Creating a Unique Lion Logo with AI: A Step-by-Step Guide

today I want to share another idea with you on how to use AI to create a logo symbol I'll begin by sketching it out in

Photoshop then I'll use AI to enhance that sketch afterward I'll vectorize it in Adobe Illustrator and finally I'll

create mock-ups using both Ai and Photoshop I want to create a Lon logo with a crown so I used to search for

references on Google and Pinterest for ideas but since we have access to AI we can simply generate a photo reference

with AI I am using stable diffusion Forge and for the prompt I will input something like a photo of a lion in a

side view with a crown on a white background you can generate a few times to get multiple references or one that

looks best for what I have in mind you might ask why I don't create the logo directly well you can do that but it

gives what it wants and I want to bring my ideas to life not random AI stuff I added the photo of the Lion in Photoshop

and reduced the opacity then with a black brush I started sketching out the ideas I'm aiming for a stylized lion

logo similar to those sport logo mascots so I'm using the photo as a guide and I typically begin with the Shadows or

Contours and edges striving to create interesting shapes I used to create a lot of logos

from around 2008 to 2014 but now I don't take on custom projects anymore instead I create graphics for sale on various

markets I always create a black and white version of the logo to to ensure it works well in a single color and for

print later I add colors to enhance its appearance for social media and the internet once I have the basic shapes in

place I hide the image and just go with the flow I add and delete shapes to see what looks better continuously playing

around until something seems like it could work sometimes I use liquefy or warp to

adjust the shapes if something doesn't work for me I just erase it and try something new it's like digging to find

treasure you keep digging until you find it for this example I'm just doing a sketch but when I used to create logos I

would make a lot of sketches sometimes 20 to 30 sketches and then choose the best three to

vectorize I played around with the sketch for about 8 minutes and this is the final

result in stable diffusion I navigate to image to image where I upload or paste the sketch then in the prompt I describe

the logo using words like vector logo modern and minimalist I aim for similarity but still leave a little room

for adjustment so I set the Deno strength to 6 and generated a few times since I wasn't satisfied with how it

depicted the crown I included Specific Instructions for the crown and the prompt I also experimented with changing

the order of the words to see if I could get better results eventually I found one that had interesting shapes you can

copy and paste the result into photo Photoshop and make any adjustments you think it might need for example you

could tweak the contrast or adjust some shapes to make them look better then I paste the sketch again into stable

diffusion and generate it again to obtain clean shapes I can adjust the denoy strength to 0.5 to make it even

more similar to my original sketch once I have a good image it's time to vectorize it um I paste the sketch into

Adobe Illustrator then I use the image Trace function you can choose between logo or um Silhouettes presets and

adjust the settings values like I have here um making sure ignore white is active I play around with the sliders

until it looks good I experiment with the threshold paths and Corner settings to achieve the desired result once I'm

satisfied with the look I click expand to convert it into uh Vector shapes as you can see we now have Vector shapes

created for points and paths if there are too many points you can go to object then path and choose simplify to reduce

the number of points making it easier to work with for the crown I wanted those round parts to be perfect circles so I

added an actual circle on top to make it look better then I make it a compound path to

be just a single shape I check for errors and points to ensure there are no open paths or stray points then I Center

the logo and save the vector source file to have it for later use then I import the logo into Photoshop either as a PNG

or as a shape below it I add an orange color and then I add the light with a lighter color this doesn't need to be

perfect I do this to provide a guide for the AI to understand what I have in mind it helps the AI generate different ideas

for lighting shapes based on this color sketch then I return to stable diffusion and navigate to the imageo image tab I

paste the color sketch and create a similar prompt ensuring I include the color orange and words like sport logo

and modern I want a little variation so I set the denoy strength to 0.6 and hit generate I generate it a few times until

I get a generation that has interesting shapes for the light then I copy the image and paste it

into illustrator positioning it under the logo next I use the eyedropper tool to

pick up the colors from the reference image and um I reduce the opacity so I can see better while working on it I use

the paint tool to create all those shapes typically I utilize the pen tool to create the entire logo instead of

relying on live Trace working with the pen tool and basic shapes can produce a cleaner design with fewer points and a

more polished appearance however for this video it was okay to use live Trace so that viewers can see different

methods in action for the darker orange back shape uh I decided to use the Contour of the LI

there are multiple ways to do this in illustrator uh you can doubleclick on the shape and copy only the exterior

path alternatively you can leave the shape as it is and remove the interior holes you could also create the shape

with the pen tool or use the live paint bucket tool among other options illustrator offers flexibility all o you

to achieve the same outcome using different methods I didn't spend too much time thinking about the lighting I

simply copied what AI suggested however if you aim for better lighting consider how the shapes will look in 3D and

adjust accordingly in this case I can't say the lighting is accurate but it's believable I created compound paths for

each different color to make it easier to work with if you want you can even add gradients to these colors to create

a nice effect I added a gradient to the light part but you can also add a dark gradient to the Shadows if you prefer I

created a prompt for a white square sign mockup with some jungle leaves in the background using one of my saved art

styles then I sent it to image to image maintaining the same art style and prompt but making it

bigger after generating the result I copied it into Photoshop as you can see it's big enough for a mockup

presentation now I paste the logo onto the mockup if the logo comes on a white background

you can set its blending mode to multiply I also reduce the opacity slightly since when it's printed it

won't have such strong contrast in colors I'll quickly create another mockup for the back view of a man in a

white T-shirt since the AI placed the leaves randomly I removed them from the prompt mockups with people are usually

harder to do and may have more visible errors once generated I'll copy and paste it into Photoshop I scale down and

add the logo into position on the mockup image then I duplicate the mockup image and add it as a clipping mask on the

logo layer I use one layer with the blending mode set to screen and another layer set to multiply so it can pick up

the Shadows and Light from the T-shirt texture I adjust the opacity of each layer to control how strong the effect

is if you found something useful in this video please leave a like I hope I've given you some ideas on how you can use

AI as a tool to speed up your workflow without relying solely on it to do all the work this way the satisfaction is

greater the work is more unique uh and you have more control over it thank you for watching and have a great day

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