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Logo Design Techniques in Adobe Illustrator - 6 Projects for Beginners

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Overview

Learn six logo design techniques in Adobe Illustrator, to either learn the software in a practical way or to get ideas for logo shapes and text!

  • Learn from case studies of negative space in Illustrator and then learn techniques to create negative space using Illustrator.
  • Learn how to use custom shapes from Adobe Photoshop to customize and use for logos in Illustrator.
  • Apply freeform drawing techniques to design shapes in Illustrator.
  • Apply best practices for drawing over a photo and how to simplify and stylize the shapes for a logo in Illustrator.
  • Produce custom brushes and then adjust their attributes to use for logo design in Illustrator.
  • Learn and apply the Shape Builder and Live Paint Bucket tools in logo design.

About the instructor:

I've taught logo design at the university level for the past nine years, and I've also been internet development director at an award-winning advertising design firm and managing editor of two graphic design magazines, one which focused on Illustrator. I've also done freelance graphic design work for years.

Syllabus

  • Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator Introduction
  • Versions of Creative Cloud, Toolbar Customization, and Mac vs. PC
  • Negative Space in Logo Design and Illustrator
  • Using Photoshop Shapes for Logos in Illustrator
  • Freeform Drawing Shapes for Logo Design in Illustrator
  • Drawing Over a Photo for a Logo in Illustrator
  • Using Custom Brushes for Logos in Illustrator
  • Shape Builder and Live Paint Bucket Tool for Logos in Illustrator

Taught by

Chad Neuman, Ph.D.

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