# Designing a logo... how? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 10, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222 "2010-03-10T14:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/1 "2010-03-10T14:59:32Z")
What would you guys suggest? Any logo attempt that I’ve done, I used a font from [dafont.com](http://dafont.com) and mostly just edited it in Photoshop. If you guys have any suggestions, I’m interested. side note: this is a quick video of a how to: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pOkaC4eHsE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pOkaC4eHsE) ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/2 "2010-03-10T15:24:21Z")
I suggest you pay a professional. ---
**Author:** ![TsiTalon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tsitalon/32/5012_2.png) [@TsiTalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TsiTalon)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/3 "2010-03-10T15:46:40Z")
adobe illustrator and get creative with weird shapes and shit… ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/4 "2010-03-10T15:49:44Z")
I have AAA logo creator, i can help ---
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/5 "2010-03-12T09:20:13Z")
You need to do it in Illustrator, NOT Photoshop. And pay a professional. ---
**Author:** ![dozr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dozr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dozr)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/6 "2010-03-12T09:40:06Z")
lol. ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/7 "2010-03-27T15:58:25Z")
I already did it with Photoshop. ---
**Author:** ![cfrat1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cfrat1/32/5315_2.png) [@cfrat1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cfrat1)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/8 "2010-03-27T16:57:34Z")
I hope you don’t plan on ever resizing it then. ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/9 "2010-03-27T23:27:56Z")
nope, don’t need to. I know that I’d have to make it into a vector to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/10 "2010-03-28T00:43:07Z")
hope you dont need to print it or use it on clothing. ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/11 "2010-03-28T04:05:17Z")
> [@BluBalls](#): > > I already did it with Photoshop. 300 or 72 dpi? ---
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/12 "2010-03-28T06:27:45Z")
72 in web safe colors, saved as a gif. ---
**Author:** ![xbimmerx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xbimmerx/32/5038_2.png) [@xbimmerx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xbimmerx)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/13 "2010-03-28T06:51:45Z")
> [@Vrooom](#): > > 72 in web safe colors, saved as a gif. hahaha. LOVE it. ---------- Post added at 09:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 AM ---------- > [@BluBalls](#): > > I already did it with Photoshop. > [@BluBalls](#): > > nope, don’t need to. I know that I’d have to make it into a vector to do so. you were the one who asked for advice. and following in true nyspeed tradition are now basically saying you know better than those offering suggestions. if you want some actual help, go post your logo in the critique section of the how magazine forums and prepare to be assaulted. you’ll get some serious feedback that you might learn something from. ---
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/14 "2010-03-28T07:39:20Z")
Being a graphic designer, it makes me giggle when people with zero knowledge or experience make their own logos. You can spot a DYI/my-brother’s-friend’s-friend-did-it-for-free-with-his- 30 day-trial-version-of-Photoshop 7, from a mile away. But whatever. EDIT: after watching the ‘How To’ youtube video, perhaps a 72dpi web safe colors only gif logo is what you were aiming for. If so, I digress. ---
**Author:** ![xbimmerx](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xbimmerx/32/5038_2.png) [@xbimmerx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xbimmerx)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/15 "2010-03-28T12:49:54Z")
> [@Vrooom](#): > > Being a graphic designer, it makes me giggle when people with zero knowledge or experience make their own logos. You can spot a DYI/my-brother’s-friend’s-friend-did-it-for-free-with-his- 30 day-trial-version-of-Photoshop 7, from a mile away. > > But whatever. > > EDIT: after watching the ‘How To’ youtube video, perhaps a 72dpi web safe colors only gif logo is what you were aiming for. If so, I digress. THIS. it’s also the reason i stopped designing for so long. but i missed it too much. ---
**Author:** ![BluBalls](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bluballs/32/7212_2.png) [@BluBalls](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BluBalls)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/16 "2010-03-28T13:33:17Z")
the suggestions I was replying to were telling me to go pay someone. My question was how do I do it. there could have been some decent information in this post but the ones who have the most information failed to contribute. ---
**Author:** ![Vrooom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vrooom/32/7198_2.png) [@Vrooom](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vrooom)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/designing-a-logo-how/151222/17 "2010-03-28T16:22:23Z")
Really? Pretty sure posts 3,4 and 5 were helpful posts…and by post#7 you had already ruined it. Can we at least see the logo? Either to point and laugh or insert our feet in our mouths?.. ---------- Post added at 07:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:15 PM ---------- > [@xbimmerx](#): > > THIS. it’s also the reason i stopped designing for so long. but i missed it too much. I just started up again after a 1.5 year hiatus.