(e.g. a heart would illustrate LOVE...by the way, you may not use a heart or any other commonly known symbols.)
Name of project: "Concept Logo"
Size: change image size to 6 inches for the width only. Do this after you paste in the original photo.
- Must be an interesting shape once the Quick Selection tool has been applied.
- Choose a word to describe your image. It should be a concept, not merely labeling your object. (e.g. if you use a basketball player, you shouldn't merely label the image "basketball player"... a concept might be "athletic".)
- Arrange your image and text so that they look like they go together.
- DESIGN YOUR WORD: Don't forget to change the text in the Character palette and/or using Cmd + T (Free Transform).
20 steps to success:
1.
Copy photo from internet
2.
Cmd + N in photoshop
3.
Name your doc. (don’t resize) return
4.
Cmd + v paste your photo onto canvas
5.
Resize doc. Image>image size>6 inch width
6.
Quick select your image
7.
Cmd + shift + j to cut out image and put on new
layer
8.
Trash the remains
9.
Cmd + click thumbnail to select image
10.
Go to path palette and choose “make work path
from selection”
11.
Go back to layers palette and add layer
12.
Go back to path palette and choose left icon
(fill path w/ foreground color)
13.
Delete work path
14.
Add a type layer
15.
Add a word that illustrates your picture as a
concept
16.
Incorporate word and image to resemble a logo
17.
Add layer styles by double clicking the layer
(drop shadow, etc.)
18.
Color background layer (opt + delete)
19.
You may want to Transform (Cmd + T) your text to
give it more interest.
20.
Don’t forget to hit “return” to apply
Transformation.
