5 Rules in Logo Design
This are the 5 steps that I follow when starting logo design. There is no right or wrong way to build a logo but there are a few things that you need to check out and try to do not forget. I’m sure that I forgot something and if you like to say something that is important for logo design please add a comment below.
5 RULES TO LIVE BY!!!!
No offence but it’s C.M.Y.K not Smeek, cyan magenta yellow and k = black.
Yep, but this is the short name here in my country
And here in Serbia we said cmik
hey alexander ti balgarin li si?
Liam. says:
June 26, 2010 at 8:41 pm
No offence but it’s C.M.Y.K not Smeek, cyan magenta yellow and k = black.
No offence, but k=key color
B already stands for blue, so thats why they toke the last letter of black (k)?
VEEEERY Helpfull. Thankyou. Although I m learning Blender I think your site is the best site I found about Motion Graphics. Cheers.
I wait for a long time with this
cheers~~
Very cool man, you are my idol in cinema 4d.
Thank you very Much!!! really good!!! 5 Stars…!!!!!
Alexander hello! you are great teacher ,I enjoy your tutorials, however, you need to learn English grammar, you have a lot of mistakes
)) best!
You know some viewers here at amateurmedia surprise me on how rude they are. It is obvious that Alexanders first language is not English . I don’t understand why people have to complain about his grammar and his way of speaking. He still delivers great tutorials and many people understand him. I’m upset about the way people do not show their appreciation towards Alexander for his offering to us. He really doesn’t need to demonstrate tips on how to build logos and typography lettering. I believe that people should just keep quiet about negative comments about Alexander. His English is great as long as everyone understands it.
What Carlos Says its all right!!! we are all here to learn the wonderful tutorials of Alexander! Hey man you are best!! Ignore that guy! keep it up
check this out it’s realy good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HznOEIR7_Go
Good Tutorial, I hope you could do a tutorial with your intro…
Thanks a lot man!
Thanx Alexander for the great tutorial as usual!
i’ve been doing logo design lately & would appreciate if you take a look at my work(link bellow),
&tell me what you think,’coz you’ve been a great help for me when you gave me advice about the print ad in that game magazine,thanx a loooot!
one last thing,i just wanna ask you about the music used in the tutorial it’s really cool,can you give us more info about it?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_IXbRNJz0Bxw/TAZPN6Wrl9I/AAAAAAAAAD0/dueBf8j-hkU/s1600/logo+collection.jpg
The music is from the movie HOME, cool I like it
Awesome tutorial, a lot of useful information and good tips
thanks man!
hey alexander.. u do a great job man.. i like it a lot.. i have practiced each an every tuts available of nick, now jumping over to your site. u prove that design has no language barrier an any race/caste/religion ppl can learn an live it.. take care!!
CARLOS and all the others, I did not intend to offend or anything to Alexander, but if he is engaged in design, in English,he need to pay attention to the grammar. You do not have to act,like you smart, if you do not like the comments, pass by.I thank him for this tutorials, and it was written friendly .
actually.. fuck grammar.. it doesn’t matter as long as you get your point across! especially true with something as visual as graphics and motion graphics..
Alexander, you are great man! I really respect you! no offends )))
He guys I make mistakes even in my language which is Bulgarian, so this is me “mistake is my name”
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Thanks for the comments I really love to hear some steps which I do not cover or some steps that you use when creating logo design, will be great to check out some real life examples from you guys
Thanks!
yeah the dude is bulgarian
so what do you think about my “real life” logo designs then ah?
well,i’m thinking actually about starting a website like Amateurmedia soon,
what do you think Alexander?
I think that anyone that have some skills and knowledge and like to share it will be invaluable. About your work – have a great potential i like it
thanx,but the problem is i’ve no webdesign skills what so ever,&i just hate php,html…etc
but i like the design part of it.
i’ve seen some webdesign work you did before,so are you a web designer as well?
how did you manage to learn all that boring crap lol?(coding)…boring isn’t it?
I use a flash mainly for a web, but my site is wordpress so is easy for me to manage it
Zino I would prefer that you use wordpress to manage your site as Alexander does. It is a lot easier to work with. There are many free templates you can use and there are many tutorials on how to design them. Here is a great site that you can use to help you get started…
http://hv-designs.co.uk/
This site is one of my personal favorites.
Cool music, who interested it’s written by Armand Amar
Thank You
is it possible for you to post a text or powerpoint template for these rules?
tht would be a great resource to lookat when designing a logo.
Good idea, I’ll try to make a PDF. Thanks!
Thanks.!
Nice Lession.
1st intro’s Sound…. Mongolian Sound ?
I don’t know, just know that is from HOME the movie
sorry 4 my bad English
Thank you very much for posting such valuable information. As i am associated withaccounting logo Business, so i am very well aware of usefulness of this info..
Thanks again….
ThanK you Alexander for the awesome sharing as usual, i just started designing Logos , this will help a lot . thanx and best wishes. AKASH
hi, every body,……………
Great resource here. Thanks Alexander!
What did you mean by visit, blank, folder?
I mean visoalization like this http://www.amateurmedia.net/grand-hotel-dymiat/
Thanks for the video.
I don’t understand what you mean by “Visit, Blank, Folder” (in the rule on ‘Adapt it to corporate elements’)
I mean this
Man nice tutorial but one thing I shocked starting music which is Mongolian music where did you get it?
Can’t wait to see your new tuts
From Mongolia
The music is from the movie HOME
muzikata ot kade moa si q izteglq ?
The sound is from the Home Soundtrack music Armand Amar.
Just came across your work, very insightful and great to see you have a vast technical- typographic knowledge to back up all your great work. As well as informative the type skits are great and i just love this type with a curved (beveled) face, I fell into 3D but have always wanted to create a curved face to catch more of the reflection.. It would be great to see a tutorial on this, or is quite a simple process? Much Appreciated. D
Hey thanks, you can check this tutorial where I setup the text just like you wish with a wide angle over the Phong tag and you have the result – catching more reflections over your type.
Much appreciated Alexander, ive learnt alot of technical skills off your tutorials but this gives me a better understanding of the phong tag and its use. It slows the performance of cinema down a fair bit i find, but the phong can always be added last i guess. thanks for getting back to me pal.
thx u
amazing vid ! thanks man
Nice sum up. Thanks bro!
please the Msuic what’s name the Music ou artist thnx
Excellent tutorial, Alex!
(you got only one typo in your presentation text…the word “choise” should be “choice”)
Tip: if you have any difficulties with checking your grammar or spelling…then Google it, mate!
Thank you for sharing your typography with us! Rock!
Nice information thank you very much,
how did you change the font letter in the “Lost Gravity” Logo?
thanks,
Derrick
nice! thanks!
thanks for this.. I hope more tutorials come.. I want to learn more to your site.. =)
Алекс, мога само да ти БЛАГОДАРЯ !!!!!!!!!! И не е лошо тези хора да понаучат малко български…
очешуительно! видео с текстом плюс озвучка – круть!!!
hey alexo, i like your every and i want to appreciate you. and i want be like you so how can you help me, i want to be the one for my country. i’m from Ethiopia
Your BackGround sound ‘Not Match
” need a little bit Heavenly Sound <<— Watch 5 Rules in Music Design 
I appreciate your time on this. Thanx for sharing.
Thank you so much sir,
It’s too much help full for me…
Алекс скайп нещо за връзки имаш ли ?!
Zdaveite,
interesuvam se ot izrabotkata na mini klip ot nqkolko sekundi, podobno na tova koeto ste napravili s nachalnia nadpis na tozi klip http://vbox7.com/play:f4dcf7d5
Interesuva me, kolko shte struva izrabotkata na podoben klip.
DO YOU HAVE TUTS FOR DROW ANY LOGO WITH CIRCLES AND METRIC DESIGN? TKS
You forgot most important rule:
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION.
A really good logo tells everything about what it represents
This means first step is to brainstorm what are the attributes of the company/product/service the logo shall represent. Even 3D or “busy/complex” ideas – the more innovative the better. At this point the tutorial is WRONG to forbid using these ideas. Just look at existing successful logos.
Of course the next step then has to be: REDUCE TO THE MAX to get a clean Logo. I believe this is what was meant in the tut. But ruling out ideas right at the beginning is very counterproductive.
Just everyone type “best logos” in google!
Analyzing them will give you a huge insight!
hi every body~! I love it..
我喜欢这个~哈哈
我猜。。主人看不懂我发的是神马。。
Thank you for this great tutorial, i think your experience really something for each of us…
Thanks again…
Nicely done! Good video
I admire the way you have focused on typography…Great work Alexander.