In this tutorial I am going to show you how to use basic tools and methods to create your own logo from scratch in Photoshop.

The final image will be look like:

Step 1

To start off with we need to create a new document (File > New). The size I have chosen is 540 by 440 pixels.

To fill in the background with a radial gradient we are going to be setting our foreground to a dark brown (#2b201b) and our background colour to a darker brown (#1f1511). Select the gradient tool from the toolbox and set it to radial. Left click somewhere in the top left quarter, drag to the bottom right and release.

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