Last week I posted an article showing some great logos using 3D effects and colorful gradients. There are quite a few ways to do create those effects in Illustrator, however for most of them you will have to use the Pathfinder tools. Because of that I will show you an example based on a few logos from that list.
References
When I was looking for references for a logo design project that I'm still working on, I selected some awesome logos. Below you can see some of them. You can visit the sites of these logos at:
The wallpaper of this week is the Girl in Tempo image. I think it's a nice image for a wallpaper and I'm already using it in my iPhone. If you want to know how I did the image you can check out the tutorial here, you can even win a free copy of Pixelmator. Once again feel free to send us your wallpapers.
Desktop Version
The book suggestion of this week is really interesting especially for us designers that have to reach audiences with our work by trying to understand their needs. The book is called 50 Psychology Classics: Who We Are, How We Think, What We Do; Insight and Inspiration from 50 Key Books.