Patrick Loonstra
@patrickloonstra
Making a logo unique is about the idea behind it. Not the font of shadows. It should tell a story, makes people curious and make them wonder what is there more te discover.
That's a good thought. So let's say I have a mobile app which displays remote jobs (this is my next app 😂). How would you go about it?
Like for WIP, its easy, just show 🚧 emoji. It becomes tedious when your product isn't common or based on emoji keywords. Should we make it on the story then? I have another idea for Templates for Mobile App. Now again there really isn't a story here. How to go then?
You can do a lot with Photoshop, but this is really not the best way to do so.
Photoshop is for photo's.
Illustrator is for illustrations.
But, if it works for you, that's fine. If you need any help with stuff like this, I am here to help.
Photoshop is for photo's. Illustrator is for illustrations.
Yes, What you said totally right. Photoshop is not made for vectors. When you want to have professional looking logos, you must go with illustrator. This is a must-choice.
(I acknowledge that well too because I live from illustration 😄)
That’s having said, My answer was for “what would be the best solution to make a simple logo for non-graphic designer startups”
Probably being Adobe products might be already overkill.
So let me list Affinity Designer as an alternative here.
I might be wrong, but after all, when the product become bigger than yourself, it’s time to get a professional looking logo. Until then, logo can be almost anything.
By the way, thank you for kind comment about helping me about design. I will ask you a question when I have a problem with Adobe illustrator :D
Totally right. Step away from Adobe when you are not will willing to make a job out of design it self.
Sketch of Gravit Design (it is even free) is a better choice.
Do not use PS, it gives you a pixel based result, which you can not scale if needed. Better to make your stuff in Illustrator, or even Sketch. The assets are then made in vector and are scalable to whatever size you want and need.
Than you for your feedback!
Sure, you are right. Logo should be in vector.
You can make vector shapes in Photoshop, and then export them as SVGs, too. (I’ve just researched it and discovered it. Probably I should use svg for the logo instead of png for my website!)
I recommended photoshop because it does many essentials things (photo editing, making illustrations, making simple vector things, etc), and relatively easy to use.
In my opinion, PS is a Swiss Army knife of graphic.
You can do a lot with Photoshop, but this is really not the best way to do so.
Photoshop is for photo's.
Illustrator is for illustrations.
But, if it works for you, that's fine. If you need any help with stuff like this, I am here to help.
Photoshop is for photo's. Illustrator is for illustrations.
Yes, What you said totally right. Photoshop is not made for vectors. When you want to have professional looking logos, you must go with illustrator. This is a must-choice.
(I acknowledge that well too because I live from illustration 😄)
That’s having said, My answer was for “what would be the best solution to make a simple logo for non-graphic designer startups”
Probably being Adobe products might be already overkill.
So let me list Affinity Designer as an alternative here.
I might be wrong, but after all, when the product become bigger than yourself, it’s time to get a professional looking logo. Until then, logo can be almost anything.
By the way, thank you for kind comment about helping me about design. I will ask you a question when I have a problem with Adobe illustrator :D
Totally right. Step away from Adobe when you are not will willing to make a job out of design it self.
Sketch of Gravit Design (it is even free) is a better choice.
Illustrator, always. But I am a designer, so I do these things for living.
Still Goodreads, but damn, that site is ugly. But this is where my community is hanging, so...
I run a weekly newsletter full with inspiration. Every week on monday 9.00 sharp I send the newsletter via Mailchimp to 160-ish people, of which around 50% open and read the mail. Pretty happy with the contant flow of it. I just made editio 205 of the Good Monday! mail, but I want to grow it from here and even make a little money off it. For the last part I use Patreon, and for the rest, everything of open to grow and monetize.
Who is running also a newsletter as a product?
No, not everywhere else: dollars.
When from the rest of Euro: €
Dribbble is another league. It is a showcase site for designers. Not a place where you can hire people to do small jobs for you like on 99designs.
People on Dribbble can show that they are open for hiring, but you should contact them as a lose contact where sites like 99designs ar build specific for contacting people.
Thanks. I noticed that they have a paid product that helps put you in touch with designers, do you have any experience with that? Does anyone use it?
I do not. I only know that as a designer you can go pro, and set a 'available' tag beside your profile.
Okay, thanks!
A bit related. Here is an example of a persona that let someone on Fiverr made logo
medium.com/swlh/in-the-past-c…
You get what you pay for.