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Home Photoshop Tutorials How to Design an Alien Head Logo | Photoshop Tutorial

October 1, 2015 By castle Leave a Comment

How to Design an Alien Head Logo | Photoshop Tutorial

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How to design an Alien Head Logo

Step 1:
Let’s start out by creating a new file. I used a 300×300 pixels canvas set at 72dpi, and I filled my background with a white color. Now create a new layer set and name it ‘Alien Head Logo Design’.

Now select the Polygon Tool, above your screen under the options palette choose Fill Pixels, set the sides to 3 with anti-aliased checked. Then access the Polygon Options palette and check Smooth corners. In a new layer draw a black polygon with 102×77 px dimensions.

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Step 2:
Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add an Inner Shadow and Gradient Overlay blending options to your black polygon layer.

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Step 3:
Now create a new layer and draw a dark green polygon with #4B7F00 colour shade and 70×77 px dimensions.

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Step 4:
Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add a Drop Shadow, Inner Glow and Gradient Overlay blending options to your dark green polygon layer.

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Step 5:
In a new layer draw another black polygon shape on the center of the current design. Now under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add an Inner Shadow and Gradient Overlay blending options. Then set the layers blending mode to Lighten.

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Step 6:
Now add the eyes, first create a new layer and draw a white ellipse with 13 x 26 px dimensions. Then rotate it through Edit > Transform > Rotate.

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Step 7:
Under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add an Inner Glow blending option to your white ellipse layer.

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Step 8:
Duplicate the first eye design and flip it horizontal then position on the other end of the alien head.

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Step 9:
Create a new layer and draw a small black circle on the center of the alien head. Set the layer’s blending mode to Soft Light at 38%.

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Step 10:
In a new layer add a small black circle inside the eye design. Then under Layer Style(Layer > Layer Style) add a Gradient Overlay blending option to your black circle layer.

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Results:

How to Design an Alien Head Logo

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Bleeds explained

Basically, a bleed is artwork that goes over the edge of the printed sheet.

If your design needs to have a bleed then it’s important to allow 3mm overlap (see image A below). As the letterhead will be printed on oversize material (SRA4), this gives the guillotine operator a chance to cut into the artwork and produce a good finished letterhead. (see image B below).

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Why do we need a bleed?

If the artwork ended at the edge of the sheet and the guillotine cut was only 0.5mm out, then we could end up with an unsightly thin white strip down one edge of the sheet, which is not ideal.

Also, if there is a large stack of paper on the press, with the best will in the world there will be the odd sheet that doesn’t get fed through the press 100% accurately so if a bleed hasn’t been put in place this could cause issues.

Extending the artwork over the edge of the sheet allows for a little leeway when it comes to the time for trimming.

If you’ve set your workspace for A4 and intend to use bleeds then, depending on what software package you are using you may need to set the workspace to oversize A4 (SRA4), which measures 225mm x 320mm.