Using Repetition for Logo Design in Illustrator CS5
Repetition is a fundamental concept in the design world. Whether repetition is part of “harmony” or “visual echo” or just plain common sense — intentionally integrating repetition into logo design works. Do you need more reasons?
Developing Corporate Identity Materials
Corporate identity materials are critical to establishing a clear brand for any organization. In this article we will explore one process for developing a complete brand from scratch and the resulting corporate identity materials. The “brand” concept revolves around a simple theory – humans create categories because we have too much to try to remember.
Beating the logo Blues
How to think outside the box and come up with original logo designs for clients Designing logos is a really inventive way to make a living, or at least a partial living if you’re a wide ranging graphic designer. Each design is different and the design process can be really variable; after all, you and [...]
99 Designs review
99 Designs is an increasingly popular design contest website and #1 marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design services. In 2010 99 Designs was awarded Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Web Service & Application of the year. 99 Designs has hosted more than 75,000 designs already and claims to have paid designers $19 million to-date. Its [...]
Showcase of 40 logos that use character design
Recently character design has become more and more popular – in illustrations, web design or logos. One of the strongest reasons companies have started using characters as part of their logos is the fact that they create a physical face for customers to recognize. Good character designs used in the right way can help support [...]
Illustrator Logo Design Tutorials
These Illustrator design tutorials cover all aspect of making logo in Illustrator from conception to completion. Adobe Illustrator is the best software to design a logo because it creates a vector file which is easily scalable to any dimension. You can also export logo image from Illustrator to any raster size without sacrificing quality of [...]