SlipKnot Logo Design

SlipKnot Logo Design
For the SlipKnot Design, I used a sans serif font, made a vector of it. There are three here, one that I kept in font format, one that I vectored that will be kept as a backup, and the bottom one I will use on my design.

  

Then I selected the knife tool to use on the bottom vector. To use the knife tool on the vector, you must first select the word, slipknot.

 

Use the knife tool on the bottom vector, hold down Command/Option, and drag through your desired area on the word. Command/Option keeps the knife slicing straight through on an even line. Swipe the knife completely through the word, do not stop until you get all the way through the word. Since I knew that the top of the word would be green, and the bottom black, I left the bottom shorter in height. Visually, the weight of black color is much heavier than the green, so a smaller amount of black was in order. After cutting, select the bottom slipknot word, and ungroup it. Then select only the top and turn it green. Use the arrow keys to move the word to the right as though it would "slip" the word, then group back together the whole word. As a whole group, you can tilt the word with the rotation arrows. I made the knot with vectors, simple with black fill, made it fit the slipknot logo and it was done. Do not think that if this was a real client that I would not go back and smooth out edges, kern some more, and polish the final piece. This work is meant to be a comp (made to further develop). Very likely, clients will ask that you go through a gamut of fonts, styles, colors and orientations before picking the one they will pay for, so comps are quick (more $$ per hour).