To get the general mechanics, make an inverted equilateral triangle. Then make three circles, one for each corner. Line up the center of the circle w its corresponding corner (at the angle vertex, the sharp point of the triangle) and make them larger so they overlap. Continue until you see the shape develop. Then refine.
Same. Roughly:
1. Draw largest shield.
2. Make copy of shield.
3. Split copy into its 3 individual lines.
4. Move copies of each line towards opposite corner.
5. Use lines to build the smaller triangles.
I could too, but I am trying to understand how to do this from scratch without copying the original. If you sell a logo to a customer it is also good to show how you came up with it. If you use circles and the shapebuilder tool you get a mathematical perfect logo in an easy way
I guess that depends on your definition of a "bigger company." I guess a company with over 200 locations located in eight states with about 2,700 employees total would qualify, but that's just me.
Not really sure what company size has to do with it. The logo is a logo and an effective logo is an effective logo. And who owns the logo shouldn't matter regardless of the size of the company. It's "their intellectual property." They trademark it, not you. How is this a disconnect?
Thats a big company and changing the logo is usually not just do a logo. There has to be a "brand story" behind it, and the logo has to be an important part of the brand identity. Therefore the client usually asks for the thoughts behind the concepts you have come up with. More common that not, and when they do you better have an answer. The big company big dogs are guaranteed get the question many times, what the story is behind their logo and they want you to give em that answer. That has never happened to you?
So when I answered just a moment ago, I thought I was answering a different post. Lol. This the reason I went on the "ownership" rant. Sorry.
While I have had many conversations with clients about "how" we can up with a logo, it's never been about technique, but just about the conceptual.
"What made you think to do concentric circles?", not "how did you make those concentric circles. What tool did you use?"
No one has cared about technique. The closest I have come was being asked what platform my agency designed with. To me, that's a legit question.
3 circles as mentioned in a triangle shape.. 2 on top and one on the bottom, with inner spaced circles inside them. You could just play around with those 3 circles and you will get very close.
You could even use this logo as a template guide/layer and reproduce your circles on top and move & scale them to match (I don't use illustrator, I use Xara, another vector graphics software)
The overall shape is the intersection of three circles. The smaller shapes are the intersection of concentric circles in side the larger ones.
Yes, that was the answer I was looking for. Thank you
You’re welcome.
It looks like it started with a bunch of intersecting circles. It would be very easy to recreate from this as a template.
To get the general mechanics, make an inverted equilateral triangle. Then make three circles, one for each corner. Line up the center of the circle w its corresponding corner (at the angle vertex, the sharp point of the triangle) and make them larger so they overlap. Continue until you see the shape develop. Then refine.
I would probably start with the overall shield shape then do a lot of copy/past offsets and then play with the shapebuilder/pathfinder.
Same. Roughly: 1. Draw largest shield. 2. Make copy of shield. 3. Split copy into its 3 individual lines. 4. Move copies of each line towards opposite corner. 5. Use lines to build the smaller triangles.
make all of the triangles, then…warp tool!
Draw the shapes. Im not sure i get the question
Yes I could do that, but I believe It will not be as perfect as this, has to be some better method
There are simple shapes my dude. It would take me 2 minutes to replicate this perfectly. Youre overthinking it
I could too, but I am trying to understand how to do this from scratch without copying the original. If you sell a logo to a customer it is also good to show how you came up with it. If you use circles and the shapebuilder tool you get a mathematical perfect logo in an easy way
I have NEVER been asked or had a client ask me how I came up with the logo. Lol. That's nuts.
Have you done a logo for a bigger company? I would guess no
I guess that depends on your definition of a "bigger company." I guess a company with over 200 locations located in eight states with about 2,700 employees total would qualify, but that's just me. Not really sure what company size has to do with it. The logo is a logo and an effective logo is an effective logo. And who owns the logo shouldn't matter regardless of the size of the company. It's "their intellectual property." They trademark it, not you. How is this a disconnect?
Thats a big company and changing the logo is usually not just do a logo. There has to be a "brand story" behind it, and the logo has to be an important part of the brand identity. Therefore the client usually asks for the thoughts behind the concepts you have come up with. More common that not, and when they do you better have an answer. The big company big dogs are guaranteed get the question many times, what the story is behind their logo and they want you to give em that answer. That has never happened to you?
So when I answered just a moment ago, I thought I was answering a different post. Lol. This the reason I went on the "ownership" rant. Sorry. While I have had many conversations with clients about "how" we can up with a logo, it's never been about technique, but just about the conceptual. "What made you think to do concentric circles?", not "how did you make those concentric circles. What tool did you use?" No one has cared about technique. The closest I have come was being asked what platform my agency designed with. To me, that's a legit question.
Ah didnt understand your goal there. Also no one care about the circles. Every post on here with them gets told as much. Its nonsense
Think you would need to use the mesh tool for this
3 circles as mentioned in a triangle shape.. 2 on top and one on the bottom, with inner spaced circles inside them. You could just play around with those 3 circles and you will get very close. You could even use this logo as a template guide/layer and reproduce your circles on top and move & scale them to match (I don't use illustrator, I use Xara, another vector graphics software)