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How to Design an Animal / Mascot Logo

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So in this video, we'll take out about a half hour to design an animal / mascot logo; specifically one that's encased in an emblem. The approach I'm using is based on a random animal generator, where one is randomly selected, and my goal is to capture the "essence" of the character in a very simplistic, and circular logomark. Here's that random animal generator: https://www.randomlists.com/random-animals - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subscribe for NEW VIDEOS weekly! My site: https://designcourse.com My personal FB account: http://fb.com/logodesigner Coursetro FB: http://fb.com/coursetro Coursetro's Twitter: http://twitter.com/designcoursecom Join my Discord! https://discord.gg/a27CKAF ^-Chat with me and others - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Who is Gary Simon? Well, I'm a full stack developer with 2+ decades experience and I teach people how to design and code. I've created around 100+ courses for big brands like LinkedIn, Lynda.com, Pluralsight and Envato Network. Now, I focus all of my time and energy on this channel and my website Coursetro.com. Come to my discord server or add me on social media and say Hi!

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anchor points and create paths is emphasized as a key practice in using the pen tool in Illustrator.', 'The importance of hovering over the center of the stroke to access the smart guide for precise anchor point placement is highlighted.', 'Locking the layer to prevent accidental addition of anchor points is mentioned as a precautionary step when using the pen tool.']}, {'end': 949.395, 'start': 332.246, 'title': 'Creating opossum mascot', 'summary': 'Outlines the process of creating an opossum mascot using adobe illustrator, including the creation of the mouth, eyes, body, tail, and ears, with detailed instructions and techniques.', 'duration': 617.149, 'highlights': ['The chapter outlines the process of creating an opossum mascot using Adobe Illustrator The main focus of the chapter is to create an opossum mascot using Adobe Illustrator.', 'Techniques for creating the mouth, eyes, body, tail, and ears are detailed with step-by-step instructions The chapter provides detailed 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['The process involves using the pen tool to create and adjust paths for graphic design, ensuring no pixelation or blurring when scaled down.', 'Demonstrates the method to subtract created shapes from existing ones to maintain a clean appearance in graphic design.', 'Creating separation between strokes is the end goal of the process.', 'The process involves duplicating and grouping elements, then outlining the strokes to create paths.']}, {'end': 1524.956, 'segs': [{'end': 1229.953, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1205.154, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1217.608, 'text': "So now what I want to do is we're going to add a secondary texture or color into this design for just reinforcing just the eye area and the fur.", 'start': 1205.154, 'duration': 12.454}, {'end': 1220.211, 'text': "So I'm going to start with the fur section first.", 'start': 1218.048, 'duration': 2.163}, {'end': 1224.756, 'text': "And real quickly this keeps on showing up when I hover over it so I'm just going to lock 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1297.336, 'duration': 1.48}, {'end': 1306.799, 'text': 'And I always want to match up with my next anchor point right on this outline, or the path rather.', 'start': 1299.536, 'duration': 7.263}], 'summary': 'Creating bezier curves and changing color in a design process.', 'duration': 68.043, 'max_score': 1238.756, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/p0K2gHUterU/pics/p0K2gHUterU1238756.jpg'}, {'end': 1386.465, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1355.253, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1357.814, 'text': 'So if I control one, this is what it should look like so far.', 'start': 1355.253, 'duration': 2.561}, {'end': 1364.037, 'text': 'And now I want to add one final detail in terms of fur.', 'start': 1359.695, 'duration': 4.342}, {'end': 1366.718, 'text': "And so I'm going to take the pen tool.", 'start': 1364.797, 'duration': 1.921}, {'end': 1373.321, 'text': "We're going to use this color here and I'm going to start roughly right around here.", 'start': 1366.738, 'duration': 6.583}, {'end': 1379.202, 'text': "I'm going to create just a slight Bezier curve.", 'start': 1376.001, 'duration': 3.201}, {'end': 1386.465, 'text': "And I'm going to come down right here like that.", 'start': 1382.483, 'duration': 3.982}], 'summary': 'Adding final fur detail using pen tool and bezier curve.', 'duration': 31.212, 'max_score': 1355.253, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/p0K2gHUterU/pics/p0K2gHUterU1355253.jpg'}, {'end': 1486.345, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1459.06, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1465.064, 'text': 'And the reason I want to add this is because if you look at the opossum, we have just a dark portion underneath the eyes.', 'start': 1459.06, 'duration': 6.004}, {'end': 1469.388, 'text': 'And it also kind of comes out to this side as well.', 'start': 1466.545, 'duration': 2.843}, {'end': 1474.231, 'text': "So I'm just going to add some shading there just from trying to make it look more like an 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1205.154, 'title': 'Adding secondary texture to design', 'summary': 'Demonstrates the process of adding a secondary texture to the design for reinforcing the eye area and fur, involving creating bezier curves and selecting specific colors, while also highlighting the option to fast-forward through repetitive steps to streamline the process.', 'duration': 149.939, 'highlights': ['The process involves creating bezier curves and selecting specific colors to add a secondary texture to the design, aiming to reinforce the eye area and fur.', 'The option to fast-forward through repetitive steps is highlighted to streamline the process and save time for the viewers.', 'Detailed steps are shown for creating bezier curves and selecting specific colors to achieve the desired secondary texture in the design.']}, {'end': 1438.226, 'start': 1355.253, 'title': 'Adding fur detail to an object', 'summary': 'Demonstrates adding fur detail to an object using the pen tool, creating bezier curves, 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to the opossum illustration, mimicking the dark portion underneath the eyes and creating a more realistic opossum appearance.', 'Emphasizing the monochromatic nature of opossums and the decision to refrain from adding color to the illustration.', 'Exploring the idea of adding a leg to the illustration, but deciding against it to avoid clutter.']}], 'duration': 319.802, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/p0K2gHUterU/pics/p0K2gHUterU1205154.jpg', 'highlights': ['The process involves using the pen tool to create a slight Bezier curve and duplicating, rotating, and scaling the shape to add natural-looking fur detail to the object.', 'Using the Pathfinder tool to add shading to the opossum illustration, mimicking the dark portion underneath the eyes and creating a more realistic opossum appearance.', 'The process involves creating bezier curves and selecting specific colors to add a secondary texture to the design, aiming to reinforce the eye area and fur.']}, {'end': 1671.73, 'segs': [{'end': 1552.22, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1525.276, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1532.017, 'text': 'However, you may be making this for a school and you have school colors that need to be, or a team rather,', 'start': 1525.276, 'duration': 6.741}, {'end': 1534.678, 'text': 'that need to be integrated into the logo itself.', 'start': 1532.017, 'duration': 2.661}, {'end': 1537.059, 'text': "So colorizing this isn't that difficult.", 'start': 1534.758, 'duration': 2.301}, {'end': 1538.839, 'text': "So I'll show you how to do that real quick.", 'start': 1537.459, 'duration': 1.38}, {'end': 1541.734, 'text': "First, I'm going to take everything we have here.", 'start': 1540.213, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 1545.996, 'text': 'Make sure none of the layers are locked real quick just by scrolling up and down.', 'start': 1542.154, 'duration': 3.842}, {'end': 1552.22, 'text': "And I'm going to take it and we're going to hit control C, control F, and then 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{'end': 1621.677, 'text': "so I think what I'm gonna do real quickly is I take this right here.", 'start': 1614.609, 'duration': 7.068}, {'end': 1625.28, 'text': "I'm going to keep this layer, even though it's at the very bottom.", 'start': 1622.498, 'duration': 2.782}, {'end': 1628.142, 'text': "All the rest I'm going to delete real quickly.", 'start': 1625.88, 'duration': 2.262}, {'end': 1629.503, 'text': "I'm just going to back up real quick.", 'start': 1628.162, 'duration': 1.341}, {'end': 1638.971, 'text': "I'm going to make my adjustment here on this black and white version because you want all of your versions to have the same form,", 'start': 1631.485, 'duration': 7.486}, {'end': 1640.012, 'text': "so that's why I'm doing this.", 'start': 1638.971, 'duration': 1.041}, {'end': 1644.756, 'text': "And I'm just going to make this a little bit thicker because the ears are quite black on an opossum.", 'start': 1640.032, 'duration': 4.724}, {'end': 1648.599, 'text': 'Just like that.', 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of the logo have the same form, demonstrated by thickening the ears to match the original design (quantifiable data: design consistency).', 'The demonstration involves deleting unnecessary layers, adjusting elements like the ear to enhance visibility, and grouping components for organization and management (quantifiable data: layer management and design refinement).']}, {'end': 2069.203, 'segs': [{'end': 1726.401, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1693.857, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1698.339, 'text': "and let's go ahead and use the eyedropper tool to make it the same color as the blue,", 'start': 1693.857, 'duration': 4.482}, {'end': 1701.74, 'text': "and then we'll go ahead and double click it and make it slightly darker.", 'start': 1698.339, 'duration': 3.401}, {'end': 1704.407, 'text': "I'm going to hit OK.", 'start': 1703.826, 'duration': 0.581}, {'end': 1708.512, 'text': 'And still, I think we could probably go even darker than that.', 'start': 1705.508, 'duration': 3.004}, {'end': 1714.139, 'text': 'All right, and now what I want to do is add this color we just created to our swatches.', 'start': 1710.415, 'duration': 3.724}, {'end': 1716.923, 'text': "So I'm going to left click, hold down, and drag it over here.", 'start': 1714.159, 'duration': 2.764}, {'end': 1719.046, 'text': "So let's look at that now.", 'start': 1718.185, 'duration': 0.861}, {'end': 1726.401, 'text': 'Now I think the, this character here, the actual animal can pop out a little bit more.', 'start': 1720.359, 'duration': 6.042}], 'summary': 'Using eyedropper tool to create and add darker color to swatches for better visibility.', 'duration': 32.544, 'max_score': 1693.857, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/p0K2gHUterU/pics/p0K2gHUterU1693857.jpg'}, {'end': 1847.66, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1793.235, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 1797.438, 'text': 'Now I think this color right here that I chose is a little bit too dark.', 'start': 1793.235, 'duration': 4.203}, {'end': 1808.184, 'text': "So I'm just going to select these real quick and get this color and then just make it a little bit darker.", 'start': 1797.638, 'duration': 10.546}, {'end': 1814.429, 'text': 'like that control one.', 'start': 1810.885, 'duration': 3.544}, {'end': 1821.015, 'text': 'okay. um, if you wanted to, you can make this stand out just a little bit more by doing something like adding a shadow beneath it.', 'start': 1814.429, 'duration': 6.586}, {'end': 1822.857, 'text': "i'll show you how to do that real quick.", 'start': 1821.015, 'duration': 1.842}, {'end': 1831.886, 'text': "we'll take this black, we'll go ahead, maybe right here, kind of just create a little shadow that goes maybe from here to there,", 'start': 1822.857, 'duration': 9.029}, {'end': 1834.809, 'text': 'and we can use the opacity to change this.', 'start': 1831.886, 'duration': 2.923}, {'end': 1839.759, 'text': "So we'll take the opacity down, maybe around 36%.", 'start': 1836.638, 'duration': 3.121}, {'end': 1845.42, 'text': 'And it just kind of gives it a little bit more depth and it kind of makes it pop off.', 'start': 1839.759, 'duration': 5.661}, {'end': 1847.66, 'text': 'And you can do small things like that if you wish.', 'start': 1846.08, 'duration': 1.58}], 'summary': 'Adjusting color and adding shadow to create depth and make it pop, using 36% opacity.', 'duration': 54.425, 'max_score': 1793.235, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/p0K2gHUterU/pics/p0K2gHUterU1793235.jpg'}, {'end': 1900.002, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1874.415, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 1881.564, 'text': 'So you can use the direct selection tool just to select a specific path and now we can make it a different color.', 'start': 1874.415, 'duration': 7.149}, {'end': 1887.457, 'text': "like that for instance, which doesn't look too bad.", 'start': 1883.516, 'duration': 3.941}, {'end': 1893.34, 'text': 'Although one real quick adjustment we could make, this clashes a little bit.', 'start': 1887.998, 'duration': 5.342}, {'end': 1900.002, 'text': 'What we could do is take this color, the red color, and make this come out.', 'start': 1893.98, 'duration': 6.022}], 'summary': 'Using the direct selection tool to change specific paths and colors in a design.', 'duration': 25.587, 'max_score': 1874.415, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/p0K2gHUterU/pics/p0K2gHUterU1874415.jpg'}, {'end': 2025.457, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1990.447, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1991.268, 'text': 'Of course I did.', 'start': 1990.447, 'duration': 0.821}, {'end': 1992.289, 'text': 'Hold on a second.', 'start': 1991.288, 'duration': 1.001}, {'end': 1995.091, 'text': 'Alright, there we go.', 'start': 1994.431, 'duration': 0.66}, {'end': 1998.395, 'text': 'I paused that and I made that quick adjustment real quick.', 'start': 1995.111, 'duration': 3.284}, {'end': 2000.314, 'text': 'Alright, so here we go.', 'start': 1998.933, 'duration': 1.381}, {'end': 2003.197, 'text': "One thing, another quick adjustment I'm going to make.", 'start': 2000.955, 'duration': 2.242}, {'end': 2005.54, 'text': "This isn't using absolute black.", 'start': 2003.738, 'duration': 1.802}, {'end': 2013.248, 'text': "If we click this using a direct selection tool and double click this, we'll find that it's actually not six zeros,", 'start': 2006.261, 'duration': 6.987}, {'end': 2014.73, 'text': 'which is a hex color code for black.', 'start': 2013.248, 'duration': 1.482}, {'end': 2017.733, 'text': "It's kind of like the CMYK black version.", 'start': 2015.47, 'duration': 2.263}, {'end': 2025.457, 'text': 'So what I want to do is double click on my magic wand tool, make sure fill color specified at 32.', 'start': 2017.873, 'duration': 7.584}], 'summary': 'Transcript includes quick adjustments for color code and fill color at 32.', 'duration': 35.01, 'max_score': 1990.447, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/p0K2gHUterU/pics/p0K2gHUterU1990447.jpg'}, {'end': 2069.203, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 2044.023, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 2047.024, 'text': 'And now we have a much more darker black basically.', 'start': 2044.023, 'duration': 3.001}, {'end': 2048.864, 'text': 'And that is it.', 'start': 2047.844, 'duration': 1.02}, {'end': 2054.164, 'text': 'Hopefully you were able to learn a lot throughout this video.', 'start': 2051.561, 'duration': 2.603}, {'end': 2061.033, 'text': "Just remember, it's all about pinpointing the features that make the animal the most recognizable, and then simplifying those features.", 'start': 2054.505, 'duration': 6.528}, {'end': 2065.158, 'text': "If you do that, you'll have yourself an effective animal-based logo.", 'start': 2061.053, 'duration': 4.105}, {'end': 2069.203, 'text': "All right, I'm Gary Simon with designcourse.com, and I'll see you later.", 'start': 2065.197, 'duration': 4.006}], 'summary': 'Simplify recognizable animal features for effective logo design.', 'duration': 25.18, 'max_score': 2044.023, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/p0K2gHUterU/pics/p0K2gHUterU2044023.jpg'}], 'start': 1671.75, 'title': 'Colorizing artwork and creating two-color variations', 'summary': 'Discusses colorizing artwork, adding depth through shades and shadows, and creating two-color variations using the direct selection tool, enhancing logo designs.', 'chapters': [{'end': 1847.66, 'start': 1671.75, 'title': 'Colorizing artwork and adding depth', 'summary': 'Discusses how to colorize artwork by selecting and adjusting colors, adding them to swatches, and creating depth by using brighter and darker shades, along with adding shadows for a 3d effect.', 'duration': 175.91, 'highlights': ['The chapter explains selecting and adjusting colors to match the background, making them slightly darker, and adding them to swatches.', 'It details the process of creating brighter and darker shades to make specific areas of the artwork stand out.', 'The chapter also demonstrates adding shadows to the artwork to create a 3D effect.', 'The speaker showcases using the eyedropper tool to match colors and adjusting the opacity to enhance the visual depth of the artwork.']}, {'end': 2069.203, 'start': 1848.84, 'title': 'Creating two-color variations', 'summary': 'Demonstrates creating a two-color variation by using the direct selection tool to select specific paths and adjusting the colors, achieving a more effective animal-based logo.', 'duration': 220.363, 'highlights': ['The chapter demonstrates using the direct selection tool to select specific paths and adjusting the colors to create a two-color variation, achieving a more effective animal-based logo.', 'The tutorial highlights the process of ensuring the use of absolute black by adjusting the hex color code for a more effective design.', 'The demonstration emphasizes the importance of pinpointing recognizable features and simplifying them to create an effective animal-based logo.']}], 'duration': 397.453, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/p0K2gHUterU/pics/p0K2gHUterU1671750.jpg', 'highlights': ['The chapter explains selecting and adjusting colors to match the background, making them slightly darker, and adding them to swatches.', 'The chapter demonstrates using the direct selection tool to select specific paths and adjusting the colors to create a two-color variation, achieving a more effective animal-based logo.', 'The chapter also demonstrates adding shadows to the artwork to create a 3D effect.', 'The tutorial highlights the process of ensuring the use of absolute black by adjusting the hex color code for a more effective design.', 'The speaker showcases using the eyedropper tool to match colors and adjusting the opacity to enhance the visual depth of the artwork.', 'The demonstration emphasizes the importance of pinpointing recognizable features and simplifying them to create an effective animal-based logo.', 'It details the process of creating brighter and darker shades to make specific areas of the artwork stand out.']}], 'highlights': ['The tutorial focuses on designing a mascot logo within a circle or emblem, suitable for organizations with animal mascots, using Adobe Illustrator CC and a randomly generated animal, such as an opossum, for the design.', 'The chapter emphasizes the use of Adobe Illustrator CC for creating the mascot logo, providing a specific tool for the tutorial and making it accessible to viewers.', 'The speaker introduces the challenge of using a randomly generated animal, like an opossum, for the logo design, adding an element of creativity and difficulty to the tutorial.', 'Consistency is extremely important in logo design, including the use of colors, style, and stroke widths.', 'Making important decisions about the orientation and position of the character is crucial in logo design.', 'Using smart guides for precise anchor points and paths is key in Illustrator.', 'The process involves using the pen tool to create and adjust paths for graphic design, ensuring no pixelation or blurring when scaled down.', 'The process involves using the pen tool to create a slight Bezier curve and duplicating, rotating, and scaling the shape to add natural-looking fur detail to the object.', 'The process involves duplicating the black and white version of the logo and adding an ellipse behind it to integrate school colors, such as making it blue to stand out (quantifiable data: color adjustment).', 'The speaker emphasizes the importance of ensuring that all versions of the logo have the same form, demonstrated by thickening the ears to match the original design (quantifiable data: design consistency).', 'The chapter explains selecting and adjusting colors to match the background, making them slightly darker, and adding them to swatches.', 'The chapter demonstrates using the direct selection tool to select specific paths and adjusting the colors to create a two-color variation, achieving a more effective animal-based logo.', 'The chapter also demonstrates adding shadows to the artwork to create a 3D effect.', 'The tutorial highlights the process of ensuring the use of absolute black by adjusting the hex color code for a more effective design.', 'The speaker showcases using the eyedropper tool to match colors and adjusting the opacity to enhance the visual depth of the artwork.', 'It details the process of creating brighter and darker shades to make specific areas of the artwork stand out.']}