Since we're through about the fact that crowdsourcing is
definitely not the way you would like your logo to be made, you'll
probably be left asking: "So are there any other ways except from paying
big bucks to snotty professional designers?" The good news is: yes,
there is.
If you're familiar with scrapbooking, self-made
furniture, and homemade candies, then you might be considering creating a
do-it-yourself logo design. Great idea eh? Here are some pointers:
1. Sketch the design
It's
simple according to DIY design software marketers. Use a ballpoint pen
to shade the dark areas, trace the drawing at the back of the paper, use
a colored pencil to give it a hue, and voila! You have the draft of
your very own customized logo. Don't know how to start? Oh, don't ask.
Everybody doodles when they're young, so we're pretty sure you can draw a
good one for your company. No need to know how to go through the whole
complicated design process. Only professional artists do that.
2. Spare your efforts and use templates
After
some hours of carefree, sans strict process of drafting, you can now
decide if you still want to pursue the design you've created. But what
if it makes you regret that you've ever been born without an ounce of
creative juice? Relax, they can offer you nifty templates that you can
paste altogether in a matter of ten seconds. And what's better, you can
choose for either exclusive or non-exclusive rights. Of course
non-exclusive rights can be bought at a cheapo price of $15. But if you
really don't have the bucks to shed for a candy, you can buy free clip
art, which is better by the way because at least you're so sure that
they're not stolen from anybody's portfolio.
3. Use paint in place of complicated Adobe Illustrator
You
never have to face that doohickey called Adobe Illustrator, ever. Those
snooty graphic artists are just conniving to make you believe that you
can't resize your do-it-yourself logo design if you use the simplistic
paint. That isn't true. Go scan your work and edit your work as much as
you please. Never worry about how you will effectively apply the emblem
into use. At least you managed to make one.
4. Feel the power and freedom
Savor
your success. You've made it without spending an extravagant $5,000 to
those high and mighty graphic artists. At last, you're independent. And
believe it or not, if you've been a bit better and used Photoshop
instead of paint, you already have what it takes to join crowdsourced
design contest and win $30 for a random and 'well-researched' emblem.
5. Double check your logo
After
assembling the templates together and adding your company name, you
have to keep watch of your copyright and search if there are other
companies with the same trade icon as yours. And beware if your do-it-yourself logo design
has major resemblance with some other emblems. Probably, they have
chosen the same combination of templates for some cosmic anomaly. Or
probably, it was the origin of the templates you used. Whichever,
beware.
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