ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FIRST LOGO

I do not know how my first logo in illustrator actually gone from my blog. Anyway, I will be blogging about the new one I made to replace it.

This is the first logo I made. The measurement used for the work area is 5x8 inches. Choosing the colour of my choice and setting the stroke to 5pt, I made two rectangles one on top of the other then aligns to the centre to make sure they are centralised. Making another rectangle for the teeth of the fork, I made one and copied it for the remaining teeth to make sure it has the same shape size. After, I clicked on align vertical top after selecting to make sure the 3 teeth are aligned at the top then horizontal distribute centre to make sure there is equal space in between them.

  I grouped them by right clicking and selecting group then moved the three joined rectangles down to meet the one drew earlier. Getting the pathfinder from window, I selected all and clicking on unite I was able to make a shape.

Selecting all, clicking on effect > stylise > round the corner (radius 0.25), I was able to achieve this shape after previewing and satisfied with the shape.

For the spoon, using rectangle shape for the bottom, ellipse for the top and aligning them to the centre. The pathfinder is used to unite. Then effect > stylise > round the corner to get the picture on the right.

For the fork, rectangle shape was used for the handle. Clicking on the pen tool and selecting add anchor point tool, I was able to make two points from the top and not too close to each other. Using direct selection tool and dragging the topmost point out gives the bulge edge of the knife. I can actually use ellipse for the knife cutting side but decided to use another tool instead of repeating same shape.

Using select anchor point I was able to adjust the pointed tip to round tip. After, I clicked on effect > stylise > round the corner to give it round the corner effect.

For the overall logo, the star was gotten from star tool; the background was made by using rectangular tool and filling with the colour of choice. The chef hat was made with ellipse and rectangular shape and using unite in pathfinder to unite them. Text was used to make the writing.