

If you want to create something entirely new, find a logo that needs a redesign, and work through the below steps to improve the logo. If you don’t want to do that, as a practice exercise to learn the tools it’s beneficial to find logos and try to recreate them. If you just want to practice (which is advisable if you’re just starting out), the below sites are useful for finding fictional logo design briefs: Honestly that felt quite patronising… is it not obvious what a logo is? But I learned that there’s more to a logo than I had realised, so as a starting point I recommend reading the blog I wrote titled “ What’s the purpose of a logo and why do they matter” which will be a good primer.Īlso, this video put together by my good friends Chris Green and Col Gray is also a fantastic overview of what a logo is. I remember the first book I read on logo design had a section titled “what is a logo”.

This resource is broken down into the following sections, which will cover pretty much everything you need to know to get started:

To help you on your journey to becoming a logo designer, below is an overview of some of the best free logo design resources online that will help you become a master without spending a single penny. If you want to learn logo design there are heaps of premium books and training resources out there that you can invest in, but if you want to learn on a budget thankfully there’s plenty of free resources out there too, but it can be quite overwhelming to know where to start and what to trust.
