How To Design Perfect Logos Every Time Using Grids - Adobe Illustrator

[@SethMbhele]

I've been a Design Practitioner for 25yrs and this is by far the clearest, most practical demonstration of grid based design translation I have seen yet. Well done Emmanuel - you have a real gift for explaining concepts in an easy to follow and structured way

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much Seth. Genuinely this warms my heart ❤️. I greatly appreciate and will do more to produce high quality videos like this.

[@MikePeiman]

"Put your mind on paper... just bring out all those bad thoughts until there's one good one." Man, I love how you expressed this. Really takes the pressure off the creative process, especially for those of us who aren''t super comfortable or experience with hand-sketching. Thanks!

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much. All we need is to be right once in a project 😊

[@khissie]

For some reason, an arithmetic approach to design helps me understand things more easily. That 4.5x, x and x/2 in the thumbnail made this a whole lot clearer. I've been trying to understand grids and every other person just seems to draw lines and never tell us why. You just made this so crystal clear, I can't wait to try this on something. I'm new to Illustrator and your clarity is a blessing. Thank you so much.

[@azpidi]

Thanks so so much. This means a lot sincerely. I appreciate you 🙏. Let me know what you'll love to see from my channel. Thanks so much again

[@doobie3992]

This guy is an excellent teacher

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words

[@zerostarwork]

Thank you for this! Every time I have encountered your work I learn something - your gifts and generosity of spirit are evident and effective ⭐

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much. This means a lot. I'm deeply grateful 🙏

[@Kallah_DaughterOfYAHUAH]

AMAZING MAN! Such talent!

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much

[@adri.progression]

Great video! Love the emphasis on physical sketches then translating for precision! Just subd

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much 🧡

[@keyoorjoshi18]

Nice vid & thanks for the ai file. I could practice for the first time on my own using grid. Now I'll try to create my own designs with grids. Pls upload more such videos. Thanks🙏

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much. I'm so happy to hear this. Thanks for the feedback as well. I will create more around these

[@akinlabiaderibigbe7491]

Azpidi to the world

[@azpidi]

Thank you

[@ayushkumarray5868]

Exactly what I needed.....thanks man 😭❤️

[@azpidi]

You're welcome. Happy to help

[@oduduatta]

Good to see this from you, Bro. More grace.

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much man. You too as well.

[@tobyroscoe6960]

That helps a lot, the logo is looking clean! 👌

[@azpidi]

Thanks so much man. Glad it helps you in your process

[@MarketingUptouch]

Great work man

[@azpidi]

Thank you

[@aaronsmith2929]

Awesome!! 👏👏

[@azpidi]

Thank you

[@Sanguine830]

Nice one, I love the logo

[@azpidi]

Thank you. I'm glad you like it

[@rene.rodriguez]

That was amazing. Liked and sub’d. Thanks for sharing!

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much. More videos like this are coming.

[@Ricardosanchez0111]

Damn bro, what a beautiful tutorial. Plus one subscriber for you!

[@azpidi]

Thanks so much. Highly appreciated 🙌

[@bappiroy5379]

Amazing

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much

[@jesamegbe1579]

Nice work man.. Would have preferred a rounded wordmark to compliment the logo mark

[@azpidi]

Wow good suggestion actually. I'm sure it could pair better. Would try to test it out and see. Cheers👍

[@naturesgentlesongs]

Hello Emmanuel, good day, your videos are really nice. Please, can you put me through how you added grids to the logo while exporting, for example, the one you have on the thumbnail of this video, it looks like a sketch. do you take a screenshot of it from the artboard or do you have another app that makes it look like a sketch with those dimensions. thanks once again.

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much. So I'm the tutorial, you remember after creating the outline, we made a duplicate of it and then used that duplicate to form the fill of the logo. You can now have that hidden outline layer (turn it back on) with the logo on a separate art board and then export it. For the dimensions, you'll have to manually add them based on the measurements we made. I added the source file so you can see (Check description) Hope this helps

[@abdulbasitmohmand3108]

amazing ❣

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much

[@kingamihere6441]

Big love from Ghana 👋

[@kingamihere6441]

Still need assistance from you I need to get the concept of when to use grids when to use circles

[@azpidi]

Thanks man 🇬🇭🇬🇭

[@kingamihere6441]

@@azpidi please plan and do video on that on too Or I’m not making sense 🤔

[@azpidi]

Yes I understand you. So for using circles, curves, it depends on the concept. I would recommend using geometric shapes when constructing logos, squares, triangles, circles and lines. Wherever there is a curve in your concept, try to use rounded rectangle corners or circles to form those areas. This should help to give a foundation as you learn further.

[@azpidi]

Yes I will. You are definitely making sense 🔥

[@nicoletorres4146]

Amazing, thanks

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much

[@yonantegarasjaya276]

Thank you for this amazing tutorial Sir, but if i may know, what is the meaning of x, 4.5x or x/2 on the logo grid final preview in the end of the video? Thank you keep up the good work

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much. x/2 is half of the unit length uses to build the logo. So for example the width of the bottom of the P is x. Half of that is x/2 and 4.5 times that that unit length of x is = 4.5x. Let me know if this helps

[@yonantegarasjaya276]

@@azpidi Thank you very much for the respond! I'm starting to understand now, so what is the value for the letter x? Or is x just a helper to adjust the size of the logo so that the value for x depends on the size of the logo? i am sorry for this long question

[@azpidi]

@@yonantegarasjaya276 Yes xis just to represent a unit length of measurement. Like you said also, it depends on the size of the logo so x can change as you scale of the logo. But it helps to know that for example, one area is always 'x/2' and another area is always 'x/3' and so on.

[@chinupSweetie20]

Nice tutorial keep it up Man 💯

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much

[@angeleyes3753]

Hi, thanks it looks good. What website do you work on to sell these design?

[@azpidi]

You're welcome. I actually do not sell templates but I'd recommend Envato or Freepik

[@angeleyes3753]

@@azpidi Thanks!

[@sm-rb7kj]

How did you make the very nice visual background at 6:00? It looks clean with the white logo on it.

[@azpidi]

Thank you. I actually downloaded it from Pexels.com. if you search with terms like 'abstract' 'futuristic' etc, there are some really cool backgrounds available for free. Unsplash.com is also a good resource.

[@tochiokpaluba2814]

Lovely 👌

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much

[@michaelagbolan8943]

Pls how do you make your grids have this mathematical sign like (2x...4.5x )like that....it makes the logo look balanced It's same thing you do when pairing typeface with logo right....how do you do that Thanks

[@azpidi]

Hello. This is usually done from the sketching phase. Once I have the concept, I try to use rulers, pencils and a compass to actually design the structure based on proportion. It might not be 100% accurate but this gives me a base to work with. After this, I take the sketch to illustrator where I accurately draw it out. Let me know if this helps

[@michaelagbolan8943]

@@azpidi thanks

[@angeleyes3753]

In your point of view which website is best to sell designs as a graphic designer?

[@azpidi]

Envato or Freepik

[@pakebe3274]

amazing tips thanks

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much

[@samski17]

More please

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much Samuel. I will be releasing a new video very soon

[@sephirot2398]

What the size of the X?

[@azpidi]

Its about 30px. But when it comes to grids, there's actually no fixed gap between elements, you have to "eye-ball" it and check at different scales. I hope this helps

[@manitarathore5719]

How to make grid

[@azpidi]

Do you mean like grid squares?

[@manitarathore5719]

@@azpidi exactly how to make logo on grids

[@6ix337]

Don't want to be that guy but your logo looks like the ShadowPay logo

[@azpidi]

Oh wow, I just came across it and you're right. Didn't mean to copy them though, just seeing it for the first time. But thanks for spotting it out

[@6ix337]

@@azpidi it's alright. Very cool video anyways!

[@munashepeter5024]

Hi i needd help how can i contact u

[@azpidi]

You can reach me on Instagram @azpidi

[@munashepeter5024]

@@azpidi ok sent a msg

[@Nigarsultana-bo3hi]

Amazing❤❤

[@azpidi]

Thank you very much