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Friday, June 13, 2014

Tips to Create an Outstanding Logo Design

Logo Designing is quite difficult when you do not have any idea about what you really want in a logo. It might be possible that you have already designed a logo by using some random templates and clip-arts from the library of any Logo maker or Logo Creating Software, but you are not satisfied with your work.

Now, you should look at the following tips -

  1. Great Logo Comes From a Great Idea:
You should select a category that defines the type of company and tells who will be the client that would buy logo. You can show your creativity only when you have some ideas and know how you can combine them. However, with ideas, you should have a proper visualization of client. It would require more research and planning but it worth a lot to you. With all data and information, you can create a logo that immediately explains the company and effectively connected with products and services. When you got your idea about logo, start sketching it on sheet and try to draw it in different designs, as it would provide a perfect design to the logo. Remember one thing, first, you should design in black and white format, then go for the colors, as it would led to the clearness, legibility and reproducibility without any distraction.

  1. Reproducible by Nature:
Logo should be versatile in nature. Logo must be act as the cornerstone of the brand of the company so that it would be defined as company's corporate identity. It means that the logo should be reproducible in nature using various formats and processes and keeping the integrity of logo as it is utilized. Logo should be versatile to imprint on any kind of stuff like cards, pens, coffee mugs, t-shirts, etc. and even on large signs and billboards. It should look fabulous on screen when using on website.
  1. Acceptable to Reversals:
Here, Reversals does not mean to make mirror images of the design. It is a version of logo file that is created to ensure that the logo will look great on Dark colored backgrounds or on black background. If your logo consists dark colors or mid-tone colors, your logo will not be visible clearly, so you should require another version. All thing is happening here is about versatility that a user can use its logo anywhere as per his choice. The best way to get rid of the problem of invisibility on dark backgrounds is that you can use light colors or bright colors that are easily visible on dark backgrounds.

  1. Foundation of Color Palette:
Colors play a vital role in providing eye catching of viewers and customers towards log. Colors inherit emotions and feelings and this affect the clients psychologically. The main consideration while making logo is color combination, since a good combination can create contrast, balance and weight to help convey our idea. Therefore, there must be an appropriate color selection.

  1. Keep It Simple But Effective:
Making logo simple is good but it also must be effective. It should communicate with an idea and should be easily reproducible. You should use the graphics relatively simple to make a logo look gorgeous and useable in print process and different applications. A logo with too much simplicity would not grab the attention of customers and clients. The design would be unique so that it would differentiate the company from the competitors.

  1. Typeface Selection:
As your logo is ready, now add some text and the company name to it. This addition of name and text would help the client to get a clear idea about the logo. A name would be considered as a trademark of the company, so you should need to research a lot about it. This will prevent the copyrights of the company logo. Hence, choose the name and text, as if you have searched for your logo design.

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Common Mistakes in Designing a Logo

A logo is an intrinsic component of a company that projects a brand silhouette as per customer’s expectations. It is the first facet that a customer sees and it is intended to convey a particular message of company. This provides a company a distinct identity so that customers can easily acknowledge about the company without reading its name. Since, Logo Designing and Making is a tough task, professionals even can do mistakes while designing a logo. Some common logo designing mistakes are as follows:
 
  1. Logo Graphics
Resolution of the images is the vital part designing and while designing a logo, with the help of Logo Making Software, it is necessary to set the resolution on vector mode rather than raster graphics. Raster file denotes a JPEG file while Vector logo file denotes a PNG file. The pixel of raster becomes blurred on zoom while in vector logo file, logo does not distort. However, some people make their logo in raster format that leads to the distortion of logo on zooming and does not fit for vinyl banners. Vector graphics can be easily edited while raster cannot be edited.

  1. Logo Designing Trends
In designing field, new trends come within a second. However, many designers make designs in old formats that can become a problem for businesses who are interested to make logo for their company but are using pre version designs in logo making software. It is a fact that you cannot get yourself updated with all new designs but if you are using any kind logo designing software, you can update it and can subscribe for new designs. This will help you to make a latest design for your logo.

  1. Amateur Designing
Sometimes, businesses give their project to the amateurs to save money but it becomes to a loss for them. Amateur designers do not check the requirements thoroughly and make the designs as per their choice that contradicts the company services. While a professional designer always try to gain complete information about the company and the client’s requirements. 
 
  1. Font Choice and Color effects
Some designers get over excited to design a logo an forget about the font selection. They sometimes select the fonts that do not match together with theme and the concept of logo. Even, they completely covered the white background of the card that denotes amateurism in the card. Therefore, you should use proper fonts with proper graphic effects and always leave some white space.

  1. Complicated Configuration
Sometimes, designers used too much creativity that become complex for others to understand. Therefore, keep your focus on simplicity. This would help the users to memorize your logo easily and provide much attention towards your company.