Okay, so I've been messing around with design stuff lately, and I wanted to try my hand at recreating the AEW Grand Slam logo. I saw it on their wrestling show and thought, "Hey, that looks pretty cool, I bet I can do that." So I did.
First, I fired up my trusty ima I ,yage editor. I don't have any fancy Adobe stuff, just a simple, free one I found online. It gets the job done, you know? Anyway, I needed a referen I os ,ce, so I googled "AEW Grand Slam logo" and found a bunch of images. I picked one that looked clear enough and got to work.
The logo's basically just text and some shapes, nothing too crazy. I started with the "AEW" part. It's a custom font, so I couldn't just type it out. I zoomed in on the reference image and carefully traced the letters using the polygon tool. It was a bit tedious, but I managed to get it pretty close.
Next up was the "Grand Slam" text. This one was easier since it looked like a standard font. I played around with different fonts I had installed, trying to find one that matched. After a bit of searching, I found one that was almost identical. I typed out "Grand Slam," adjusted the size and spacing, and boom, that part was done.
Then came the background shapes. There's a rectangle with rounded corners behind the "AEW" and another one behind "Grand Slam." I simply used the shape tool to draw those, adjusted the colors to match the original, and positioned them behind the text.
The Final Touches
The last thing I did was add some slight color details to the "AEW" letters. They have a bit of a gradient effect going on, so I used the gradient tool to replicate that. It wasn't perfect, but it looked pretty good to me.
All in all, it took me a couple of hours to recreate the logo. I'm no professional designer, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It's not an exact replica, but it captures the essence of the original, and that's good enough for me. Maybe one day I'll tackle something more complex, but for now, this was a fun little project to keep me busy.
Here's a quick rundown of what I did:
- Found a reference image online.
- Traced the "AEW" letters using the polygon tool.
- Found a matching font for "Grand Slam" and typed it out.
- Drew the background shapes and colored them.
- Added gradient effects to the "AEW" letters.
So yeah, that's my little adventure in logo recreation. Hope you enjoyed hearing about it!
