Notes on designing badges
1. Badge design software.
Badge design computer software generally includes vector drawing software such as coredraw and illustrator. If you want 3D effects, you can also use 3D MAX software. The colors are generally based on the international standard pantone.
2. The relationship between badge design and badge craftsmanship.
The badge designer must be very clear about what kind of badge he wants. There are many types of badges. Different types of badges often use different badge techniques. For example, you want to design an enamel badge, but if you change the color of the badge The design is very complicated, and there are gradient colors, it will not work, you can only choose to use the printing badge process. The more common printing badge processes include lithography, screen printing, offset printing, etc. When designing badges, you must fully consider the characteristics of different processes, what type of badges do you want, and what kind of design you want to save. A lot of badge production costs, but also can produce satisfactory badges. In addition, when designing a badge, you must also pay attention to certain lines not to be too thin, because in the actual badge production, the line and the line are often too narrow to fill in color. At the same time, these lines must be made into Metallic.
3. Problems that need attention in the design of the back of the badge.
When designing and making badges, people often think that badge design is the design of the front of the badge, and focus on the beauty and fineness of the front of the badge, while ignoring the design of the back of the badge. To make a complete badge, especially mid-to-high-end badges, the design of the back of the badge is equally important. The perfect back of the badge is as important as high quality. Just like a person, even if the front is beautiful, but the back is ugly, it cannot be regarded as a beauty. Here, let’s take a look at the characteristics of the backs of several common badges.
1. The most common backs of various badges have flat-plate smoothing effect, electric discharge treatment matte effect, and cloth pattern effect.
1) Most of the back of the printed badges are lithographic effects, so they look more generous and refreshing;
2) Most of the back of the metal badges are treated with electric discharge, which will have a matte effect and look more textured;
3) The back of the paint badge and the back of the imitation enamel badge mostly choose the cloth back, which looks more concave and convex, and will match the overall badge.
2. When designing the back of the badge, it usually leaves some LOGO or related information. If a unique number is needed, the corresponding position will be reserved in advance, and then the laser engraving method will be used.
