Tips and News on Logo Design and Tutorials

CMYK vs. Pantone colours

Printing

When it comes time for printing your logo design, business cards or stationery, it is very important that you have a good understanding of colours and the different colour options available to you at your printers. What exactly are CMYK colours? How are they made and how are they different from Pantone colours? What colour process should I use to print my 2-colour logo design? The...

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Skype vs. Sky: what’s in a name?

Logo & Brand review

When I first heard about Skype, I was impressed to say the very least. Having already spent hundreds of dollars on long distance phone bills over the years, here was a new software that allowed me to chat with my friends and family for FREE. The fact that it was free was not the only thing that impressed me however. Skype also had real-time video. I could now talk to my mom as if we were...

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Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and BMW Sculptures

Design & Style

Lexus has come up with a brilliant concept to draw attention to their new compact CT 200h vehicle. Working in collaboration with the Los Angeles-based Nondesign studios, Lexus has created a sculpture of their newest hybrid model car. Lexus’ new compact CT 200h is a luxury car with an eco-friendly twist. This sculpture was created to compliment the Lexus debate series tour called ‘Darker...

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Illustrator Tutorial: Creating A Complex Pattern

Tutorials

This is an intermediate Adobe Illustrator tutorial that will teach you how transform a simple shape into a complex pattern. You will learn how to use the Transform Effect, how to add that design to your Graphic Styles Palette and how to use the Blend tool.

Here is the final design that we will be creating:

Final Complex Design

Step 1: Using the Transform Effect to create a design

Create a...

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Abu Dhabi’s Branding Strategy

Logo & Brand review

You have no idea how badly I’d like to go to Abu Dhabi. With its rich history, its honored traditions and its enchanting people, Abu Dhabi has always been one of my most favored future travel destinations. It just seems like such an extraordinary and magical place. Every picture that I have ever seen of Abu Dhabi has blown my mind. I can’t even imagine what it would be like to see its...

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