FINE TUNING
November 05, 2019
PART 03 - HOW TO CREATE AN ORNATE LOGO DESIGN
Welcome to Part 03 of our tutorial about ornate logo design! If you haven't already checked it Click here for Part 01 or here for Part 02.
In this episode I am going to show you how to use clipping masks and other tools to finalize our ornate logo design.
First of all I want to punch out the part of my circle shape on the left where it crosses the type. Therefore we use a Clipping Mask, because this keeps the single components as they are and doesn't require any cutting of paths. Just draw a shape without any fill color and leave out the part where we want to hide the circle shape. Make sure you have grouped the circle elements. Then, select both shapes, right click –> Make Clipping Mask. You can read more about Clipping Masks here: About Clipping Masks
Next, expand the main wording-group by selecting the group and clicking Object –> Expand Appearance.
Quick Note: Before expanding elements I highly recommend to make a copy of your file or design. This will save you a lot of time if you need to go back to previous steps.
After expanding we cut the lines which are crossing our letters. Choose the Scissors Tool (C) and simply click on the spots where lines are crossing the ornament. Now, select the part between and delete it. We do the same thing with the lines below.
To make the endpoints a little bit smoother we use the Width Tool (Shift+W). Double-click on the path with a little distance to the endpoint and click OK. Now, double-click on the endpoint and enter a lower value. This creates a pointed end.
Here is a nice tutorial about the Width Tool if you want to explore this more in depth: Using the width tool
Next we change the color of our flowers. The flowers and ornaments included in our Blackriver Set are split into shape and outline. You can simply double-click the element and change the color. I choose the golden color and black for the outline.
Now, open the Wild Animals – Illustration Set and copy&paste the tiger head illustration into the logo file. Place it onto the circle emblem which we prepared earlier for this purpose.
Finally we add a few more filigree lines and curls to fill the gaps and to set some highlights. I mainly use the Royal Signage elements for this purpose.
Yeah! And here we are :)
One last thing – You remember that we prepared global colors at the beginning? If everything went right and you only worked with those colors, you can now use the swatches to easily test different color schemes. Double-click on a color swatch and enable „Preview“ at the bottom of the window. Now change colors and voilà!
Make sure to check out Part 04 of this tutorial about final file preparation. And I would be happy if you leave me a comment below :)
Check the other parts of this tutorial here:
PART 01 - ORNATE LOGO DESIGN, GETTING STARTED
PART 02 - ORNATE LOGO DESIGN, ADDING ORNAMENTS
PART 03 - ORNATE LOGO DESIGN, FINE TUNING
PART 04 - ORNATE LOGO DESIGN, FINAL FILE PREPARATION
PART 05 - ORNATE LOGO DESIGN, COLORS AND EXPORTING FILES
2 comments
Hey Michael,
I’m unfortunately not familiar with Corel Draw, however maybe this could help: https://www.coreldraw.com/en/tips/photo/photo-effects/use-photo-masks/
If this does not work you could alternatively cut the path instead of creating a clipping mask.
Hope this helps,
Best Tobi
Tobias Saul
April 13, 2020
Tobias, thank you for your tutorial and Font/Design package. I bought it several weeks ago. I use CorelDraw and cannot figure out in Part 3 how to do these steps in Corel. Do you happen to have any guidance there? It is the clipping mask where I am stuck. Power clip is the comparable tool, but do not see how to do it. Thanks for any advice!
Michael Dickman
April 13, 2020