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Published: 2010-02-18 10:04:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 5704; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 342
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Description First of all: No, this is not an icon for Photoshop...

This is a more recent attempt of mine at creating a logo for myself featuring my own initials. Even though it may look more like an icon, rather than a logo, it was definitely a good exercise for me. Everything you can see was created in Illustrator by me, including the letters/font I created just for this


Edits

Edit 1: A couple of small changes... The pencil's lead is darker now and a tad blunt. I have also made the metallic part holding the eraser less thick. The paper is practically the same except for a thin white line that I have added.

On top of this, I have also edited the e in my font. This was the main reason for me not to mark this as a minor edit. Seeing as I am considering to make a full custom font, I am hoping to get some feedback on it in it's current state.

Edit 2: I've completely redesigned the piece of paper and gave it a nice fold. The image still only consists of vectors. I also have been working on the font and here's a very early preview: [link]

Edit 3: I've changed the pencil's metallic part now. This should be my last update


History

Version 1: [link]

Version 2: [link]

Version 3: [link]

Version 4: [link]
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Comments: 57

eggy In reply to ??? [2010-04-09 16:14:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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GrDezign [2010-03-06 05:17:48 +0000 UTC]

Not bad.

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eggy In reply to GrDezign [2010-03-06 05:20:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it is only my second icon ever and the first one I made in Photoshop. I'm sure there's room for improvement but everyone has to start somewhere

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GrDezign In reply to eggy [2010-03-06 05:39:26 +0000 UTC]

You doing good my friend .

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Kjherstin [2010-02-27 16:50:13 +0000 UTC]

I really like the metal around the erase and the shading on the eraser and holder. Great work Pieter

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swollenskull [2010-02-24 09:45:56 +0000 UTC]

Het word er elke keer alleen beter op gozer

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eggy In reply to swollenskull [2010-02-24 15:07:13 +0000 UTC]

Dat is de bedoeling, toch?

Heb je de link met m'n font preview ook gezien trouwens?

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swollenskull In reply to eggy [2010-02-24 17:21:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow, ziet er dodelijk uit! Ga je em verkopen?

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eggy In reply to swollenskull [2010-02-24 22:40:02 +0000 UTC]

Weet ik nog niet eerlijk gezegd, waarschijnlijk zet ik hem gewoon gratis op deviantART, in ieder geval in ÊÊn variant. Zo krijg je ook gelijk wat meer exposure. Hiernaast kan ik bijvoorbeeld een volledige versie (met verschillende diktes, italic, etc) te koop aanbieden

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swollenskull In reply to eggy [2010-02-25 13:40:15 +0000 UTC]

Geen slecht idee, een soort van teaser, grote kans dat mensen de normale versie willen

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swollenskull In reply to eggy [2010-02-24 17:10:51 +0000 UTC]

Idd

Misgelopen denk ik, gelijk ffe checken

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Kjherstin [2010-02-24 04:04:07 +0000 UTC]

Nice fold in the paper. I like it even better now

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eggy In reply to Kjherstin [2010-02-24 04:22:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it took me a while to get it right

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Kjherstin In reply to eggy [2010-02-24 04:26:27 +0000 UTC]

next the metal around the eraser and font perhaps?

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eggy In reply to Kjherstin [2010-02-24 04:27:41 +0000 UTC]

What about the dock skin? And those two other themes/mod I've never released? And logos I still have in my queue...

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Kjherstin In reply to eggy [2010-02-24 04:36:24 +0000 UTC]

those can wait?

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eggy In reply to Kjherstin [2010-02-24 04:39:18 +0000 UTC]

and the others can't?

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Kjherstin In reply to eggy [2010-02-24 04:43:04 +0000 UTC]

Get this done first NOW!

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EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-24 03:26:28 +0000 UTC]

very nice indeed now man

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eggy In reply to EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-24 03:42:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I still want to remake the metal part of the pencil though... I think after that I'll finally be happy with it Seeing as I'll probably never use it as a logo myself, I could always upload it to the icon section later on Hopefully I'll finish the font too one day... It's just so much work, dammit

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EnzuDes1gn In reply to eggy [2010-02-24 03:54:38 +0000 UTC]

tsk tsk, all the skill, yet no motivation ... tis a shame man, I'm making maaad $$ right now, and you could too ... but you have to motivate like a mofo if you really want to do anything in this field

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eggy In reply to EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-24 04:19:59 +0000 UTC]

Honestly, a font can take several months to make,

Look at my link in the description, I already drew all the lower case letters Converting it into a proper font just takes a lot of work and a very long time, though. Besides, I've been working on different things every day lately I can't finish everything at once though

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EnzuDes1gn In reply to eggy [2010-02-24 06:39:28 +0000 UTC]

nuff excuses bish, just finish it

I deal currently with about 3 clients a week, that 3 whole websites a week, and i work two normal jobs, as well ... lol

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eggy In reply to EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-24 13:41:52 +0000 UTC]

Lol, I would love to finish it, don't get me wrong. I'm just trying to figure out how to use the software intended for creating fonts at the moment. I've downloaded a FontLab demo but seeing as I've never used any software like this before, it takes quite some getting used to.

Normally I prefer figuring things out myself until I learn them the hard way, that's the best way of learning in my opinion. In this case, however, I'm going to look for some tutorials or basic information behind the creation of fonts. I don't want to make an entire font and then find out I've done everything completely wrong and have to start all over again

If drawing the actual letters in Illustrator would be all I had to do, if only, I could finish a rough version pretty quickly. Unfortunately, it's not that easy

So, anyway, how is your progress coming along using Illustrator?

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EnzuDes1gn In reply to eggy [2010-02-24 14:20:59 +0000 UTC]

I suck ... but I'll get there, just been too much web clients, to really try anything new right now

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swollenskull [2010-02-18 16:46:45 +0000 UTC]

Dope! ziet er veel beter uit dan de andere

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eggy In reply to swollenskull [2010-02-19 02:04:40 +0000 UTC]

Alleen jammer dat het meer een icon is dan een logo Lol

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swollenskull In reply to eggy [2010-02-19 16:09:16 +0000 UTC]

De font is custom zei je? Ik kijk er echt naar uit

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eggy In reply to swollenskull [2010-02-19 20:48:19 +0000 UTC]

Moet ik wel doorzetten en hem ooit afmaken, is best veel werk met symbolen en hoofdletters erbij zo'n font

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swollenskull In reply to eggy [2010-02-19 21:21:18 +0000 UTC]

Ja idd, en alles moet perfect zijn, af en toe moeilijke maar zeker een tijdrovende werk

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swollenskull In reply to eggy [2010-02-19 10:05:17 +0000 UTC]

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EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-18 14:24:27 +0000 UTC]

very nice result man

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eggy In reply to EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-19 02:08:50 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, hopefully it'll look even better when I do a bit more work on it and fix things like the metal bit below the pencil's eraser

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EnzuDes1gn In reply to eggy [2010-02-19 14:43:50 +0000 UTC]

sweet

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eggy In reply to EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-19 15:46:25 +0000 UTC]

I've already made some changes now. Maybe the metallic bit still needs a tiny bit of shine but I'll leave it like this for now. Making it thinner already made it look a bit more realistic

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EnzuDes1gn In reply to eggy [2010-02-19 16:51:24 +0000 UTC]

yep nice updates btw

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eggy In reply to EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-19 20:59:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, the bottom right corner of the paper still looks weird/ugly but I'll get to that It's not all that easy with all these vectors

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EnzuDes1gn In reply to eggy [2010-02-20 01:53:55 +0000 UTC]

I really need to get into this vector stuff, i has clients needing logos, and business cards etc all the time

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eggy In reply to EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-20 17:07:45 +0000 UTC]

How did you make your current logo then?

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EnzuDes1gn In reply to eggy [2010-02-20 17:09:36 +0000 UTC]

ps

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eggy In reply to EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-20 17:10:44 +0000 UTC]

But you didn't use the pen tool?

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EnzuDes1gn In reply to eggy [2010-02-21 01:57:57 +0000 UTC]

I tend to get around the pentool, by using epilitcal shape tool , it's more messing about etc, but thats what I do

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eggy In reply to EnzuDes1gn [2010-02-21 13:54:13 +0000 UTC]

Using the shapes tool is a good way to start, in my opinion. It allows you to easily create shapes with perfect curves, the correct dimensions and the proper proportions. Seeing as I like to work in an exact way, I personally use them as well quite regularly. By merely adding and subtracting shapes (and by rotating and skewing them), you can get quite far

While Illustrator may be more powerful, creating vectors is actually easier to do in Illustrator than it is in Photoshop. On the first day that I used Illustrator, without any prior experience with vectors, I was already able to create my own avatar as a vector. I did so only by adding and subtracting shapes in order to create a perfect final shape. Other logos, I had to do freehand seeing as only using shapes would have been nearly impossible, this one for instance: [link] When using Illustrator, you should add the Pathfinder toolbox to your workspace though, makes life much easier in my opinion. Of course, you can always ask me if you have questions

You may have probably already seen this tutorial btw, but in case you haven't it's well worth a read:

[link]

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EnzuDes1gn In reply to eggy [2010-02-22 20:49:01 +0000 UTC]

thanks very much for taking out time to do this for me I'll look into it asap

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Kjherstin [2010-02-18 11:35:53 +0000 UTC]

It looks fantastic. I am so proud of you.

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eggy In reply to Kjherstin [2010-02-19 02:07:27 +0000 UTC]

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Kjherstin In reply to eggy [2010-02-19 07:44:17 +0000 UTC]

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d37nu1l [2010-02-18 10:09:26 +0000 UTC]

Very nice work.

And your own font is pretty impressive. Though as you remark letter spacing may still need some work.

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eggy In reply to d37nu1l [2010-02-18 10:12:55 +0000 UTC]

If you cover the d & e with your fingers, the spacing doesn't look too bad. It's mainly the e that seems to be the problem...

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d37nu1l In reply to eggy [2010-02-18 13:24:44 +0000 UTC]

You are indeed correct, sir. My bad.


...lol

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