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Minimal style logos have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their ability to convey a sense of simplicity, elegance and sophistication. They are also easily scalable for both large and small formats. These logos are characterized by the use of simple shapes, typography, and limited color palettes. They rely on the use of negative space and minimal design elements to create a strong and lasting impression. And we're going to show you exactly how to create one easily using Kittl. We'll be going over three design briefs and creating a logo for each one. 

How to create minimal and sophisticated logo design with simple shapes, typography, and limited color palettes.

Create Minimal Logo Design | kittl

Create Minimal Logo Design

In this video, we'll show you how to use Kittl to design baby shower gift ideas and then use them for print-on-demand sites as well as selling on Etsy! From selecting the perfect font to adding illustrations of cute animals, rattles and other baby-related elements, Kittl makes the design process quick and easy and we'll show you step-by-step how we setup a template for you to use in Kittl. Once you've finished your design, you can easily upload it to print-on-demand sites such as Redbubble, Zazzle, and Society6 and start selling your designs as custom baby shower gifts. Watch now and see how easy it is to design baby shower gifts in Kittl! 

Learn where to find and how to use cute illustration for baby products to sell on POD services like Etsy, RedBubble and more.

Easiest Way To Design Personalized Baby Shower Gifts For Etsy | kittl

Personalized Baby Shower Gifts

This indie grungy style of streetwear apparel is super popular right now, and if you are looking to make stellar designs that sell, you can easily do it with Kittl! So we're showing you step-by-step how we setup and design a grungy streetwear style hoodie using screen-printed looking fonts, illustrations, and abstract elements like squiggles and halos. We'll also use some blackletter style fonts to tie the whole design together. 

How to create an indie Y2K streetwear hoodie using fonts, illustrations and textures from Kittl's library.

How To Make A Grunge Y2K Hoodie Streetwear Design | kittl

Make A Grunge Y2K Hoodie

Sometimes text effects, decorations, and typographic layout can be pretty difficult to get right. Well that's why we created some type layout presets for you to easily click into and edit to make your own. We have everything from pre-made text effects, logo layouts, brand layouts, label designs, tags, and so much more ready for you to use in Kittl. So watch how easy it is to use, and get started making your own designs! 

Where to find pre-defined text layouts and make them your own.

How To Use Pre-Made Text Layouts And Effects | kittl

Pre-Made Text Layouts And Effects

Biker jacket designs are super cool, especially when you see them on the backs of leather jackets or on the back of a dark colored shirt, so we decided to create our own design and show you how you can make a biker design just like this one using Kittl! Everything you need from skulls, to angel wings, to banners and more is all ready for you to use in Kittl. We're showing you step by step exactly how we setup and design this biker design and even give you some helpful tips and tricks along the way. 

Hot to use Kittl's integrated skulls, to angel wings, to banners and more to create a cool biker jacket design template.

How To Easily Make A Skull Biker Jacket Design | kittl

Easily Make A Skull Biker Jacket Design

This feature has been widely requested and is now available in Kittl! You can select any number of objects or text, hit the Tidy button over in the right panel, and it will evenly distribute equal spacing between those objects and text! To put it simply, if you've been trying to line up your objects or text to be the perfect equal space apart, it's now easier than ever to do that! You don't have to guess or use grids anymore, because our little Tidy feature will distribute those elements equally and give you the perfect distance between each object! So give it a try for yourself and see how easy it is to do! 

Learn where to find and how to use the Tidy Feature in Kittl.

How To Easily Distribute Objects And Text Equally | kittl

Distribute Objects And Text Equally

Bauhaus design is super captivating and has a lot of heritage and theory behind it! Nowadays we see a lot of this design style being used in home decor like poster designs! So we thought we would put together a tutorial on how you can make your own Bauhaus, geometric shapes poster design using Kittl! One of the places we see these posters sell well is on Society6, so this is a great tutorial for those wanting to sell designs on print-on-demand websites. 

Learn how to create a classic Bauhaus style poster design.

How To Make A Bauhaus Poster Design For Society6 | kittl

Bauhaus Poster Design Tutorial

Fitting or placing text inside of shapes is easier than ever with Kittl's Distort feature! Plus, you can even change the font or change the wording easily once you make the desired effect. So in this video, we'll show you exactly how to change and stretch your text into shapes like circles, rectangles, and triangles (to name a few) for your creative projects! So give it a watch and then see what you can come up with yourself! 

How to use Kittl's Distort feature to bring text in any shape without losing the ability to change fonts and more.

Easily Fit Text Inside Of Shapes | kittl

Fit Text Inside Of Shapes without Illustrator

The popular Netflix series Wednesday features a beautiful vintage style metal sign on the gate of Nevermore Academy. So we decided to show you how to make this style of metal signage using Kittl! We'll show you step-by-step exactly how to get this vintage gothic style lettering piece, making sure all of the text and elements are attached to each other! 

Wednesday inspired poster template in Kittl

Learn how to create a Victorian Lettering Art inspired by Nevermore Academy from Netflix series Wednesday.

Wednesday Academy Lettering Art | kittl

Wednesday Academy Lettering Art

It's super simple to enter graphic design challenges hosted by Kittl. In this tutorial, we're showing you step-by-step exactly how to submit your design into a challenge. We have a variety of weekly challenges, from logo designs, t-shirt graphics, and even collaborators that come up with their own challenges for you to test your design skills while getting better at Kittl. So if you weren't sure how to enter challenges, this is the video for you!

Learn more about the process of joining one of Kittl's many design challenges.

Enter Challenges And Win Rewards | kittl

Enter Challenges And Win Rewards

A consistent best seller on Etsy is actually printable bookmarks! If you know how to make a prep them correctly, then buyers can just simple download and print out their own bookmarks to use at home! So in this tutorial, we're showing you step-by-step how to make printable bookmarks for Etsy using Kittl. Then we'll even show you how to setup and download a file with 4 bookmarks to put on your Etsy shop and start making sales! So give it a watch and see what you can come up with!

Learn how to make printable bookmarks for Etsy, that your customizers can download and print out on their own.

Make Printable Book Marks To Sell On Etsy | kittl

Make Printable Book Marks To Sell On Etsy

Now you can easily organize your projects in Kittl so that you can find the exact design you're looking for. To create a project folder in Kittl, all you have to do is select the projects you want to put in the folder, and then click the folder icon at the bottom! One you click it, you will be prompted to enter your folder name, and then confirm your selections in the folder. Afterwards you can start new projects in the folder, move designs between folders, or even delete it if you want to! 

Learn how to create folders and organize your projects.

How To Create Project Folders | kittl

How To Create Project Folders

The skull design aesthetic is pretty much always going to be popular. Whether that's for grungy t-shirt designs, biker jackets, logos, or anything else, your going to commonly see skull designs when you are out and about. And the easiest way to make designs with skull is by using Kittl! We have tons of skull illustrations, vintage fonts, and grungy effects for you to make your skull designs for print on demand or other creative projects. So give this video a watch, and then give it a try yourself. 

Learn how to create a t-shirt with an always popular skull design theme.

Easily Make A Vintage Skull Shirt | kittl

Create A Vintage Skull Shirt｜Design Tutorial

Sometimes you just want a specific font to be italic or slanted sideways. We totally get it! And the good news is, you can easily do tit with Kittl! With just a few clicks, you can make any font italic, and any effects you place on the text will remain in place (even if you decide to choose another font)! So give this video a watch, and then go see how easy it is to do yourself! 

Learn how to make any font italic with any text effects staying in place.

How To Easily Make Any Font Italic | kittl

How To Easily Make Any Font Italic

Vintage sport logos have this timelessness that both catches attention and makes you feel like you are part of something really premium (because you are)! In this video, we are showing you how to make your own vintage sports logo using Kittl. Maybe you have started a club or a team and looking for a retro style badge logo. If so, this is the perfect video for you, because we have all of the fonts, illustrations, and extras you need to make something amazing. 

Learn how to what makes a classic style badge for your sports team.

Design A Vintage Sports Logo Badge | kittl

Design A Vintage Sports Logo Badge

Sometimes you need that extra something special for your social posts. And the good news is, this is super easy to do in Kittl! You don't have to be a master at Photoshop to make stunning social ads, sale posts, or informational media posts.This is the perfect video showing you exactly how to do it in Kittl! So give it a watch and see what you can come up with.

Learn how to make stunning social ads, sale posts, or informational media posts without pricy design programs.

Easiest Way To Make Social Media Graphics | kittl

Easiest Way To Make Social Media Graphics

What's better than a regular ugly Christmas sweater? How about a Lord of the Rings Ugly Christmas sweater! Well in this video, I'm going to show you how easy it is to make one with Kittl! We have all of the ugly style fonts, wizards, dragons, magic item illustrations, and textures you need to create an amazing ugly Christmas sweater. And it doesn't have to be for Lord of the Rings! It could be any niche or style that you are into! So give this a watch and see what you can come up with! 

Watch how an ugly Christmas sweater inspired by The Lord of the Rings is created in Kittl. Using ugly style fonts, wizards, dragons, magic item illustrations, and textures.

Make A Lord Of The Rings Ugly Christmas Sweater | kittl

LotR Christmas Sweater

What would Amazon's logo look like if they were a Y2K brand? Maybe they're solely selling toys, or video games, and they would need a logo to match it. Well in this video, I'm showing you what that logo would look like, because it was super easy to create using Kittl! We already have Y2K logo templates, assets, fonts, and more, making it easy for you to create logo designs just like this one. 

Watch how the Amazon branding gets re-designed in Y2K style.

Amazon Logo turned Y2K | kittl

Amazon Logo turned Y2K

Making a beautiful vintage Christmas card doesn't have to be difficult (or super expensive) anymore! And you don't have to be a lettering master either. We already have a ton of beautiful lettering fonts that are perfect for the Christmas season, as well as thin flourishes and ornaments to help bring your card together. Plus, using our Unsplash photo integration, you can quickly search for the perfect flat lay photo to use for your Christmas card. So give this tutorial a watch and see what you can come up with! 

Lettering Christmas card template in Kittl

Learn how to create stunning Lettering Card designs for the Holiday Season, using vintage flourishes, ornaments and flatlay photos.

Make A Lettering Christmas Card | kittl

Make A Lettering Christmas Card

There's no doubt that using logo templates can save you a ton of time (and money). The only problem comes when you don't know exactly what you are supposed to edit (or even how you are supposed to edit it). Well in Kittl, it's super easy to edit and customize our logo design templates. Plus, in this video tutorial, we're going to show you how to edit some pretty intense templates so that you know exactly what to do, and what tips to think about when you start editing text, changing color, and adding new illustrations. 

Learn how to edit templates in Kittl and get tips what to do before editing text, changing color, and adding new illustrations.

How To Customize Templates | kittl

Customize Templates in Kittl

This trend is raging right now! The easiest way to make Y2K style logos, apparel, and graphics is with Kittl! We already have a ton of Y2K style fonts, Y2K elements and illustrations, and we also already have pre-made templates ready for you to easily customize and make your own. (We also have a bunch of other tutorials on how to make Y2K style streetwear and logo designs). So give this a quick watch, and then see what you can create!

Learn how to create Y2K logos and streetwear with Kittl's Y2K style fonts, elements and illustrations.

Easiest Way to create Y2K Design | kittl

Easiest Way to create Y2K Design

Art deco cards are a part of the authentic and memorable style of the roaring twenties - the 1920s, to be precise. Today, the style still serves as inspiration for designers worldwide. But if you've tried to create art deco cards with The Great Gatsby theme, you know how hard it can be to get the images, fonts, and overall card design right.

Luckily, you don't have to spend hours finding art deco lettering or learn specific techniques from the bygone era. You can start making your art deco greeting cards and invitations in no time using Kittl.

With Kittl, all you'll need will be the inspiration. Everything else, including tools, art deco elements, fonts, and other assets, comes with our online designer. If you don't have Kittl yet, you can grab it free at www.kittl.com.

Art deco greeting cards always have distinct background patterns. Go to the left sidebar and activate the "Add Elements" menu to get started. From there, make sure you're on the "Ornaments" tab.

Scroll down until you find the "Art Deco" section and expand it to see available elements. There are no pre-made art deco backgrounds, so we'll create a custom one from an individual component.

We chose a long ornament with repeated patterns - ideal for creating the background. Of course, you can browse the art deco catalog and find another element.

We placed the ornament on the canvas and duplicated it, placing the new copy beneath the original. Then we repeated the process until the entire area was covered. The crucial part here is to ensure each copy overlapped with the previous one so there were no gaps.

Once you've created all the duplicates needed, select them and hit CMD + G on Mac or Ctrl + G on Windows. This will place all elements into a group which you can find on the bottom right under "Layers." It would be best to rename the group so you know what layer you're working with later.

Finally, we wanted to adjust the colors. We changed the background color to dark blue and chose a lighter, faded blue for the background elements.

To duplicate an element easily, hold the Op key on Mac or Alt on Windows and drag the element. This action will create a copy of the dragged element.

To create a border around the art deco card, go back to the "Add Elements" menu, switch to the "Shapes" tab, and find "Basic Shapes." Take a normal rectangle and resize it so it covers the entire canvas.

Use the Border Weight slider under "Object Settings" (the menu on the right) and add a border to the rectangle. Then, click on the black circle with the "Object Color" tag and switch off the fill color. This will make only the border of the rectangle remain.

In our case, we also tweaked the border color, making it a subtle shade of gold that went perfectly with the deep blue background.

To find an art deco frame, we'll go back to the "Art Deco" section of the "Add Elements" menu. The section already contains intricate frames, so grabbing one you like shouldn't be a problem.

Once you insert the frame, make sure it's right in the center. You can do that by clicking the alignment buttons under "Object Settings." The buttons are right beneath the border slider, and you'll need to hit the second from the left and the second from the right.

Resize the frame so that its edges overlap with the border. Then, change the frame color to match the border.

This step will be optional if you want the background pattern to be visible through your frame. However, we didn't want to create visual confusion, so we decided to fill in the frame.

Go to "Basic Shapes" and select the rectangle. Place the element so it overlaps with the frame, ensuring the edges are aligned. Resize the rectangle to cover the entire area of the frame. Then, change the rectangle's color to match the background and push the element layer to the bottom.

We also used some triangles to cover the rest of the frame. If you're working with a different frame, you may need to choose other shapes.

You might want to fill out the space within your frame. Here's a small trick for that:

Insert text and find a font with round periods. Then, type a single period and resize it to fit within the frame lines - along the top and bottom sides and down each "spine." You can type in as many periods as you need to fill in the empty frame space.

Push layers to the back or front by right-clicking on an element and selecting "Forward," "Backward," "To Front," or "To Back."

Click the "Add Text" button on the left or simply hit "T" on your keyboard to create a text box. You'll want to choose a suitable font for your card, which you can do from the "Text Settings" menu on the right. We went with the Broadwall font.

Our card will be a New Year's invitation, so the first word we'll type in will be "Celebrate." Broadwall is a Variable font, which means we can adjust its weight. This is ideal because we want the letters to be the same width as the frame lines.

We'll use the frame color for the letters. Then, we'll duplicate the first word and create another one - "Let's" - above it. The second word will be smaller than the first one, so you'll want to use the weight slider to bump its width back up.

We'll wrap up this card design stage by adding more art deco elements. The great thing about these elements is that you don't have to rely on pre-made ornaments. Instead, you can combine simpler elements to create custom decorations.

While all the elements are in place, the card design isn't finished yet. Let's add a Distort effect to the word "Celebrate" to make it more stylish.

Select the word and choose "Distort" from the list of effects in the right-side menu. This option will bring up a number of nodes that you can drag to distort the text.

You can even create custom elements from basic shapes. For instance, insert a rectangle and size it down to create a line. Then, rotate that line and move it just below the letters. Wrap up the custom decoration with some diamond shapes to cover the ends of the lines. Of course, color all new elements the same as the rest.

Art deco cards need even more decoration than what we've inserted so far. That's why we'll create some additional text using some special lettering. First, we'll choose Goblin for the word "The." Then, well choose a lush handwritten font to write "New Year." These words will be placed beneath "Celebrate."

We'll use the Goblin font again to write "You are cordially invited," apply the "Circle" effect on the line, and place it above "Let's."

To wrap up with text, we'll use the decorations that we've previously created to frame the address, then place the date and time on either side of those decorations.

We'll bring the design home by creating a badge from a basic shape and an image of some champagne glasses.

If you love working on this kind of project, you can keep tweaking the design in Kittl. Add or remove elements until you get something you'd love to share with friends and family – the entire arsenal of tools is there for you to play with all day long!

Learn where to find and how to use ornament frames, gold foil style elements and 1920s inspired fonts to create a Great Gatsby inspired design.

Make Art Deco Card Designs | kittl

Make Art Deco Card Designs

The Toblerone logo has been around since 1909, and we thought it would be cool to share just how easy it is to get that iconic vintage text effect with Kittl. With just a few clicks and a slider or two, you can have vintage text shadow and depth that you can apply to any word, logo, or creative project. So give this tutorial a quick watch, and then see what you can come up with using these vintage text settings.

Learn how to re-create Toblerone's authentic logo design with just a few clicks.

Toblerone Logo Text Effect | kittl

Toblerone Logo Text Effect

The Y2K design is among the most popular styles, particularly in streetwear. If you’re looking to sell shirt designs, this is the style you’ll want to go with and take advantage of its current popularity.

While Y2K streetwear designs look pretty complex, they don’t need to take hours or days to come up with one. You can create amazing designs in this style easily with Kittl. All the tools and elements you need are conveniently placed in the browser-based editor, making a complicated process much easier.

If you want to follow along with this tutorial and try Kittl right now, sign-up for free and let’s get started.

Start by choosing an illustration that will be the centerpiece of your design. You can do so through the “Add Elements” menu on the left. We chose the “Mythological Creatures” gallery and went with Medusa’s head. 

The choice of the central illustration is very important because it determines the rest of your design. We picked Medusa due to how popular ancient Greek and Roman elements are in modern Y2K designs.

The Y2K style often combines deity images with modern elements. That’s why we went back to “Add Elements” and looked for “HUD Elements” under “Illustrations.” We inserted several high-tech graphics behind Medusa’s head and a few more for later use in the design. In addition, we grabbed a loading bar element and positioned it below the Medusa. 

Then, we went to the “Abstract” section and found “Wavy Grids.” We chose a pattern that gives a futuristic vibe, enlarged it, and placed it over and slightly under Medusa’s head. Finally, we put the grid to the background, so the head covers it partially. 

Once all elements are in place, it’s time to tweak the colors. We chose a neon green for the Medusa and a pastel purple for the futuristic elements.

If you insert elements for later use, you can hide them temporarily while working on the rest of your graphic. Simply drag the elements outside the active area and press W to toggle Trim View.

3. Choose Your Y2K Fonts and Create Framing

Before choosing a font, insert a custom bar into the graphic. You can do this by going to “Basic Shapes” in the elements menu and using a rectangle. We made the rectangle the same size as the loading bar we previously inserted. Then, we inserted another rectangle and resized it to create two sections within the bar.

The custom bar will serve as a frame for your text. To make the text stand out, set the rectangle to transparent. We also changed its border color to match the grid and other high-tech elements.

When it comes to the choice of fonts, you’ll need something that matches the Y2K aesthetic. In our case, Liberation Sans Kicks fits right in with the futuristic components.

We typed “2023” and “AD,” placing the former in the larger section and the latter in the smaller one. We chose the same green color for this text as Medusa’s head.

While adding custom elements, we’ll create some thin framing elements around Medusa’s head. We’ll also use the rectangle element for the framing.

Insert a rectangle and resize it until it’s the width of the grid lines. Then, stretch it to the height of two grid squares. Of course, these measurements can be approximate – try to get it as close as possible but don’t spend too much time trying to nail the exact dimensions. Once the rectangle looks more like a thick line, change its color (both inner and border) to pastel purple.

Now take the rectangle, copy it, flip the copy by 90 degrees, and create a corner shape. Drag the corner to the left end of the graphic – in line with the edges of the left HUD element. Select the entire corner, copy and flip it, and position it the same way on the right side. 

Use the same starting element to create the lower part of the frame. Create an upright line, then copy it and flip it by 90 degrees. However, this time don’t make a corner shape of the two lines. Instead, position them to create a sideways T shape. Position it approximately in line with Medusa’s mouth, then copy, flip, and drag it to the other side.

Finally, select all elements on your canvas and drag them to the lower left section to make space for additional text.

To find inspiration for the text, you can refer to the Wikipedia page about Medusa. We found several interesting quotes there and decided to insert them into our design.

The first word we found was “Metamorphoses.” We decided to split the word into two parts for the purpose of the graphic: “Meta” and “morphoses.”

We chose the Basement Grotesque font for “Meta.” We turned the text into all caps, rotated it by 90 degrees, and placed it beside Medusa’s head and on the right. Then, we resized the text to make it the same height as the head.

For “morphoses,” we chose the FDJ Neumeister B font and also made it all caps. Rather than rotating the text, we resized the text box to be only as wide as a single letter and made it a bit shorter than the “Meta” part. Modifying text this way will align all letters one below the other.

We made the text purple like the tech elements. 

Another quote from the Wikipedia page seemed really epic, so we inserted it as well. The text was “Made out of the terror.” To insert the text, we copied “mophoses” – that way, we kept the same font, all caps, and letter color. We made the new text wider and thinner and placed the new text above Medusa.

To add text to your graphic quickly, simply hit T. The text box will appear, and you can double-click on it to edit the text.

5. Fill Out Your Graphic With Additional Elements

Although we’re not done with text, we’ll briefly shift our attention to the HUD elements that we hid previously. To make them visible again, hit W.

We took two elements, tweaked their colors to match the graphic, and placed them top-left above Medusa. With the new elements in place, it’s time to add even more text. We took another epic quote: “Near them their sisters three, the Gorgons, winged with snakes for hair – hatred of mortal man.”

We made a box frame for the new text on the right side, beside the new HUD elements, and inserted the text into it. We changed the font to Milkman to take advantage of its unique letters and graphs. 

Next, we added “Respect the deity” at the top left. We did this text in Pixal font with a massive “deity” and smaller “Respect the” above it. But we’re not done with text just yet.

We also copied the part of the Wikipedia article that tells Medusa’s story and inserted it next to “Respect the deity.” As a finishing move, we added another mythological creature in the empty space on the right. Of course, we adjusted the colors of the new elements. We added similar corners to the creature as we did with Medusa’s head and added a wavy grid in its background.

We wrapped up the graphic by adding a texture from the “Textures” menu. We changed it to “Alpha Mask” and toggled “Clip Content” to make the texture visible on the elements but not on the background.

With the texture added, our design is complete. But you don’t have to stop here. Feel free to continue playing around with Kittl and customize your design even more.

How to create Y2K streetwear design using Kittl's illustrations like Medusa and other mystical creatures.

Easily Make Y2K Streetwear Apparel Designs | kittl

How to Easily Make Y2K Streetwear Apparel Designs | Design Tutorial

Kiss cut stickers are pretty much always popular, and believe it or not, they are super simple to make! With a neat hack in Kittl, you'll be making kiss cut stickers in no time. We have all of the fonts, illustrations, and effects you need to make stickers that will stand out amongst the rest on your print on demand websites like Redbubble, Society 6, and Teepublic. So give this tutorial a watch and see what you can come up with! 

Learn about what fonts, illustrations, and effects you need to make stickers for your print on demand designs.

Simple Kiss Cut Stickers For Print On Demand | kittl

Kiss Cut Stickers For POD

College-style apparel has an iconic look. You can instantly recognize this design wherever you go, which makes it so appealing and popular among college students.

Kittl allows you to design custom college apparel easily and hassle-free. You only need an idea and inspiration – everything else is already in the browser-based Kittl designer.

If you don’t have Kittl yet, jump to this link and sign up for free. Then, come back to this tutorial, follow the steps, and create your college apparel design in minutes instead of hours.

Since college apparel is all about sports teams, we’ll start the design with text. Select the text option from the left sidebar or simply press T to add text to the graphic.

Our custom apparel will feature Colorado Raptors, so we’ll begin by typing “Colorado.” Since Kittl has a massive selection of fonts, finding one in college style won’t be hard.

While the text is selected, go to the “Text Settings” menu on the right and click on the drop-down font list. The Tricot font will be ideal for this project. It’s a blocky slab serif font designed precisely for the look we’re going after.

Once you apply the font, drag the corner of the text box to increase the text. Now, let’s change the color.

You’ll find the color options under “Text Color” in the right-side menu. Click on the black circle to open the color palette. Since we’re going with Colorado, orange seemed the right choice.

The base text is set, but now’s the time to make it less flat-looking – in more ways than one.

First, go to the “Text Effects” tab in the right-side menu. You’ll see two categories: “Shading” and “Decoration.” Under “Shading,” choose the third option from the left – Block Shadow. The shadow will appear as soon as you click the button, but it will need some tweaking.

First, we’ll change the shadow color to yellow. Then, we’ll give it a bit more outline width.

Go back to the “Text Settings” tab and increase the border weight of the text itself. Click the circle next to the Border Weight slider to choose a different color. We went with a cream-white shade.

The next effect we want will be in the “Text Settings” menu and under “Transformation.” These options change the shape of your text, as you can see from their names and visual examples on the buttons. Choose the “Arch” effect and tweak how strong you want it to be using the “Arch Curve” slider.

If you need to start over with a transformation effect, hit the “Reset Transform” button at the bottom of the menu. This will revert the effect to default settings.

To get that college feel for your custom apparel, you want to make the first and last letter of “Colorado” bigger than the rest.

Double-click on the text, select the letter “C,” and cut it. Then, select the rest of the text and paste the letter on top of it. With the “C” selected, go to the “Text Settings” menu and hit the button to align left. The “C” will go to the left side following the curvature of the text. Now you can increase the “C” and, if needed, drag it up a bit to align the letter with the rest of the text.

Repeat the same process for the “O.” Of course, you’ll go with the right text alignment this time. Finally, tweak the border width of the increased letters since the border will also become bigger.

Start the badge section by creating a text frame. To create more text in the same style easily, copy and paste the “olorad” part.

Remove all effects from the new text and change its color to a creamy white. Double-click the text and change it to “ESTD,” with a line break (hit “Enter”) between S and T. Shrink the text and drag it to the left, under the first “O” in “Colorado.”

Now, duplicate “ESTD,” change it to “1987” with the same line break, and drag that under “D.”

With the text framing set, go to “Add Elements” in the left and find the “Badges” catalog. We went with the second badge on the list for the design.

Change the badge color to orange and its border to yellow to match it with the text.

Go back to the “Add Elements” menu and search for “wreath.” Create a wreath you like, center it on top of the badge, and put it in the background. Do this by right-clicking the wreath and choosing “To Back.”

Next, search for “eagle” and place the graphic of your choice in the badge. Tweak the color of the inserted elements.

Insert text, choosing the Monogram font. Type in “CR,” and the font will turn it into a monogram. Change its color and place it on the badge, above the eagle. We wanted to fill out the space around the monogram, so we inserted some stars on both sides.

Add a banner element to the design and place it under the badge. Bring the eagle to the front and lower it to look like it’s grabbing the banner. Create text to fill in the banner – we went with “Nil Sine Numine.”

Choose the “Custom” transform option and drag the anchor points to make the text fit within the banner.

Duplicate any graphical element, including text, by holding the Op Key (Alt on Windows) and dragging the element.

Let’s add “Raptors” to the design. We’ll go with the Parkwall font for this one. Drag the text below the logo, then choose “Distort” from the “Transformation” menu. Use the anchor points to drag the upper corners of the text. To make sure both sides are at the same height, turn on the grid by pressing Ctrl + apostrophe (‘) in Windows or Cmd + apostrophe (‘) on Mac.

Give the text more detail by adding a shadow and a “Color Cut” decoration effect. Of course, make the colors align with the rest of your graphic.

7. Insert the State Flag as a Vector Element

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