Logo Practice
Design
Starting the journey
Back when I first learned about vector graphics,
I was immediately drawn in. I wanted to learn as much as I possibly could and
the best way to understand how other logos was made and how all the different
tools in Adobe Illustrator works was to recreate existing icons. I started of
easy. Recreating simple logos, I often seen out in the wild.
Challenging myself
Recreating logos, I saw everyday quickly became a bit boring and wanted my first challenge. I did some small work for a company whose logo have digitally decayed over the years. It was a pixelated mess. I decided to try to recreate it back to a clean vector and it turned out okay. I really want to one day make a full redesign. It really needs it.
Starting the journey
Next step was to turn sketches into vector logos. I started of simple with my initials. This was more to force myself not to be too much of a perfectionist. By using a medium such paper and pencil it forced me to let myself mess up, brainstorm and doodle. Every single stroke imperfect but filled with potential.
Logos
Training my skills in Adobe Illustrator became one of my favourite things to do to relax in my free time. Logos are used everywhere by companies, books, games and much more, So I like to come up with logos or try to recreate existing logos to learn how they might have been created.
Some of my earliest successes was the “Serum” logo I had hand drawn originally. The biggest challenge was the hexagon pattern inside a hexagon. Later I created the LCDR Logo, which I would say was my first proper attempt at a professional logo.
