Logo Design Tutorial Using CorelDraw

This is the logo I’m going to teach you. This tutorial is done in CorelDraw X4 version. But I’m sure this can be done using most of previous and newer CorelDraw versions like CorelDraw 12,  CorelDraw X3, CorelDraw X5, CorelDraw X6 and CorelDraw X7 etc…
This is not very hard tutorial. Little knowledge about CorelDraw will be enough to complete this.

Draw a circle using Ellipse Tool. Fill it any color.

Remove outline by right clicking on X sign at color palate.

Get a duplicate copy of the circle by pressing + sign of NUM pad.
Reduce the size of the created circle holding shift key. Fill it with different color.
While pick tool is selected press and hold shift key and click on each circle to select both circle.
Now press Back Minus Front from the tool bar.


Draw rectangle using Rectangle Tool.
Select both shapes using pick Tool. Press c and press e while both
shapes are selected. (to align centers vertically and horizontally.)
Open Rotate tool as follows.

Select Rectangle and set angle to 30 Degrees. Press apply to duplicate 6 times.

Now you have something like this.

Select all rectangles by selecting pick tool and click on each
rectangle while holding shift key. Now press Weld button at tool bar to all reactangle weld into one shape.

Now select both shapes. Press Back Minus Front button. You have something like this.

Now press Break Apart button.

Select all parts except single like below. Combine all other shapes except that single part.


Select bigger part and fill it using fountain fill dialog box.



Select the bigger part and choose Extrude Tool. Make something like this by adjusting Extrude handle. Set depth to 3.

Now select blue color shape. Use Interactive Fill Tool to give it a gradient like this.


Now Select the Interactive Extrude Tool. Click on the Blue shape.
Click on Copy Extrude Properties button. Now carefully click on Extruded area on the other shape.



Now I'm going to add little bit of drop shadow.
Draw a ellipse under the logo using Ellipse Tool. Fill it with black.
 
Press convert to bitmap at the Bitmaps menu. Press OK for the dialog box.

Add Gaussian blur effect for the ellipse.

Radius set to 54 and press OK.

Give about 80 of uniform transparency.



Select the complete orbit and Group it. Choose Add Perspective from the Arrange menu.

Give a perspective like this.


Here is the final Orbit Logo.

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CorelDraw tutorial about how to add new color palette

When you open CorelDraw program for first time you will see default color palette at the right side of workspace. Colors available in that palette is not enough for some situations. Since coreldraw already have lot of color palettes for most situations  we don't need to worry about creating new color combinations. You can follow instructions in the video bellow, if you don't know how to add new color palette to corel draw workspace. In this tutorial I am going to show you how to add new color palette to CorelDraw.

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Jennifer Lawrence Free CorelDraw Vector Art Template

I vectored (trace) a Jennifer Lawrence image using CorelDraw X4. This is the image I use for trace.

Click here to download CorelDraw X4 file. Download Template

Corel Draw 3D Text Tutorial

In this tutorial you will learn how to create 3D text with Corel Draw using Interactive Extrude Tool. I’m using coreldraw X3 in this tutorial. But you can use most of newer or older versions of Corel Draw without any problem.
First of all type any text in Corel Draw using Artistic Mode. Bolder font is better.
Here what I type.

If you type more than one letter like me. Select the text and Press Ctrl+K to Break Artistic Text. If you just type one letter skip this step.

Select “3” using pick tool and choose Interactive Extrude Tool from the tool box.

Give 3D effect to the letter using Interactive Extrude Tool like bellow.
 
To give same effect to other letters follow the steps below.
1. Pick the Interactive Extrude tool.
2. Select the letter you want to give 3D effect.
3. Press “Copy Extrude Properties” button.
4. Click on the Extrude Property of the letter “3”. (Not on the surface of letter “3”)
 
If you do it right. you will get exactly same extrude property as previous.
 
Now choose pick tool and select the Extrude area of the letter. If you select if right Break Extrude Group Apart option at Arrange menu will active. If it not active mean you didn’t select Extrude area correctly.
Press Ctrl + K to Break Extrude Group Apart.
 
To view Extrude area easily give it a different color.
 
Select the extrude portion and press Ungroup All button at tool bar.
 
Now select letter “3”. Fill it with following gradient using Fountain Fill Dialog box.
 

While select the “3” you can see a sample of gradient you just fill. Drag and drop the sample the every extrude area like below image.
 
If you do it right. You will get something like this.
 
Do the same for other letters.
 
Make a copy letter “3”. (Press + sign of Num pad to make a copy)
While selected the copy of letter 3 choose Interactive Drop Shadow tool. Choose Small Glow from presets. Set transparency to 22 and father to 14.
 
Make copy from each of letter and copy the same drop shadow property to them.
1. Pick the Interactive Drop Shadow tool.
2. Select the letter you want to give drop shadow.
3. Press “Copy Drop Shadow Properties” button.
4. Click on the Drop Shadow of the letter “3”. (Not on the surface of letter “3”)

Now click on all the letter we give drop shadow. (Click on letters while pressing Shift button)
Send it to back of the all layers. (Press Ctrl + End)
 
Make a copy of each extrude area. (Press + sign of num pad)
Fill it with black color.
 
Now choose Interactive Transparency tool and give a linear transparency to it like bellow image.

Do the same for copy of each and every extrude area.
 
You can copy the previous transparency to other extrude area.
1. Pick the Interactive Transparency tool.
2. Select the extrude area you want to give transparency
3. Press “Copy Transparency Properties” button.
4. Click on the extrude area of previous transparency given.

Here is the final result.
 
 Thank you for reading my tutorial.

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