In this week’s tutorial, we’ll create our own hipster-style vector badge in illustrator, perfect for branding all that you do as a sticker or website badge! We’ll create the badge from scratch in illustrator using basic shapes and our pathfinder tool. Let’s get started!
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Kori | April 19, 2015
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Teela, thanks! This is really helpful. I’m new to Illustrator and I noticed that you didn’t use layers when you created this badge. I’d like to learn to design logos, too. How do I know when it is necessary to use layers when creating my designs and when I can skip them?
TeelaC | Author | April 19, 2015
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Hey Kori,
Thanks for watching! I typically only use layers when I have different elements layered on top of one another – this helps me be able to lock certain layers so I can adjust one element without mistakenly moving another. Since this badge didn’t have any elements beneath it, it’s visually ‘unlayered’ so I opted not to use layers. Since a logo is a singular element that would be delivered to the client, I wouldn’t provide a layered file, but if it were on a letterhead I designed, I would have the logo on a layer and then contact info on another layer to keep the file looking neat + clean. Hope that makes sense + helps!