HOW TO DESIGN A TYPICAL AL-JAZEERA LOGO

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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