The best logo design tutorial in the world… ever!
Saddle up folks. I’ve assigned you a real stonker of a tutorial. By the time you’re finished you’ll have one of the best logos in the world… ever!
Let’s begin.
6 steps to greatness
Step 1
Launch Adobe Photoshop and create a new file (no larger than 3 inches square, RGB at a maximum of 72dpi).
Step 2
Create a shape using the rectangle or ellipse tool (for the more adventurous, go crazy with the custom shape tool — a bit too mad for me).
Step 3
Rasterize your shape before applying a gradient (the more colourful the better — you want to stand out from the crowd, remember).
Step 4
Type your name over the shape using the horizontal type tool (extra credit for those who use either Brush Script, Papyrus, or Stencil — I chose Stencil because I used to love watching the A-Team).
Step 5
Flatten the image so you can make use of the filters available (release the creativity — use at least three filters).
Step 6
Save your file as a JPEG for maximum usage online and in print.
Infinitely more memorable than that old rubbish from before.
Assignment deadline
As soon as iStock stops giving a $5 bonus for “logo” uploads.
Now, go forth and prosper, my dezigner chums!
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Update: Free bonus tips
Add a sparkle. Everyone loves sparkles.
Copperplate. Another fontastic option.
The shadow. Drop it like it’s hot.
Stretch and squeeze. Customise your font proportions.
Animation. I like to. Move it.
Reflection. It’s back.
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172 appreciated comments, click here to add one
Sneh Roy
LOL .. I knew I was doing something wrong .. I wasn’t embracing the multicolored gradients enough :)
Oct 6th, 2009
Daniel Hunninghake
If only I had the kind of vision for a logo like that. I could make, literally, tens of dollars!!! :) Love the humor post,
Daniel
Oct 6th, 2009
b.r.o.o.d.y.
If life is a game, David Airey is the clear, absolute winner.
As a mere mortal, I’m reluctant to even attempt to replicate the mad design skillz at display here.
Oct 6th, 2009
Bengacreative
Wow man, that’s very creative man, you should definitely submit it to istock.com. hahaha, thanks for the laugh.
Benga creative
Oct 6th, 2009
Kerri
Logo dezine: UR doing it rong.
Oct 6th, 2009
Anujit Roy
Awesome… ha ha…
Oct 6th, 2009
Rodrigo
Are you kidding me? i guess it’s a joke ..
Oct 6th, 2009
Sean
hahahahhahahahhahahahah i love your color scheme
Oct 6th, 2009
Sylvain
Wow. You give me hope. I probably can churn out 100 of those logos a day, so that means that I may make 500$ on istock. A day.
Oct 6th, 2009
mayhemstudios
That is best logo design I have seen in my whole life. haha
Oct 6th, 2009
John
David, my man! Don’t go there! Your stuff is beautiful, elegant, professional, worth reading, an excellent resource. Stay above the fray. Really.
Oct 6th, 2009
Kevin Burr
You forgot Copperplate. Great tutorial though. Thanks for sharing.
Oct 6th, 2009
liam
Very clever, you really managed to give it a real unique look. Congratulations.
Would have liked to have seen some Comic Sans being used though, but like you say, it’s very memorable now.
Good job.
Oct 6th, 2009
CeCe
Very nice, indeed. I think we should flood iStock’s server with these beauts even after the bonus money runs out!
Oct 6th, 2009
Pam - Ryvon Designs
I think it just took me 5 minutes to breathe again after laughing! Thank you!
I’m so stoked now to go get my istock bonus!!! With these new skills I bet I can get 20 or ore logos out a night! istock will LOVE me!
Do you think I should make sure to use the drop-shadow on every item??
Oct 6th, 2009
Dave
Stand out — Got it, David! Thanks! You’re the BEST! :-) OMG — That was hilarious, man!
Oct 6th, 2009
Mike
I see what you’re doing there. :)
Oct 6th, 2009
melissa
hahahaha….CLASSIC!! i’ll bookmark this and send it to some of my design-challenged clients :)
Oct 6th, 2009
Rahul - Web Guru
It took time for me to initially understand this one.
Quite hilarious.
Oct 6th, 2009
Tim Smith
LOL! As soon as you said, “Launch Adobe Photoshop”, I knew exactly where this was going!!
Oct 6th, 2009
steven
That is just awesome!
Oct 6th, 2009
Casper Tucker
Crackup. Release those frustrations David!!
Hahaha.
Oct 6th, 2009
Gilles Arbour
This is great but how can I use it with my own name if it has 12 letters instead of 10? Would I need to use more filters? Or maybe more colors somehow?
Thanks for the laugh.
Oct 6th, 2009
Nidhi
Lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Oct 6th, 2009
Catherine Azzarello
Reflection! Reflection! Where’s the REFLECTION???
LOL!
Quick…go enter it in a contest!
Oct 6th, 2009
Alex Griendling
That’s pretty good. Needs more lens flare though.
Nice job. :)
Oct 6th, 2009
info
Pure logo awesomeness!
Oct 6th, 2009
Jasmine
You are the Master. Hilarious.
Oct 6th, 2009
seapony%
You stole that idea from someone else…BONUS! ^_~
Oct 6th, 2009
Josh
Sad thing is, at least one person will stumble across this, think it’s completely serious, and steal your logo design.
Oct 6th, 2009
Victor Zuniga
It really stands out now…
Oct 6th, 2009
shonatiger
lol! Thanks, this will help me loads!
Oct 6th, 2009
Laorosa
It would work better with the Papyrus font…
Oct 6th, 2009
Murtaza Imran
its embarrassing.. i dont know about you guys.. but this design reminds me when i started designing 10 years ago..
this logo design is part of an evolution :D lol
Oct 6th, 2009
Philipp
Great job! Best work I ever seen from you. ;)
Oct 6th, 2009
Bonita
eeeeeeeeeek!! **drops dead** lol!!
Oct 6th, 2009
Abdussalam
LMAO…I got to admit this…I almost fell for it in the beginning.
Oct 6th, 2009
Daniel Richard
Rad skillz there David! haha!
Oct 6th, 2009
Marshall Moore
Whenever I design a logo I make sure and work in Illustrator so I can make full use of the flare tool. But your way’s cool too I guess.
Oct 6th, 2009
Graham
Do I sense some awards coming your way?
Oct 6th, 2009
Pop Ovidiu Sebastian
aaahahahahaha
very funny
Oct 6th, 2009
nikki
loooove the “mad-skillz-dezign”
lol
Oct 6th, 2009
Hari
ha ha ha ha .. too good david .. I feel it quite inspirational for the real cause .. :)
Oct 6th, 2009
Ryno Burger
Is this a prank or what? No way it can be real!!!
Oct 6th, 2009
Tim Heckhausen
Great inspiration!
Oct 6th, 2009
Dan
To be honest, I can’t remember your “real” logo. But I’ll never forget this one!
How much did Wally Ollins charge for the redesign?
Oct 6th, 2009
Aaron Jennings
I can’t believe you forgot to add a drop shadow, and surely there’s space to add some clip art – go hang your head in shame!
So funny though!
Oct 6th, 2009
Rajesh Pancholi
Was that all your own work ? : )
Oct 6th, 2009
Aaron Russell
Not very original though is it? …. sadly ;)
Oct 6th, 2009
Stephen Webb
Very nice and humorous article here! It may be a joke but I think the author has definitely hit the nail on the head in regards to the all too common experience of receiving customer made logos.
The number of times you can receive jpeg logos (obviously always a poor substitute for a vector graphic version) is bad enough, but then having to explain to the customer that the logo they’ve spent so much time making at 72 DPI and only a few pixels in size is practically unusable, is another challenge all together!
With the introduction of Photoshop and similar software into common usage, this has been the unfortunate result! Maybe it’s time the design community tried to address this issue – just wait until the slightly manipulated jpeg preview logos from the new iStock logo venture come flooding in!
Oct 6th, 2009
Graham Smith
There comes a definitive moment in everyones career… where you are faced with a choice. To carry on, battle through adversity, or give-up.
After seeing this tutorial, it has dawned on me that I have no hope as a designer, I simply can’t compete with the mad skillz you have demonstrated above. Frankly Sir, you are a show off. But bad feelings aside…. actually, I can’t.
Ex Logo Designer
Graham
Oct 6th, 2009
mupet
Cool…, i like the gradient color, just like rainbow, its will better if you add some bevel hahahaha
Oct 6th, 2009
Stu Hamilton
Ace. I must see at least three of those kinds of logo’s a week when clients send over stuff for inclusion in newsletters.
They really are out there!
Scary.
Oct 6th, 2009
Andrew Kelsall
I was trying to think of a humorous remark to make, but everyone’s already said them. Maybe you should use that “well designed logo” on your site on April Fools day, and see what responses you get.
The sad thing is, some of the previous commentors thought that logo was legit!
Great post, made my day :)
Oct 6th, 2009
Jason
Step 7: Watch the money roll in!
Oct 6th, 2009
gingernutz
ace, i will use this tutorial for my next client
Oct 6th, 2009
steve douglas
I’m feeling a little shorted here. No animated .gif with sparkles. I want a refund.
Oct 6th, 2009
David Airey
That’s it exactly, Sneh. You must embrace the rainbow.
Rodrigo, look at my face in the photo. I’m clearly not a kidder.
Gillies, great question, and yes, I think that if you have more letters in your name then more colours are absolutely necessary. Notice how I haven’t yet used metallics like silver and gold. Such extras definitely push the boat.
Graham, I’d like to say I’m sorry for forcing you into retirement, but I’m not. There’s just no competing with my creative prowess. That is all.
Looking back through all your comments, it’s clear I can push myself to even greater heights—I know, you wouldn’t think it.
Here are some bonus tips, 100% free:
Add a sparkle. Everyone loves sparkles.
Animation. The more movement the better.
Copperplate. Another fontastic option.
The drop shadow. Really show your skillz.
Reflection. It’s back in style. Believe it.
Oct 6th, 2009
Diego SA
Argh! Really the best!!! You’re such a joker! A best try next time! ; )
Oct 6th, 2009
Daniel
So very amateurish. Any professional worth their salt would have designed this using PowerPoint.
Oct 6th, 2009
Jonathan Patterson
@Bengacreative LOL!
Isn’t there a “make logo” dialog in Photoshop? haha!
Oct 6th, 2009
Rob
Take the image from step 4, inverse it, Foreground colour – black, background set to orange, Filter – Sketch – Halftone Pattern (size 11,contrast 50,patern type – line), You get a Halloween jack o lantern.
Too much time on my hands….
Oct 6th, 2009
Anne
I love the low contrast text – simply brilliant.
Oct 6th, 2009
Tessa Carroll
David, thank you for this entertaining post. It is simply more proof that logo design (and really, any design if you want your company to be taken seriously) is best left to the highly trained, skilled graphic design professionals. Sure, it might cost a bit more money than designing a logo yourself in Photoshop, but in the end odds are good you’re going to get something that you can be proud of. And that others will take notice of and respect.
Tessa Carroll
VBP OutSourcing
Oct 6th, 2009
Fernando Canal
Wow man, That’s it! My life and career becomes clear right now. I think my whole life was discovered by reading this post!
The world becomes a lovely place and my career as designer will get powered.
I’m so impressed…
Oct 6th, 2009
Dexter
Briliant! But you should use Comic Sans. It’s way more professional.
Oct 6th, 2009
Jayro
Cool…
Well, unfortunatelly that’s exactly how 90% of the people think and do (including a great bubch of designers).
Oct 6th, 2009
Roy Smith
Great! Thanks for sharing, David. Now you can upload it to iStock.
Oct 6th, 2009
Chaitanya VRK
I can’t stop laughing….! Very funny and satirical.
Oct 6th, 2009
jota
but… why is all the people laughing as if it was irony? I like it. (But i’d use at least 150ppp, you never know if they are printing the logo bigger, like on a bus or something)
Oct 6th, 2009
David Airey
Good point, jota. 150dpi will help with use on buses. Maybe one day I’ll see my design on the side of the McDonalds party bus or something of equal stature.
Oct 6th, 2009
nunila
I’m in awe!!!
Oct 6th, 2009
Jason Schwartz
This is definately the best tutorial I’ve ever seen.
Is it OK if I just take a screenshot of your Step 5 and rainbow out your name and put my own in? Consider it flattery.
*The fact that some of the comments don’t see the humor in this post is actually quite scary.*
Oct 6th, 2009
Kevin
Are you not worried about the file size being 72dpi? It seems like overkill, especially at 3″ square… who needs a file that large sitting in their files?
Oct 6th, 2009
jota
…not to mention that we need a lot more tutorials like this. (pleeeease)
Oct 6th, 2009
dune_haggar
Lol you forgot to put it into Word and save it in that… :P
Oct 6th, 2009
Scott
Awesome. I love to plastic wrap every thing I design…. I really looks like plastic wrap.
Oct 6th, 2009
Sam Van Eman
Can I get it as a reflection sticker?
Oct 6th, 2009
Brian Klepper
Wait I’m stuck on step 2 and 3. What are the exact color codes used in this demo? Is it ok If I use a Star for the basic shape :)
Oct 6th, 2009
April B.
Hey where is the outer glow in some completely outrageous color? lol
Oct 7th, 2009
Becky
Hilarious! I loved this post because it was light hearted, and all bloggers need to be less serious once in a while ;) Hopefully no one takes this post the wrong way!
Oct 7th, 2009
Chris
How do you rasterize your shape? I thought you said this was supposed to be simple!!! Maybe it’s my stolen copy of Photoshop that’s messing things up…Does it have to be rasterized for istock to buy it? ;)
Thanks David, I needed a good laugh.
Oct 7th, 2009
Khoi Nguyen
haha, this cracked me up. loving the humor.
Oct 7th, 2009
Nick Button
I love this!
the new stock logo service is a pet hate of mine right now – It demeans everything I’ve every learned – never mind what it does the the art-form itself!
Oct 7th, 2009
adamgf
Client was wondering if you could move the text up a little to the right and make it a bit more “funky”? I guess we could expect this logo rolled out into a branding experience? rainbow letterheads etc?
Oct 7th, 2009
Monica
I’ll probably go blind after this experience =)) and yes… iStock rulez, rocks \m/ and so on….. =))
By the way… this dude/dudette might sue you, it obvious that you are a monster, to copy the poor man’s logo design for “internet solutions”
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/20/71323996_57ea37b063.jpg?v=0
=)) =)) =))………
PS: EXCELENT ARTICLE
Oct 7th, 2009
GK
Thats frickin halarious
Oct 7th, 2009
Jon Liebold
Say no to rainbow gradients….. say yes to ones generated in LAB color mode buy doing various gradients in the A/B channels. They are even more obnoxious.
Oct 7th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
Get ready David :) I’m going to trump this. I have a post that is almost done where I discovered an entire industry that uses this same “creative process” and even some of the same filters. And it’s the most unlikely industry you’d ever associate with…stuff like this. When I get it done, I’ll post back. Oddly, so oddly, this industry favors the use of “drop shadows” to add “class”. I have about 60 examples ready to go. The hesitation I had about the post was that it was so ugly I wasn’t sure I wanted it on my blog.
But, you have smashed the “ugly barrier” for me and I feel validated to proceed, like that dancing guy at the music festival I just saw yesterday on one of your old posts about imitation…
Oct 7th, 2009
ReTox
ROFL
Believe it or not, some people really do think/design this way
Oct 7th, 2009
David Airey
Jason, I don’t mind if you take a screenshot of step 5 for personal logo use, but I do ask that you at least change it a little by adding three more filters of your choosing.
Scott, the good thing about the plastic wrap filter is indeed, as you say, that it makes everything look like it’s wrapped in plastic. Ideal for selling such pre-packaged logos, saving potential damage during delivery.
Brian, well aren’t you adventurous! Everyone, Brian’s going to use a star instead of the oval I show. Good luck, buddy!
Chris, you’re spot on. Logos must be rasterized before sale. It really adds to the filter effects when they’re enlarged.
Adam, good tip, and you can go one further by stretching the text in a horizontal or vertical direction, making it look even less like everyone elses.
LAB colour with gradients in the A/B channels—why didn’t I think of that, Jon. Beautiful work.
Doug, I think you’re looking at something else. What is this “ugly barrier” you believe I’ve smashed? I don’t know what planet you’re on, but unless your comments are full of praise, I’m going to delete them.
Oct 7th, 2009
d_braha
Nice one. Now I see where my clients’ nephews, brothers, cousins and freshman students learned to design.
Oct 7th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
David: You broke the “ugly barrier”, that insipid barrier that stifles my creativity. You broke through to beauty, and for this I commend you for leading the way. My upcoming posts could easily be entitle “Breaking through to beauty”
Blinded by the glory of this logo you forgot 2 steps. It’s understandable though.
1) Compress RGB JPG to quality 1 so that you don’t cost the customer extra bandwidth by including extra pixels. It also has that pleasant “smoothing effect” on the sharp edgies.
2) Paste newly compressed JPG into Word or PowerPoint and email to client. This makes it MUCH easier for the client to bring the logo to the vinyl lettering company
One extra step I take, if I have the budget (or if I just really like the client) is to convert it to WMF format. This makes it easy for anyone else using the logo to know what it is and how to convert it. I call this step the “Converting to Microsoft” step.
Question: Do you ever mail the client the original inkjet print outs in case they need a back up from which to reinstall their logo? It seems extravagant but I know designers who have done this.
Oct 7th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
I’m so inspired (wipes tear):
http://bonfx.com/breaking-through-to-logo-design-beauty-david-airey-hat-and-socks-memoribilia/
Oct 7th, 2009
Daniel Whyte
you forgot the lensflare…
everyone knows every good logo has a lensflare.
Oct 7th, 2009
Amanda Vlahakis
This really is CLASSIC, I agree, hats off to you :)
Thanks for the massive chuckles! I knew there was a reason you are everyones fav blogger, this is just one of many.
Amanda
Oct 7th, 2009
Amanda Vlahakis
Douglas, you are a laugh riot also. Genius suggestions.
But David, one thing …why do you suggest that the client has a web and ‘print’ JPEG, surely 72dpi alone is just fine?
Oct 7th, 2009
David Airey
That helps explain, Doug. I forgive you for having me misinterpret your intentions.
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Question: Do you ever mail the client the original inkjet print outs in case they need a back up from which to reinstall their logo?
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I have done, but I find the cost associated with mailing is prohibitive for clients.
Amanda, you’re absolutely right. I’ve made things too complicated. Something to work on — that’s right, even I’m not perfect!
Oct 7th, 2009
Peter Murray
The logo is missing a cliche graphical element like a handshake or a globe.
Can you please create a Web 2.0 version of it too.
Oct 7th, 2009
Cassi
Three filters? Really? I’ve never had any luck myself unless I’ve used at least four…
Oct 7th, 2009
Linda
Brilliant! You’ve made me laugh for today!
Excellent work!
Oct 8th, 2009
Tom
Awe-inspiring. I think what would really work is if the name in the logo blinked on and off and perhaps a scrolling marquee underneath it too.
Oh! And an audio wav of Simply the Best as soon as people visit the site would blow them away!
Oct 8th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
I’ve had so many requests for the hat and socks, that I have enough to get a discount on your new book. So, to make this easy, I updated the hat and socks offer:
http://bonfx.com/breaking-through-to-logo-design-beauty-david-airey-hat-and-socks-memoribilia/
Scroll to the bottom.
Now, there is a giant order button, in which I have poured the magnitude of my design skills. I have achieved quadruple filter nirvana.
The new button links directly to your pre-order page for the new book, BTW. Look in the post for a large box of hats and socks a la Airey, courtesy your’s truly. You’ll have to stuff a set in each book order.
Oct 8th, 2009
David Airey
Quadruple filter nirvana is right! Cassi (who commented just before you) would be proud.
Oct 8th, 2009
Pavlow Vinelli
WOW wonderful!! LOL
Oct 8th, 2009
Richelle
hahah loved it …. made me laugh …. as soon as i saw the eeeek GRADIENT …. and then again eeek.. comic sans, papyrus or stencil!! i knew where it was going! … hilarious!
Oct 8th, 2009
Tom Hoffman
Love the design but dont forget to use this cream. Link removed due to URL shortener
Oct 8th, 2009
Dwight
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA I’VE NEVER ENJOYED A LOGO ARTICLE LIKE THIS EVER.
:)
Oct 9th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
I noticed a lot of people right-clicking on the newly-minted “buy now” button for the David Airey socks and hat, trying to nab it for their own GoDaddy WebStore or tradeshow booth kiosk, so I refactored it to include a new copyright with a *very* unexpected extra deterrent I must now refer to as “copyright witch-man”:
http://bonfx.com/breaking-through-to-logo-design-beauty-david-airey-hat-and-socks-memoribilia/
It’s truly a case of one of those amazing “serendipity” moments that happen when you are “in da zone”, known only to hi-end designers and such.
Oct 9th, 2009
Amanda Vlahakis
.Wav file of Simply The Best? Spits out coffee and… wipes tears from eyes..
I only just read your blog Douglas, hilarious!
Now you need to focus on marketing and pr. For the Hat, for instance, if you could just get someone high profile and ‘street’ like Kevin Federline to wear it …… then the other stars will follow.
I’m sure if you speak to his agent they’ll be really excited about the opportunity.
If they are so short sighted that they won’t take your calls, the best thing to do is to find out where Ferderline hangs out and try to get it onto Federline’s head.
When you finally find him, just literally jump at him and attempt to place the hat…he’ll probably admire you ‘moxy’ and remember, you’re doing ‘him’ a favour by forcing this opportunity on him.
Oct 9th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
Amanda: Keven Federline, that is precious! And “moxy”. Even more precious. Now honestly, since you brought it up, what beverage on earth could possibly be more apropos than the famous “Moxie” from Maine? To put it straight, Moxy tastes just like David’s logo looks:
http://www.moxie.info/
What is a tad creepy is that 1) David’s logo belongs on the Moxie page *near the animated train* page and 2) they use the same font on the headers of the web pages I used in my faux logo/hat pictures and buy now button and 3) I used to live in the town in Maine were Moxie was invented :)
Oct 9th, 2009
Rick
I suggest a few wolves in your logo, maybe howling at the moon.
Oct 9th, 2009
David Farley
Good start, but it needs to be MUCH, MUCH larger!!!! Can you make it “POP” more? Maybe you could incorporate a bevel and nice drop shadow?
You complete me.
Oct 9th, 2009
Lauren Kleiman
I was going to say it needs more lens flare but someone beat me to it!
Oct 9th, 2009
Tareq
WOW…!! this is the best logo ever… why you not usin it in yopue site??
Oct 10th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
“Filters after Filters after Filters after Filters”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV1bKE_2NQ0
Oct 10th, 2009
Amanda Vlahakis
I didn’t know that ‘Moxie’ was a beverage….I can well imagine how it tastes just looking at their ‘corporate’ website.
(Is it really their own website for the product!?)
Oct 10th, 2009
EvilGenius
Wow oh my gooooood!
That video Douglas posted, wow, I have no words for this, goddamnnnn son!
“John Moore has worked as a freelance graphic designer for 12 years and has won numerous design awards on a regional level.”
This has to be fake.
Oct 11th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
Amanda: That is not their corporate site. I can’t even find it. I think the Moxie company is gone and another bottler handles it. Moxie tastes, I kid you not, like Coke, toothpaste, and dark-colored cold medicine, with a dash of clove, all together. It’s nasty-wonderful stuff. Take a swig, wince. It’s an acquired taste!
Evil Genius: Jacob Cass had a tweet a few days ago with the title about “tips” for logo design which said “open the phone book”. I followed that and found a bunch more videos by the same poster. They are NOT fake.
Oct 11th, 2009
Alexis Brille
Damn you! Haha!
Oct 12th, 2009
Clayton Shumway
Haha…way to keep it simple and clean.
Oct 12th, 2009
KimB
U shoulda used Papyrus, that’s what I always use.
Oct 12th, 2009
Jonathan Keller
I have to stop looking at this. I’m in the middle of class and I can’t stop laughing my face off. Thanks for this :D
~J
Oct 13th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
Jonathan: You will never stop looking at this because it is “The best logo design tutorial in the world…ever!”
Oct 13th, 2009
Diogo Magalhães
You may sofsticate including a earth image!
Oct 15th, 2009
Juha Blake
I have seen dog art on the pavement that was more professional than this… bloody juvenile tutorial!
Oct 16th, 2009
Miloš
hell yeah…great work…I just can’t stop laughing man
Oct 16th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
Is there a new filter I can buy to turn my logo into “dog art on the sidewalk”? My current filters stink at that.
Oct 16th, 2009
ph1x
Ive never thought this color scheme combined with Plastic Wrap will look that PRO 0_o .. you made my afternoon :)
Oct 17th, 2009
jtchurch
Waaaaiiit! A step is missing!
I don’t think “use at least three filters” should be left up to amateurs. Lens flares people! A MUST!
Oct 17th, 2009
wdct
The best thing is that because it is multi-colored, it can be reused for other projects. Just change the name, and it’s a new logo. Great solution, man !
Oct 18th, 2009
J-Mill
LOL. I knew it was too good to be true. As soon as you said “Rasterize” I was like, “say whaaaaat?”
Nice. It got me to read it at least lol.
J
Oct 21st, 2009
Samuel John Klein
A couple of things to make it even more awesome:
1. EXPLICITLY specify some degree of bevel or emboss, the more extreme, the better.
2. For EXTRA AWESOME CREDIT for you font, use Algerian.
PS: you spelled “evar” wrong.
Oct 22nd, 2009
Kiren
That’s it! I’m hanging up my shoes after seeing this, it’s just too good!!! Bravo!!
Oct 22nd, 2009
Shirit
LOL
someone in a business suite actually handed me his business card looking like this logo..! with pictures on it, drop shadows, and any effect possible. front and back!!!
Oct 23rd, 2009
Ruhan
That’s perfect! The name over the rainbow is just awesome, but what do you say about drop shadow below the typography? Hum? And white glow inside the circle? Think about it, you’ll have the greatest logo in the whole universe!
Nov 1st, 2009
David Farley
it needs to POP more
but don’t spend too much time on it
Nov 1st, 2009
Jeff
I got lost at step 4… looks nothing like my name!?
You’ve got mad clever skillz! No wonder this is my new favorite blog. ;-)
Nov 2nd, 2009
paul
Your logo suxx cos there’s no unicorn in it.
Nov 7th, 2009
Pablo
Haha… classic.
Nov 9th, 2009
lillian davenport-partac
wow, I wish I could “design” like that. Might as well toss my 4-year degree out d’window!
Nov 12th, 2009
Adhee
“release the creativity—use at least three filters”
lol =))
Nov 13th, 2009
JP
I’ve seen worse on 99designs! lol
Nov 17th, 2009
Marc Coelho
it needs clearly some bevel and emboss and drop shadow (make sure you don’t change the settings: you don’t want to mess up with your logo)
Nov 17th, 2009
jones
lol, i bet there are still enough people who like it.
“wow thats a cool rainbow effect in your logo, how did you do it?????”
Nov 20th, 2009
Douglas Bonneville
David: Do you charge for extra awesomeness? This is already awesome, but if it’s doesn’t cost extra, I’d like my logo to be extra awesome.
Nov 27th, 2009
David Airey
Doug,
I don’t openly advertise “extra awesomeness.” It’s kind of like my equivalent to the “short-sized” coffee at Starbucks. If you ask, I can do it, but there’s a 50% markup.
Nov 27th, 2009
Gerard Syms
Riiiiight….. So, um, wot about them sparkly thingys… you know, that make it all shiny and brilliant and wotnot? Eh?
Great laugh!
Dec 18th, 2009
aj
The worst part is, some clients would like that.
Good one though! It made me laugh.
Jan 28th, 2010
Ludo
Something got you upset…?
Feb 3rd, 2010
Jimmy
Thank you so much for this great tutorial! I will practice the brush tool to make it more personal. However, the oval shape is too common. I will use a square since it gives the image of “reliability.”
Feb 12th, 2010
unevent
beware, some people dont even get the irony :D
Feb 13th, 2010
wondering
you missed the important design elements.
the font should be in 3d, underlined.
and then it should have a thick 2 line frame.
then it will be best logo design.
Mar 8th, 2010
Milana Penavski
LOL! Awesome :D Please don’t let potential customers see this, or we will lose our jobs!
Mar 16th, 2010
Paul
Alas, the laughing goes both ways.
The creators of masterpieces such as these on microstock sites are laughing all the way to bank.
May 19th, 2010
Daniel
Was looking through the archives of Logo Design Love. This post is still super bad-a** till date. Brings out a good chuckle on a Monday morning.
Aug 16th, 2010
Haley
Ha, definitely hilarious… But I gotta say I’m bummed that it wasn’t a real article! I have one logo I’m super stumped on, and need some inspiration for “suping” it up.
Feb 16th, 2011
Sean
Can you make it bigger?
Jun 15th, 2011
David Airey
No. It’s perfect.
Jun 15th, 2011
Amanda Vlahakis
I so wish I could ‘like’ that Sean :D
Jun 15th, 2011
Sri
where’s the confetti?
:)
Sep 13th, 2011
Billy
Hahaha “stretch and squeeze – customise your font proportions!”
May 9th, 2013
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