Steps to Design an Elegant TV3 Logo

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the pre-illustrated Shapes in Microsoft Office Word to design an elegant TV3 logo (with permission).

We assume you have a basic understanding of MS Word like clicking, dragging, right-clicking, copy and paste etc. and other basic operations.  

Here is what a TV3 logo will look like when you are done:

·   Let us begin from scratch by creating a new Word document for our design

Step 1:           Inserting an Arc shape into the document

• On the Insert tab, click on Shapes and select Arc under Basic Shapes

• Hold down the [Shift] key, click-and-drag to draw an Arc to your desired size

Step 2:           Changing the colour of the object

• Make sure the object is selected
• On the Format tab, change the Shape Fill colour to Red and Shape Outline colour to No Outline

Result:

Step 3:           Changing the shape of the object

• Click-and-drag the top Reshape handle (yellow) to the left direction to form a semi-circle

Step 4:           Making a copy of the object

• Hold down the [Shift] key as you right click-and-drag on the object downwards and release your mouse button

• From the shortcut menu, select Copy Here
• Change the Shape Fill colour for the duplicated object to Green

Result:

Step 5:           Rotating the object as needed

• Select the second object you want to rotate upside down
• On the Format tab, click on Rotate and select Flip Vertically

NB:  The object will be turned upside down (i.e. mirrored)

Note:  You can also hold down the [Shift] key as you click-and-drag on the Free Rotate handle to rotate the object upside down

• Position the second object to the middle left of the first object as shown below:

Step 6:           Drawing a circle at the middle of the objects

• On the Insert tab, click on Shapes and select Oval under Basic Shapes
• Hold down the [Shift] key and draw a Circle at the middle of the objects
• Change the Shape Fill colour to Yellow; Shape Outline colour to White and Weight to 3pt respectively

Step 7:           Grouping the objects as needed

• On the Home tab, click on Select drop-down arrow and click on Select Objects

• Click-and-drag over the objects to select all
• Right-click on the selected objects, point to Group and select Group

Note:  You can also hold down the [Shift] key as you click on each object to select for grouping

Step 8:           Applying 3D effects to the object

• With the object still selected, click on Format tab, click on Shape Effects, point to Preset and select Preset 12

• Change the Bevel to Cool Slant and 3D Rotation to Perspective Contrasting Left respectively

Final Result:

• Save the document as TV3 logo in a private folder or on your Flash drive

Self-Challenge

• Use Arc and Wave illustrated shapes respectively to design a Pepsi logo.

• Apply 3D effects of your choice to the object

• Save the document as Pepsi Logo in a private folder or on your Flash drive

Note:  

I will continually be adding other practical tutorials ranging from Windows Paint to Adobe Photoshop every week

Source: BB Series