Creating a custom brush

The first step I took was to take an image of the internet shown below

I then used the magic wand tool to select all the black in this case and then selected the inverse so i could delete the background. Then I reversed the selection so that I got the black lines again and then went to edit and then define brush preset so I can now use it to create my logo.

The magic wand tool:

Creating your own logo

I started with a hand drawn version of a logo I wanted to create for my company. then i scanned this drawing in which is shown below. I scanned it in so I could make changes and add different effects to it to improve the textures and style of the logo.

i then cropped the image and took a selection of all of the dark colours so that i just got the lines and a bit of folds which i then rub out so i had just mainly the main out line of the logo which ended looking like this:

Then I selected the line and was able to remove the background so I just had the plan black line on a transparent background which made it easier to be able to change it for later use.

Once you have got to this stage you are able to add any type of gradients and colours to image to make it so that it fits the role best for the company and it is showing them off in the best way.

For my third logo i used the sames tools as i did for the 1st but used a different design and then used the magic wand tool more to select certain areas in better way and more colours and textures to my logo. 

The image of my logo clearly shows the way in which i have used the magic wand to just select certain areas and makes it so that i can area become more dominant to then draw them into the game and what the features are within using the different kinds of colours and textures.

The finished logo from the tutorial. i used different tools and features shown previously to help make this logo.

Setting up a new document for a logo from the http://websoulz.com/learn-how-to-create-a-futuristic-logo-in-photoshop/ tutorial.

Using the shape tool to create the main shape of the logo

Using the gradient editor to be able to set the gradient of the shape and the direction of it.

Adding text to the shape and changing the font using the tool bar at the top of the screen.