Create a Glowing Neon Sign using the Appearance Palette – Screencast. Quick Tutorial: Create a Reusable Retro Type Treatment In Illustrator. In this tutorial I will show you how to create a simple retro type treatment.
Even though its simple, it uses some powerful Illustrator features. If you have read my tutorials before, you know this means the Appearance panel! Along with the Appearance panel, we will be using some texture effects, Warp effects, and some simple layering. Final Image Below is the final type treatment we will be working towards. Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Illustrator CS5 (You should be able to create this tutorial in CS4 and CS3 but some of the tutorial images might look different.)Difficulty: Beginner / IntermediateTopics Covered: Appearance Panel, EffectsEstimated Completion Time: 15-20 minutes Step 1 Create a new document and type out some text with the Text tool (T). Step 2 With the text still selected, choose Add New Fill from the pop-up menu of the Appearance panel.
Step 3 Create another new fill in the Appearance panel, select the bottom fill item, and fill it with a light yellow color. Vintage Effects Within Illustrator. Create a clean retro badge in Adobe Illustrator. In this tutorial we are going to create a clean retro-looking badge/burst in Adobe Illustrator.
These are great for adding to a website, advertisement, etc to help the text stand out. Step 1 First off we are going to open up a 1200x1200px document in Adobe Illustrator. Type out “AWESOME TUTORIALS BY DENIS DESIGNS” in black for now. Change the font so “AWESOME” and “BY DENIS DESIGNS” is in Adelle, and “TUTORIALS” is in League Gothic. Step 2 Change the font size of “TUTORIALS” to 250pt, “AWESOME” to 60pt, and “BY DENIS DESIGNS” to 35pt.
Step 3 Now we are going to start adding some shapes to our burst. Step 4 Click on Type>Create Outlines, this will make our text into lines and points, which will be easier to deal with. Step 5 Go to View, and make sure Smart Guides is checked. Select the Ellipse tool (L) and while holding Shift and Alt, make a circle starting at the center of the box. We also want to make a star/burst that will be a little wider than the circle. Create an Aged Vintage Style Logo Design in Illustrator. Follow this step by step Illustrator tutorial to create an aged vintage style logo design.
We’re going to take inspiration from generations past, when logos were hand crafted with custom lettering. To achieve the same effect in Illustrator we’ll customise existing fonts to create a old school layout of cool typography. The vintage logo we’ll be creating is based on a fictional jeans company Black Denim Co. The logo uses some of the classic design tricks from the 30’s, 40’s & 50’s to capture that old school look and is finished off with some distressed textures to represent the low-fi print techniques used by our ancestors.
View the final vintage style logo design Classic logos were all about the typography. I’ve selected the Lavanderia font, but I’m not too keen on the flat edges. The difference between the customised and the original is only subtle, but it helps create a unique design that fits the style we’re aiming for. Add an old school tagline underneath the logo. How To Create a Retro Badge/Emblem Style Logo. The retro style badge/emblem of logos is a hot trend at the moment, and it’s no surprise why – They’re super cool!
We’ve already looked at a showcase of retro and vintage style logos based on circular motifs, now let’s build our own. We’ll put the basic structure together in Illustrator, then give it that aged vintage appearance with some finishing touches in Photoshop. The logo we’ll be creating is for the totally fictional Powerhouse Gym (although I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a gym somewhere with this name!). It combines many of the typical traits of this retro/vintage theme with alternating rings of black and white as well as fine details such as the stars and dots.