Creating Logo Using Expression Design 4

Creating a logo is not easy without Photoshop but Microsoft Expression Design 4 make it possible.

Every company needs a physical recognition to display itself and that is where the need of a logo design is felt. A logo is a good approach to represent a business and also easy to remember. Your logo needs to be exceptional that stands out in the market among all the competitors. Creating a logo is not easy without Photoshop but Microsoft Expression Design 4 makes it possible.

So, let's try to create a Logo for C# corner:

Step 1: Open a New Document in Expression Design and from the tools select the Polygon:

• Draw three polygons of the following width and Height:
  
  
  
  
• Adjust all of them by changing the Angle to make a triangle :
  
  
   
• Select the left polygon and fill it using Gradient :
  
  Select the gradient from the Properties -> Fill -> More Swatches -> Categories -> Gradients :
  
  I have selected the last gradient of the first row.
  
  
   
• Now Change the colors of the gradient by changing the Red "R", Green "G" and Blue "B" Color:
  
  
   
• Repeat the same Procedure for the other two polygons:
  
  Note: Yellow color will be same for all polygons.
  
  
  
  
   
• Remove the stroke from all the three polygons:
  
  
   
• There is Text tool in the tool panel ; select it and write C# Corner as under:
  
  
  
  Now, change the properties of the text shown on the righthand side of the window :
  
  C and Corner should be written using the following properties :
  
  
  
  Your design would be like this :
  
  
   
• Let's change the color of the text; apply the shadow effect to it:
  
  For color effect select Text and change the Fill property:
  
  
  

For Shadow effects select all the objects and Goto Effects -> fx(Add Effects) -> Effects -> Drop Shadow:



To have dull effects of shadow:



Remove the shadow effect from "#":



Logo in Different Styles: