1. About.com
  2. Computing & Technology
  3. Desktop Publishing

Discuss in my forum

Logo Design

By , About.com Guide

1 of 4

Basic Building Blocks for Logo Design
Lines Shapes - basic building blocks

Create a logo design or custom illustration with simple lines and shapes

The basis of many a logo design and graphic image are simple geometric shapes -- lines, circles, squares, and triangles. Even the graphically-challenged can create great graphics for logos, newsletters, fliers, or web pages using these basic building blocks. In logo design, simplicity is a good thing.

This is not a do this, then do this, then do this type of logo design tutorial. Instead, discover (or rediscover) ways to use simple shapes in logo design and creating other custom graphics.

Examples throughout this article are done in CorelDRAW, a vector drawing program. They utilize only the most basic tools -- no fancy filters, fills, or complex manipulations. Look for the simple shapes that make up each graphic illustration or logo design.

©2012 About.com. All rights reserved. 

A part of The New York Times Company.