Logo Design: New Ways to Create Custom Vintage Type

Make the old feel new again.

It may be the golden age of tech, but everyone loves vintage. In this bite-sized class, designer Simon Walker shows how to create a vintage-style logo using custom type and digital texturing—all in under 90 minutes. Turn sketches into clean vector art, organize type layers, balance your logos, and capture that heritage feel. The class is down to earth, breaks the rules, and is the perfect nod to the past in our present.

Watch 9 video lessons.

1. Introduction            (2 minutes)
2. Sketching               (5 minutes)
3. Vectoring Basics    (10 minutes)
4. Vectoring Type       (12 minutes)
5. The Letter "S"        (8 minutes)
6. Layouts                  (10 minutes)
7. Vector Textures     (11 minutes)
8. Raster Textures     (10 minutes)
9. Addendum             (11 minutes)

Learn by doing.

Using custom type and digital texturing techniques, create a vintage-style logo for a business—the perfect springboard for your own projects, an entrepreneurial friend, or your design portfolio.

• Trailer
• Introduction
• Sketching
• Vectoring Basics
• Vectoring Your Type
• The Letter S
• Layouts
• Vector Textures
• Raster Textures
• Addendum
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