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Great Examples of Colorful Gradients and 3D Effects in Logos

February 10, 2009

Currently, I'm working on 2 logos for different companies. One of them is my design studio, Zee (http://zee.com.br). My design process for logos is simple: firstly I brainstorm some ideas and keywords that have relation with the business of the logo I'm working on, then I look for images or ways to make those ideas and keywords real. Of course there are more steps, one of them is checking other logos, not only for reference or ideas, but also, and perhaps the most important, to see if I'm not doing anything that has already been done.

There are excellent sites that showcase logos, my favorite is Logopond. They have a huge number of logos in their gallery, very useful to see how other designers approach some subjects on designing logos.

Because of that I selected some of the best logos I found on Logopond that use colorful gradients and subtle 3D effects.

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

Logo found at logopond.com - Logo Inspiration

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My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com.

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41 Comments

Corvin02/10/2009

Awsome looking and very smart logos.Thanks for sharing!

Lukes02/10/2009

I really do love this round up , thanks

Web Design Essex02/10/2009

Some really nice logos there. Using gradients really give them depth.

Miguel Soares02/10/2009

Very good, try to combine these tools to more good work.

zaheto02/10/2009

The Sushi logo is my favorite!! :)

Benjamin Reid02/10/2009

A brilliant collection of logos, I'm trying to re-brand myself at the moment - Some good inspiration here!

Tweeted the link too! :)

Diogo Duarte02/10/2009

No one has beat the FOLD IT one in my opinion.

Frank Buynsters02/10/2009

Stupid question maybe. But is it possible to use pantone color for gradient logos? Or is it just CMYK?

Ozmatix02/10/2009

Yeah the sushi one is great, the fish are very well done. Also the public relations paper on looks simple but smart.

Francisco Aguilera G.02/10/2009

That's a great use of colours and gradients, the sensation of deep is great.

armando02/10/2009

I like dark backgrounds with light colors in front. You can check the logo of this site http://mvcforge.com - a social news site for web developers, it's just plain simple blue and white with a little gradient effects.

Andrew Rossborough02/10/2009

Fantastic source of inspiration, I LOVE Fold It!

iguana00702/10/2009

Great logos, I like them a lot ...

eU-aLeX02/10/2009

cool man :X tnx for sharing :)

Josh LaFayette02/10/2009

"Great," "Colorful Gradients," and "Logos" don't ever belong in the same title.
None of those logos will hold up in a newspaper ad, fax, or copy.

CornéM02/10/2009

Most of these logos are beautiful. Thanks!

Hello Amanda02/10/2009

These are really nice. Usually I avoid using gradients in logo design because they do lose their effect when scaled down. But then again the color variation does add a more dynamic feel, so it's a toss-up for me.

WS02/10/2009

cool logo, nice...

twiroo02/10/2009

very nice set! 'southcreative' my fav

Aaron Miller02/10/2009

love cymk garden and plastic whale, great collection!

Erik Pöhler02/10/2009

Where's the new Woolworth?

Timothy02/10/2009

Nice list. And these are nice logos. Except for the fact that every logo should be able to be black and white without any loss of clarity, and should be easily printed in black and white.

Anonymous02/10/2009

Gradients shouldn't be your crutch. You have to make sure your design can be expressed in just black and white as well.

ThemeLib02/10/2009

Nice collection.

RCKY02/10/2009

Gradients in a logo ... i like this works too and i think most of the designers of these logos know about the rules of logodesign and worked out some variations for special usage ... i hope at least!

Wordplay02/10/2009

Thanks for the inspiration!

Beautiful work - not just logos - but art as well.

nuinosis02/10/2009

Public Relation and Plastic Whale are my favourite

Smit02/11/2009

These are really really great. Awesome inspirations.

BORABORA02/11/2009

A really nice collection but a good logo should also work in black/white for fax etc.
And under this aspect most of them would just miserably fail.
Nevertheless a great use of colorful gradients and subtle 3D effects.

Regards

BORABORA

kiddd702/11/2009

these are awsome designz

ardhian.satrya02/11/2009

Nice logos, But I'm not sure whether they will still looks good if printed. Gradient is a bit tricky when it comes to print, even though it looks nice on the screen. These logos are best for a website logo.

@Frank Buynsters: you can't achieve the smooth gradient in Pantone (especially a gradient from one color to a different color), you must use CMYK.

bl1tzd3s1gn3r02/11/2009

These are nice gradient logo. =) "colorful"

Looking closely at the logo it is detailed a bit tricky somehow
but then the color variation of it add more dynamic sense.

duong02/11/2009

I'm starting to take more care of Gradient and getting addicted with it when combined with Color Blending.

Muzikaddict02/11/2009

LaFayette is right.
And the six logos under Rentzilla. though easy on the eyes, are about as creative as an overhead highway sign.

brunofsz02/12/2009

me pareciera como si muchos de los isologotipos fueran parte de una misma fórmula de proceso y diseño. Pero no logro definir o descubrir cual... tu puedes?

Max Weir02/13/2009

Nice collection! There are so many standout logos here.

Chu Tu?n Tài02/13/2009

Hi Fabio Sasso

These're very smart and nice logo. I want to design Logo for PKD word but I still have no idea for this. Can't you help me?

thanks

talishte02/13/2009

more inspiration http://www.losmicros.com/

Nice logos tks,

clicker02/13/2009

Thanks man, great collection. Filled my heart with joy!

clicker02/13/2009

Thanks man, great collection. Filled my heart with joy!

Dakine7t9902/13/2009

I believe the North Colour logo was taken from a tutorial on this site? haha

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