PhotoshopForce.com » Tutorials » Drawing » Professional Logo DesignIn this tutorial you will learn how to create an elegant logo that would fit in nicely with most any design company. The techniques taught in this tutorial can also be altered in many ways to create an almost entirely different company logo. The techniques taught in this tutorial can also be altered in many ways to create an almost entirely different company logo, perfect for your business promo items.
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open an existing document in photoshop, or create a new one. I will be using a document that is 440 x 312 for this tutorial. Fill the background with white (#FFFFFF).
Get out the Custom Shape Tool (
Create a new layer, set your foreground color to black (#000000) and draw the shape onto the canvas:
Get out the pen tool (
Click Okay:
Fill this selection with black:
Double click this layer, and apply the following blending options:
Drop Shadow:
Result:
Now press CTRL + J to duplicate this layer.
Go to "Edit->Transform->Flip Horizontally".
Press 'V' on your keyboard to get out the move tool, and nudge the duplicate layer over as l've done in this image:
Next we'll add some text to it. Set your foreground color to white (#B4B4B4). Get out the text tool, and pick a nice thick font that you like. I'll be using DreamScar which you can download in our download section., however there are several designer fonts available for download in our downloads section. My result:
Double click this layer and apply the following blending options:
Drop Shadow:
Bevel & Emboss:
Satin:
Gradient Overlay:
Stroke:
Result:
At this point the same techniques are applied to create more detail. You can choose another custom shape and apply an inner shadow such as l've done here:
Alternatively you can download one of the designer fonts from our download section which has various other vine effects and twirls. Here is another example of the logo using one of these designer fonts:
Thank you very much for reading this tutorial! I hope you've learned some useful tips and techniques. Please be sure to check out the rest of our photoshop tutorials while you are here!
Author: Sacred M
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