Tips for a new logo artist

beavers10 · 11-02-2004, 08:12 PM

Can the vets here give me some tips about making logos? I would appreciate the help a lot, guys. I just want to get better at helping people enhance this amazing game.

Bobble · 11-03-2004, 12:40 PM

I'm no logo vet but you can get some good graphics to use at: http://www.logoserver.com/index.html

nmleague · 11-03-2004, 03:43 PM

I think one of the most important things is the graphics software you use to create logos. If all you have is Microsoft Paint you will be very limited with what you can do. There are a number of good graphics programs. Photo Shop is excellent but expensive, Paint Shop Pro is by the same company, basically less a vigorous program than Photo Shop but will all the tools you would need, at a fraction of the price. There are also Corel and others.

If you have a good graphics program you can work in layers and will have great tools like color replacement and fills, 3d effects like beveling and shadowing and textures.

If you have any specific questions I would be happy to help you. You may have seen some of my logos, and if there are any questions you have of how I have done something let me know. I have now used Paint Shop Pro for about 5-6 years and continue to learn more about its features each time I use it, and I remember when first using it how the use of layers and the multiple tools was a mystery.

There are many more people here that are skilled artists with art training that can probably give you many ideas and techniques.

Le Grande Orange · 11-03-2004, 04:56 PM

I'd suggest downloading lots of real-world logos and looking them over closely with an eye towards their design, layout, and style. You can get plenty of good ideas this way, and helps in figuring out what you like and don't like, and what design styles you may want to use.

jdew · 11-03-2004, 05:53 PM

Also take a look at the different places and ways OOTP displays logos. For example, a logo with a lot of detail or color gradations might not show up well on the player page where it shrinks to fit but will look great in the almanac.

Also know that true black (RGB 0,0,0) is treated as transparent in OOTP.

beavers10 · 11-03-2004, 06:12 PM

Thanks a lot, guys!

littlechris1977 · 11-03-2004, 11:04 PM

Could you use Microsoft Image Composer to make logos?

CoachJager · 11-20-2004, 08:12 AM

Another tip, don't try too hard to create a logo. Just freehand on a big blank image...see what kind of shapes you can come up with, then go with that. Basically like a rough draft.

11-02-2004, 08:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
beavers10 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere in the West (Beaverton, OR) Posts: 158	Tips for a new logo artist Can the vets here give me some tips about making logos? I would appreciate the help a lot, guys. I just want to get better at helping people enhance this amazing game. __________________ I'll send an LOL to the world, I'll send an LOL to the world, I hope that someone gets my laugh in a bottle, yeah. HARNESS YOUR POSTING ENERGY Can anyone guess what this smiley is? PM me if you think you know. C= 2>;*{)) Another one: }:^#})

11-03-2004, 03:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
nmleague All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 976	I think one of the most important things is the graphics software you use to create logos. If all you have is Microsoft Paint you will be very limited with what you can do. There are a number of good graphics programs. Photo Shop is excellent but expensive, Paint Shop Pro is by the same company, basically less a vigorous program than Photo Shop but will all the tools you would need, at a fraction of the price. There are also Corel and others. If you have a good graphics program you can work in layers and will have great tools like color replacement and fills, 3d effects like beveling and shadowing and textures. If you have any specific questions I would be happy to help you. You may have seen some of my logos, and if there are any questions you have of how I have done something let me know. I have now used Paint Shop Pro for about 5-6 years and continue to learn more about its features each time I use it, and I remember when first using it how the use of layers and the multiple tools was a mystery. There are many more people here that are skilled artists with art training that can probably give you many ideas and techniques. __________________ Northern Midwest League Commissoner Escanaba Miners - NML

11-03-2004, 04:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
Le Grande Orange Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Scheduleslovakia Posts: 9,849 Thanked 1,010x in 586 posts	I'd suggest downloading lots of real-world logos and looking them over closely with an eye towards their design, layout, and style. You can get plenty of good ideas this way, and helps in figuring out what you like and don't like, and what design styles you may want to use. __________________ . "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy, but because they are hard. Because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our abilities and skills, because that challenge is one we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." .

11-03-2004, 06:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
beavers10 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Somewhere in the West (Beaverton, OR) Posts: 158	Thanks a lot, guys! __________________ I'll send an LOL to the world, I'll send an LOL to the world, I hope that someone gets my laugh in a bottle, yeah. HARNESS YOUR POSTING ENERGY Can anyone guess what this smiley is? PM me if you think you know. C= 2>;*{)) Another one: }:^#})

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11-03-2004, 12:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bobble All Star Starter Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: High and outside Posts: 1,183 Thanked 34x in 16 posts	I'm no logo vet but you can get some good graphics to use at: http://www.logoserver.com/index.html

11-03-2004, 05:53 PM	#5 (permalink)
jdew All Star Starter Join Date: May 2002 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,763	Also take a look at the different places and ways OOTP displays logos. For example, a logo with a lot of detail or color gradations might not show up well on the player page where it shrinks to fit but will look great in the almanac. Also know that true black (RGB 0,0,0) is treated as transparent in OOTP.

11-03-2004, 11:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
littlechris1977 Major Leagues Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 354	Could you use Microsoft Image Composer to make logos?

11-20-2004, 08:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
CoachJager Bat Boy Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: North Carolina Posts: 12	Another tip, don't try too hard to create a logo. Just freehand on a big blank image...see what kind of shapes you can come up with, then go with that. Basically like a rough draft.