Game Clan logotype - Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

Learn to create a stylish Game Clan logo.

Let’s start with creating a new document, with 400px by 200px with a #303030 background color.

Now, using a Ellipse Shape Tool, draw a circle (the color is not important, I used white)

Create a new document 3x3 px, create a new layer in it, delete background, and using a Pen Tool (1px and #80b950 color) put a point right in the middle, as it is shown (the image is zoomed):

After that, go to Edit > Define Pattern, name it for example “Logo_Pattern” and click OK.

Now, lets return to our previous document with a circle. Apply to the circle the following settings:

That is what we must get:

Now, select our circle by Ctrl+Click on the layer icon in the layer palette (F7):

Using Elliptical Marquee Tool – Subtract from selection, cut the part of a selection as it is shown:

Draw this gradient (from white to transparency) as it is shown below:

Now using, a Pen Tool, create a Shape - triangle, and apply to it the same settings you had applied to the circle, but in the Emboss effect change Depth to 1 and Size to 0. That is how our triangle must look like:

Now duplicate that triangle, rotate it upside down, and place exactly as the first one, but at the bottom of our circle:

Select both triangle layers in the layer palette, duplicate them, and rotate by 90 degrees:

Now, select all 4 layers in the layer palette, duplicate them, and rotate as it is shown below:

After that, using a Custom Shape Tool, draw a Paw shape:

Apply to the Paw layer the following effects:

That is what you must get:

Our logotype is ready, now just add a clan name. (I did it with a white Compact font):

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Let’s start with creating a new document, with 400px by 200px with a # 7d7d7d background color.

Now, using a Rounded Rectangle Tool, draw a shape with any color you want.

Apply to it the following settings:

That is what we must get:

Now, select our shape by Ctrl+Click on the layer icon in the layer palette (F7):

Draw this gradient (from white to transparency) as it is shown below:

With the following font and settings, write down for example “about me” and place it in the center of our button:

Duplicate our button, and this time name the second one for example “pictures”:

Now, somehow, we must show that one of our button is active.

Let’s pick a Custom Shape Tool, select a 10 Point Star, and draw it as a shape:

And apply to this star the following settings:

That is what we mus get:

To make it better, let’s select it by Ctrl+Click on the layer icon in the layer palette (F7), create a new layer, and drag the same gradient (from white to transparency) as we applied on the button.

The star is going to indicate which button is active. Create as much buttons, as you need.

That’s it! :)