Olympic Logo Tutorial

In class we had to make a version of a popular logo. I decided to do the Olympic Rings! I thought it was super cool and needed to share it with you.

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Set your stoke to none and fill to blue.  

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Click the ellipse tool (or L) and hold down shift.

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Click the scale tool (or S), then push enter. This is going to pop up a box (in the picture to the right). Type 75% into the uniform box (it shows 100% in the picture). Press copy. 

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Command (or Control on Windows) A, which selects everything. Go to Pathfinder and minus front. 

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Select all of it, or V. Hold Alt and move it to the right. Command/ Control D to copy this movement. You should have three circles right now. 

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Select two of them and move them down (more than the center of the piece) and to a side (so that they are near the center). 

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To get the right colors, download a picture of the rings. In the picture I just stretched it out by using the corner scale. Alway use the scale tool or hold shift. I'll end up deleting it so it didn't matter too much. 

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Using the Eyedropper Tool (I), I changed the color. Make sure the circle you want to change is selected. 

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Make sure it is all selected before you click Pathfinder- Divid. If you are having trouble, make sure it is not grouped (Object- Ungroup). 

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Use the Direct Selection Tool to change the color of some parts of the ring. 

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Pathfinder-Merge

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Change stoke to merge. Change the weight to 4. 

Wow! Your done! Here are some comparisons. I changed my picture in the middle of the project so it is a mix of both. Pick one picture and stay with it- it will make a difference.





For more help, look at this YouTube video.