Gallery - Logos developed with Layout
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Rich I'll have to post that other tut for creating gradients and fills quickly using word in conjuction with Layout so simple and fast!
Yeah for dials and stuff like speedos and stff layout is really the trick - just if we had more text layout options it would be the bomb! And drop shadows of course!
I'd love to be able to explode text into curves! The EIGHT degrees and PLAZA logs above are hand built text in Layout - would be cool if we could explode text to modify the actual shapes or optically kern by hand for crucial text.
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I'm little bit impressed how can layout help to create so nice(modern, trendy, updated) logos.
I think they are simply clever and meaningful. Very nice work
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These are great. So these are drawn etc all in LO? I admit I have not bothered with layout, taking my SU images elsewhere, but lately I've tried it and liked it.
What is that about making textures? And Rich, that link doesn't take me anywhere. (Well, anywhere useful.)
Peter
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Great logos! Sharp and sophisticated thinking. I have nothing against Layout but It is secondary here
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@unknownuser said:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/posting.php?mode=edit&f=81&t=39780&p=351523#preview
"You cannot edit posts in this forum"
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@numbthumb said:
@unknownuser said:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/posting.php?mode=edit&f=81&t=39780&p=351523#preview
"You cannot edit posts in this forum"
Sometimes I even confuse myself
I meant to embed Richard's images into the post at full resolution but failed. I see the image above but you can't? Must be forum permissions for Mods/Admin.
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OK, I can see it now.
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@jarynzlesa said:
How can layout help to create so nice(modern, trendy, updated) logos.
Thanks all!!!!
jarynzlesa - The beauty is that it can work fast with your thinking - instead of having to draw outlines you can just work with basic shapes, arrange, stretch, copy and colour fast!
Something that can work nearly as fast as your mind does really helps your expression to be realised.
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Here is a low res example to show how concepts are compiled using basic shapes with blocks of same fill as the background to hide overruns of the shapes, later I will trace with the line tool to clean up and delete the concept arrangement.
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Interesting process...Sketchup in 3D = working model, in 2D = collage. Thank you. Irreplaceable tools for creation.
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I like the lateral thinking Richard, it really was never intended for this ! A bit like people doing 2D plans in word.
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Really nice logos Richard. I love the minimalism of them. You certainly love you some LO! How do you think it compares (for graphic design use) to something like Adobe Illustrator. If you had Illustrator (and knew how to use it pretty well) do you think you'd still find yourself working in LO for this sort of work?
-Brodie
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Your logo's are great! I also use Layout for logo's and artwork and a much easy to use and faster than Illustrator..
allanx
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Thanks guys for the positives!!!
@unknownuser said:
How do you think it compares (for graphic design use) to something like Adobe Illustrator. If you had Illustrator (and knew how to use it pretty well) do you think you'd still find yourself working in LO for this sort of work?
Mate I do have illustrator, but as Allanx suggests I the same find it hard to work with - just not intuitive!
I would certainly love to see some more advanced editing options in LO to bridge the gap with illustator! There certainly are many shortcomings with LO that are a bugger to get around. Other than for simple design compilations one is generally forced outside of LO for more precise of optioned work!
The lack of text formatting, colour / style management really is a drag and makes for the need of workarounds - I certainly hope this changes in LO4!
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To be honest I find your comments about Illustrator a little strange. I started out using PS and admittedly by comparison Illustrator was hard to fathom.
After following a few tutorials things didn't seem so bad and now - after a few years - I'm now in a position where I wish that I had the functionality of Ilustrator in PS......or the funds to output SU to vector format.
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@hieru said:
To be honest I find your comments about Illustrator a little strange. I started out using PS and admittedly by comparison Illustrator was hard to fathom.
After following a few tutorials things didn't seem so bad and now - after a few years - I'm now in a position where I wish that I had the functionality of Ilustrator in PS......or the funds to output SU to vector format.
Your right I have no doubt mate! It's the following of tuts that always gets me! For me the best apps are pretty self explained.
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@hieru said:
To be honest I find your comments about Illustrator a little strange. I started out using PS and admittedly by comparison Illustrator was hard to fathom.
After following a few tutorials things didn't seem so bad and now - after a few years - I'm now in a position where I wish that I had the functionality of Ilustrator in PS......or the funds to output SU to vector format.
What about exporting SU to DWG and importing that into Illustrator?
-Brodie
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@unknownuser said:
What about exporting SU to DWG and importing that into Illustrator?
As with .ai export, I thought that this was only available in the Pro version of SU?
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Have you tried vector pdf from SU? My CAD program can make a vector drawing from pdf. Maybe AI can
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Hieru
Thanks for the eyes up on the tutorials - I'll certainly check them out, I've seen the classroom in a book titles, think I have one for indesign though only ahve referred to it to find out about fold lines and well just like Indesign help fills - NO mention! Im gonna grab the illustrator one on the weekend for sure, thanks mate!
Yes it's a bummer about the free version of SU having limited export options. I use LayOut PDF export as a direct import to Indesign and it is a treat! The same can apply with illustrator as the files are then editable!
In any case IF one can get PDF export from SU - truth I've never checked, then acrobat can save out EPS!
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