Turn Logos Into Stickers Using GIMP

• April 25, 2018
• Nick Saporito
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In today’s tutorial I’ll be demonstrating how you can take a logo and turn it into a sticker using GIMP version 2.8. We’ll be creating the illusion that the stickers are stacked on top of each other in a messy pile, and we’ll also be creating another variation with a peel effect where it appears that the top-left portion of the sticker is being peeled away.

The following is a brief outline of the steps taken. Feel free to skip to the bottom of the post for the video tutorial with step-by-step instructions.

Creating Logo Stickers with GIMP

The first thing we’re going to do is import our wood texture. This is what our stickers will be placed on.

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Once you’ve done that, you’re going to need a logo to work with. For the sake of this tutorial, I used the Spotify logo as an example. You can use whatever logo you’d like as long as it’s in PNG format and has a transparent background. If you’d like to follow along with me by using the Spotify logo, it can be downloaded here…

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Steps Taken

As you’ll see in the following steps, we’ll be using the Grow function to create a white outline of the logo, layered behind it, then we’ll be adding another layer in black and blurring it for use as a drop shadow.

For the stacked effect, we’ll simply be creating a few duplicates of the design and rotate them slightly.

In order to create the peeled effect, we’ll be converting a segment of the design to a new layer, rotating it around 180 degrees, giving it a gradient, then adding another drop shadow beneath it.

The finished effect is as follows…

Video Tutorial

For step-by-step instructions with voice narration, check out the video tutorial below, and be sure to leave a comment if you have any questions. As always, thanks for watching!

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