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[Illustrator] Working on my pen tool ~ - Intern - Feb 22, 2016

So , to sum up this story. I'm learning illustrator and trying to get better at the pen tool..
some say recreating logo's ( by tracing) is a good way to learn the tool.

So I tried to do the Nike Logo ✌.

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My first step was to basically trace over the nike logo.. which at first I thought it
was going to be an easy task 😵 (turns out it wasn't)

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Eventually I said fuck it man. I think this is good for now.. I mean I'm
a scrub at this shit.

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So here we are .. my shame is balled up and this is what I got.

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tldr : I tried re-creating the nike logo and it came to shit
if you want to download my shame 👍
here's the sauce

small logo ( to hide my shame 🤝)
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large logo
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I'll prob update this later.




* - DokoNico - Feb 22, 2016

Honestly looks the same, when im glancing over.

Maybe you can sell it to some Chinese guy for monies

* - SIM-2908357 - Feb 22, 2016

Pen tool, a classic.
Probably going to invest in a graphics tablet over the summer to improve my work in Illustrator.

Are you planning on creating logos in the future?
& Why aren't you using the pen tool in Photoshop?

* - Intern - Feb 23, 2016

(Feb 22, 2016 10:16 PM)Akzius Wrote:  Pen tool, a classic.
Probably going to invest in a graphics tablet over the summer to improve my work in Illustrator.

Are you planning on creating logos in the future?
& Why aren't you using the pen tool in Photoshop?

Well you never know when a client might want a logo done , and for vectors ; illustrator is the go to 🤗 . I just pretty much wanted vectors so I'm not using photoshop for this one

* - Djehuty - Feb 23, 2016

Looks good to me. All the curves look right.

* - Intern - Feb 23, 2016

(Feb 23, 2016 03:48 PM)SpiderMonkey Wrote:  Looks good to me. All the curves look right.

Thanks man , turns out Nikes logo is actually tons of circles cut up. I asked the lead designer at my job.

* - Djehuty - Feb 23, 2016

(Feb 23, 2016 04:26 PM)Intern Wrote:  Thanks man , turns out Nikes logo is actually tons of circles cut up. I asked the lead designer at my job.

But it has straight lines in it? Maybe he meant without the tail?

* - Intern - Feb 23, 2016

(Feb 23, 2016 05:00 PM)SpiderMonkey Wrote:  But it has straight lines in it? Maybe he meant without the tail?

Well the two lines at the bottom which lead into a point that's prob done with the pen tool, but otherwise I can see those curves being done with circles ; prob a little bit easier than the pen tool, depending on one's skill level.