Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to design your own striking, custom,
Modernist logo with interlocking initials.
The way the letters interlock will depend on how each letter in the pair
relate to each other. Ultimately, you can decide the best way to position
and interlock them
once your letters are side-by-side. The font we'll be using
is called, "Happy Killer". You can download it from the link I provided
located in the video description or project files. If you're not sure how to
install fonts,
watch my tutorial on how to do this. I provided that link, as well.
Create a new document by pressing
Ctrl + N on Windows or Cmd + N on a Mac.
Make the Width and the Height: 870 pixels
each with a Resolution of 150 pixels per inch.
Go to View
and make sure Rulers and Snap are checked.
If they're not, just click on them. Once you install "Happy Killer",
open your Horizontal Type Tool and open the font.
Make the Size: 220 points,
"None" for the anti-alias
and Left alignment. Click on the color box
and pick a color. I'll choose a medium, blue:
5 6 7 A F F.
Then, click OK or press Enter or Return.
Type the first letter of your name.
Open your Move Tool and drag the letter to the left.
Make a copy of it by pressing
Ctrl or Cmd + J. Double-click on the large "T"
of the copy and type the first letter of your last name.
Double-click it again and click the color box
at the top. Pick a different color for the second letter.
I'll choose coral color: 1 9 C 1 A B.
Open your Move Tool
and position the second letter ultimately where you'd like it to
interlock with the first letter.
Because each letter has its own unique shape, determining where they interlock
is a matter of personal choice. My only advice
is to position the second letter either flush with the bottom of the first
letter
or below it. Notice the first letter that you typed is positioned in the Layers
panel below the second letter that you typed.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the large "T"
of the first letter that you typed to make a selection of its shape.
Click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer mask of the selection
next to the active layer, which is your second initial.
Invert the layer mask by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + I
In this example,
I want to interlock the letters here, so I need to hide this
area of the letter "P" to reveal the letter "M"
behind it. The same will apply to your letters. To do this,
open your Pencil Tool and make the Size
anywhere between 40 to 60 pixels and make the Hardness: 100%.
Press the F5 key
at the top of your keyboard to open your Brush panel.
Make sure the only setting that's checked is "Smoothing".
To close the panel, press F5 again.
Go to the area that you want the letters to interlock
and brush over it. Click on the ruler at the top
and drag down a guideline until it snaps to the bottom of the second letter.
if you don't see it, press Ctrl or Cmd + H.
Click on the left ruler and drag out another guideline
until it snaps to the right edge of your second letter.
Make your first letter active and drag out guidelines to the top
and left side the letter. Open your Rectangular Marquee Tool,
go to the top, left corner of the guidelines
and drag out a selection to the bottom, right corner.
We'll fill it with Black. To do this, press
"d" on your keyboard to revert the foreground and background colors to
black and white, respectively
and then press Alt or Option + Delete
to fill it with the foreground color. Delete the selection
are pressing controller command d and hide the guidelines
by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + H.
We're ready to add your full name under your initials.
Press "T" to open your Type Tool and left-click on the bottom of your document.
Lower the point size to 20 and click on the color box.
Left-click on the second letter to pick up its color
and click OK. Type out your full name.
Highlight your last name, click on the color box
and left-click on the first letter to pick up its color.
Open your Move Tool and drag the text to the left edge
and bottom of your first letter. Open your Transform Tool
and press and hold "Shift" as you drag out its lower, right corner
until it's flush with the right edge of the shape above it.
Then, press Enter or Return.
If there's a little space between your name and the shapes above it,
press the Up arrow key on your keyboard.
Make a black shape active and make a copy of it.
I'll open up the Layers panel, so we can see all the layers.
Temporarily, reduce the Opacity of the square copy
to 50%. Open your Transform Tool,
go to a corner and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow,
press and hold Shift + Alt on Windows
or Shift + Option on a Mac, as you drag it out approximately this much.
Go to the top, middle and when you see a vertical, double-arrow,
drag it up the same distance as the sides are from the inside shapes.
Go to the bottom, middle and drag it down the same distance below your name.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Increase its Opacity to 100% and reduce its "Fill"
to zero.
Double-click on the square copy to open its Layer Style window.
Click "Stroke". The Position is Inside
and the Size is 14 pixels.
To move the bottom of the black frame, so it touches the bottom if you're text,
open your Transform Tool, go to the bottom,middle
and drag it up. Then,
press Enter or Return.
To center the entire logo on your document,
make the bottom square active
and Shift-click on the top layer to highlight all the layers
inbetween. Then, press Ctrl or Cmd + G
to place all the layers into a folder.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + A
and click the Align Horizontal Centers icon
and the Align Vertical Centers icon.
Then, delete the selection.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!