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As of 13 August 2026, AI can create different versions of your logo.

Most people should do this themselves; the prompt is on this page.

Can you do it?

5 minutesto a draft.

30 minutesto something you’d act on.

Cost, all in£0

Skill needednone

Who has to check ityou

What the alternative costsA human designer or design studio is the alternative; no comparable price is supplied here.

If this goes wrong: you reject the weak variations and return to the original logo, but publishing a poor version can dilute recognition and require replacement artwork.

What to actually do

  1. Do it yourself

    The route this page recommends

    A chat interface, no skill needed, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.

    How to actually do it

    1. Open your current logo files and gather the best available versions, including a vector file if you have one, a transparent-background image and any existing brand guidelines.
    2. Write down the approved colour codes, typefaces, minimum size rules, clear space rules and the places where each variation will be used.
    3. Choose a design tool such as Recraft and upload the logo asset, then paste the prompt with the exact variations you need.
    4. Generate separate concepts for the horizontal, stacked, icon-only, one-colour and reversed versions rather than asking for one unspecified redesign.
    5. Export the strongest candidates in the available transparent and high-resolution formats, keeping the original logo unchanged as the reference version.
    6. Open each exported file at its intended size and compare its lettering, proportions, colours, clear space and legibility with your brand rules and original logo.
    7. Ask a colleague who knows the business to identify the logo without being told which variation they are seeing, then reject any version that loses recognition or reads poorly.
    8. Send the selected files to your designer, printer or web developer for a final production check before publishing.

    Prompt

    Create a set of logo variations from the logo asset and brand information below. Preserve the recognisable core mark, proportions, lettering, spelling and brand colours unless I explicitly request a change. Do not invent a new business name, slogan or symbol. Produce concepts for: [list the required versions, such as horizontal, stacked, icon-only, one-colour, reversed and small-size]. For each concept, explain its intended use, background colour, minimum practical size and any legibility risk. Keep the designs simple, reproducible and suitable for professional use. Return editable or high-resolution outputs where the tool supports them, plus transparent-background versions. Clearly label anything that is only a visual concept and not a final production file. Logo asset: [attach file or describe it]. Brand colours: [list names and colour codes]. Brand typefaces: [list them]. Brand rules: [paste any rules]. Intended uses: [website, social media, print, packaging or other]. Do not claim that any design is legally cleared or trademark-safe.

    Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.

  2. Use a tool built for this

    Second choice

  3. Hand it to a person

    The distant third

    A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

What it gets wrong

  • AI does not know which visual details are central to your brand unless you state them and enforce them.
  • It can produce a plausible redesign that subtly changes letterforms, spacing or proportions.
  • It cannot decide whether a variation feels recognisable and appropriate for your audience.
  • It does not provide legal clearance or confirm that a symbol is safe to use as a trade mark.
  • Some generated outputs are concepts rather than clean, editable production artwork.

Even on a YES, the friction has a name: taste and context depth.

How we scored this

Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.

AxisScore (0–2)
Output2
Inputs2
Verification1
Liability2
Effort delta2
Total9 / 10

The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.

FAQ

Can ChatGPT make different versions of my logo?
Yes. It can suggest and generate variations such as horizontal, stacked, icon-only, one-colour and reversed versions when you provide the original logo and brand rules. Check the exported files yourself because a visual draft may not be clean, editable production artwork.
Can AI change my logo without changing the brand?
It can make controlled variations, but it cannot reliably decide which parts of the logo are essential to recognition. Give it the original asset, approved colours, typefaces and explicit restrictions, then compare every result with the original.
What logo versions should my business have?
Most businesses need versions suited to different spaces and backgrounds, such as a primary layout, a compact layout, an icon-only mark, a one-colour version and a reversed version. The right set depends on where your logo will appear, including websites, social media, print and packaging.
Can AI create a logo file I can use for printing?
It may create a high-resolution image or vector-style design, but you must check the actual file format, resolution, colour settings, transparency and editability. Ask a designer or printer to check the final artwork if it will be used for important or large-scale print.

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Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.

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