Mastering Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator
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Published 2017-06-08
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00:00:00 Introduction to Logo Design in Adobe Illustrator
00:01:18 How to Create a New Document in Illustrator
00:01:54 How to Make Shapes and Lines in Adobe Illustrator
00:07:35 How to Use the Pen Tool in Illustrator
00:12:30 How to Use the Selection Tools in Illustrator
00:16:30 How to Use the Stroke Panel in Adobe Illustrator
00:22:49 How to Use the Layers Panel in Adobe Illustrator
00:24:41 How to Adjust Transparency in Adobe Illustrator
00:28:16 How to Use the Path Finder Tool and Shape Builder Tool
00:36:55 How to Use Swatches in Adobe Illustrator
00:42:10 How to Use Gradients in Illustrator
00:46:10 How to Use the Shaper Tool and the Smooth Tool
00:49:02 How to Use the Knife Tool in Adobe Illustrator
00:49:30 How to Use the Scissor Tool in Adobe Illustrator
00:50:30 Adobe Illustrator Live Stream Q&A Session
00:50:51 Is There an Automated Way to Separate the Line From the Fill in Illustrator?
00:52:38 How to Zoom In and Out in Adobe Illustrator
00:54:22 Do the Merging Tools (Shape Builder) Exist in Illustrator CS6 As Well?
00:56:00 What's the Easiest Way to Make Shapes Striped?
01:02:28 Building the Shape of Our Logo Design
01:11:01 Creating the Shadows
01:17:34 Adding Highlights
01:19:03 Adjusting the Logo's Color
01:20:39 Changing the Color Mode (RBG and CMYK)
01:21:32 Grouping Your Completed Logo
01:22:02 Using and Positioning Your Work With Artboards
01:24:31 Exporting Your Logo
01:28:06 Conclusion
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All Comments (21)
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What an amazing tutorial! Thank you so much! Liked and subscribed!
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This is the most helpful illustrator tutorial I could ever watch. You just made illustrator a whole lot easier for me. Thanks man, you rock.
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Your tutorial is the most comprehensive one I've ever watched! You are such a great teacher! I do treasure the guidance you provide. Liked and subscribed! (Best regards from Indonesia)
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Thanks for landing me smoothly into illustrator and making me feel ready to use it. I'm corel user, i wanna move to illustrator for some reason. Thank YOU!
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59:20 Instead of creating custom swatches with the lines, you could make the lines/abstract shape a pattern and select the option to size the pattern to the art. It behaves much better that way
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This is honestly SOOOOOO good. Half an hour in and I learned so much, unbelievable.
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Great tute, took me a little while to figure out I had to change my tool menu from Basic to Advanced... just in case anyone else can't find the tools you use in the beginning
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Just discovered Dansky and I love his tutorials. I am learning so much more.
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This was the most thorough tutorial I've ever watched. Amazing work man!
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Thanks for the tutorial. A good tip for zooming in and out is ALT mouse scroll wheel. You don't need to fill a shape to make it a clipping mask - the clipping shape doesn't need a fill or a stroke. I can't get the stripy fills to work either.
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I thought it was worth an hour. After spending a day pausing and watching it, this is worth a career. Will really watch again. Thank you
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thank you for this! ♥️ your little whistles when youre silent and breathing makes me soft 🥺
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I strongly recommend this channel to the pros and the beginners alike. I learned many new things today.
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This is one of the best tutorials for all stages. Thanks for your effort and offering it free.
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Absolutely game changing! I feel like I can create almost anything in Illustrator now! Thank you so much 😊
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This was one of the best Illustrator tutorials I've ever watched! I am a self-taught graphic designer, so I've got pockets of knowledge that allow me to do what I need to do, but I've also got quite a few gaps. This tutorial goes through all of the important tools without being exhausting. It filled a TON of gaps for me in about an hour!
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Very useful and incredible tutorial. Even after 4 years, it's still the best tutorial in 2021 and it will still be the best ever. Thank you.
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A spot on tutorial.... One of te best out there !!!!
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At around 1:08:47, another way to round out that corner is to use the direct selection tool (A). Just select that specific anchor at the upper right, a circle with a dot in it's center will appear. Pull that circle 45 degrees downward opposite (in this case left), and it will start rounding that corner. How much roundness you want depends how far you pull the circle.
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I was struggling to create a simple logo and now after watching this I am confident that I can create a complex one. Thank you very much!!
