This is a popular logo technique. It's
almost too popular! For some humorous and well-written articles
on the use of the "swoosh" and the "spiral"
effect on logo design, check out these two links:
Select a Fill Color for the Fill.
This will be the color for your swoosh
Step 4: Creating the Swoosh
Duplicate
the filled layer by dragging it down to the Create
New Layer button.
Scale
the copied layer down a bit so that it looks like the image below.
(Command-T/Control-T
to access the Free Transform Tool).
Click
Return/Enter
once you're satisfied with the shape.
Step 5: Deleting the Elipse Selection
Click the first layer with the ellipse and click Delete Key.
Next, Delete the Ellipse copy layer by dragging it down to the Delete
Layer Button.
Step 6: Rotating the Swoosh
Drag
the swoosh layer beneath the Text
Layer
With
the swoosh layer still selected, click Command-T/Control-T
to Rotate
the swoosh.
Step 7: Loading the Selection
Command-Click/Control-Click
on the Swoosh Layer to load the selection.
Step 8: Positioning the Swoosh
With the swoosh selected, hold down the Alt
Key and use one of the selection tools to select the part
of the area you want the ring to go behind. In my example, I
used the Polygon Lasso tool to go around the bottom right hand
part of
the Letter but you could use the rectangular, elliptical, or
any of the others. Just make sure to go around the part of the
letter
that you want the swoosh to go behind.
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