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How Web 2.0 Logos are drawn
by 3loomi Wed Dec 15, 2010 1:44 am
How Web 2.0 Logos are drawn
How Web 2.0 Logos are drawn
Ever wonder how these guys draw their Web 2.0 Logos? Sometimes itsnice to learn from others, build up the basic skills and start your owncreativity from there. In this Photoshop tutorial,I’m going to reveal you some of the nice Web 2.0 logos, how you candraw their logo exactly the same (well, not really 100% though) withPhotoshop. 1. Download and Install style file
First of all, you will need to download a style I’ve created and load it into Photoshop.
Call up your Style Dialog box in Photoshop
3. The six Web 2.0 Logos
Here’s six Web 2.0 Logo; MyBlogLog, Imified, mixd, skype, Linked In and Go2Web20. The style you’ve just installed is going to reveal how to draw them. I’ll go through “mixd” and “Go2Web20” logos, the rest is just reusing the same technique. 4. How to draw
The reason I use Style hereis because once they are saved in to a .asl file (the file youdownloaded) they are convenient to apply. Let’s go about drawing someof these logos.Drawing mixd LogoInitial observation, mixd logo consist of
Now here’s the the trick. Look for “mixd-label” in the Style Dialog.Drag them directly to background layer, small dot layer and smaller dotlayer respectively. If you drag them correctly you will noticed thatthe layer will now inherits the colors and blending of the style. Find“mixd-font” in Style Dialog, drag it to the text layer and your mixd logo is complete, 90% like the original I’ll say.
Drawing Go2Web20 LogoHave 4 new layers created, each for “GO“, “2“, “WEB” and “2.0“
Drag “go2web20-purple” from Style Dialog into “GO” & “WEB”, drag“go2web20-green” into “2″ & “2.0″ and you will get this finaloutput.
As for the rest (MyBlogLog, imified, skype and Linked In), it’s all about dragging their respective style in and match with the correct font.5. Conclusion
If you look into the Blending Options of eachstyle, you will noticed that most Web 2.0 logos are matter of playingwith gradients, strokes with the combination of the right fonts.This may not the “exact” way how these guys had done their logo, butits at least a way to achieve it. I’m not encouraging you to fake theirstyle and redraw your logo, but try understand it and hopefully you cancome out with a nice sleek Web 2.0 logo. I love putting my designs inStyle (.asl), I can reuse them whenever I want
:@: :@:
How Web 2.0 Logos are drawn
Ever wonder how these guys draw their Web 2.0 Logos? Sometimes itsnice to learn from others, build up the basic skills and start your owncreativity from there. In this Photoshop tutorial,I’m going to reveal you some of the nice Web 2.0 logos, how you candraw their logo exactly the same (well, not really 100% though) withPhotoshop. 1. Download and Install style file
First of all, you will need to download a style I’ve created and load it into Photoshop.
- Download Photoshop style here. (Right-click -> Save as)
- For Photoshop CS2 users, put this style file into
“C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Presets\Styles”
Photoshop of other versions, put the file inside Presets\Styles
Call up your Style Dialog box in Photoshop
- Windows -> Styles
- Notice a small arrow button on the top right corner. Click on it and select Load Styles from the drop down
- Find web20 from the list and click Load. If you don’t find web20, try close Photoshop, re-open it repeat Step 1.
- Click on the arrow button again and select Large List from drop down
3. The six Web 2.0 Logos
Here’s six Web 2.0 Logo; MyBlogLog, Imified, mixd, skype, Linked In and Go2Web20. The style you’ve just installed is going to reveal how to draw them. I’ll go through “mixd” and “Go2Web20” logos, the rest is just reusing the same technique. 4. How to draw
The reason I use Style hereis because once they are saved in to a .asl file (the file youdownloaded) they are convenient to apply. Let’s go about drawing someof these logos.Drawing mixd LogoInitial observation, mixd logo consist of
- “mixd” text
- rounded rectangular
- small dot
- smaller dot
Now here’s the the trick. Look for “mixd-label” in the Style Dialog.Drag them directly to background layer, small dot layer and smaller dotlayer respectively. If you drag them correctly you will noticed thatthe layer will now inherits the colors and blending of the style. Find“mixd-font” in Style Dialog, drag it to the text layer and your mixd logo is complete, 90% like the original I’ll say.
Drawing Go2Web20 LogoHave 4 new layers created, each for “GO“, “2“, “WEB” and “2.0“
Drag “go2web20-purple” from Style Dialog into “GO” & “WEB”, drag“go2web20-green” into “2″ & “2.0″ and you will get this finaloutput.
As for the rest (MyBlogLog, imified, skype and Linked In), it’s all about dragging their respective style in and match with the correct font.5. Conclusion
If you look into the Blending Options of eachstyle, you will noticed that most Web 2.0 logos are matter of playingwith gradients, strokes with the combination of the right fonts.This may not the “exact” way how these guys had done their logo, butits at least a way to achieve it. I’m not encouraging you to fake theirstyle and redraw your logo, but try understand it and hopefully you cancome out with a nice sleek Web 2.0 logo. I love putting my designs inStyle (.asl), I can reuse them whenever I want
:@: :@:
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