Make snow to put on a logo

canadaboy5005 · 11-21-2008, 11:21 PM

Hey guys,

I'm creating a new page for my ski & board club and I'm designing the logo. I want to put little "snow pillows" on top, much like what you see on the letters of the font here: http://www.fontspace.com/david-rakowski/tone-and-debs.

I've done all my work so far in Illustrator, and I'm wondering if I should use that, Fireworks or Photoshop to do this.

Also, would I use polygons with gradients or shading? Any sort of direction would be awesome, thanks.

-Morgan

AprilMaybe · 11-22-2008, 02:02 AM

I would find a decent photo to use as a reference and just draw random shapes resembling the snow with gradients to achieve depth and shadows. I like using the pencil tool for some odd reason but you could use the pen as well. Best to do in illustrator of course in case you want to resize the logo later on to use for other applications and still retain the quality.

adamblan · 11-22-2008, 09:42 PM

Definitely go with Illy for the logo, since you'll most likely want to do patches, stickers, t-shirts, etc. for your club.
Regarding gradient vs. shading, I say neither. The font you linked to is 2 color vector & will be easily portable to print designs - adding gradients & shading to logos is generally not a good idea\

hth - adam

canadaboy5005 · 11-24-2008, 06:35 PM

Thanks a lot, I went ahead and used Ai and I'll try out the pencil and whatnot. I don't know why, but for some reason I though I should use Fireworks instead. Well now I know!

sarachee · 11-27-2008, 02:09 PM

Hello,

I think you should check any site that have such kind of designing or find any expert logo designer, to solve your problem.

Regards

wetgravy · 12-08-2008, 01:16 AM

dude, the font you linked to was designed in vector. stay with illustrator, don't go crazy with something simple like that.

Geodun1 · 12-08-2008, 05:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AprilMaybe

I would find a decent photo to use as a reference and just draw random shapes resembling the snow with gradients to achieve depth and shadows. I like using the pencil tool for some odd reason but you could use the pen as well. Best to do in illustrator of course in case you want to resize the logo later on to use for other applications and still retain the quality.

I'll have to agree with April here.

labSLAB · 12-13-2008, 07:53 PM

Try this tutorial :

http://www.tutorialwiz.com/snow_on_text/

I used this tutorial to create my banner you can view it by clicking the link below:

http://www.labslab.etsy.com

I hope that helps :-)

11-21-2008, 11:21 PM	#1
canadaboy5005 New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2	Make snow to put on a logo Hey guys, I'm creating a new page for my ski & board club and I'm designing the logo. I want to put little "snow pillows" on top, much like what you see on the letters of the font here: http://www.fontspace.com/david-rakowski/tone-and-debs. I've done all my work so far in Illustrator, and I'm wondering if I should use that, Fireworks or Photoshop to do this. Also, would I use polygons with gradients or shading? Any sort of direction would be awesome, thanks. -Morgan

11-22-2008, 02:02 AM	#2
AprilMaybe Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 28	I would find a decent photo to use as a reference and just draw random shapes resembling the snow with gradients to achieve depth and shadows. I like using the pencil tool for some odd reason but you could use the pen as well. Best to do in illustrator of course in case you want to resize the logo later on to use for other applications and still retain the quality. __________________ Visit FluffyMuffin ♥ April's Myspace

11-22-2008, 09:42 PM	#3
adamblan Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Lake Tahoe Posts: 235	Definitely go with Illy for the logo, since you'll most likely want to do patches, stickers, t-shirts, etc. for your club. Regarding gradient vs. shading, I say neither. The font you linked to is 2 color vector & will be easily portable to print designs - adding gradients & shading to logos is generally not a good idea\ hth - adam __________________ <ablank.us>

11-27-2008, 02:09 PM	#5
sarachee New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1	Hello, I think you should check any site that have such kind of designing or find any expert logo designer, to solve your problem. Regards __________________ saarachee

12-13-2008, 07:53 PM	#8
labSLAB New Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 7	Snow on Font Try this tutorial : http://www.tutorialwiz.com/snow_on_text/ I used this tutorial to create my banner you can view it by clicking the link below: http://www.labslab.etsy.com I hope that helps :-)

11-24-2008, 06:35 PM	#4
canadaboy5005 New Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2	Thanks a lot, I went ahead and used Ai and I'll try out the pencil and whatnot. I don't know why, but for some reason I though I should use Fireworks instead. Well now I know!

12-08-2008, 01:16 AM	#6
wetgravy Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 176	dude, the font you linked to was designed in vector. stay with illustrator, don't go crazy with something simple like that.

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