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How To Design Sports Logos: Create Your Own Team Mascot

Offered By: Skillshare

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Course Description

Overview

Learn how to create a mark that inspires stadiums! In this 90-minute class, you will learn to create a variety of bold, dynamic athletic style marks. And by learning to utilise a core set of design heuristics and a simple methodology, you’ll be able to create your own team mascots in Illustrator.

Fraser Davidson is the Owner of sports branding agency Field Theory. Throughout his design and animation career, he has created work for Nike, the NFL, Adidas, the Welsh Rugby Union, ESPN and more. He has created marks for teams from across the world, for Football, Hockey, Soccer, Basketball, Rugby and more as well as several major NCAA Division 1 Athletic programs.

Fraser is an acclaimed Skillshare teacher with more than 5,000 students in his first class, Simple Character Animation. This new class promises to be as big a hit—perfect for graphic designers, illustrators, brand specialists, and anyone curious to know how a great sports logo comes to life.


Syllabus

  • How to Design Sports Logos
  • Introduction
  • Theory
  • Introducing the Process
  • Reference Images
  • Sketching with Simple Strokes
  • Bold Lines and Negative Space
  • Refining
  • Shading and Coloration
  • Process Recap
  • Presentation

Taught by

Fraser Davidson

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