Badge Logo Design for Beginners in Illustrator
Anatomy of a Badge Logo
A course by Clark Orr , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Anatomy of a Badge Logo
Overview
“Badge logos can be complicated and hard to understand. What makes a logo a badge, what not? We’ll discuss what a badge logo is and how to distinguish each of its elements.”
In this video lesson Clark Orr addresses the topic: Anatomy of a Badge Logo, which is part of the Domestika online course: Badge Logo Design for Beginners in Illustrator. Learn the basics of designing striking badges, crests, and logos that visually represent your team by exploring the playful art of digital illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“Anatomy of a Badge Logo We learned about the history of badges and how they became popular. In this lesson, we'll learn about the anatomy of a badge and what makes a badge logo a badge. It's important to understand what makes a good crew logo. There are no hard and fast rules on how to make one, but since this course is about making things I love to make, we'll do that through a badge logo. It's important to understand how to do that, so let's get started. Alright, let's talk about badge structure. So, we have a file open here called BrandYour Crew_Badge_Structure. So, I put this together s...”
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Course summary for: Badge Logo Design for Beginners in Illustrator
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Category
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Areas
Branding & Identity, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Vector Illustration

Clark Orr
A course by Clark Orr
Clark Orr is a full time freelance graphic designer and illustrator with twenty years of experience, and is based in Orlando, Florida. In addition to his illustration and branding work with businesses, brands, and agencies world-wide, he co-owns his own brand Hellcats USA, which produces art prints, candles, apparel, and accessories. From an early age, he was introduced to design as well as encouragement to pursue his creative impulses, from his father, who worked as a sign maker.
His love for aged, yet timeless aesthetics is materialized in his collection of historical art and graphics artifacts, which inspire his creations with a characteristic nod backwards. His clients range from smaller, independent brands to household names like Target, Nike, NBCUniversal, Marvel Studios, Dropbox, Facebook, Under Armour, AMC, IFC, and many more.
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