Where is a good place to learn illustraitor for logo design? It's hard as hell!

I just tried illustraitor and it's so hard, it's nothing like photoshop! I just need it for logo design so i need basic tutorials for it. Thanks!

 

i think that the best way to learn logo design it's find inspiration:

logopond. com

 

I'd look for forums, tutorials online, google and youtube, ask innovati if you can find him.

 

I have similar problem. We can share informations. I use: 1 - official illustrator handbook -not the beest idea, but sometimes useful. 2 - VTC video tutorial - Quick start with illustrator. (write it in google and it will show up) It is good for first time. And it has sometimes real funny narration.
Any other choices ?

 

thank you all so much !!

 

At first, you'll think Illustrator is more difficult than Photoshop but after awhile, you'll realize that illustrator is actually easier. Just Google some tutorials, there are loads in YouTube also.

 

Google is your friend!!! Use it!

Youtube also, if the video is a decent quality and the bozo who filmed it hasn't sped all the timing up lol

 

oookay, Illustrator is different in scope than photoshop because you're not painting pixels on a grid, you're placing dots and the lines between them.

I ought to be a million times easier for you to learn illustrator coming from photshop, because you already know Adobe's tools and terminology.

If you're coming from Photoshop, learn what the difference between Bitmap graphics and Vector graphics is. Play around with the Pen Tool in photoshop, which is the only vector in Photoshop, because it's essentially the heart of Illustrator.

Look for Illustrator, Fireworks, Flash or Inkscape tutorials and try them out - start simple and build.

Also, go grab some vector stock images, or vector icons, see how they're constructed and built. Try looking for SVG icons on kde-look.org or gnome-look.org and see if you can't wrap your head around it.

Once you've got it figured out, you'll never go back. It's like broadband>dialup - once you've had a taste nothing less will suffice!

 

I agree, if you cant seem to get to grips with illustrator I'd reccomend fireworks.

The Pen tool in Photoshop is the only vector tool in photoshop, so try playing with that aswell.

but really all you can do to learn is to open up the program and play!

 

Idea with grabbing vector stuff and look how they are constructed it is a good idea. Special thanks for Innovati.
Youtube is a large mine.
What tutorials ( by name ) are your favourite choice ? Have you any?

 

for ME, I'm a photoshop user for 10 years, and I tried illustrator and Corel draw back at the time and couldn't wrap my head around it.

Where *i* learned vectors was through Inkscape (free from inkscape.org) and it's tutorials, and I loaded up Everaldo's Crystal Icon set, David Vignoni's svg Nuvola icon set, and a couple other small icon sets from the librsvg.sf.net page. Back then SVG icons were a dream, not a reality like they are today on linux.

Now I happily hack the Oxygen Icon set and Tango icons to suit my needs and I still think this is the greatest way.

One advantage to open-source software, over professional software, is that they have large online communities to help you out. I didn't learn Indesign, until I had wrapped my head around Scribus, and I learned scribus in 24 hours thanks to the kind folks at #scribus on IRC

So, check out #oxygen-icons, #inkscape on freenode and #kde-artists and get involved not only with vectors, but with doing some vector work that can help others out too, it will be fun, rewarding, and you'll learn skills in no time if you keep at it.

 

make it with photoshop.photoshop is the best

 

It is right to use illustrator for logo design. I always liked good-tutorials.com, there you will find many tutorials for logo design with illustrator.

 

vectortuts.com ?

 

Get out!
lol

Thats an ok site, I've seen some good tutorials there.

That site is better lol

 

yeah, im going to try vectortuts.com but I need to figure out the interface first lol

 

Forums, or buy a manual. I saw a lot today at this major bookstore. Isn't logo design the easiest with Illustrator or something? I dunno.

 

the problem with manuals is that they can't provide as much information as an online tutorial with files, or as much as a video can.

Linda.com is a wondeful way, but there are free video tutorials online too!

Online media can be updated and kept current with software FAR faster than print stuff can, and for infinitely cheaper.

 

Search for some tutorials (Google) learn the very basics and begin to experiment with what you already know, when you see that you got enough, advance, do something more.

 

I found this. "Total Training for
Adobe® Illustrator® CS2" I think it provides more advanced traning than vtc Illustrator CS2 tutorials. Anybody watch this video ? Worth 49 $?