10 bad tips for making a logo:
- Don't copy someone else's design. Be original from other peoples designs.
- Don't use too many fonts. Just use 1-2 different fonts because you want the reader of your logo to be focused.
- poor choice of font
- Too Complex
- Don't make a logo based on trends
- Designing for yourself instead of the client.
- Use of Stock Art because that could get you in trouble which you don't want.
- Don't use raster images
- Designed by an amateur
- uses color for the effect
10 good tips for making a logo:
- Make sure you know what a logo is and what it's representing in your business.
- Make sure you know the principles of your design.
- Effective without any use of color
- It's scaleable
- Learn off your mistakes to make a better more effective logo.
- Make sure you go step by step making your logo. Not just throwing in different shapes and objects. (Brainstorming, sketching etc.)
- Make sure you know how to use the software the logo is being created on.
- Make sure the logo is appropriate for all age groups.
- Make sure the logo is in a correct size
- Make the logo catch the persons attention. You don't want to have a boring logo no one wants to see.