Question about Logos

[jay28]

Hi all

I have been experimenting with logo designs lately and am wondering if most people create there own clipart?

Let me explain little:
Lets say a customer wants a logo with a picture of a an animal integrated in it.
Is there a site that you can get Royalty Free commercial use clipart from that you can use and edit to sell to the customer?

I guess the hardcore designers could create there own.

 

[LeetPCUser]

My designers make 100% unique designs. I would never use clip art when a client is paying.

 

[jay28]

My designers make 100% unique designs. I would never use clip art when a client is paying.

Ok thats what I thought at least most people should be doing.

 

[-Abhishek-]

To become a commercial logo designer, you need to have a sense of design and not to forget, the required talent.

When a client pays you to design their logo, he is not paying you to throw up a clipart and add certain text effects, he is paying you to actually "design" the logo.

The work usually begins with illustrator and then on moves to Photoshop, thereby rendering a usable copy. This is then exported into various formats for use.

However, if you are considering a "do it on my own" kinda thing, for your own sites, then i guess sites like http://www.allfree-clipart.com/ could be a good resource for you!

Abhishek


However,

 

[JYM]

Yes most people create them themselves... although sometimes people use photoshop shapes for a base and then just add on to it.

If you want some clip art or stock photos for your website/logo, check here: http://www.namepros.com/web-design-discussion/221211-list-of-free-stock-photo-websites.html

I believe the clip art you find is only okay for personal uses... but for anything commercial you will have to either make it yourself, or buy the rights to using it.

 

[LokiZ]

I create my own...

I make them as vector logos first and make sure that they can look effective, classy, and useable prior to all the fancy add-ons that might be added by a raster program like photo shop. If you have some of the newer photoshop soft you may have limited vector design capabilities already.

As far as using clip art... You run the risk of someone else using part of or all of the content you have used for your clients logo and with that the logo looses any unique qualities it may have quickly and temporarily acquired.

 

[vivsin]

No body tried to mention, Commercial Logo work required VECTOR format to be used. Even if client didnt asks for it, you should stay with vector. because you never know when your client can come back to you asking for different size or complaining print issues.

Cliparts have always been a good resource to get inspired, whenevr i feel difficulty in finding the correct proportion of any shape, I get into my clipart db. But using them in projects is never suggested( I think its a useless idea, means how can you connect these two things?)

 

[LokiZ]

I agree with vivsin in part...the logo should be designed in a vector format and as I stated above that is how I design mine for the very reason he mentioned (vector formats are scalable) with that said though the question was not really what is the correct way to make a logo top to bottom but more so do most people make their own logos. Might be a good idea for a poll actually.

A logo's main job is to define a company via it's graphical elements and related "lettermarking" (text fonts) One quick glance at the logo regardless of it's size or format should scream the name of your brand to anyone who as seen your advertisements before. For this reason I have a hard time going along with his/her inferred statement that if it's not vector and only vector it's useless. Yes, you don't want logos to be too busy, keep them simple, but a little bling in the right proportion can be a good thing. And we all know raster is king when it comes to bling for the most part.

There are many companies that use both vector and raster versions of their logos especially when coming to web presentation vs. other advertising mediums. This makes the logo neither invalid nor useless and this approach has been used for successful private owned business as well as commercially traded ones.

Creating your logo as a vector drawing... yes itwill save you work, allow you or your client to be more adaptive, and always give you the same start point and quality reguardless of the size you need it to be. It's the smart thing to do for the safety and efficiency of you and your client.

but... if you are just making a logo for your small buisness and don't want to buy or learn vector design then all I can suggest is make that logo file huge (both in dpi and dimensions) resizing down has a little better result then blowing an image up.

Regards,
LokiZ

BTW Vivsin, Sharp site and exceptional sample work

LokiZ

 

[groundctrl]

I create my own, but I have to say... sometimes the clipart works fine. It really depends on the scope of the project. You decide one at a time.

 

[Ray]

I suggest you start off using illustrator. Using cip art or graphics is just a waste. When you create your own graphics it is alot more easier to edit them. Besides... you feel a little sense of a tiggle knowing you create something that will hopefully last for years

 

[rank1]

My designers make 100% unique designs.

Are you serious? Ask the patent officer how much will cost the checking your logos for uniqueness and compare with their prices.

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My dear ID-designers, who doing their job cheaper than $5k per each logo! You don't design, you just DRAW and you draw not the logos, you draw just labels. Lets call the items as they known, stop your imagination in terminology.

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The question about the clipart isn't correct. Logo based on idea. If you catch this idea from clipart - its OK, but logo must do what it must do and be unique. Thats all.