From the course: Logo Design: Techniques
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Stars
- [Instructor] Stars are such a popular logo element because they signify brightness and excellence. And what company doesn't want to be associated with excellence? When creating stars, not surprisingly with the star tool, here are a few options to keep in mind. You could draw it from the center point at what if you hold down the option or alt key. You can move it around whilst drawing if you hold down the space bar. And up arrow or down arrow will change the number of sides on the star. If you want the star to have a flat base as I do then hold down the shift key. So once the star has been drawn let's go and add a stroke to it. I just want to point out the stroke options. I'm going to zoom in on that stroke and we'll come and look at the stroke options. You may want to choose rounded corners. Now that's not the same as working on the corner widgets. That's something entirely different. And we can do that with the direct selection tool and further round the whole shape by pulling…
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