Hello guys, welcome to this video! We are going to see here how to create a nice
3D logo like this one, in a very few and easy steps!
To watch this video, make sure to know the basis of this software. In case you need
help, further annotations will help you at getting more help.
As you may know, a logo is very important. It will be your personal signature and
will represent your future projects. Before going on, you need to think about it
carefully. What kind of
of
lot of time. You must have in mind a general idea of how to create your logo
before going on.
This is an example of a simple logo. Logos are usually simple, in
sure to use a simple name, easy to be remembered, and shapes not too much
complex.
To start creating your first logo, it is fundamental to know how to use the
To know how to use the
In this tutorial I will show you how to create this kind of logo. However,
here a rough of what you could do.
time to create the logo at its best.
You can freely download the
project presented there will be better designed.
However, our case is to draw a pseudosphere, so a very easy shape. How
to create it?
First of all we need to draw the
3D Effect
are three ways to create a 3D shape, but the best one is the
the 2D shape built, a closed or not path, is used as a basic section to create a
full symmetric 3D shape.
Its colour is the stroke colour of the 2D basic shape.
So with the
one to create a semicircumference, perfect or not.
If we want the 3D shape to be blue, its stroke must be blue.
Then we simply make it in 3D.
Go to
Drag the cube sample to change the point of view. Make sure to check
bottom left corner, or you won't see anything rendered live. Interesting are the
light options, inside the
most. Then just go to
You will obtain a brilliant 3D shape. You can edit it anytime selecting the
object from
If you want to know more about 3D objects in
in this show.
Let's suppose that this is a plastic ball, and we want some
simply makes stronger the 3D effect and makes the logo better to be watched.
Activate again the
is to
don't be worried about the filling.
To give a metal effect, we can simply use a gradient. Go to
Gradient
we need to put a grey color smoothed with white where we want the light reflection.
At this point, the 3D effect is present, but is not realistic. So we can put some
fade
on the other side, and put a flat solid color, with a low opacity, that you can set
through the
We can put extra fade using a gradient through the whole sphere, playing
with the
If you are not satisfied with the illumination set by default, we can create one
on our own. Hide the metal strips, and use the
the same filling colour of the sphere. Don't worry if colours may be different.
Then just activate the
like on the centre, this will be the color of the reflected light.
To be integrated with the shadow effect, make sure to
the shadow object in the Layers order
don't match properly.
Now set again the strips on and see if the effect is satisfactory. Remember to put
the reflection below the strips through the
It is better if you observe your project when it is small,
don't occupy a full page as when working on it. The sphere created, really does
seem in 3D now. Not to modify it in the future, lock the full
Next to the
lock all the layer and so you won't edit all its objects inside, unless you unlock
the layer again.
At this point it is convenient to create new layers for each complex object we will
have.
We can complete this logo adding some
reflections, just unlock Layer 1,
to select your whole layer, and then copy it in full using
in the
The copy will belong to the new layer. Go in the new layer and
locked the basic sphere
after the next step.
With the whole logo selected, click on
You have several options you can try. In our case, we just need to flip horizontally,
so just choose
You may need to correct the imperfections of the strips, and also the default
reflection may be wrong, so just set it again unlocking the basic sphere, and going
to
Then select and move all right below the original sphere.
Now we just need to put a very deep feather.
The fastest way is to use a rectangle with white filling and with some transparency
when close to the sphere.
Then lock this other layer. Another idea could be choosing to add
This is way easier since you just need to add an
gradient and you will make it.
Remember to put the shadow in a lower position,
Now just the
and the font to use. In this phase, many solutions are possible, just use one that
does fit with the logo created, in colour and style.
You can personalize your text even more. Select the text through the
window
an object drawn through the
them.
This simple project, seen with a certain distance, gives out a very nice 3D
shape, made in a very short time, too.
Now try to create your first logo! Download in the video description the
.ai project file
Thanks for watching!