Then create artboards around each logo variation (wordmark, icon, logo in color, black, and reverse). Group the elements of each logo variation. Paste all final logos that need to be exported into the new file (it doesn’t matter if they’re on the default artboard or not, initially). Name the artboard after whatever logo and color variation it contains. Step 3: Create individual artboards for each logo variation. Name this file “-.ai” (in our example “Skip-Digital.ai”). To control the exact color values for your RGB logos, rather than exporting to default RGB from your CMYK file, create another master Illustrator document that uses a RGB document preset, and place your RGB logos there. For now, you can leave the artboard size as the default, and select 1 artboard.Ĥ. You’ll see why when we get to exporting.ģ. Name the file “-” (in our example “Skip-Print.ai”). We’ll place our CMYK logos in this file, and also Pantone logos, if we’re exporting those.Ģ. This will give us a CMYK color mode, and 300dpi resolution. Select “Print” from the top tab of document presets. In Illustrator create a new document (File > New, or Command+N). Step 2: Create two Adobe Illustrator documents: one for Print logos (CMYK and Pantone), and one for Digital (RGB). In our example, we’ll name it “Skip Logos”

This makes it easy to compress, WeTransfer, or Dropbox link just one folder to send to your client once you’re done exporting logos from Illustrator.

In your main project folder, create a new folder where you’ll save only the final logos that you’ll deliver to the client. Step 1: Create final folder where you’ll save logos. For our example, we’ll be exporting logos for our client Skip.īy the end of this tutorial, you’ll have exported logos from Illustrator in the following color modes and file formats:įor each of those file formats and color modes, we’ll save logo versions for: Color, Reverse Color, and 1-Color Black. This method aims to save you time and sanity, while anticipating your client’s needs and questions.

Here’s how we do it at Hoodzpah (we’re a branding studio so this is a regular dance for us). After all the inspiration hunting, sketching, rounds of revisions, client battles/victories and last little tweaks, you’re ready to export logos for your client and brag about it in your portfolio already.

Creating a logo in illustrator for beginners