Back then we used graphic design softwares like photoshop to design logos and icons. But now we can design almost anything using the power of CSS3. Designing logos and icons using Cascading Style Sheets will make your site load faster than using images. Today i am going discuss how to design CSS3 logo using basic properties.
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Designing CSS3 logo is very easy and needs perfect planning in laying out html elements. In this tutorial i am taking an example of below logo. Also please not that CSS3 properties are not supported by all browsers. Currently all major browsers like Chrome, Safari and Firefox are supporting. For the best result please check the demo in Chrome or Safari (latest versions)
Basic CSS3 Properties
To design this logo i used two main CSS3 properties.1. border-radius:
If you observe i have rounded corners for head, wings and some other places. For rounding corners i used css3 border-radius property.
This property will take two values. First value will be horizontal radius and second value will be vertical radius.
2. Transform:
CSS3 transform property will accept lot of values like skew, rotate, translate, matrix etc., But i am using rotate property as it required to design this logo. If you observe, the lower left and lower right wings are rotated. For that i used transform: rotate(x degrees) property.
Designing the Logo
To design this logo i used all div container and applied some css properties. I divided complete logo into separate parts like head, body, wings and tail. I will explain one by one with HTML and CSS. Below i gave a simple picture which will give an idea about the structure of logo.
A. Designing the Head: To design head i used all div containers. Below is html and css for head section. I used css3 border-radius property to make head with curved shape.
HTML:
<div class="head">
<div class="ant ant_left"></div>
<div class="ant ant_right"></div>
<div class="lefteye"></div>
<div class="righteye"></div>
</div>
<div class="ant ant_left"></div>
<div class="ant ant_right"></div>
<div class="lefteye"></div>
<div class="righteye"></div>
</div>
CSS:
#logo .head{
position: relative;
height: 40px;
background: #bdd73c;
border-radius:60px 60px 0 0 / 50px 50px 0 0;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
}
.head .ant{
width: 2px;
height: 25px;
background: #bdd73c;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
position: absolute;
border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
border-bottom: 2px solid #bdd73c;
}
.head .ant_left{
top: -22px;
left: 15px;
-webkit-transform:rotate(-30deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(-30deg);
transform:rotate(-30deg);
}
.head .ant_right{
top: -22px;
left: 73px;
-webkit-transform:rotate(30deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(30deg);
transform:rotate(30deg);
}
.lefteye, .righteye{
position: absolute;
background: #fff;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
-moz-border-radius:10px;
border-radius:10px;
top: 15px;
}
.lefteye{
left: 20px;
}
.righteye{
left: 65px;
}
position: relative;
height: 40px;
background: #bdd73c;
border-radius:60px 60px 0 0 / 50px 50px 0 0;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
}
.head .ant{
width: 2px;
height: 25px;
background: #bdd73c;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
position: absolute;
border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
border-bottom: 2px solid #bdd73c;
}
.head .ant_left{
top: -22px;
left: 15px;
-webkit-transform:rotate(-30deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(-30deg);
transform:rotate(-30deg);
}
.head .ant_right{
top: -22px;
left: 73px;
-webkit-transform:rotate(30deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(30deg);
transform:rotate(30deg);
}
.lefteye, .righteye{
position: absolute;
background: #fff;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
-moz-border-radius:10px;
border-radius:10px;
top: 15px;
}
.lefteye{
left: 20px;
}
.righteye{
left: 65px;
}
and below is output of head
B. Designing the Body: For designing the body i used following html and css.
HTML
<div class="body">
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip"></div>
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip"></div>
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip last"></div>
</div>
CSS <div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip"></div>
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip"></div>
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip last"></div>
</div>
#logo .body{
overflow: hidden;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
margin-top: 4px;
border-radius: 0 0 60px 60px;
}
#logo .body .strip{
height: 18px;
background: #bdd73c;
}
#logo .body .brown{
height: 22px;
background: #5a4a42;
}
overflow: hidden;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
margin-top: 4px;
border-radius: 0 0 60px 60px;
}
#logo .body .strip{
height: 18px;
background: #bdd73c;
}
#logo .body .brown{
height: 22px;
background: #5a4a42;
}
and the output of body look like below
C. Designing the Wings: For designing wings i used transform: rotate() property.
HTML
<div class="left_wings">
<div class="wing1"></div>
<div class="wing2"></div>
</div>
<div class="right_wings">
<div class="wing1"></div>
<div class="wing2"></div>
</div>
CSS <div class="wing1"></div>
<div class="wing2"></div>
</div>
<div class="right_wings">
<div class="wing1"></div>
<div class="wing2"></div>
</div>
.left_wings .wing1,
.left_wings .wing2{
width: 100px;
background: #e2e2e3;
border: 2px solid #d1d0d1;
border-radius:16px 0 0 16px;
position: absolute;
}
.left_wings .wing1{
height: 35px;
top: 48px;
left: 0;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .8;
}
.left_wings .wing2{
top: 80px;
left: 20px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .6;
height: 25px;
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
}
.right_wings .wing1,
.right_wings .wing2{
width: 100px;
background: #e2e2e3;
border: 2px solid #d1d0d1;
border-radius:0 16px 16px 0;
position: absolute;
}
.right_wings .wing1{
height: 35px;
top: 48px;
left: 200px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .8;
}
.right_wings .wing2{
top: 80px;
left: 175px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .6;
height: 25px;
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
}
.left_wings .wing2{
width: 100px;
background: #e2e2e3;
border: 2px solid #d1d0d1;
border-radius:16px 0 0 16px;
position: absolute;
}
.left_wings .wing1{
height: 35px;
top: 48px;
left: 0;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .8;
}
.left_wings .wing2{
top: 80px;
left: 20px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .6;
height: 25px;
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
}
.right_wings .wing1,
.right_wings .wing2{
width: 100px;
background: #e2e2e3;
border: 2px solid #d1d0d1;
border-radius:0 16px 16px 0;
position: absolute;
}
.right_wings .wing1{
height: 35px;
top: 48px;
left: 200px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .8;
}
.right_wings .wing2{
top: 80px;
left: 175px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .6;
height: 25px;
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
}
and the output of wings is
D. Designing the Tail: Below is html and css for tail section
HTML
<div class="tail">
<div class="tail_left"></div>
<div class="tail_right"></div>
</div>
CSS <div class="tail_left"></div>
<div class="tail_right"></div>
</div>
.tail{
width: 16px;
height: 40px;
left: 143px;
margin-top: -1px;
position: absolute;
background: #6fb74d;
}
.tail_left{
width: 8px;
height: 40px;
background: #fff;
float: left;
border-top-right-radius:16px 40px;
}
.tail_right{
width: 8px;
height: 40px;
background: #fff;
float: left;
border-top-left-radius:16px 40px;
}
width: 16px;
height: 40px;
left: 143px;
margin-top: -1px;
position: absolute;
background: #6fb74d;
}
.tail_left{
width: 8px;
height: 40px;
background: #fff;
float: left;
border-top-right-radius:16px 40px;
}
.tail_right{
width: 8px;
height: 40px;
background: #fff;
float: left;
border-top-left-radius:16px 40px;
}
finally tail output is
The final HTML and CSS
HTML
<body>
<div id="logo_container">
<div id="logo">
<div class="head">
<div class="ant ant_left"></div>
<div class="ant ant_right"></div>
<div class="lefteye"></div>
<div class="righteye"></div>
</div>
<div class="body">
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip"></div>
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip"></div>
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip last"></div>
</div>
<div class="left_wings">
<div class="wing1"></div>
<div class="wing2"></div>
</div>
<div class="right_wings">
<div class="wing1"></div>
<div class="wing2"></div>
</div>
<div class="tail">
<div class="tail_left"></div>
<div class="tail_right"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
<div id="logo_container">
<div id="logo">
<div class="head">
<div class="ant ant_left"></div>
<div class="ant ant_right"></div>
<div class="lefteye"></div>
<div class="righteye"></div>
</div>
<div class="body">
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip"></div>
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip"></div>
<div class="strip brown"></div>
<div class="strip last"></div>
</div>
<div class="left_wings">
<div class="wing1"></div>
<div class="wing2"></div>
</div>
<div class="right_wings">
<div class="wing1"></div>
<div class="wing2"></div>
</div>
<div class="tail">
<div class="tail_left"></div>
<div class="tail_right"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
CSS
body{
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#logo_container{
width: 300px;
height: 200px;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
margin-top: 100px;
}
#logo{
width: 100px;
margin-left: 100px;
}
#logo .head{
position: relative;
height: 40px;
background: #bdd73c;
border-radius:60px 60px 0 0 / 50px 50px 0 0;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
}
.head .ant{
width: 2px;
height: 25px;
background: #bdd73c;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
position: absolute;
border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
border-bottom: 2px solid #bdd73c;
}
.head .ant_left{
top: -22px;
left: 15px;
-webkit-transform:rotate(-30deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(-30deg);
transform:rotate(-30deg);
}
.head .ant_right{
top: -22px;
left: 73px;
-webkit-transform:rotate(30deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(30deg);
transform:rotate(30deg);
}
.lefteye, .righteye{
position: absolute;
background: #fff;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
-moz-border-radius:10px;
border-radius:10px;
top: 15px;
}
.lefteye{
left: 20px;
}
.righteye{
left: 65px;
}
#logo .body{
overflow: hidden;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
margin-top: 4px;
border-radius: 0 0 60px 60px;
}
#logo .body .strip{
height: 18px;
background: #bdd73c;
}
#logo .body .brown{
height: 22px;
background: #5a4a42;
}
.left_wings .wing1,
.left_wings .wing2{
width: 100px;
background: #e2e2e3;
border: 2px solid #d1d0d1;
border-radius:16px 0 0 16px;
position: absolute;
}
.left_wings .wing1{
height: 35px;
top: 48px;
left: 0;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .8;
}
.left_wings .wing2{
top: 80px;
left: 20px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .6;
height: 25px;
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
}
.right_wings .wing1,
.right_wings .wing2{
width: 100px;
background: #e2e2e3;
border: 2px solid #d1d0d1;
border-radius:0 16px 16px 0;
position: absolute;
}
.right_wings .wing1{
height: 35px;
top: 48px;
left: 200px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .8;
}
.right_wings .wing2{
top: 80px;
left: 175px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .6;
height: 25px;
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
}
.tail{
width: 16px;
height: 40px;
left: 143px;
margin-top: -1px;
position: absolute;
background: #6fb74d;
}
.tail_left{
width: 8px;
height: 40px;
background: #fff;
float: left;
border-top-right-radius:16px 40px;
}
.tail_right{
width: 8px;
height: 40px;
background: #fff;
float: left;
border-top-left-radius:16px 40px;
}
width: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#logo_container{
width: 300px;
height: 200px;
margin: 0 auto;
position: relative;
margin-top: 100px;
}
#logo{
width: 100px;
margin-left: 100px;
}
#logo .head{
position: relative;
height: 40px;
background: #bdd73c;
border-radius:60px 60px 0 0 / 50px 50px 0 0;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
}
.head .ant{
width: 2px;
height: 25px;
background: #bdd73c;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
position: absolute;
border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
border-bottom: 2px solid #bdd73c;
}
.head .ant_left{
top: -22px;
left: 15px;
-webkit-transform:rotate(-30deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(-30deg);
transform:rotate(-30deg);
}
.head .ant_right{
top: -22px;
left: 73px;
-webkit-transform:rotate(30deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(30deg);
transform:rotate(30deg);
}
.lefteye, .righteye{
position: absolute;
background: #fff;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
width: 10px;
height: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius:10px;
-moz-border-radius:10px;
border-radius:10px;
top: 15px;
}
.lefteye{
left: 20px;
}
.righteye{
left: 65px;
}
#logo .body{
overflow: hidden;
border: 2px solid #6fb74d;
margin-top: 4px;
border-radius: 0 0 60px 60px;
}
#logo .body .strip{
height: 18px;
background: #bdd73c;
}
#logo .body .brown{
height: 22px;
background: #5a4a42;
}
.left_wings .wing1,
.left_wings .wing2{
width: 100px;
background: #e2e2e3;
border: 2px solid #d1d0d1;
border-radius:16px 0 0 16px;
position: absolute;
}
.left_wings .wing1{
height: 35px;
top: 48px;
left: 0;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .8;
}
.left_wings .wing2{
top: 80px;
left: 20px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .6;
height: 25px;
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(-45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
}
.right_wings .wing1,
.right_wings .wing2{
width: 100px;
background: #e2e2e3;
border: 2px solid #d1d0d1;
border-radius:0 16px 16px 0;
position: absolute;
}
.right_wings .wing1{
height: 35px;
top: 48px;
left: 200px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .8;
}
.right_wings .wing2{
top: 80px;
left: 175px;
z-index: -1;
opacity: .6;
height: 25px;
-o-transform:rotate(45deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(45deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(45deg);
-webkit-transform:rotate(45deg);
transform:rotate(45deg);
}
.tail{
width: 16px;
height: 40px;
left: 143px;
margin-top: -1px;
position: absolute;
background: #6fb74d;
}
.tail_left{
width: 8px;
height: 40px;
background: #fff;
float: left;
border-top-right-radius:16px 40px;
}
.tail_right{
width: 8px;
height: 40px;
background: #fff;
float: left;
border-top-left-radius:16px 40px;
}
better if you put nth-child(odd/even) for the body stripes, right?
cool :)
I Think this is only to sharpening our CSS skils, not to apply in real project, cause it's really not efficient.
nice
awesome! i'm gonna practice with it.. cool!
IE issue for CSS3
Yeah I agree with Automaxz images would be more efficient, but i didn't imagine i can do that with css3
good tut
so cool! but still im prepared with image than this... but its a good practice to enhance the css skill as automax said :)
great!! amazing
with this basic idea we can do any logo like google,bing ?
Its cool, because IE wont support any of this haha
Simple and effective. Thanks for that
nice!!really like it!!
Stop Designing, Srinivas ;-) You're better in programming, much better! I love your nice Tuts about API, jQuery and Stuff.
Greetz!
Very Cool///
Why don't you use disqus comment box for your blog.
this is great..
Lame article. Speed is not everything. A logo should be visible even WITHOUT CSS, and the nested divs are just retarded. Use elements like they are meant to...
All harshness aside, this is pretty good work. I just don't think this is a good way to implement the logo. :)
B. Designing the Body: For designing the body i used following html and css.
you can still achieve the same effect using repeating-linear-gradient
background: -moz-repeating-linear-gradient(top, #5a4a42, #5a4a42 18px, #bdd73c 18px, #bdd73c 40px );
background: repeating-linear-gradient(top, #5a4a42, #5a4a42 18px, #bdd73c 18px, #bdd73c 40px );
background: -webkit-repeating-linear-gradient(top, #5a4a42, #5a4a42 18px, #bdd73c 18px, #bdd73c 40px );
in ie6 it is not coming correct.
Your left wing2 is wrong side around, because you only changed rotation for webkit tot -45deg
:O!!! good sample!!! i need CSS3!! xD but in explorers how IE & FF 8 not work :/
Seems to have too much markup for such a simple shape. All browsers that support CSS3 effects also support pseudo-elements ::before/::after. So the main part of the shape can be created with just two HTML elements: http://jsfiddle.net/Gw5bQ/6/
good work dude
Wonderful article for learning advanced CSS.
Nice
This is really great post very inspiring ,Appreciate it for sharing this useful tut here with us.
Nice :)
simple way to use it, just make image of this html css logo. Then use it over any browser that dnt support css3.
Thanks for sharing such awesome post, but does IE support this ??
Wow! Awesome its look so creative and i like to design this type of logo.
Your tutorials are just awesome. I like them very much..
Especially the Jquery and CSS3 based tutorials and give all the credits to you for what i have learnt till now
Why would you EVER use IE?! Dont be stupid, get Chrome.
Great tutorial!
seems nice. it's great to create a logo with css3 but using an image is better for SEO purpose...
lol so hard!
Totally agree!
i think it's more efficient to use a png as logo than this, also i think the whole CSS code takes more space than an actual image.
But, this is not a comparison with an image so i must say, well done mate, it is a cool way of showing the posibilities of CSS3 :)
Amazing and such a great source of learning material.. I love to read it.. Keep it up..
Exciting :)
really nice.
such awesome i cant believe it ... great
to good
i did something similiar with homer simpson's face at http://www.caepenna.com/homer
nice..............
nice.........
Very nice.thanks for sharing it.
Nice. thanks for sharing
awesome look i m using corel draw currently buy must want to give a try to css
wow... excellent Srinivas :) !
Great...i make first logo of my life that too on CSS3.
nice ravi :)
Nice tutorial, you saved my day.
Awesome Tutorials helped me a lot in designing LOGO although i haven;t able to design a decent one till now but the tutorial is really helpfull
buce tutorial\