We all watch either the BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera Channel, to name
but few. I was actually reflecting on some pieces of news I heard on the
Al-Jazeera channel when I was struck with the idea which lead into this
tutorial. The good news was that that wasn’t my first time watching the channel
but you know what, I never paid much attention to that awesome logo!
So, in this tutorial, you will see how I created the Al-Jazeera logo with
my CorelDraw X13 (lower version of CorelDraw can also be use). I’m sorry if you
had expected something like the Adobe Illustrator for this tutorial; the fact is
that CorelDraw is an old friend that should be entertained. If you follow this
tutorial till the end, you will get suffice of what I said.
The final image will look like this:
Let’s swing into action
As a common routine, fire-up your CorelDraw program. In this tutorial,
the tools and techniques used were as follows:
a. Pen tool b. Fill dialog c. Outline tool d. Basic drawing (beginner
level is welcome)
Step 1
One common solution which I do notice in many complex logo of our time is
that they require simple approach. The Al-Jazeera logo was actually some curvy
vectors joined together. So, grab your Pen
tool from the toolbar; then draw
the first wing (permit me to use that word!) of the logo. In my screenshot
below, I made a sketch; though, at first, it may seems rough but with the help
of the Shape tool, I was able to
shape/smooth the wing to my taste.
Step 2
Using the Fill Dialog, fill
the smoothed shape with a color of C=10 M=30 Y=100 K=0. If that was successful,
proceed to remove the outline of the shape.
Step 3
Now, we shall draw the second wing/shape using the same Pen tool. Smooth your sketch where
necessary. To save some time, I didn’t add any color this time – that will be
at the end of the tutorial.
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