How to Design a Logo using Adobe Illustrator -Tutorial

by Tom Drary on April 15, 2010

www.mlwebco.com – In this video tutorial, I walk you through the steps for designing a logo using Adobe Illustrator. In the video, I demonstrate how to go about choosing the right font type, tips for combining letters and manipulating colors for proper contrast as well as demonstrate how to design an icon using the vector pen tool. Enjoy! Download work file here www.mlwebco.com If you have any questions, send me an email at mlocke@mlwebco.com. Visit www.mlwebco.com for more video tutorials and web related content.

Tagged as: Adobe, Design, Illustrator, Logo, Tutorial, USING

{ 25 comments }

thetechall April 16, 2010 at 12:03 am: @mlwebco if theres anyone i would choose for my logo’s it would be you
3089280288 April 16, 2010 at 1:01 am: I just started learing this program and I cannot move words unless I click and drag the anchor points. I see you just click the word and it moves. My computer won’t do that.
geegi11 April 16, 2010 at 1:19 am: thank you, really cool and easy to follow along.
mlwebco April 16, 2010 at 2:17 am: @glovisy Ha ha…I agree with you. When I made this video, I quickly made up this name and the logo. Soon after I noticed it looks like “Pain Tree”. I think if this was a job for a “real” client, they would have made me fix that problem. …I would just separate the two letter “t’s”.
glovisy April 16, 2010 at 2:46 am: Nice logo. Too bad anyone coming to the site is going to read “Pain tree” hehehe.
But the font link was helpful. Thanks
aneki08 April 16, 2010 at 3:05 am: nice tutorial i like it, really help me
aliasad0007 April 16, 2010 at 3:15 am: @mlwebco thanks for the tip bro I will start working on it and show you the results.
mlwebco April 16, 2010 at 3:55 am: @aliasad0007 Check out my other video /watch?v=-mclNj9m5QU …I provide some really good advice for how I go about designing a logo. For you studio, check out the other video I link here, in the video I create a logo called “MickeyMouse” where the first part “Mickey” is bold, and the second part “Mouse” is thin. That’s the same approach I would take with your studio Bulletproof.
aliasad0007 April 16, 2010 at 4:40 am: Nice Tutorial . I want to design logo for my studios. My studios name is Bulletproof any bright ideas on how i can design my logo.
endraco April 16, 2010 at 5:35 am: good job, thanks
TheAlexdrift April 16, 2010 at 5:52 am: !!can anyone make me a logo plz i will sub and rate mp me? plz!!!
ParisNMusic April 16, 2010 at 6:03 am: Great video
mlwebco April 16, 2010 at 6:36 am: Thanks for all the feedback, I may not have a chance to reply to each comment, but I read them all and truly appreciate the positive words. ~ Mike
mlwebco April 16, 2010 at 7:09 am: @DalajLampa thanks for the feedback, glad you could find the video useful.
DalajLampa April 16, 2010 at 8:04 am: Thanks for Font internet adress !!! Thank you very much !!! 5 stars for font info, and 10 stars for tutorial !!! Xcelent ! keep on Adobin’ in a free world ..))
Ramel34 April 16, 2010 at 8:45 am: LOL! I don’t know if you realize it, but that logo is on point!!
WudUpReN April 16, 2010 at 8:54 am: legit
mlwebco April 16, 2010 at 9:32 am: @susanbunch1980 Ewisdomtv?…I’ll have to check that out. Thanks
susanbunch1980 April 16, 2010 at 9:50 am: Excellent video! Expert advice! You should upload your video to Ewisdomtv
elipto April 16, 2010 at 10:42 am: awesome! simple! thanks!
marijaaaaaa April 16, 2010 at 11:27 am: Great!!!it verrry useful;)))
marijaaaaaa April 16, 2010 at 12:21 pm: Great!!!it’s verrrry useful:)))
webguruindia April 16, 2010 at 1:13 pm: Hey thanks a lot buddy..got some basic knowledge on logo designing.
lamrof April 16, 2010 at 2:03 pm: Thanx man, really nice because it gives some basic concepts to grab on, to get started for guys with no clue like me.
pauljillard April 16, 2010 at 2:46 pm: Ace video thanks.
I’ve just started out with Illustrator ID and iweb so this helped me a lot