CORELDRAW TUTORIAL : LOGO OF ADIDAS

BY SAMEENA RAFIQ  / IN CORELDRAW X6 , LOGOS  / WITH NO COMMENTS  /

This is my fifth post about logo designing and in this post I have decided to explain the drawing method
of the the logo of a very well-known and well-reputed organization named Adidas in CorelDraw
X6 . Adidas is a German multinational company that designs and manufactures sport goods e.g. sport
shoes, clothing and other accessories. Though the logo of Adidas is a beautiful one, but at the same time,
it is very simple and easy to draw.

Logo of Adidas 
You can see the logo of Adidas in the above image  made within two minutes by the use some very
important  CorelDraw tools including Ellipse Tool, Rectangle Tool, Text Tool and  a very important
shaping option named Intersect.

HOW TO DRAW LOGO OF ADIDAS USING CORELDRAW X6?

In order to draw logo of Adidas, first of all create a new document by following the method I have
explained in my post named CorelDraw Tutorial: Logo of Douglas County Bank. Having created a new
document, first of all select the Ellipse Tool by clicking on it in the Tool Box or  by hitting F7 on the
keyboard.
Ellipse Tool in the menu
As soon as you will select that tool, pointer of your mouse will assume the shape of a plus ( + ) sign with
a tiny shape of an ellipse at the bottom-right of it. Then put that plus sign shaped pointer of your mouse
anywhere on the document and draw an ellipse by dragging your mouse in any direction while keeping
it’s left button pressed.
 Then, in order to transform that newly drawn ellipse into a perfect circle, set it’s width and height equal
to each other. For that purpose select that ellipse with the help of Pick Tool to have it’s properties
including it’s width and height  in the Property Bar. Then set the width and height of the selected shape
equals to 6.0 by typing the values in the relevant boxes and hitting the Enter Key on the keyboard. As
soon as your will hit the Enter Key, the selected shape will assume the same width and height and will be
transformed into a perfect circle.
Perfect circle on the document
After that, select that circle with the help of Pick Tool and make a duplicate of it either by getting inside
the Edit Menu and selecting the option  named Duplicate given in the menu or by hitting CTRL + D on
the keyboard.
 As soon as you will select the option Duplicate or hit CTRL +D, a duplicate circle will be appeared on
the document.

Recently appeared duplicate circle along with the first shape

 Then, with the help of Pick Tool put the duplicate shape on the first shape in a way that it’s left part
could overlap the right part of the first shape according to the picture below.
Right place for two circles
 After that select both the shapes on the document by hitting CTRL + A on the keyboard. As soon as you
will hit CTRL + A both the shapes will be selected and the shaping options
including Weld, Trim, Intersect, Simplify, Front minus back, Back minus front and Create
boundary will be appeared on the Property Bar. Out of those shaping options , the option which is
supposed to selected here is none other than Intersect.

Intersection of two shapes

As soon as you will select that option,  a leaf shaped object will be created from the area where two
circles overlap each other. Then select  both the circles one  by one and delete them either by getting
inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option named Delete or by hitting Delete Key on the keyboard.
 After that, select that leaf shaped object with the help of Pick Tool and fill green color inside it by
selecting the thumbnail representing green color in  the Color Palette with left  mouse click. Then,  in
 order to fill the same green shade in the selected shape’s outline, select the same thumbnail by hitting the
right button of your mouse.

Leaf shaped object with green color filled inside

 After that,  make a duplicate of that leaf shaped green object either by getting inside the Edit Menuand
selecting the option Duplicate or by hitting CTRL + D on the keyboard. As soon as you will do so, a
duplicate leaf shaped object will be appeared on the document. Then select that duplicate with the help
of Pick Tool by clicking on it. As soon as you will select that object, it’s properties will be appeared on
the Property Bar. Out of those properties,  the property that is supposed to be altered here is it’s Angle of
rotation. So set the Angle of rotation for the duplicate leaf shaped object equal to 320o  by typing the
value in the relevant box and hitting the Enter Key. As soon as you will hit the Enter Key, the selected
duplicate shape will assume the same angle.
Duplicate shape with 320 degree angle
 After that, with the help of Pick Tool put that rotated duplicate shape beside the first shape according to
the picture below.

Two leaf shaped object placed together on the document

 After that, select the first shape again with the help of Pick Tool and make another duplicate of it  either 
by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option Duplicate  or by hitting CTRL + D on the
keyboard. As soon as you will do so, another duplicate of that green leaf shaped object will be appeared
 on the document. Then select that new made duplicate with the help of Pick Tool to have it’s properties
on the Property Bar.  Then set the Angle of rotation for the selected shape equal to 40oby typing the
value in the relevant box given in the Property Bar and hitting the Enter Key. As soon as you will hit
the Enter Key, the selected object will be rotated on the same angle.

Second duplicate shape with 40 degree angle

 After that , with the help of Pick Tool put that shape at the left side of the first shape according to the
picture below.
Second duplicate shape placed at the left of the first shape
 Then select all the shapes on the document by hitting CTRL + A  and group them together either by
hitting CTRL + G on the keyboard or by getting inside the Arrange Menu and selecting the option
named Group.  After that select that group with the help of Pick Tool and set it ‘s width and height
equals to 6.5 and 4.5 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes and hitting the Enter Keyon
the keyboard. As soon as you will do so, the selected group will assume the same width and height.

Width and height for the selected group

 Then, select the Rectangle Tool either by clicking on it in the Tool Box or by hitting F6 on the
keyboard.
Rectangle Tool in the Tool Box
 As soon as you will select that tool, pointer of your mouse will assume the shape of a plus ( + ) sign with
a tiny rectangular shape at the bottom-right of it. Then put that plus sign shaped pointer or your mouse
anywhere on the document and draw a rectangular shape there by dragging your mouse and keeping it’s
left button pressed. Then select that newly drawn rectangle and set it’s width and height in the Property
Bar equals to 7.0 and 0.255 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes an hitting the Enter
Key. Then put that shape on the group of three green leaf shaped objects according to the picture below.

Large thin rectangle placed on the group

Then, draw another rectangle by using Rectangle Tool and set it’s width and height equals
to 7.0 and 0.244 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes given in the Property Bar and
 hitting the Enter Key. Then with the help of Pick Tool put that recently made rectangular shape on the
previously made group of three leaf shaped objects right beneath the first rectangular shape leaving a little
distance  between the two shapes according to the picture below.

Second rectangular shape placed right beneath the first shape on the group
 After that, draw the third rectangular shape using Rectangle Tool and set it’s width and height equals
to 7.0 and 0.233 respectively by typing the values in the relevant boxes given in the Property Bar and
hitting the Enter Key on the keyboard. Then,  put that shape too on the group of three leaf shaped objects
right beneath the second rectangular shape leaving some distance between both the shapes  according to
the picture below.
Three rectangles placed on the group
After that, select all the objects on the document including the group of three leaf shaped objects and
three remarkably thin rectangular shapes placed on that group by hitting CTRL + A on the keyboard.  As
soon as you will hit CTRL + A, all the shapes on the document will get selected  and the shaping options
will again be appeared on the Property Bar. Out of those shaping options, select  Trim by clicking on it.
Trim and other shaping options in the Property Bar
 As soon as you will select that option,  the part of the group on which three rectangular shapes are placed
will be nicely trimmed off or deleted leaving empty rectangular spaces behind. Having trimmed the part
of the group, select all the rectangular shapes one by one with the help of Pick Tool and delete them
either by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option named Delete or by hitting the Delete
Key on the keyboard. After that select the Text Tool either by clicking on it in the Tool Box or by
hitting F8 on the keyboard.

Text Tool in the Tool Box

 As soon as  you will select that tool, pointer of your mouse will assume the shape of a plus sign with a
prominent  letter A at the bottom-right of it. Then put the pointer of your mouse right beneath the almost
finished logo and type the word “adidas” there. Then select that recently typed word with the help
of Pick Tool to have it’s properties in the Property Bar. As soon as  the word will be selected, it’s
properties including Typeface and Font Size etc. will be appeared on the Property Bar. Select  Century
Gothic as typeface for the selected text out of the different options given in the drop-down menu
named Font List and set the font size for the selected text equal to 120 pt by typing the value in the
relevant box and hitting the Enter Key. Further, select Bold as attribute for the selected text by clicking
on the box representing that attribute in the Property Bar.
Properties of the selected text in the Property Bar
After that, select Rectangle Tool again either by clicking on it in the Tool Box or by hitting F6 on the
keyboard and draw a large rectangular or square shaped object on the document covering the logo and the
text thoroughly. Then fill black color inside the recently made rectangular or square shaped object by
selecting the thumbnail representing black color in the Color palette with left mouse click. As soon as the
color will be filled inside that shape, the logo and the text will totally be hidden behind the shape
according to the picture below.

Logo and the text both have been hidden behind the square
 In order to send the selected rectangular shape behind the logo and the text, hit Shift + pg dn on the
keyboard or get inside the Arrange Menu and select the option named Order given in that menu. As
soon as you will select that option , it's side menu will be appeared containing a few more options. Out of
those options, the option which is supposed to be selected here is called To Back of Layer.

To Back of Layer in the side menu of  Order

As soon as you will select the option named To Back of Layer or hit Shift  + pg dn , the black
rectangular shape will be shifted behind the logo and the text. At the same time,  green colored logo will
become clearly visible but the black colored text will remain out of sight. In order to make the text
visible, select it first by getting inside the Edit Menu and selecting the option named Select All. As soon
as you will select that option, it’s side menu will be appeared containing some other options
including Objects, Text, Guidelines and Nodes. Out of those options, select Text by clicking on it.
 Options referred as Objects, Text, Guidelines  and Nodes in the menu of Select All
 As soon as you will select the option named Text, the invisible text on the document will be selected
abruptly. Then fill white color in the selected text by selecting the thumbnail representing white color in
the Color Palette with left mouse click. As soon as you will select that thumbnail by hitting the left button
of your mouse, white color will be filled inside the selected text and it will become prominently visible
against the black background.
Clearly visible text against the background
Then the logo of Adidas will ready to be saved, so save it in CDR format by getting inside the File
Menu and selecting the option named Save given there or by hitting CTRL + S on the keyboard. If you
want to save the same logo in any format other than CDR, then  get inside the File Menu and select the
option named Export  given in the menu or hit CTRL + E on the keyboard.Having saved the logo you
can use it anywhere you like with or with alterations.
  I hope you will find today’s post simple, easy and helpful, so have fun with it by kindly don’t forget to
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