12 Logo Design Tools YOU NEED TO KNOW in Illustrator — Transcript

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1. 0:00in the next 10 minutes you're going to
2. 0:02learn 12 different tools and techniques
3. 0:04that can be pretty much used to design
4. 0:06any logo so here's the logo we'll be
5. 0:09creating which may look familiar along
6. 0:11with these 12 tools and techniques that
7. 0:12can be combined together to create all
8. 0:14sorts of logo designs in Adobe
9. 0:16Illustrator so first up the ellipse tool
10. 0:20righto so as with any good logo we need
11. 0:22to start by creating a new document and
12. 0:24I'm working with a 1920x 1080 pixel
13. 0:26artboard with a color mode set to RGB
14. 0:29the resolution is also 72 PPI now that's
15. 0:32done let's click create now from the
16. 0:34toolbar on the left we can select the
17. 0:35ellipse tool and then click anywhere on
18. 0:38the artboard and create an ellipse
19. 0:39that's 300X 300 and from the bottom of
20. 0:42the toolbar let's set the filter none
21. 0:44and then thicken up that stroke and if
22. 0:46you're new to illustrator a stroke is
23. 0:48basically an outline or a border there
24. 0:50we go suitably thick next let's do this
25. 0:54again and this time we're going to set
26. 0:56the size as 360x 360 so a little bit
27. 0:59bigger now let's select both shapes and
28. 1:01align these to the bottom Edge now I'm
29. 1:03going to select the shape on the right
30. 1:05and move this to the left holding shift
31. 1:07so it stays perfectly horizontal just
32. 1:09enough that it overlaps like this now
33. 1:12using the zoom tool I'm going to zoom in
34. 1:14nice and close and then switch over to
35. 1:15outline mode which is command or control
36. 1:17Y and now we're going to move on to the
37. 1:19line segment tool and this does exactly
38. 1:21what you'd think it draws lines and we
39. 1:23can select it click and drag to draw a
40. 1:25line in any direction or we can hold
41. 1:27shift and snap this to a 45° angle now
42. 1:30let's zoom in nice and close for this
43. 1:31next step I'm going to try and line up
44. 1:33the line we've just created with the top
45. 1:36right edge of the left Circle and once
46. 1:38you think you've got it hold shift and
47. 1:40press up once to move the line upwards
48. 1:42and now that's done we can move on to
49. 1:43the scissor
50. 1:44tool so let's go and select this from
51. 1:47the toolbar you can find this by
52. 1:48clicking and holding on the Eraser and
53. 1:50it's under there and I'm going to make a
54. 1:52cut on the circle that lines up with the
55. 1:54line and that's literally it for this
56. 1:56tool and you'll see why in a moment next
57. 1:58we're going to use the direct selection
58. 1:59tool
59. 2:00and this one's right up there at the top
60. 2:02of the toolbar and we can use this to
61. 2:04select individual anchor points or click
62. 2:06in between two anchor points and press
63. 2:07delete to remove and if you find a stray
64. 2:09Anchor Point like this just select it
65. 2:11and press delete again now we've removed
66. 2:13that segment let's line up the line
67. 2:15again geez this terminology is confusing
68. 2:17but that's exactly what we're doing
69. 2:18we're lining up these two end points
70. 2:20which nicely leads us into joining
71. 2:24paths so with the direct selection tool
72. 2:26let's drag over those two end anchor
73. 2:28points go to object path and select join
74. 2:32and now these are joined the circle and
75. 2:34the line that we created are now one
76. 2:36shape again let's press command or
77. 2:37control y to switch back to preview mode
78. 2:39now I'm going to select the bigger
79. 2:41Circle and hold shift and use the right
80. 2:43arrow key just to nudge this to the
81. 2:44right again let's grab the scissor tool
82. 2:46and make a cut where the two paths
83. 2:48overlap and now the Cut's been made I
84. 2:50can hold shift and use the left Arrow
85. 2:52key to nudge it back again we're going
86. 2:53to use the direct selection tool to
87. 2:55delete the excess and I can freely move
88. 2:57this Anchor Point around or I could hold
89. 2:59shift to keep it sna to that 45° angle
90. 3:02okay that's all looking good now with
91. 3:04the main selection tool and the shape
92. 3:05selected we can go over to the stroke
93. 3:07properties and set the cap type to round
94. 3:09and this will round off the end points
95. 3:11of any paths now you can see here I'm
96. 3:13using the direct selection tool to
97. 3:14adjust the length again or you can use
98. 3:16the arrow keys to adjust the position of
99. 3:17an anchor point so whichever method
100. 3:19works best for you okay once again we're
101. 3:21going to switch into outline mode and
102. 3:23select the line segment tool and we're
103. 3:25basically going to do the same thing
104. 3:26again but for the other Circle so let's
105. 3:29zoom in nice and close line up the line
106. 3:32once we've got it lined up roughly let's
107. 3:34hold shift and nudge it out with the
108. 3:36arrow keys go and grab the scissor tool
109. 3:38you can nudge it back into position
110. 3:39briefly if you're not sure where to make
111. 3:41the cut once you've got a good idea go
112. 3:43and make a cut on the circle and then
113. 3:45use the direct selection tool to delete
114. 3:47the excess and remember to check for any
115. 3:49stray anchor points as well because if
116. 3:50you don't remove these now they may
117. 3:52cause you problems later in the process
118. 3:54okay all looking good let's zoom in nice
119. 3:56and close line these up as best we can
120. 3:59and then using the direct selection tool
121. 4:01drag over both of the objects and join
122. 4:03them together and the shortcut for this
123. 4:04is command or control J now before we
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147. 4:55yourself okay next let's look at the
148. 4:57shape Builder tool so first let's drag
149. 4:59over everything to select it and the
150. 5:01shapee Builder tool can be found under
151. 5:03the Live Paint tool if you don't see it
152. 5:04here and if you hold down alter option
153. 5:06and hover over different parts of your
154. 5:08shape they will become highlighted and
155. 5:10you can click to remove now I'm going to
156. 5:12use all of the tools we've covered so
157. 5:13far to just make a few minor
158. 5:27adjustments there we go you can see it's
159. 5:29starting to come together next let's
160. 5:31select this and move this over to the
161. 5:33left hand side go to edit copy and then
162. 5:36edit and paste in place and then using
163. 5:38the arrow keys I can move this copy out
164. 5:40to the right copy and paste in place and
165. 5:42then move this one out to the right as
166. 5:43well next we're going to look at
167. 5:46expanding so if we drag over the middle
168. 5:48shape we can then go to object and down
169. 5:51to expand leave fill and stroke selected
170. 5:54and click okay this basically converts
171. 5:56the stroke to a regular shape with a
172. 5:58fill and we can select the the stroke
173. 6:00and then give this a color and it
174. 6:01doesn't matter what color you pick but
175. 6:03for now I'm going to go with a nice rich
176. 6:05blue then let's go and increase the
177. 6:07stroke weight I think I'll go for
178. 6:09something maybe around 20 but actually
179. 6:12one thing we need to do first is make
180. 6:13sure the stroke is aligned to the
181. 6:15outside edge and you can see this
182. 6:17changes things slightly so let's go and
183. 6:18tweak that stroke again I think I'll go
184. 6:20for around 23 and if I then switch back
185. 6:23into outline mode and select the shape
186. 6:24on the far right go to object and expand
187. 6:27and if you look closely you can see how
188. 6:28the process of expanding changes the
189. 6:30geometry of a shape right next up we're
190. 6:33going to use the Pathfinder tools now
191. 6:35you can see the selected design has a
192. 6:37few pieces that overlap and I can use
193. 6:39this top left option to unite these
194. 6:41separate pieces into a single shape next
195. 6:43we're going to select the ey dropper
196. 6:45tool now this is located in the toolbar
197. 6:47but you can also press the shortcut I to
198. 6:49access this tool and we can use this to
199. 6:51copy properties from one shape to
200. 6:53another now that's done I'm going to
201. 6:54select the shape on the far right and
202. 6:56swap the fill and the stroke I'm then
203. 6:58going to double click the color and
204. 7:00select white all the way in the top left
205. 7:03corner now let's switch back into
206. 7:05outline mode and if I select the middle
207. 7:07shape go to object and expand appearance
208. 7:09you can see the geometry changes and
209. 7:11becomes much more complex once again
210. 7:13we're going to select the shape Builder
211. 7:14tool and one of the main uses of this
212. 7:16tool is that you can click and drag
213. 7:18through individual shapes and combine
214. 7:20them together into a single shape or you
215. 7:22can hold Al or option to remove from the
216. 7:23shape which is exactly what I'm doing
217. 7:25here now if I drag over one of these you
218. 7:27can see they're both grouped together
219. 7:29but if I if I use the direct selection
220. 7:30tool I can select only one go to edit
221. 7:33and down to not copy cut and this does
222. 7:36copy it but it also removes it at the
223. 7:37same time we can then paste it back in
224. 7:39place and with the main selection tool
225. 7:41drag over all of the pieces and use the
226. 7:43Pathfinders unite option to combine them
227. 7:46into a single shape do this for both
228. 7:48pieces and this is why we had another
229. 7:50duplicate of the logo design it was
230. 7:52literally to create these two pieces now
231. 7:54let's expand the appearance of the shape
232. 7:55on the far right and then use the direct
233. 7:57selection tool to select that inner
234. 7:59white space and press delete or
235. 8:00backspace to remove now let's select
236. 8:02these two seemingly random pieces and
237. 8:04from the Color Picker make them black
238. 8:06that's all the way in the bottom left
239. 8:08corner and then hold shift and use the
240. 8:10right arrow key to nudge these into
241. 8:11position and then go up to object
242. 8:13arrange and bring to front and now you
243. 8:15can see exactly what these pieces were
244. 8:17used for now we can select the version
245. 8:19on the left this was a backup in case
246. 8:21things went terribly wrong and now I'm
247. 8:22going to move the superfinal version
248. 8:24back into the center now if I switch
249. 8:26back into outline mode once again we do
250. 8:28have a very complicated sh shape and I'm
251. 8:30going to use the shape Builder tool to
252. 8:31drag through all of these individual
253. 8:33pieces and unite them together into a
254. 8:35single shape and remember if you want to
255. 8:36do the opposite and subtract or knock
256. 8:38out from the selection just hold alter
257. 8:40option when using the shape Builder tool
258. 8:42now sometimes it'll do this and remove
259. 8:44the color don't worry your shape is
260. 8:45still there just reselect it and then
261. 8:48reapply the desired color and
262. 8:50considering this is based on the
263. 8:51Creative Cloud logo let's go with a red
264. 8:53and now I'm going to select both of
265. 8:54these pieces on the inside and set the
266. 8:57fill color to white
267. 9:01nice okay next we're going to take a
268. 9:03look at compound paths okay so we have
269. 9:05these two inside shapes they are both
270. 9:07filled with white however we want to
271. 9:09knock these out and make them
272. 9:10transparent so with them both selected
273. 9:12go to object compound path and select
274. 9:14make illustrator will now treat these as
275. 9:17a single shape and with everything
276. 9:18selected we can use minus front in the
277. 9:20Pathfinder panel to knock the top shape
278. 9:23out of the bottom shape essentially
279. 9:24knocking the white out of the red and we
280. 9:27can check that it's worked by just
281. 9:28creating a random shape sh giving it a
282. 9:30random color and then sending it to the
283. 9:32back and if you can see random shape
284. 9:34behind just like this you know that it's
285. 9:36worked correctly and we're done with
286. 9:38that now so let's delete said shape next
287. 9:40rulers and guides pretty much Essential
288. 9:42for lining anything up which is what
289. 9:44we're going to do now so let's go to the
290. 9:46rulers menu and show rulers now my shape
291. 9:49is a bit wonky at the moment so if I
292. 9:50drag down from that top ruler I can
293. 9:52create a guide as you can see it's on
294. 9:54the wonk so if I just rotate this from
295. 9:56one of the corners I can try and line
296. 9:58this up so my entire shape is perfectly
297. 10:00horizontal matching the guide and lastly
298. 10:03everyone's favorite but not really the
299. 10:05pencil so this is located towards the
300. 10:07top of the toolbar and you can use this
301. 10:09to draw custom shapes now in this
302. 10:11example I'm going to zoom in on the
303. 10:12bottom of the logo I can then use the
304. 10:14penol together with illustrator smart
305. 10:16guides to draw a triangle to flatten the
306. 10:18bottom edge of the logo and as before
307. 10:20you could select everything and then
308. 10:22unite this using the Pathfinder tools
309. 10:24however I'm actually going to undo this
310. 10:26because I like the logo without this
311. 10:27flattened Edge but there we go go
312. 10:29there's a look at the pencil regardless
313. 10:31and when using the shape Builder tool
314. 10:32you may get these stray anchor points
315. 10:34left over and this is just something
316. 10:35that happens so it's always worth
317. 10:37zooming in nice and close and checking
318. 10:38your final design here for example you
319. 10:40can see one path that belongs to the
320. 10:42logo and alongside if I zoom in very
321. 10:45close you can see another stray path
322. 10:47that's just randomly decided to stop by
323. 10:49so we can select this with the direct
324. 10:50selection tool and remove it lastly if
325. 10:52we Zoom back out we can now get a good
326. 10:54look at the final logo design and there
327. 10:57we go my friends we have reached the end
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