A Hipster Logo

For this project, we will stick to the principles described in the Hipster Logo Design Guide. to create both a vector and a ‘distressed’ version of the logo in Photoshop.

You can alter this to become your own Hipster logo, as long as your logo follows the Hipster manifesto and uses principles discussed in the Hipster Logo Design Guide. No cheating! You can’t use the Hipster Logo Generator,  you must create this logo using the artisinal method – by hand in Illustrator and Photoshop.

This exercise focuses on best practices, and is a step by step guide that will walk you through the entire process. You will learn lots of keyboard shortcuts as you complete this exercise, as well as working methods for alignment, and organization of your layered Illustrator file.

Part 2

Here are some of the most common shortcuts, others will be annotated within the videos:

v – to get the Move tool
a – to get the Direct Select tool
p – for the pen tool
Command – Y to toggle between Artwork and Preview Mode
Command – C to copy
Command – F to paste in front
Command – B to paste in back
Option – Command to toggle the Circle tool and Rectangle tool to draw from the Center
Command ] to move things forward
Command [ to move things back
Command -Click on the layers to toggle visibility

The following modules can also be helpful for detailed explanations and examples:
Layout and New File Generation
Smart Guides
Type Tool
Selecting Points and Objects
Isolation Mode