: Tips for designing a logo? I just joined these boards in hope to find some guidance. I am not particularly a graphic designer, but I am working on designing my own logo. I have limited knowledge

@Vandalay110

Try Inkscape for making your logo better. Inkscape is a free and open-source vector graphics editor; it can be used to create or edit vector graphics such as illustrations, diagrams, line arts, charts, and logos. Good luck Eric!

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@Hamm6457569

I think a good idea will be to take the text out of the image, put it to the right and make an icon from the table. Use sans-serif font for EREN and uppercase font with 200 letter spacing for PROPS. Stack one on the other. As far as the icon is concerned instead of top table desk, use three thick lines. That will resemble letter E. I would also use brighter color.

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@Caterina889

I would suggest you hire a professional to design your logo if it is for business use. Merely owning Adobe Illustrator does not qualify you as a logo designer any more than my owning a hammer qualifies me as a prop maker.

This may sound a bit harsh, but really I'm merely expressing the truth. Since art is a creative endeavor it's difficult at times to be forthright with comments for fear of squashing the creative spirit, which most here love and treasure. I mean, that's why we do what we do. So you often get answers that really want to be encouraging but aren't always the real truth.

If this is for business, then one must look at things from a business perspective.

You are no more qualified to design your logo than you are to do anything outside your area of expertise such as the electrical or plumbing services in your office, or the accounting for your business, or your business legal services.

Yes, you can do some of it yourself, after all not everything is "rocket science", so to speak. However, there are also areas where your lack of qualifications are going to be readily apparent. Logo design is one such area.

There's far more thought which generally goes into a logo than merely "does it look good". More than could effectively be described on a Q&A web site.

For example, how does you logo look when used at smaller sizes?



Completely unreadable. Combine that with inaccurate perspective, the poor color choice, the lack of type consideration, and well... to me.. it's completely unacceptable.

There are also matters such as the psychology of colors, [2], how the eye tracks across a design, aka flow and movement, balance, unity, etc.

Some of these may come a bit naturally to those artistically inclined, and often it leads some to believe "Hey I have Illustrator/Photoshop, I can create a logo!" However, the reality is your logo will be the #1 , most important, highest viewed, most used, image for your business ever. A logo, in an instant, will convey the quality of your services, your professionalism, and how you see yourself positioned in your field of work. Shouldn't you hire a professional who is experienced in the creation of such important images?

Consider, I'm sure there are many props I could make myself, but aren't there some props you just know you are better qualified to make? Even though it's difficult to express to clients politely that they really shouldn't be trying to make "that" on their own?

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@Samaraweera207

It's not a bad logo so far.


Fix the perspective of the text
Reduce it to 2 colors. You should figure out colors for web and print. For print you should decide on two Pantone colors.
If you already like the colors you have you can use photoshop to get an idea of what Pantone colors are close. Then you would go back to Illustrator and open swatches, then color books, select the pantone colors and apply it.



How to fix the perspective!

The one major thing I would suggest is to fix the perspective of the text using the free transform tool.

You can click on the gif for a larger image.

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@Eichhorn212

This is a difficult question to answer.

A logo does not need to be a literal representation of what your company do; instead it's a mark to distinguish your business from others. Many brands have logos that are just a well designed wordmark, others have abstract symbols or shapes, and some have a symbol that actually are representative. The key is that a good logo should be clear, recognisable. You have to think of the applications: are you planning to print on a business card / use it in a website? Are you going to make it into an icon?

If you don't know what to do and don't want to hire a designer to create a logo for you, keep it simple: you are already using 2 different fonts, 3 colors, borders and shapes that are only going to make your logo more difficult to read at small sizes. It would be better to pick one font and just write the name of your company with it. Less is more.

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@BetL875

I would like to point out, that the desk is being viewed from an angled perspective, but the text is flat. I would definitely change the text to match the desk.

Also the shelf is not the correct view (might have been intentional) but it's coming in from the exact opposite perspective as the desk.

Additionally, using 2 fonts is usually frowned upon (unless there is a very good logical reason) and these two in particular don't seem to compliment each other.

Personal thing, you might like it, but the super pointy legs seem a bit off to me

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