Logo design is a sub-school of graphic design with a very specific skillset. It can seem daunting to know where to start learning about this wonderful discipline. Here we've collected 40 fantastic logo design tutorials to help you add this new design skill to your arsenal.
1. Logo Design Video Tutorial
2. Custom Design Logo
3. Planet Logo
4. Skype Logo Tutorial
5. Logo Tutorial
6. Create an Elegant Logo
7. How to Create the Volkswagen Logo
8. Cool Music Logo on a Grunge Background
9. Creating the Sky Logo
10. Making the ATI Logo
11. Web Design Studio Logo
12. Design a Grungy Circular Logo
13. Glassy Logo Box
14. How to Make the Windows Vista Logo
15. A Logo Tutorial in Illustrator and Photoshop
16. Dezining the Dezinerfolio's Logo - Web 2.0'ish
17. How to Create the Sony Ericsson Logo
18. Design the Firefox Logo in Photoshop
19. Jelly Remake Logo
20. Create a Modern Green Logo
21. Recreating the You Tube Logo
22. Versus Inspired Photoshop Logo Tutorial
23. Methods of Drawing Web 2.0 Logos
24. Logo Presentation Tutorial
25. 3D Encide Logo Tutorial
26. Rainbow Logos with Warped Grids
Illustrator Tutorials
27. Basic Logo Design
28. How to Design a Logotype
29. Step by Step Logo Design
30. Logo Design Project Walk Through
31. Create a Fly Logo Design
32. Silhouette Logo for a Steak House
33. 3D Logo Tutorial
34. Crazy Cool Logo Tutorial
35. A 3D Logo Tutorial
36. Design a Print Ready Beer Label in Illustrator
37. Create a Environmentally Friendly Green Type Treatment
38. web 2.0 Logo Reflection Logo
39. Design a Killer Logo
40. The Logo Design Process for Ultimate Potential
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( ADD YOURS )Mr. Dies March 25th
Great compilation
( )Lawrence77 March 26th
Wow! I love logos!
This post make me, a busy week!
8th and 9th logo stays same why?
( )cash March 26th
Lawrence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
U ask too much man
Lawrence77 March 26th
I love the 33rd one! Really good, good colors too!
and also #6!
lawrence77 March 27th
@Cash
but i didn’t get any answers yet!
divinefusion March 25th
awesomner!
( )lawrence77 March 27th
like ur gravatar divinefusion!!
Danny i always look your web roundups from your first roundup (maybe that comic book roundup)!!
( )keruchan March 25th
wow… just what I am looking for thankz for the list. love it!
( )saurabh shah March 26th
nice post Danny … thnx for sharing
( )Imran March 26th
Great … Creations
( )runbing March 26th
great!!
( )snnaqvi March 26th
Excellent tuts
( )RUGRLN March 26th
All gr8 stuff here….this why I love PSDTUTS!!! Except for the Vista logo tutorial, it was v disappointing, hoping it would tell you how to make the actual Windows logo which I can’t get quite right…!
( )Lawrence77 March 26th
Yes Rugrln, the picture was not good, as well as the steps!
The picture didn’t explained well
And here is the two tutorials for draw the Windows logo! (as a part)
1. http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/2813/1/Microsoft-Windows-Vista-Wallpaper
2. http://www.adobetutorialz.com/articles/2805/1/Windows-Vista-Desktop-Themes
Thanks!
( )Axertion March 26th
awesome, thanks for featuring my tutorial
‘#25 – 3D encide logo tutorial’
( )image-hosting March 26th
Awesome! thanks for this awesome collection of logo tuts
( )Lawrence77 March 26th
Your comment is awaiting moderation.
is my comments only ask this, or all the others comment ask? is PSDTUTS need moderation from today??
( )Nikhil - Powerusers March 26th
Excellent Collection…
( )Have tried some and going to try the remaining…
jbcarey March 26th
urgh, I can’t do logo’s so this helps me with the technical aspect…. the “artistic” side sadly can’t e tutored (i suppose)
( )Buzzness March 26th
not anybody can design a great logo. only few special , people, I see many logos look so smiliar , I love seeing true unique logo brands
( )Kai March 26th
many thanks. some really great tutorials!
( )priya March 26th
I tried these.excellent
( )Jason March 26th
A great tutorial list for those interested in some common practices relating to logo design. Good to have a practice at!
( )Watcher March 26th
WOW! Thanks for really useful article!
( )Hezi March 26th
ROCKNROLL!
( )Victoria Blount March 26th
Great post, these will really help with creating my own logos, and making them look more 3D. A good way to practice and learn how these iconic logos are put together.
( )Romi Dumitrescu March 26th
Dont use photoshop for logo design. period.
I think a plus account is needed for good advise on this site lately.
Ok to pay for better/advanced tutorials, but in this case basic info should be right from the book.
Just my opinion though,
( )Have a nice day ^^
Jamie Allsop March 26th
There are a nice selection of logos here. When it comes to designing a logo for your company or a client, I think it is important that the design reflects your company and style, because at the end of the day it is that logo which will represent your company as it will be on your website, stationary etc.
These are some good tutorials for people who want to learn the basics of logo design.
( )Snorri3D March 26th
AWSOME!
( )Kenneth Bryhl March 26th
The technics are just great mann – love the “Custom logo” ones but I really don’t like the idea of a “Ripoff tutorial” … tho you may learn some nice technics as i said but… naaah – I would take those of tuts, but hey I aint leading it
Good work anyway!
( )izzy April 20th
wow where am i!?
( )Romi March 26th
wow thats really beautiful collection of logo design tutorial and its really helpful for logo designer
thanks for wonderful post
( )Andrew Houle March 26th
Great collection. Thanks so much for the inclusion
( )Farid Hadi March 26th
Some of these seem pretty good. I’ll be giving some of them a try soon but as Romi Dumitrescu mentioned, creating logos in Photoshop isn’t the best idea. Thanks for a nice list.
( )Alexandre Broggio March 26th
these very interesting tutorials
( )Timothy March 26th
Nice list.
( )div^ March 26th
Nr 25 is the best and encide is an awesome site
( )Buzzness March 26th
Super Logo Tuts, brandfestival
( )Grant March 26th
Wish these were more about designing logos and les about recreating someone else. Most of the techniques in them I use everyday and on more usefull things than recreating other peoples logos.
Cool to see how some of these techniques were done.
( )E. Serrano March 26th
Good collection of logo design tutorials!
Photoshop maybe isn’t the most appropriate logo design software out there, but there are some strange myths about it.
The truth is that Photoshop can produce rescalable vector images with flat inks that will perfectly work for a logo in all printing companies.
Oh, and even Photoshop layer effects can be resized to produce print ready results with no pixelation or loss of resolution.
( )Grant March 29th
I’m sorry, but this is just plain wrong. I work in these programs everyday for work. Photoshop does NOT produce rescalable vector images. That is what Adobe Illustrator or other vector based programs do.
Photoshop is a what’s refered to as a pixel or paint program. It’s images can only be scaled a certain percentage before you start seeing the image pixelation.
Yes, it has vector type. But once the image is flattened, it is no longer vector type.
Usually, three dimensionally logos are created in Illustrator to be scalable. NOT in Photoshop.
( )Sabra March 26th
Great mix of information! Thanks a bunch.
( )Chris Robinson March 26th
nice collection, love the simplicity of the Vdub’ logo and tut
( )Spaik March 26th
Great. Thanks very much for every thing….
( )Parker March 26th
missed a good one from WDD:
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/02/how-to-create-a-professional-logo/
( )Goshi March 26th
#25 wins!
ENCIDE FTW.
( )Franky March 26th
Sweet!
The sony ericson logo is so sexy. mmmm
( )Steve March 26th
Nice collection. Love that Sony Ericson logo.
( )Brent Nelson March 26th
I don’t understand how #3 made it into this list.
( )Numerous swoops!?
Diego SA March 26th
Neither do I!
( )I didn’t like #2 and #3.
Pablo antony March 26th
very good
( )dSlice March 26th
Thanks I needed this!
( )Diego SA March 26th
3D ENCIDE LOGO ROCKS!!!!!
( )By the way, great collection of tutorials!
suBi March 26th
good list !
( )Vane March 26th
Great collection!!
Here is another logo tut that you might find useful:
( )http://dryicons.com/blog/2009/02/28/logo-design-process-tutorial/
Francisco March 26th
Worst article ever.
( )All that logos really sucks.
DF Design Studios March 26th
Shweeeet!! very nice
( )jack March 26th
great！I like it！
( )Phaoloo March 26th
I just know one word to say now “Great”. Thanks for this list.
( )missjang March 27th
Wow .. Thank You !!!
Nice list. ~~ ^^*
( )LarsEfx March 27th
Co-sign on not using Photoshop for logos. Has to be vector to be flexible, scalable and future proof.
( )javiinthezone March 27th
Good article!….but I prefer Freehand for do logos!
( )Tobi laniyan March 27th
Thanks this is what I need
( )underdog March 27th
like no. 26
( )sowkath March 27th
This Tutorials is very useful and wonderful thank you verymuch
( )Pepe March 27th
Good article!!!
( )Matt March 28th
buenisimos todos….
( )es de excelente ayuda para los diseñadores graficos!!!
art March 28th
omg too many lol .ok this will take time to practive
thanks
( )Moksha Solutions March 28th
great list thanks
( )Design Jar March 28th
whoa…
Great list of tuts, I’l have to give the Firefox tutorial ago.
( )JacoboRiba March 29th
We Really need this kind of post…thanks!!! Keep doing notes about logo design.
( )avn.rocky March 30th
Great yaar, I learned alot…
thanks … !!
keep posting
( )avn.rocky
Mario Amaya March 30th
Some of the logo recreations look convincing in finish, but fail on the typefaces. Carefully identifying and accurately re-setting them is a critical part of the task.
( )Alan Ballard March 30th
Thanks Danny! Aww man, my cereal box logo tut may have been a few days too late for this.
( )francisa March 30th
coooooooooooool
( )kovshenin March 31st
Good list, thanks a bunch!
( )Biju Subhash March 31st
great tuts….
Thanks for sharing
Biju Subhash
( )Jessica March 31st
This really made my day and enhanced my computers class!
( )THANK YOU LOGO MAN!
philwebsupport April 5th
nice i will bookmark this forever, philwebsupport
( )herr kaiser April 7th
Hi you all,
i´m reading psdtuts+ since the first steps and watch the whole network growing. it´s a pleasure, BUT:
everytime something goes the direction of print or anything other offline, the authors simply FAIL.
WHY: Anything (and mostly a logo) that get´s used in print or foil-cut or whatever has one rule FIRST: it has to work in black and white from extremly small to extremly big sizes. You´ll need to make t-shirts, stickers, match b/w-laserprinters-standards, etc. What is described in all these tutorials can max be the way to “modify a logo to get cooler” in the web or 4c-print. On another hand, the logo is something that will get used in every design a company has to pay (for designing, printing, mailing, etc.) So it has to be price-scaleable (4c > 1c) too. And that´s only one more out of hundred facts why a logo should never have gradients, colors or anything else than a black color on a white background (in it´s most basic version).
I really can´t understand why you´re teaching people such things and miss the absolute basics. keep on the good tuts, but please tell about the possible missstakes and missleadings for not so well-teached designers.
( )wodingdong April 11th
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sk26 April 14th
Coolnes but wat were u talking about
( )moviemm April 14th
so great ！i like it so much!
( )Naeem April 17th
Just found this Blog!
Such a great place to learn. Now I think I never have to go to SmashingBlahgazine or elsewhere….
Thanks
( )Gyrel Dagooc April 22nd
Wow! Another ultimate collections!! Very good!
( )logolitic May 8th
This would have been really helpful a while ago but not now because there are not new things that i don`t know. Anyway really helpfull for the ones who want to start in the logo industry.
( )Module23 May 26th
The next great collection I found on your sites. The 3D tut rocks. Bookmarked
( )PurpleParker May 26th
Number 8 and Number nine should be “how to design the old pitchfork.com logo” give a little credit yo
( )Chris June 14th
This is a great set!
( )manamedia July 5th
DEAD LINK:
Link for 3D Logo Tutorial:
http://www.good-walls.com/2008/06/20/3d-logo-tutorial/
is dead – looks like http://www.good-walls.com is no longer
( )manamedia July 6th
I have contacted the original designer of this 3D logo tutorial, and he tells me he will be reposting it to deviantart sometime soon. It really is one of the best tutorials on not just 3D logo art, but actually designing your own font at the same time.
I have reported the deadlink to envato as well, so watch this space
( )broSKL July 28th
i love to design logo like that..thank 4 info n tuto
( )CSSRay September 3rd
Great tuts.
( )Thanks