design a company logo

[fran...@adobeforums.com]

Hi,

I am new to the adobe Illustrator, anyone can recommened where I started, I am in IT field, tried to play around for a week. I gave it up.

Thanks

Frank

fra...@naperit.com

[Alexander_Kogan.@adobeforums.com]

Hi there, Frank :)

First off, are you asking how to do a company logo? Well, it takes at least a couple of years of studying graphic design basics to understand how to do a good logo, and it may take you a couple of minutes to do a bad one in any graphic program :)

Graphic programs aren't identity-making factories, they are just drawing/painting tools, like pencil, brush and rapidograph, just a bit more advanced :) Thus, there is no "make new logo" filter or standard procedure. You have to know about composition, color, drawing/painting, typography, basic psychology, and when you know all this - you just grab your drawing tool and project your idea to the screen/paper/whatever else.

Unfortunally, this kind of questions can't be answered in a thread like this. But if you have some specific question about how to do this thing or that thing in Illustrator - you'll most definitely find the answer here ;)

[Jonathan_...@adobeforums.com]

Frank,

If the company in general is unwilling to spend the money on a professional logo designed by a professional Graphic artist (sorry, but you might not find anything but in this forum), then they may be interested in a program that does do it for you using templates. I say one the other day at a local computer store, but unfortunitely I didn't catch the name (oops ;0). Do a web search and see if anything comes up. Otherwise, it may be best to explain to whomever put you up to this that you are great at what you do on the computer, but that does not make you great at everything a computer does, so a professional would be the best bet.

Jonathan

[Petra_...@adobeforums.com]

What a fantastic question. "I need to design a company logo. How do I use Illustrator?" For goodness' sake...

[Alexander_Kogan.@adobeforums.com]

Petra, I think I won't tell any lie if I say that we've all been through it once upon a time ;)

[John_K...@adobeforums.com]

Read this… <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@@.1dea2d83>

…and this. <http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?128@@.2ccd7364>

Classroom in a book

Visual Quickstart

and many more manuals.

If you want a logo, here is one.

1) Create a circle with the elispe tool. 1pt black stroke with white fill.
2) Use the transform palette to enter these dimensions. Width= 2" Height=2" and center point located x=4" and y=4"
3) Copy (control/command+C) and paste in front (control/command+f)
4) While the pasted element is selected and center point still selected in transform palette, change dimension to W=1" H=1" and change location in the Y axis by entering equation after the number 4 ( 4-.5). When you hit enter, it calculates leaving a entry 3.5"
5) Copy the small circle and paste in front and change the Y axis to 4.5
6) Select the two small circles and copy them.
7) Select all and in the pathfinder palette, select divide. (lower left corner in the palette)
8 ) With the group selection tool (tool behind direct selection tool, white arrow with a plus) select the left half wedge. While selected, shift select the top small circle so that the top circle and left wedge are both selected.
9) In pathfinder palette, Alt+add to shape button. (upper left button. Alt selecting the top row expands the effect which makes the effect applied permanent)
10) Repeat with right wedge and bottom small circle.
11) Select left shape and fill with black swatch
12) Paste in front (what you copied in step 6)
13) Select top pasted circle and change dimension (while center point still selected in transform palette) to X= .5" and Y = .5"
14) Repeat with bottom pasted circle and change the bottom circle's fill to black swatch.
15) Select all and right click on shape, (for you one-button mac users, use control+select) select transform>rotate in the pop out menu and change the rotation to 45º.

XD

[Alexander_Kogan.@adobeforums.com]

LOL @ John :D

[John_Me...@adobeforums.com]

That's more help than he could have ever hoped for...

[John_K...@adobeforums.com]

LOL @ John

Are you yanging my yin?!

;)

[Brian]

> First off, are you asking how to do a company logo? Well, it takes at
> least a couple of years of studying graphic design basics to
> understand how to do a good logo, and it may take you a couple of
> minutes to do a bad one in any graphic program :)
>
> Graphic programs aren't identity-making factories, they are just
> drawing/painting tools, like pencil, brush and rapidograph, just a
> bit more advanced :) Thus, there is no "make new logo" filter or
> standard procedure.

It's sort of like going to the woodworking supply store and asking for
the table-making machine, or the music store looking for the songwriting
footpedal. Neither exists, nor should they ever.

[Alexander_Kogan.@adobeforums.com]

Are you yanging my yin?!

I'm Budding your Zen ;)

[John_Me...@adobeforums.com]

Geez...get a room...lol

[John_K...@adobeforums.com]

Do you know what the best part was?

The moderators were forced to follow the steps so that they were sure it was not offensive?

XD

(unintentional but we will see who is laughing last when I get restricted from these fora)

[Timothy_Foolery䄉adobeforums.com]

I dunno, I managed to do them in my head as i read and I figured out what it was.

[John_K...@adobeforums.com]

(psst Tim, it was a joke. Though if it needs to be explained, then it is not funny. btw, it is not a sheep)

[Timothy_Foolery䄉adobeforums.com]

it is not a sheep

Well, I got it wrong then. I better follow the instructions. ;)

[Alexander_Kogan.@adobeforums.com]

John,

Just to prove I'm not completely lame, I've tried to follow your instructions. Here's what I got <http://osumu.org/shops/pics/bk1.jpg>. Is that it? :o

[Alexander_Kogan.@adobeforums.com]

(...gee, I hope Len won't ban me forever....)

[John_K...@adobeforums.com]

LOL

B)