With Adobe Illustrator, you can create a professional logo design that will stand out. With this logo maker, you can follow your design inspiration without having to deal with the features you need to tackle any new logo.
Therefore, Illustrator means that your logo will be a vector object, not a bitmap, when you use it. Although Photoshop does have a place in logo design, Illustrator should always be your first choice for most of the work. Using the Image Trace menu, you can trace any image in vector form.
Stacy Stacy Lee is an eccentric writer and an avid traveler. She loves to explore new books and locations with her pooch. Creating a logo project in Adobe Illustrator is as simple as selecting [Create New] and entering your logo size. You can change the page orientation and the number of artboards by selecting a preset.
You can change the arrangement of the artboard or bleed it by clicking More Settings. Simple Business Cards can be edited at any time once they are opened. Stacy Stacy Lee is an eccentric writer and an avid traveler. She loves to explore new books and locations with her pooch. Table of contents 1. Choose Templates from the New Document dialog box. Click From template in the Create New list on the Welcome screen. Click New in the New From Templates dialog box once you have found and selected a template.
Create a logo project and set up your workspace. Then create a new document and set up your workspace. You can create complex art by combining rectangles, triangles, circles, and freeform shapes. To adjust the kerning, highlight the characters you want to adjust and then use the drop-down menu next to the icon with an "A" and a "V" being pushed together in the character menu to adjust the kerning.
Tracking: Tracking adjusts the space between all characters in the text. Use the drop-down menu next to the icon that resembles an "A" and a "V" being pushed apart in the Character menu to adjust the tracking. Horizontal Scale: Horizontal stretches the characters horizontally making them wider or thinner. Use the drop-down menu next to the icon that resembles a "T" being stretched vertically in the Character menu to adjust the horizontal scale of the text.
Vertical Scale: Vertical scale stretches characters vertically making them taller or shorter. Use the icon that resembles a "T" being stretched vertically to adjust the vertical scale of the text.
Vectorize the font. The font you select for your logo may not be available on all machines. Once you get the text set the way you want it, you should vectorize the font.
This transforms the text into a vector graphic instead of a text object. Be aware that you will not be able to edit the text after it has been vectorized. Use the following steps to vectorize the text: Click the selection at the top of the toolbar to the left. Click the text object. Click Type in the menu bar at the top. Click Create Outlines. Part 4. Select a shape tool. Click the icon that resembles a rectangle in the toolbar to the left to select the rectangle tool.
Click and hold the rectangle tool to see other shape tools. Click the shape tool for the shape you want to add to your logo. For example, if you want to draw a face, use the ellipse tool to draw a circle or oval shape for the head. It's a good idea to place your text and your images on separate layers in Illustrator.
You can also use the Pen Tool to create more complex shapes. Click and drag to add a shape. The easiest way to create images in Illustrator is by combining and subtracting simple shapes. Select a shape tool and click and drag to add a shape to your artboard. Don't add any color to the logo just yet. Start with a simple black and white version of the logo. Add another shape on top of the first shape. You can use the same shape tool or another shape tool to add a new shape on top of the previous shape.
For example, you can add small ovals on the side of a larger oval to make ears. You can also use circles to cut out eyes in an oval shaped face. Select both shapes. To select both shapes, click the selection tool at the top fo the toolbar to the left and then click and drag over all the shapes you want to modify.
Open the Pathfinder. The Pathfinder has an icon that resembles a square overlapping another square in the sidebar to the fight. If you don't see the Pathfinder icon, use the following steps to open the Pathfinder. Click Windows in the menu bar at the top. Click Pathfinder. Use the pathfinder to create shapes. The pathfinder has the following tools: Unite: This joins the selected shapes into a single shape.
It's the icon that resembles two squares joined together. Minus Front: This cuts the shape on top out of the shape on the bottom. It's the icon that resembles a square with the corner cut out.
Intersect: This removes all but where the two shapes overlap. It's the icon with two squares forming a small square in the middle. Exclude: This removes the area where the two shapes overlap.
It's the icon with the two squares with the corners cut out in the middle. Use the Direct Select tool to adjust lines and curves.
The Direct Select Tool is the second icon in the tool bar to the left It has an icon that resembles a white mouse cursor. You can use it to adjust lines and curves of a shape. If you zoom in on a shape, you'll see white dots on the lines and corners of a shape. These are called Vectors. Use the Direct Select tool and click and drag the vectors to move them. This allows you to move corners and expand shapes.
If you click a vector with the Direct Select tool, you might see two lines with dots on the end of them attached to the vector.
These are called Bezier Curves. You can click and drag them to adjust the curve of a line. Part 5. Click the artboards icon. This is the icon that resembles two pieces of paper in the sidebar to the right. Not to be confused with the Artboard Tool in the toolbar to the left.
If you do not see the Artboards icon, use the following steps to open it. Click Artboards. Click the small paper icon. It's in the lower-right corner of the Artboards menu. This adds a new artboard to your file. Copy the logo in the first artboard. Click the selection tool at the top of the toolbar to the left. Then click and drag over the entire logo in the first artboard.
Click Edit in the menu bar at the top and click Copy. Paste the logo into the new artboard. Navigate over to the second artboard and click Edit in the menu bar at the top. Then click Paste to paste the logo into the second artboard. Instead of adding color to the original logo in the first artboard, save a black and white version as your line-art logo.
Add color to a separate version of the logo. Click a shape you want to add color to. This can be any shape you want to add color to. Click the swatches menu. It's the icon that resembles a grid with different color squares in the sidebar menu to the right.
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