How to make a vector badge logo in Adobe Illustrator Tweet

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a logo with a badge, fence and barbed wire, using simple shapes, a custom brush and few simple Illustrator tools.

For this logo we will use 4 elements: rounded rectangle, ellipse shape, the barbed wire and the fence crop.

1. Making the ellipse part of the badge. Use 6 ellipses to make the following shape. A simple way is to use the “Offset path” (Object / Path / Offset Path). Use the subtract tool to have the middle area empty. The colors are: #640401 and #FFFFFF.

2. Using the rectangle tool, draw a shape with 60 px corner radius. Use same technique like on ellipse shape to make the front part of badge. Use gradients and colors on your taste to have a 3D look. To can use same colors like in this tutorial, use a free and simple color picker like “pixie“.

At this step, your badge should look like this:

3. Add a shadow shape under the rounded rectangle. From “Transparency” panel chose the “Overlay” blend option.

4. Apply a carbon vector effect for the rounded rectangle. You can make the dots yourself, or, save your time spending just 2$ to buy this Vector Carbon Metal Pattern.

5. Depending on your Adobe Illustrator version, using the middle rounded rectangle shape, crop or make a clipping mask what will be placed over the rounded rectangle badge part.