
Take a hands-on approach to logo creation in CorelDRAW, exploring concept development, color theory, client briefs, and exporting logos with luxury variations and Photoshop simulations.
Learn how to design and balance logo variations in CorelDRAW, aligning icons with text and placing them left, center, or top left, using exercise files for client-ready formats.
Engage in the logo design process from client brief and industry research to sketching concepts. Present high-quality logos with context, deliver final files, revisions, and ongoing support.
Explore presenting your logo in CorelDRAW by working with vector shapes, using view wireframe to inspect details, importing Photoshop images into an active document, and applying color variations on backgrounds.
Start a new CorelDRAW document, create an artistic text and convert it to curves, then build a square and apply a contour to match the logo width using snap tools.
Learn to turn two squares into a single logo element in CorelDRAW by breaking apart the contour, then selecting and combining them into one filled object.
Learn to trim and align shapes in CorelDRAW using snap, alignment shortcuts, and front-order techniques to craft a balanced logo and prepare for text and grouping.
Add text to a logo in CorelDRAW by combining elements into one shape and centering the text. Convert text to curves, then group for a cohesive logo suitable for print.
Create multiple logo color variations by duplicating the design on a background rectangle, applying colors like dark blue, red, black, gold, and white, then copy and center with CE.
Identify your target audience to guide logo colors, typography, and overall design, then choose a font that matches the icon and adjust kerning for legibility.
Explore how color theory shapes logo perception, with guidelines on choosing colors that convey emotions and trust, while keeping logos simple and adaptable across tees, caps, stickers, and print scenarios.
Create a balanced CorelDRAW logo by aligning the left of the B with the square’s right using guidelines, then convert to curves and group.
Create a gold effect logo in CorelDRAW by building and copying colored logo elements across backgrounds, aligning centers, and testing print-ready color codes for print, t-shirts, and web footers.
Learn to join two nodes to link shapes, break curves, and merge elements to craft a simple logo using squares, text, and precise node editing in CorelDRAW.
Learn to weld multiple objects into a single logo in CorelDRAW, align and format text, convert elements to curves, and apply color with the eyedropper for cohesive logo variations.
Create a logo in CorelDRAW by shaping a square with corner radii, trimming text from the cutout, adding depth with contour, and converting text to curves for precise alignment.
Publish a multi-page logo project from CorelDRAW to a client-ready pdf by exporting selected pages, applying color and outline options, converting text to curves, and setting document security.
Create logo simulations by exporting logos to png, using mockup templates, and placing embedded logos in Photoshop as smart objects, then import the result into CorelDRAW for preview.
Explore creating simulations in Photoshop, part 2, as a component of a logo design course using CorelDRAW.
Learn from an advertising agency owner how to design logos by understanding the buyer persona, building brand identity, weighing simple versus complex logos, and using client briefs and context.
Create professional logo design in CorelDRAW.
If you're looking for a way to quickly create a logo for your start-up or if you just new to logo design, this course is for you.
With just very few words on logo theory, we'll quickly start to work on four logos, focusing not only on you copying my moves, but really understanding the reasons behind any of my actions so you will be able, at the end of this course, to apply those new tricks on your own logo.
Create logos just the way you want them.
Practice while you learn. This course includes exercise files so you can follow along and actually learn by doing.
By the end of this course, you will have created 4 logos and already started working on your own.
I'll be teaching this course using CorelDRAW X7, but if you have a previous version (2019, 2018, X6, X5, X4 or X3) you can still learn like a pro.
What makes me qualified to teach you?
My name is Radu Velcea and I've been working in CorelDRAW since 2003. Further more I'm teaching CorelDRAW in LIVE class-sessions since 2011 and have done so to over 1700 students.
- I would guide anyone to do this course, especially with this teacher. Catalin Palade, Course Graduate
- Well-structured and full of useful information. Cristian Vasilescu, Course Graduate
- The best and most practical course I have ever attended. Iulia Adamache, Course Graduate
- I needed a CorelDRAW course for my business, we intend to save money making the design of the flyers alone. I chose Radu's course, and it was the best investment I've ever made in my life. Sabina Stroescu, Course Graduate
We're in this together!
I'm a full-time graphic designer, trainer and online instructor. I'll be here for you every step of the way. If you have any questions about the course content or anything related to this topic, you can always post a question in the course or send me a direct message.
What is this Logo Design Course all about?
In this CorelDRAW course you will not only learn how to create professional logo design, but also how to create simulations and presentations for you client.
This course will cover everything you need to know to to start working on your first logo design, including:
Creating new shapes
Combining similar shapes
Trimming and aligning text
Creating multiple instances on the same logo
Effective tips on logo design
Joining nodes with the Shape Tool
Creating simulations in Adobe Photoshop
By the end of this course, your confidence to work on your own will soar. You'll have a thorough understanding of how to use CorelDRAW for fun or as a career opportunity.