Badge Logo Design for Beginners in Illustrator
Composition Taking Shape
A course by Clark Orr , Graphic Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Composition Taking Shape
Overview
“Your composition is slowly taking form! To make a great badge logo, you will want to achieve a good balance of all the different elements and create a hierarchy in sync with the logo you're creating. Remember, if everything is important, nothing is important. ”
In this video lesson Clark Orr addresses the topic: Composition Taking Shape, 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
“ Composition Taking Shape Now that we've talked a bit about sketching and layout, in this lesson, we'll discuss composition and making sure that the hierarchy of your badge makes sense to the logo you're creating. Understanding the hierarchy of your badge logo is the most important key to making a great one. We'll sketch some general ideas. One thing that we want to think about is, "If everything is important, nothing is important." My father taught me the phrase. My father is a sign painter. The idea here is if your imagery is about the same size as your lettering, then they're competing ...”
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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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