One of the common tasks when starting a new website, be it a blog or an ordinary site, is to create a logo for the site. Depending on your artistic talents, creating logos might be something you can do in your sleep or it may be something that gives you insomnia. If you are one of those who find it difficult to design and draw pictures, this article is for you.

It deals with how you can create a logo, or even a banner, for your site the quick and dirty way, almost reducing it to a science so that talentless people like us can’t fail (too much). Your logo won’t win any awards, but at least you will have something that you can place on your website.

Ways to Get a Logo for Your Website

Before beginning, you should know that there are alternative ways to get a logo for your site.

If you run a business and already have a logo for your company, such as that found on your company’s letterhead, simply scan the logo to use for your site.
If you run a business but don’t have a logo, you really should hire a professional design company to create it for you. Following this article may ruin your reputation.

(Explanation: While the steps to creating a logo for your website mentioned below can be applied by anyone, if you really feel that you are a dummy at making logos, and have a reputation to maintain, it’s best to get professional help. On the other hand, you may surprise yourself. We sometimes cripple ourselves by our own lack of confidence.)

Tools You Will Need

Painting Program

You will basically need some sort of drawing program. There are many free ones available from the Free Drawing and Painting Software, Image and Photo Editing Programs

Fonts

You will probably also need to have a selection of different fonts (typefaces) on your system to use for your logo. Most people find the default selection that comes with their system somewhat limiting. You can get some free ones from the Free Fonts for Webmasters and Designers page.