Logo design: creation of monograms

Overview

“In this second part of the lesson, you will perfect the use of shadows in your design. You will learn to create uniformity and coherence in the shadows, adjusting their size and proportion for a more polished and professional appearance. You will also explore advanced techniques such as modifying the weight and shape of the shadows to optimize the aesthetics of the logo.”

In this video lesson Tamari Chabukiani addresses the topic: Gridding 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Logo design: creation of monograms. Create memorable monograms. Learn the principles of logo design and sketching techniques to craft your own unique monogram..

Partial transcription of the video

“I can outline this now and use this as a shape for my shadow. I'm going to remove that bottom shadow. So I want some consistency in my shadows so this shadow, this shadow and this shadow are going to be the same size. I'm just repeating this shape here. So this is our new size. To make sure that the angles are right I'm just going to copy this shape and to make it bigger so it acts as a shadow. Now I feel like we have too much blackness here. Maybe we could make our shadows a bit smaller. You can do that by adding stroke and then removing that stroke. Two is too much. Let's try 0.7. We can ...”

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Course summary for: Logo design: creation of monograms

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (48)
• 2403 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (1h 34m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  Design

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator

• Areas

  Branding & Identity, Graphic Design, Logo Design