Hands-on Tutorial

Beginner

5 min

Enhance your logo

Now you’ll bring your logo to life by making precise adjustments and applying colors skillfully in this second tutorial of the "Make a logo" series.

Start with core concepts

This video introduces techniques for applying finishing touches to a logo to get it just right. Then apply a brand color palette for the look and feel you need.

What you'll learn

Refine shapes in your logo

Refine shapes by copying and resizing from their center with the Selection tool and rotating them around a defined point with the Rotate tool.

Apply brand colors

Apply your brand colors as swatches (saved colors) from the Properties panel to a shape’s fill, stroke, or both.

Swap the fill and stroke

Make stylistic changes to your logo art by switching the stroke and fill appearance for shapes.

Change stroke alignment

Adjust the appearance of a stroke (border), so that it aligns inside, across, or outside a path.

Group artwork

Combine objects into a group so that they behave as a single unit.


Instruction by

Brian Wood

Brand Identity Design

Javier Garcia

July 12, 2022

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