Hello Guys!! Today we are going to show you “How to Design Minimal Logo with Spiral Effect”. The minimal logo is simple but eye-catching. We are going to show you how to design it step by step also has a screenshot of each step follow the same step you will learn how to design it.
A Minimalist Logo can achieve great for your business. Strong businesses usually like a general feature they have different, mild, bold logos. The most important job of a logo is to serve clients and customer views to identify your company.
Step 01
- Open the Illustrator software.
- Go to the “File” menu and click on the “New” option.
- Select the size of the document according to your requirements.
- Now go to the “View” menu and click on the “Show Grid” option.
![1.1](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1.1-5-1024x546.jpg)
![1.2](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1.2-5.jpg)
![1.3](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/1.3-5-1024x546.jpg)
Step 02
- Select the “Ellipse Tool” from the “Tool Bar”.
- Now draw a circle by pressing the “Shift” key then click and drag.
- Select the same circle which we draw.
- Go to the “Edit” menu and click on the “Copy” option.
- Again go to the “Edit” menu and click on “Paste in Place” option.
- Press down the “Shift+Alt” key and drag from one corner of the duplicate circle.
- Select the outer circle and again copy it and paste in place.
- Now simply drag the 2nd duplicate circle to the upper side.
- Again copy the inner circle and paste in place.
- Drag the 3rd duplicate circle from one corner toward the inside.
- Drag the 3rd circle to toward up.
![2.1](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.1-5-1024x546.jpg)
![2.2](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.2-5-1024x545.jpg)
![2.3](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.3-5-1024x546.jpg)
![2.4](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.4-4-1024x545.jpg)
![2.5](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.5-4-1024x546.jpg)
![2.6](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.6-3-1024x546.jpg)
![2.7](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2.7-3-1024x545.jpg)
Step 03
- Select the “Rectangle Tool” from the “Tool Bar”.
- Make a rectangle from top to bottom to the left side of the circles.
- Now copy and paste in place from the “Edit Menu”.
- Drag the duplicate rectangle to the left side.
- Select the “Add Anchor Point Tool” from “Pen Tool” bar.
- Select the anchor point on the duplicate rectangle.
- Now again go to the “Pen Tool” bar and select the “Delete Anchor Point Tool”.
- Click on the corner of the duplicate rectangle.
![3.1](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3.1-5-1024x545.jpg)
![3.2](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3.2-5-1024x545.jpg)
![3.3](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3.3-5-1024x546.jpg)
![3.4](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3.4-5-1024x546.jpg)
![3.5](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3.5-4-1024x546.jpg)
![3.6](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/3.6-2-1024x546.jpg)
Step 04
- Go to the “Tool Bar” and select the “Pen Tool”.
- Now connect the top of the circle with the rectangle corner.
- Do the same for the downside of the corner.
- Now select the whole shape with the help of the “Selection Tool”.
- Take the “Shape Builder Tool” from “Tool Bar”.
- Click and drag from top to bottom inside the rectangle.
- The circle inside the rectangle will disappear.
- Do the same for the circles which overlay on each other.
![4.1](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4.1-5-1024x545.jpg)
![4.2](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4.2-5-1024x547.jpg)
![4.3](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4.3-5-1024x547.jpg)
![4.4](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4.4-4-1024x546.jpg)
![4.5](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4.5-3-1024x545.jpg)
![4.6](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4.6-1024x546.jpg)
![4.7](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/4.7-1024x547.jpg)
Step 05
- Now let’s design “O”.
- So go to the “Tool Bar” and select the “Ellipse Tool”.
- Hold down the “Shift Key” and draw a circle.
- Now copy the same circle and paste in place.
- Drag the duplicate circle toward inside the original circle.
- Again copy the duplicate circle and drag it downward.
- Now select the whole shape and take the “Shape Builder Tool” from “Tool Bar”.
- Click and drag from one portion to the another (as shown in the screenshot).
- Do the same for the next portion.
![5.1](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5.1-4-1024x546.jpg)
![5.2](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5.2-4-1024x546.jpg)
![5.3](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5.3-4-1024x545.jpg)
![5.4](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5.4-3-1024x546.jpg)
![5.5](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5.5-3-1024x546.jpg)
![5.6](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5.6-1-1024x546.jpg)
![5.7](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/5.7-1-1024x547.jpg)
Step 06
- Now let’s apply the “Gradient”.
- Use the gradient according to your point of view.
- So select one portion of the “D” with the help of the “Selection Tool”.
- Do the same process select each portion and apply the gradient.
- Now let’s apply a gradient to “O”.
- It is also exactly the same process.
- Now go to the “View” menu and click on “Hide Grid” option.
- Here your logo is ready.
![6.1](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6.1-1-1024x546.jpg)
![6.2](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6.2-1-1024x545.jpg)
![6.3](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6.3-1-1024x547.jpg)
![6.4](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/6.4-1-1024x546.jpg)
This is how the final result looks like
![Final Outcome](https://designoptimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Final-Outcome.jpg)