Tutorial: Create 3D Logo with Polygonal Lasso Tool

written by Houke de Kwant on February 22, 2012

Today I have a great tutorial, brought to you by nagiViTy, a designer who has brought us a lot of inspiration. In this tutorial he’ll show you how you can make a 3D logo in Photoshop with the Polygonal Lasso Tool.

Final Result

Before you start creating a logo it’s always a good idea to do some sketching:

Step 1
Open Photoshop, open logo sketch and fill with black.

Step 2
Set line Rulers.

Step 3
Create new layer rename “shape1”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :14%

Step 4
Create new layer rename “shape2”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :45%

Step 5
Create new layer rename “shape3”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :95%

Step 6
Create new layer rename “shape4”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :85%

Step 7
Create new layer rename “shape5”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :14%

Step 8
Create new layer rename “shape6”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :20%

Step 9
Create new layer rename “shape7”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :45%

Step 10
Create new layer rename “shape8”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :55%

Step 11
Create new layer rename “shape9”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :95%

Step 12
Create new layer rename “shape10”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :85%

Step 13
Create new layer rename “shape11”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :12%

Step 14
Create new layer rename “shape12”. With Polygonal Lasso Tool ( L ), make shape , fill with white and change Opacity :15%

Conclusion

After you have the black and white version, you can use your creativity to make something beautiful of it, like nagiViTy did