9 Solid Logo Design Tips for Beginners | UK Logo Designer and Brand Identity Graphic Design by Graham Smith.

So many list members come to the list and ask for opinions on a logo. Not once has someone come in with a b&w design. it is always these colored gradient/beveled/looks good on a web site but will never scale to work on a pen or business card type of logos. They are doing the client a huge disservice by not learning the basics of good logo design first. Chances are the client will need it reproduced on many items, and will either have to hire a company to vectorized the logo, or worse yet, get a whole new one. Don’t ever forget that the logo is the single most important branding collateral that a company has, do it right. Do it like a pro, not like a wahm.

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We can all use some fine-tuning of our skills. Spend at least an hour a week learning something new in your field. You will thank me in the long run.

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Every time a list member asks for a review of a logo, and it is obvious they have no formal design training, and have gradients, photos and bevels in a “logo”, I cringe. Just like the home web site designers, they lower standards and make it cheap. Some eventually learn, but others, they keep on their merry way until the client asks for it to be used on other medium. Logos always must be done in vector. period. Otherwise you are doing the client a huge disservice, and yourself a professional disgrace.

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Specifically for those on the list who asked, not that they “have the time to read those blogs”. Probably one of the few professions where many in it, don’t read up on their profession daily.

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