Simple Logo Design Tutorial with GIMP

[@ElementofWorship]

You do SUCH a good job of not assuming that people already know certain things. You explain it just in case. As a beginner, this is so comforting. Thank you!

[@gamingmuscles]

Yeah it's frustrating to see so many tutorials that assume so much pre-requisite knowledge. I love Nick's tutorials

[@Ex0dus111]

Great video, a few workflow tips. 1. ctrl-shift-a to select none. 2. Instead of making two rects/circles, you can use select-shrink to clear the inside of a selection. It also allows you to control the size of the border with pixel precision.

[@feroabimm]

Omg thank u so much

[@Gaven7r]

Nice!!

[@jdowproductions3414]

Waiting for your video

[@jarekb-a7530]

This is the best GIMP tutorial I have seen on youtube so far. Also explains a lot about how layers work in GIMP. Thank you.

[@ZervSwerv]

You're the only person I know who is good at gimp

[@FrostyTee23]

It’s so confusing lol I still don’t know how to move the stuff I create like how do I move stuff around freely

[@FrostyTee23]

And how do I make my tools look like that I have them all bunched up

[@ffschoolboy8327]

I agree with you

[@jenniespicer8565]

Thank you for putting all this free content out here. I have NEVER done ANY design work and I've watched and worked along with two of your videos and created both images. I am so excited to keep learning and creating!

[@bimsaram970]

This was really informative. It took me 3 hours to make my first logo after watching this. Now I make one in 10 minutes.

[@mammi7699]

I really appreciated the fact that while this tutorial and the logo we are making is super simple and easy, it tremendously focuses on how the layer mechanics work. Im amazed by how helpful this is, you earned a serious subscriber sir!🔥🔥🔥

[@jordilostaloalcazar1143]

I used to listen Glen Miller's in my grandad radio car, lots of memories come to me. Very nice job with your videos.

[@sebastianstephenson4272]

Fantastic presentation. You've presented this as if you were teaching a new hire exactly how to follow this procedure. No fluff, all info. Liked and subscribed.

[@yosens3917]

Hello everyone I have a problem in gimp i want to delete a selection in the active layer and it says : The active layer's alpha channel is locked (7:03)

[@aytes44]

I'm new to this software, and Nick is a beast. Your videos are awesome. Fast enough to keep my ADD self watching the videos, but not to fast where I have no idea what you did.

[@leonidaslopez170]

This is probably one of the videos with most value I have found. Thank you so much it helped me a tone.

[@LeCVSUVL]

Click, Ctrl + Shift.OMG! Thanks dude. This makes many things so much easier😍👌🏽

[@tadeuferreira4059]

I can't thank you enough for this! I've managed to follow each step, and add my personnal touch so I can make the logo for my channel!

[@chanalectrum4550]

Wowow!!! Fantastic tutorial. I've been using the Gimp for about ten years now just using the built in logos, and now you have taught me how to actually design something! Just want to say a big thank you :)

[@thenickfurst]

I’ve learned so much from your tutorials. I feel like I have a decent grasp on Gimp, Inkscape on the other hand, not so much haha. Thank you for uploading these videos!

[@smanand2183]

Can You tell how to color the transparency white?

[@osstheeboss]

that opening sequence music gets me every time - dig it

[@priyanthisilva1934]

Thank you! Worked perfectly. Your explanations are so easy to follow. May God Bless you.

[@themorphingorb]

It's better practice to not deselect after creating the circle and then shrinking the selection. That way you are sure the center is not skewed ;) Thanks for sharing your insight on this! Much appreciated!

[@MonalisaDas-cj8ke]

7:07 - delete thing is not working for me,can someone help?

[@FarhanAli-gd2qv]

6:31. How did you move that page? I still couldn't figured it out. It saves time. Please, tell me how did u do that?

[@FarhanAli-gd2qv]

I read the user manual of gimp too. But still couldn't figured it out. Could you please tell me how did u do that? 6:31. Desperately waiting for your answer.

[@pshr2447]

made my first ever logo, for my first ever website, THANKS A TON mate

[@life-n7e]

Nice one Nick, you are a good teacher.

[@mavic5784]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! This tutorial has literally saved my life. I've been looking for a good tutorial on how to make a logo for so long

[@gootballe583]

You are a terrific teacher. Well done. Really impressive design. And video. Fantastic. Keep up the great work

I have managed to make this logo on Inkscape. First as a circle and as a rectangle, we convert them to path, break nodes, after that convert stroke to path to move away the lines.

[@gabrielvicol1676]

Super great video makes excited to learn more and get started! Love the "stay organized" motto !!

[@abdulwaheedkhatri4638]

Why not stroke selection. For the first step circle instead of creating two circles?

[@mdjackhan]

how do you put backround

[@TheCreativeMate621]

Hi thanks for sharing this video. Here i got a problem after exporting the design. After i export the quality is very bad in png file. It does not have the brightness. How the design gets exported as good as it is made in the gimp?

[@emmanueljunior904]

clips. I use a drum loop and afterwards I want to record a appguitar. What happens.. the drumloop starts to record again along the

[@MrAngryReacts]

Layer, Crop to content has worked for all apart from the third text box, but no cigar, still appears as a text box. Weird. I've tried deleting that particular text box and adding a new one and still no joy. Any ideas?

[@accuriousgaming]

I managed to follow the instructions and create this result. Thanks! Will practice this technique more.

[@ericaiken6375]

BTW, great video, thanks. it's an older video perhaps latest gimp is the issue, but after I do the eraser and alpha, delete the layer and then hit delete, my overlapping layers don't clear. Any thoughts I what I'm missing?

[@dipdippotatochip7312]

I export it but when i try uploading it places as like a profile picture it just ends up completely black you cant see the logo - how can i change so i can see it? please help me

[@mariyamkhan745]

if i meet you, imma bow down to you, you helped me for my exams so much...!!! THANK YOUU

[@chaimae7566]

Hello, please answer my question, thank you 🙏 Is it possible to change logo color after i finish creating ???? Or i must create new one with diffèrent color ????

[@LogosByNick]

Yes you can. Just go to Color > Colorize

[@siufattsoi]

Thank you for your tutorials, easy, clear , details

[@Noggin41]

Hey, My toolbar doesnt show any eliptical tools or a bunch of the ones i see in this vid. anyone know why?

[@patrickadams7061]

You just making me love gimp Wow great videos.....i just hope it will work well with my print designs..... thanks very much

[@GeorgeRon]

Hi, I noticed in my version that "Snap to Guides" is not working, despite being selected.

[@lukasezequiel2115]

do you have a tutorial on how to loop drums,app, etc.

[@sanaant8881]

I can't find Grow Selection,, in Colors, Curves, Blending Options appear, and a lot of options are not similar or available. It's gimp 2.10.22.

[@mohamedfawzi5504]

Really a highly rated work, sir.

[@f1r3bug]

As always, another amazingly well made, informative video! Thank you Nick!

[@hellmet6015]

Thank you ,really good tutorial.

[@partnermammoth2562]

great video thank you alot really helpful made me feel much more confident using GIMP

[@modykachef4204]

Why did you color the circle then select a smaller circle and clear it Why didn't you use the substract selection

[@Authentic_Reports777]

How do u put the channel rack in the playlist

[@Zaimoe23]

I just downloaded gimp but I don’t see all the tools that you have in the top left of your screen. How do I get all the tools? Someone please help!

[@brianmoodhe8020]

Dude. How do you get those little square things off the circle before you put the FG color in? I have been working at this for hours.

[@dhanajayudheesh3839]

Thank man ! I learn many things cause of you

[@LysergicCasserole95]

You can use Fn & Backspace to delete on a mac

[@zeliglim778]

Hi, how did you customise the GIMP interface without the logo? I would like to do that…

[@KammiB]

Nick, I just found your channel and I LOVE it! Thank you. I've been using gimp for designing logos and you are by far the best at tutorials. Keep up the good work. Question: on a Mac, delete on the keyboard does not work and I'm trying to delete the cirlcet 7:09. Do you know another way? cut or clear is not working.

[@WTB1327]

any solution?

[@jaymaccool]

On a mac use "Fn" + "Backspace". That is equivalent to the "Del" key.

[@Khellendrox70]

sir contorting ko 3d ma kis tabdil karty han

[@1222gaz]

u are awesome..but why i cant save it as npg file its only xcf on my prog -_-

[@B-humbleEntertainment]

Why I didn’t found that circle round?

[@PAG70]

Afternoon Nick, I use Gimp all the time and love it.. I mainly create logos for youtube, websites and such - But I have a client that will want to blow up the image that I create to put on the side of a van, what err the optimum setting for bearing this in mind? I am using 600.00x600.00 8-bit @ 1200x1200 workspace.. Can you advise please?

[@LogosByNick]

As large as possible. At least 1,920 pixels for the largest dimension. The better solution would be to create the logo in vectors though because then it can be scaled up infinitely.

[@PAG70]

@@LogosByNick I appreciate your reply, I love some of your techniques and its cool seeing someone doing the same thing but in a slightly different way of getting there..

[@Forseti2]

It's impressive that you can do it (and have patience) in Gimp, but I would encourage people to do this kind of jobs in vectors - let's say in Inkscape.

[@TheOddclock]

Thank you! This was lucid, quick, and incredibly useful.

[@netx7689]

when i try make the square black with fg it stays blank but says it has done it please help me.

[@LogosByNick]

Are you sure you have the correct layer selected?

[@main442]

dude u are pro!!!

[@Angelbeyond]

excellent. Enjoyed the tutorial and so great and easy to understand

[@natashajimknox]

Omggggggg youre the besttttttttttttt❤❤❤❤❤

[@Pk_M4]

What if i use white background

[@linuxyelarte1641]

thank you for you tutorial but can you tell me how can I rotate the tool elptic? thankyou

[@arihantahir3520]

Hey Nick, Happy Dasshera; I wanted to ask you 2 queries. Please help me out to fix this Inkskape problems 1} Whenever I click Select/circle/square tool, a window pops up with some options. 2} Suppose I created a circle. & now if i click it with select tool to move it or resize it; My select tool changes to tool no.2 ( edit custom nodes tools.)

[@arihantahir3520]

Nick...?

[@Jesuslovesyouhowyouare]

thank you so much for making this free. You have helped me so much

[@baichoo0441]

Thank you for your help, this days it's difficult to come by people like y

[@Twaas]

this man is a god on gimp

[@AmitKohli1]

Quick feedback. @1:34, the elipsis tool wasn't visible on my fresh install of GIMP, might want to add a comment on how to make that visible. :) Thanks for the tutorial!

[@AlberTesla1024]

Your videos are very helpful and it helped me to make my own channel's logo.

[@zblacky2031]

Very good video. Thanks

[@beardedbroker]

Another terrific video.

[@hillarychukwu2675]

Wow! Thank you...I have learnt so much about Gimp as I'm just starting out

[@OfficialOffsideBall]

which version of gimp do you use

[@waynemeyer1868]

Great tutorial!!!

[@petervad]

Brilliant, thanks!

[@shay8915]

Thank you so much your an awesome instructor!

[@rogercardcollector]

Thank you for the videos that you post. They are very informative and a big help. But I am stuck on a problem. I want to curve, or rather, I want to bow some text that I am putting on the side of cylinder. I am creating a coin roll ( like a roll of pennies) and I want my text to curve to show the roundness of the roll. I haven't been able to figure out how to do that. Can you help? Many thanks.

[@avishkanirmal2625]

sir what is you press keys in keyboard

[@damaddmann]

you are truly apreciated

[@folipanimations9325]

What a great tutorial, thanks man

[@yamidgaray9074]

thank you nick !

[@GunninWizard]

I don’t have a rotate tool. Why

[@mavericktechreview1250]

Nice video and sharing. Could you share how to resize an image to a respective size in gimp?

[@hugobossard1509]

and my friends are planning to make a ga and i'm making the soft, so tNice tutorials really helped

[@josephgarvey5400]

Excellent Video. Thanks a million!

[@thusithanjana]

Thank you very much! Can you please do a tutorial on how to embed a logo like in the other image

[@PerpetualSheep]

thanks btw, been looking for this. But how did you make the icons in the upper left so big?

[@furaosentu]

it's in the preferences of the user interface. Go to "Edit > Preferences > Interface > Icon Theme" and you should see a slider at the bottom of that preference screen to adapt icon size from "small" to "huge".

[@PerpetualSheep]

@@furaosentu Alright, thanks :3

[@virtue.learning]

thanks, you helped me a lot!

[@Drax658]

Great video! I always wanted to know a few tricks in Gimp. And although I'm far from creative person myself I'm considering buying Your Gimp tutorial. Great work!

[@bounce8309]

Awesome tutorial that works, thanks. :)

[@sanaant8881]

Which version?

[@Frech_Dachs]

Are you aware that you can simply drag and drop the rectangles for color selection at the toolbox on your picture to fill it with the back- / foreground color?

[@gobadri]

Hello Nick, Why do you make a logo with gimp instead of inkecape? And it is much easier to make outlined circle to use shrink from select menu.

[@eterno1610]

simple, because this channel is dedicated to GIMP and INKSCPAE. What a weird question.

[@LogosByNick]

I just wanted to make a logo tutorial for the GIMP crowd because I get a lot of requests to do so. And using the shrink selection method would produce a more inconsistent result than manually creating the circle.

[@gobadri]

@@LogosByNick I used to use GIMP for logos till I started following you and learned inkscape. That's why I asked. And thank you for the valuable videos you make

[@marcelkirstein8528]

Hey Nick, I just will say Thx for this nice and simple tut. I did it the same way. So it´s easy to use for beginners, to learn about gimp and their function. Thanks so much and I like your tut´s and try to build it like you. I life in leipzig, east-germany, and work with Gimp since 5 years. How can I show you my result? Best regards, Marcel

[@LinkOStalker]

This reminded me of your video teaching Celtic Knot, which I think is much easier to do in Inkscape XD

[@LogosByNick]

Yes it is easier to make in Inkscape