logo design processing?

Question

I would like to design my own product's logo , but I don't know how to process. Is it have to draw my prototype on paper and then scan to photoshop to save in jpeg file.? Pls advise.

Answer 1

You can draw it by hand. Then, you can scan your drawing and trace it in a vector program (Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Macromedia Freehand). You just need to create a new layer on top of the one containing your artwork, and basically re-design it all over again. It's important that you create your logo as vector art because you can enlarge it as much as you want and it will never look pixelated. If you create it in Photoshop, it will look all pixelated when you enlarge it. And even when you reduce it, it will look weird and not as sharp as the original size. The size of a logo usually varies according to the size of the products or labels you are printing it on, so a vector image is ideal because you can scale it any size you want and it will always look good.

You can easily scale an image in Illustrator or similar programs. Once you get it the size you want it to be, you just export it as a .tiff and it's ready for print. If you are going to use it on the web, you can save it as .jpg or .gif. Illustrator has a feature that will enable you to do that very easily (save for web).

Answer 2

if you draw it by hand it will look rough and unprofessional. You are on the right track though. If you have Photoshop - do as you say but then draw and clean it up in photoshop. Jpegs are better than 5 years ago in the graphics world. Tiffs and raw files are huge but sometimes give better quality.

Answer 3

You can draw it in Adobe Illustrator then manipulate it in photoshop. You can save your image as a jpeg in either program.

Answer 4

Draw it with your hand (i do some great thing with my hands, i reffer at paintjobs/grafittis) and if you know how to work in photoshop you can make the picture digital from your paper.