Create Logo With Corel Draw 6x

This is my fifth post about logo designing and in this post I have decided to explain the drawing method of the the logo of a very well-known and well-reputed organization named Adidasin CorelDraw X6 . Adidas is a German multinational company that designs and manufactures sport goods e.g. sport shoes, clothing and other accessories. Though the logo of Adidas is a beautiful one, but at the same time, it is very simple and easy to draw.

You can see the logo of Adidas in the above image  made within two minutes by the use some very important  CorelDraw tools includingEllipse Tool, Rectangle Tool, Text Tool and  a very important shaping option named Intersect.

In order to draw logo of Adidas, first of all create a new document by following the method I have explained in my post named CorelDraw Tutorial: Logo of Douglas County Bank. Having created a new document, first of all select the Ellipse Tool by clicking on it in the Tool Box or  by hitting F7 on the keyboard.

Ellipse Tool in the menu

As soon as you will select that tool, pointer of your mouse will assume the shape of a plus ( + ) sign with a tiny shape of an ellipse at the bottom-right of it. Then put that plus sign shaped pointer of your mouse anywhere on the document and draw an ellipse by dragging your mouse in any direction while keeping it's left button pressed.
Then, in order to transform that newly drawn ellipse into a perfect circle, set it's width and height equal to each other. For that purpose select that ellipse with the help of Pick Tool to have it's properties including it's width and height  in the Property Bar. Then set the width and height of the selected shape equals to 6.0 by typing the values in the relevant boxes and hitting the Enter Key on the keyboard. As soon as your will hit the Enter Key, the selected shape will assume the same width and height and will be transformed into a perfect circle.

Perfect circle on the document

After that, select that circle with the help of Pick Tool and make a duplicate of it either by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option  named Duplicate given in the menu or by hitting CTRL + D on the keyboard.
As soon as you will select the option Duplicate or hit CTRL +D, a duplicate circle will be appeared on the document.

Recently appeared duplicate circle along with the first shape

Then, with the help of Pick Tool put the duplicate shape on the first shape in a way that it's left part could overlap the right part of the first shape according to the picture below.

Right place for two circles

After that select both the shapes on the document by hitting CTRL + A on the keyboard. As soon as you will hit CTRL + A both the shapes will be selected and the shaping options including Weld, Trim, Intersect, Simplify, Front minus back, Back minus front and Create boundary will be appeared on the Property Bar. Out of those shaping options , the option which is supposed to selected here is none other than Intersect.

Intersection of two shapes

As soon as you will select that option,  a leaf shaped object will be created from the area where two circles overlap each other. Then select  both the circles one  by one and delete them either by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option named Deleteor by hitting Delete Key on the keyboard.
After that, select that leaf shaped object with the help of Pick Tool and fill green color inside it by selecting the thumbnail representing green color in  the Color Palette with left  mouse click. Then,  in order to fill the same green shade in the selected shape's outline, select the same thumbnail by hitting the right button of your mouse.

Leaf shaped object with green color filled inside

After that,  make a duplicate of that leaf shaped green object either by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option Duplicate or by hitting CTRL + D on the keyboard. As soon as you will do so, a duplicate leaf shaped object will be appeared on the document. Then select that duplicate with the help of Pick Tool by clicking on it. As soon as you will select that object, it's properties will be appeared on the Property Bar. Out of those properties,  the property that is supposed to be altered here is it's Angle of rotation. So set the Angle of rotation for the duplicate leaf shaped object equal to 320^o by typing the value in the relevant box and hitting the Enter Key. As soon as you will hit the Enter Key, the selected duplicate shape will assume the same angle.

Duplicate shape with 320 degree angle

After that, with the help of Pick Tool put that rotated duplicate shape beside the first shape according to the picture below.

Two leaf shaped object placed together on the document

After that, select the first shape again with the help of Pick Tool and make another duplicate of it  either  by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option Duplicate  or by hitting CTRL + D on the keyboard. As soon as you will do so, another duplicate of that green leaf shaped object will be appeared on the document. Then select that new made duplicate with the help of Pick Tool to have it's properties on the Property Bar.  Then set the Angle of rotation for the selected shape equal to 40^o by typing the value in the relevant box given in the Property Bar and hitting the Enter Key. As soon as you will hit the Enter Key, the selected object will be rotated on the same angle.

Second duplicate shape with 40 degree angle

After that , with the help of Pick Tool put that shape at the left side of the first shape according to the picture below.

Second duplicate shape placed at the left of the first shape

Then select all the shapes on the document by hitting CTRL + A  and group them together either by hitting CTRL + G on the keyboard or by getting inside the Arrange Menu and selecting the option named Group.  After that select that group with the help of Pick Tool and set it 's width and height equals to 6.5 and 4.5 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes and hitting the Enter Key on the keyboard. As soon as you will do so, the selected group will assume the same width and height.

Width and height for the selected group

Then, select the Rectangle Tool either by clicking on it in the Tool Box or by hitting F6 on the keyboard.

Rectangle Tool in the Tool Box

As soon as you will select that tool, pointer of your mouse will assume the shape of a plus ( + ) sign with a tiny rectangular shape at the bottom-right of it. Then put that plus sign shaped pointer or your mouse anywhere on the document and draw a rectangular shape there by dragging your mouse and keeping it's left button pressed. Then select that newly drawn rectangle and set it's width and height in the Property Bar equals to 7.0 and 0.255 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes an hitting the Enter Key. Then put that shape on the group of three green leaf shaped objects according to the picture below.

Large thin rectangle placed on the group

Then, draw another rectangle by using Rectangle Tool and set it's width and height equals to 7.0 and 0.244 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes given in the Property Bar and hitting the Enter Key. Then with the help of Pick Tool put that recently made rectangular shape on the previously made group of three leaf shaped objects right beneath the first rectangular shape leaving a little distance  between the two shapes according to the picture below.

Second rectangular shape placed right beneath the first shape on the group

After that, draw the third rectangular shape using Rectangle Tool and set it's width and height equals to 7.0 and 0.233 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes given in the Property Bar and hitting the Enter Key on the keyboard. Then,  put that shape too on the group of three leaf shaped objects right beneath the second rectangular shape leaving some distance between both the shapes  according to the picture below.

Three rectangles placed on the group

After that, select all the objects on the document including the group of three leaf shaped objects and three remarkably thin rectangular shapes placed on that group by hitting CTRL + A on the keyboard.  As soon as you will hit CTRL + A, all the shapes on the document will get selected  and the shaping options will again be appeared on the Property Bar. Out of those shaping options, select Trim by clicking on it.

Trim and other shaping options in the Property Bar

As soon as you will select that option,  the part of the group on which three rectangular shapes are placed will be nicely trimmed off or deleted leaving empty rectangular spaces behind. Having trimmed the part of the group, select all the rectangular shapes one by one with the help of Pick Tool and delete them either by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option named Delete or by hitting the Delete Key on the keyboard. After that select the Text Tool either by clicking on it in the Tool Box or by hitting F8 on the keyboard.

Text Tool in the Tool Box

As soon as  you will select that tool, pointer of your mouse will assume the shape of a plus sign with a prominent  letter A at the bottom-right of it. Then put the pointer of your mouse right beneath the almost finished logo and type the word "adidas" there. Then select that recently typed word with the help of Pick Tool to have it's properties in the Property Bar. As soon as  the word will be selected, it's properties including Typeface and Font Size etc. will be appeared on the Property Bar. Select Century Gothic as typeface for the selected text out of the different options given in the drop-down menu named Font List and set the font size for the selected text equal to 120 pt by typing the value in the relevant box and hitting the Enter Key. Further, select Bold as attribute for the selected text by clicking on the box representing that attribute in the Property Bar.

Properties of the selected text in the Property Bar

After that, select Rectangle Tool again either by clicking on it in the Tool Box or by hitting F6 on the keyboard and draw a large rectangular or square shaped object on the document covering the logo and the text thoroughly. Then fill black color inside the recently made rectangular or square shaped object by selecting the thumbnail representing black color in the Color palette with left mouse click. As soon as the color will be filled inside that shape, the logo and the text will totally be hidden behind the shape according to the picture below.

Logo and the text both have been hidden behind the square

In order to send the selected rectangular shape behind the logo and the text, hit Shift + pg dn on the keyboard or get inside the Arrange Menu and select the option named Order given in that menu. As soon as you will select that option , it's side menu will be appeared containing a few more options. Out of those options, the option which is supposed to be selected here is called To Back of Layer.

To Back of Layer in the side menu ofOrder

As soon as you will select the option namedTo Back of Layer or hit Shift  + pg dn , the black rectangular shape will be shifted behind the logo and the text. At the same time,  green colored logo will become clearly visible but the black colored text will remain out of sight. In order to make the text visible, select it first by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option named Select All. As soon as you will select that option, it's side menu will be appeared containing some other options including Objects, Text, Guidelines and Nodes. Out of those options, select Text by clicking on it.

Options referred asObjects, Text, Guidelines and Nodes in the menu of Select All

As soon as you will select the option named Text, the invisible text on the document will be selected abruptly. Then fill white color in the selected text by selecting the thumbnail representing white color in the Color Palette with left mouse click. As soon as you will select that thumbnail by hitting the left button of your mouse, white color will be filled inside the selected text and it will become prominently visible against the black background.

Clearly visible text against the background

Then the logo of Adidas will ready to be saved, so save it in CDR format by getting inside the File Menu and selecting the option named Save given there or by hitting CTRL + S on the keyboard. If you want to save the same logo in any format other than CDR, then  get inside the File Menu and select the option named Export  given in the menu or hit CTRL + E on the keyboard.Having saved the logo you can use it anywhere you like with or with alterations.
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Create Logo With Corel Draw 6x

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