In this tutorial, Corey designs a logo by employing some useful techniques in Adobe Illustrator.
Author: Corey Barker
Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.
Very cool and simple tutorial, and what an effect you get!!! GREAT STUFF
Cory you are the best. I have been learning from you in photoshop for a while and I love it. Now its time for me to learn illustrator. Ive been playing around in it but I get frustrated. So I searched for your tuts. Bingo Here you are. You dont take it for granted that we all are old hands at this and expain every step.
Well now to the point. How do you keep the outer points selected? I selected a few and then go to select more and the last ones I selected just before turn white (I supose they unselect) How do I keep them all selected around the ellipse? Thanks
Great job!!!
Another GREAT tutorial, You never cease to amaze me,Cheers
great! helps a lot. thank you. Please put more tutorials like Logo & Graphic Design….
Corey, your tutorial is very helpful. Your design examples and use of illustrator are very creative.
Thanks corey. Can catch how to use illustrator 3D effects , pathfinder pallet options & some kind of shortcuts. So I want to be a great designer like you.
so I’ll send a link and see ma creations using illustrator.but I would like to say comparing ur creations ability my fellows are very poor.
these all creations I did 4 ma customers.
catch da link bellow……
http://www.facebook.com/pages/GRAPHIC-WEB-DESIGNING-OFFSET-DIGITAL-PRINTING/43247448817
ATTENTION PLEASE……….
Under “NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE” album available some kind of designings & these are I done following ur tutorials.. thanks……
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I find it amazing how easy you make this stuff look. Just goes to show… if you know the tricks, you’re good to go! Thanks for the cool tutorial.
Terry
http://www.tkrphoto.com
Thanks Corey,
Very helpful!
Don
Thank you, this tut helps a lot!
That was really cool. Thank upi
wonderful 3D effect……..helped a lot….!!!!
I’m using CS3 trying to do your new step-by-step “Designing With Flair” from march/ april 2009 and reached a point where I run into problems with most Layers/ Photoshop Magazine tutorials, that being one step in each walk through that doesn’t work. I’m looking for the “dot pattern vector pack” and don’t have it. Is this something I need to pay extra for? I run into these problems a lot with these walk-throughs where there is one step that doesn’t make any sense, and I don’t know if it is due to the “instructor’s” own personal work space short-cuts being over looked vs. the default settings or what, but this brings lots of frustration on my end when everything is going well until i hit that one snag that keeps me from completing the exercise. Can you help me on this?
Thanks Corey! You explained the mesh tool with simple elegance.
belo tutorial … muitas coisas se da pra fazer !
I am using the Direct Selection Tool (White Arrow) in Illustrator CS3. In the beginning of the video tutorial and I am selecting the outer points and every time I go to select another outer point(s) the other blue ones that I have selected are tuning white again. Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Josh, in CS3 you might need to hold down Shift as you click each point.
To Josh and Phinesse, if you want to select multiple points using the direct selection tool (the “hollow” or “white arrow”) press and hold the shift key while selecting the each vector (it is not necessary to continue holding the shift key when not selecting a point).
Gosh, that explanation of the mesh tool is great! I can’t wait to go back to class on Monday and show my instructor that. heheh Not to mention sending all my classmates to Layers for tutorials.
Hold down the shift key while selecting to pick all of the outside points.
You have to hold the shift key down while selecting the next point, otherwise, each time you click, you deselect the previous point.
Great tutorial! Easy to follow and very cool.
keep those tutorials up dude.exellent work!
dude thats really cool keep up the excellent work, this helped me with an assignment xx
thnx corey u did a wonderful job
thnx 4 the help
Hi corey u are great, amazing use 3D effects in Illustrator
ultimate and greatful thanx from myself i have learn 3D effects with the help of this tutorial.
This is quite helpful, thanks! By the way, you might want to check out this page:
http://www.logobee.com/logo-design-tutorial/tutorial2/logotutorial.htm
It shows you how to create a particle effect for your logo!
Love the #D info. Very useful to me. Thanks.
can you mesh an object (oval) that has a compound or shape (oval) inside it?
hey
This is very good tutorial For trainer . Thanks Friends for your nice video tutorial
source file please!!!
i finnaly understood about the mesh tool…
Where are the answers to questions posted. I’m in CS3 and can’t find the “dot pattern vector pack” either. Is it only in CS4? Thanks, Deborah
Hi Deborah,
CS3 doesn’t have the dot pattern vector pack. Corey does have a workaround for this that’s too long to post in the comments section and too short for its own tutorial. If you contact me via email, I’ll forward those instructions to you.
Thanks,
Chris Main
Managing Editor
Layers Magazine
cmain@layersmagazine.com
Corey, your the best!
yuiy
Thank you very much Corey. I appreciate all the work you put into the tutorials. It helps me to understand and begin to use Illustrator. And look like I know what I am doing!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!..
This is going to sound exceedingly dumb, but I just downloaded a trial of Illustrator and know nothing about it. I assume you have to Open, New, choose size of document…my problem..the hand selector tool will not go away. All it wants to do is grab the page and move the page around. I can select the tools from the menu, but the hand selector will NOT go away. I cannot draw at all. I know I sound completely stupid, because I don’t know the first thing about this program, and there are no tutorials that begin with “File, Open, New…” you all seem to be jumping in on projects for people with a basic working knowledge of this program. Please help. Links to the most basic instruction is appreciated.
I want to use this cool effect.
Good share its really helpful blog for designer to learn something new from it.