Logo Creation In Illustrator - Film Logo Design 2

This blog post shows my second film logo. Like my previous logo I used a tutorial to help me create this design. The web link for this tutorial is:

http://blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/create-a-cool-ribbon-style-logo-graphic-in-illustrator This tutorial was accessed on 10/03/2014. The image below shows what the tutorial claimed could be created. As you can see from this image it was a relatively simple design and hence used quite simple techniques however the combination of these techniques created a professional logo. The aim of following these techniques was to learn new skills and play around with additional Illustrator features. This logo ticked those boxes and hence I didn't mind the simplicity.

So what did I actually do?

To begin this tutorial I firstly drew a rectangle vertically on my art board. I then copied and pasted this making sure I used the paste in place feature. This pasted the new rectangle over the initial rectangle. I then used the direct selection tool. From this I was able to drag the top two corners of my rectangle out to form a diagonal rectangle. The image below shows this in action.

This is the basis to this design and hence I now just needed to duplicate these shapes. To achieve this I simply used the Selection Tool to select the whole image and then copied and pasted this to create a long line of shapes. This stage can be seen below.

 

Now I have the basic shape of my logo and hence the next stage was to add some colour. I didn't follow the same colour scheme as the tutorial based on the fact that this didn't follow my own colour scheme. I used the straight up rectangles as a solid colour and then used the diagonal rectangles as a gradient. The gradient I used can be seen below.

 

I trialled this design with two different colour schemes. The first colour scheme I used can be seen below. This colour scheme was based on my personal preferences but doesn't really follow my colour scheme which I have used.

 





The image below shows my logo design which does now follow my colour scheme.

The final stage of this tutorial was to add my film title. The image below shows this logo with my film title and hence is the final design.

This logo was slightly easier to create than the previous and is very hard to compare for this reason. I like the colours on this logo as they tie in with my initial colour scheme. The style of this is very simple but as I have always felt I like these simple lines. I feel the mixture of solid and gradient colour work well however the pink may look too much on the pink background of both my DVD inlay and my Disc Cover. My version of this logo doesn't look exactly as I was expecting however the general feel is still good.