In this tutorial you will learn how to create an elegant
logo that would fit in nicely with most any design company. The techniques
taught in this tutorial can also be altered in many ways to create an almost
entirely different company logo.
open an existing document in photoshop, or create a
new one. I will be using a document that is 440 x 312 for this tutorial. Fill
the background with white (#FFFFFF).
Get out the Custom Shape Tool (
)
and select the Grass Shape:
Create a new layer, set your foreground color to black (#000000) and draw the
shape onto the canvas:
Get out the pen tool (
),
and right click anywhere inside of the shape. Choose "make
selection":
Click Okay:
Fill this selection with black:
Double click this layer, and apply the following blending options:
Drop Shadow:
Result:
Now press CTRL + J to duplicate this layer.
Go to "Edit->Transform->Flip Horizontally".
Press 'V' on your keyboard to get out the move tool, and nudge the duplicate
layer over as l've done in this image:
Next we'll add some text to it. Set your foreground color to white (#B4B4B4).
Get out the text tool, and pick a nice thick font that you like. I'll be using DreamScar which you can download from
any font sites. My result:
Double click this layer and apply the following blending options:
Drop Shadow:
Bevel & Emboss:
Satin:
Gradient Overlay:
Stroke:
Result:
At this point the same techniques are applied to create more detail. You can
choose another custom shape and apply an inner shadow such as l've done here:
Alternatively you can download one of the designer fonts from some font sites
which has various other vine effects and twirls. Here is another example of the
logo using one of these designer fonts:
Thank you very much for buying this tutorial! I hope you've learned some useful
tips and techniques.
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and select the Grass Shape: 
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and right click anywhere inside of the shape. Choose "make
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