Comments on: Bad designer. No donut. http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/bad-illustrator-designer-setup/ The Art & Business of Logo Design Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Doug http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/bad-illustrator-designer-setup/comment-page-1/#comment-193475 Doug Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:10:00 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=830#comment-193475 I HATE vector shapes that aren't completely closed up, why wouldn't you finish a shape but leave the ends so close together that you have to zoom in by a billion% to fix them. It's just laziness and there's no excuse *End of rant* I HATE vector shapes that aren’t completely closed up, why wouldn’t
you finish a shape but leave the ends so close together that you have to zoom in by a billion% to fix them. It’s just laziness and there’s no excuse *End of rant*

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]]> By: Changing a logo design. Step by step. | The Logo Factor Design Blog http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/bad-illustrator-designer-setup/comment-page-1/#comment-187430 Changing a logo design. Step by step. | The Logo Factor Design Blog Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:40:09 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=830#comment-187430 [...] a little time making sure that the artwork files were set up correctly in Illustrator (below) - something which many designers neglect to do, and something (while we’re being honest) that I had been less than proficient with when I [...] [...] a little time making sure that the artwork files were set up correctly in Illustrator (below) – something which many designers neglect to do, and something (while we’re being honest) that I had been less than proficient with when I [...]

]]> By: JD http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/bad-illustrator-designer-setup/comment-page-1/#comment-186992 JD Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:34:48 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=830#comment-186992 Great post! It is true, I think some designers are just lazy or they don't know any better. I have been using Ai for many years and it boils down to your work ethic. Once a "design" is complete, that does not necessarily mean you are done. For example, say you paint a room in your house, once the walls are painted and looking nice in the new color, are you done? No. You still have to put away the drip cloths, wash out the brushes, and store/dispose the paint cans! Keep this stuff coming...and I love the article about winning a logo design contest. <abbr><em>JD’s last blog post..<a href="http://www.smartertools.com/Company/News.aspx?NewsItemID=172" rel="nofollow">SmarterTrack 4.0.3435 Released</a></em></abbr> Great post!
It is true, I think some designers are just lazy or they don’t know any better. I have been using Ai for many years and it boils down to your work ethic. Once a “design” is complete, that does not necessarily mean you are done.
For example, say you paint a room in your house, once the walls are painted and looking nice in the new color, are you done? No. You still have to put away the drip cloths, wash out the brushes, and store/dispose the paint cans!

Keep this stuff coming…and I love the article about winning a logo design contest.

JD’s last blog post..SmarterTrack 4.0.3435 Released

]]> By: How to win a logo design contest | The Logo Factor Design Blog http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/bad-illustrator-designer-setup/comment-page-1/#comment-177648 How to win a logo design contest | The Logo Factor Design Blog Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:14:03 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=830#comment-177648 [...] set-up. When inexperienced designers create logos in illustrator, they tend to go vector happy (see Bad Designer - No Donut for more). Designers who know what they’re doing spend a lot of time cleaning up messy [...] [...] set-up. When inexperienced designers create logos in illustrator, they tend to go vector happy (see Bad Designer – No Donut for more). Designers who know what they’re doing spend a lot of time cleaning up messy [...]

]]> By: Jim MacLeod http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/index.php/bad-illustrator-designer-setup/comment-page-1/#comment-154733 Jim MacLeod Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:29:29 +0000 http://www.thelogofactory.com/logo_blog/?p=830#comment-154733 I just found this website, and I've seen this issue too often. For a few years I had to work in Corel Draw (my old Art Director didn't know Illustrator, so we weren't allowed to switch.) As much as Corel Draw sucked, it did force me to learn some good habits. Corel Draw doesn't fill open paths and because our art was eventually turned into embroidery, we couldn't have any overlapping shapes. These days, the last thing I do before handing off a logo is make sure that everything is cleaned up. Keep up the informative posts. I just found this website, and I’ve seen this issue too often. For a few years I had to work in Corel Draw (my old Art Director didn’t know Illustrator, so we weren’t allowed to switch.) As much as Corel Draw sucked, it did force me to learn some good habits. Corel Draw doesn’t fill open paths and because our art was eventually turned into embroidery, we couldn’t have any overlapping shapes.
These days, the last thing I do before handing off a logo is make sure that everything is cleaned up.
Keep up the informative posts.

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