Rot here. And you can go ahead right here, just like this and then choose the starling
if you want to. But the default is
more than okay, so I'm just going to go around and press Okay, right here, and then it exports it
out into SVZ format, as you can see,
as well, which is a scalable vector
graphics format. So if I were to go
ahead and open up, this is what you see as
this, just like this. So no matter how much I zoom in, nothing will happen to the logo. So once you do this, then what happens is that
people won't be needing won't be needing like Adobe Illustrator itself
to access out the logo. So this is how you
can go ahead and save and make sure
you have saved editable vision of
AI and make sure that you have exported
out a high resolution, PNZ and SVZFle as well. So apart from that, you can
also go ahead and let's say, for example, save this out
as other format as well. So let's just go
ahead on to save as you got the Adobe
Illustrator file. You can also save it out as PDF or EPS format of
Illustrator, as you can see. So I can go ahead and let's say, for example, save it out in
other AI format as well. And let's say for
some reason you want, an older compatibility,
like, let's say, for example, Illustrator
Version three, then you can even
go ahead and select this out as you want right here. And then click on Save so
that what happens is that the design here is editable
in an older format as well. So this is what you
can do as well. So I'm just going to
go around and say legacy here just like this so that I know that this can be opened up by old application. So this is how you can
go ahead and export out the final logo
in Illustrator. And by saying that,
we have completed the MCorse on creating a logo
using Adobe Illustrator. And now it's your turn
for your class project. And in the next video,
I'm going to tell you exactly what you have to
do for your class project.
13. Project Description: So now that we have completed
the lesson and learn the steps of logo
creation step by step, now it is your turn
to do your project. So what you need to do for
your project is make up a similar logo with a black and white versin
and a color versin. So of course, as we
did, first of all, go ahead and create a new file right here and set out the
artboard size as necessary. And then what you need to do is arrange your
workspace so that you have access to your tools
easily whenever you want. So if you have a
hand drawn sketch, do go ahead and
import it out here, just like as we did and place
it out and change around its opacity and lock it into place so that it does
not accidentally move. But if you don't have any
hand wrawn drawing rat here, then you can simply go ahead and start making the layers and then draw everything freely
by using the Shapes rat here. But it is a good
idea to actually have the reference image, which makes it a lot
more easier to bring in details here, just like this. So if you have it, then do
go ahead and bring it out. Does not need to be the one that you
yourself drew, as well. It can be someone I can be something drawn by
someone else as well. So as I said, you can go ahead and
start tracing out, or create from scratch. First of all, go ahead and use simple shapes as we did
to go ahead and trace out basic shapes in
the logo or create out like logo from the scratch using
basic shapes as well. So whenever creating
complex logos, it's a good idea to go ahead
and have the sketch itself. For simple logos, you can actually use basic
shapes as well. So after you go ahead and
do that, like I said, trace the main structure using the geometrical shapes
and then go ahead and use the Pen tool to add in more complex curves as
you go along as we did. And after that,
make sure to add in typography as well
and then make sure the typography has equal
amount of spacing and also make sure that after
you type out the text, you convert it into
shapes like outlines. And then make sure you add in your own
color swatches as well, have your own color palette so that whatever colors you use, it is consistent
throughout your design. And then as we did refine out the strokes and use different styles for the strokes as well, and also make sure to create a black and white versin after actually you
go ahead and create a color versin just
like we did because as we learn out about logos, we learn that logos is not
just always used in color. It's also used in
print and in stamp. So a black and white versin is necessary as well to
check versatility. So test the logo in
different scales. So you can go ahead and make it small and see if it
still makes sense. Otherwise, you may want
to go ahead and make changes to the logo as needed. Both small and las, you need to go ahead and scale out the logos that you have, and then make sure
that everything is then saved out as an
editable AI file, and also make sure
to export it as high quality transparent
P&Z and SVZ versions as well that you can go ahead
and share out to others. And finally, make sure to upload one original sketch
that you used. That is the final color logo and the monochrome version and your exported files to
the Project Gallery. So make sure you upload out your PNZ SVZuh the AI file
sketch if you have one, like I said, to the
Project Gallery. So all the best for it. And I can't wait to
see what you come up
Pratik Pradhan, Digital Artist
