How to Make a Circular Logo in Illustrator

In this tutorial, you will learn all about drawing a circular logo in Adobe Illustrator. Making a circular logo in adobe illustrator is easy and fun. This is a step by step guide to create circular logos.

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Creating Circular Logo in Adobe Illustrator

Start by launching Adobe Illustrator and select your desired size.

Select the Ellipse Tool from your left side toolbar or press “L” key from your keyboard.

Now draw a circle by pressing the “Shift” key from your keyboard.

Now go to your right side “Properties” Panel and under the “Appearance” section, Click Fill. Select “[None]” color from Color panel.

Now next to Stroke option, change “1 pt” to “10 pt”.

Now select the “Direct Selection Tool” from your left side toolbar.

Select the right upper side of circle by dragging the cursor over it. Press Delete. 1/4th part of the circle will be removed.

Now to make the corner smoother, go to “Properties” panel and click on the “Stroke” text, which is underlined.

Next to “Cap:” option, Choose “Round Cap”.

Select “Width Tool”.

After selecting this tool, a new section “Width Profile” will appear in the “Properties Panel”.

Click on the menu and choose “Width Profile 4”.

Now, go to “Effects” menu and click “Distort & Transform” and select “Transform…”.

“Transform Effect” dialog box will appear.

Make sure that the “Preview” option in the bottom of the box is checked.

Under the Scale section, Change the values from 100% to 90% in both “Horizontal” and “Vertical”.

Under the Rotate section, Change the value “0°” to “25°”.

Next to Copies option. change the value “0” to “25”.

Our circular logo is ready.

Now, You can add text next to this. Here is some Circular Logos Examples.

Circular Logo Example

Black and White Circular Logo Example

Color Circular Logo Example

Good News is you can also create more circular logos by simply changing some options. Below, I will show you some circular logos with their settings.

Circular Logo Option 1

Turn on the “Reflect X” option.

Circular Logo Option 2

Turn on both “Reflect X” and “Reflect Y” option.

Circular Logo Option 3

Turn on the “Reflect Y” option.

Circular Logo Option 4

Turn on the “Random” option.

Circular Logo Option 5

Turn on the “Reflect Y” and “Random” option.

Circular Logo Option 6

Turn on the “Reflect X” and “Random” option.

Circular Logo Option 7

Turn on the “Reflect X”, “Reflect Y” and “Random” option.

Circular Logo Option 8

Turn on the “Reflect X”, “Reflect Y” and “Random” option.

Change the “Horizontal and Vertical” options in the “Move” section to “-100 px”.

So, this was our detailed guide for Circular Logos. You can also download these logos here. Feel free to comment below for any kind of help.