How to generate a logo for your project with AI

What it is

Draftlytic's AI logo generator creates visual logo concepts directly from your project context. It reads your project name and overview, so you don't have to explain what your app does — just nudge the style and let it run.

This is a starting point, not a final asset. The logos give you something to drop into your Cursor or Bolt project, stick in a README, or hand to a designer as a direction reference. Once you're happy with one, set it as active and it shows up in the project header.

Logo generation runs in the background. You kick it off, the modal closes, and the logos appear in your project's logo folder as each one finishes rendering. You can keep working while you wait.

Step by step

1. 1

   Open your project

   Go to your project detail page. You'll see the logo area in the top section of the project — it shows either your current active logo or a placeholder if none is set yet. Click that area or find the Generate button in the logo folder panel to open the generation modal.

2. 2

   Describe your ideal style (optional)

   In the "Describe your ideal logo style (optional)" text field, add a short style hint — something like "Modern, blue and purple, minimalist, tech-themed". This is optional. If you leave it blank the AI works purely from your project name and overview, which is often a perfectly good starting point.

3. 3

   Choose whether to include your project name

   Check the "Include [project name] in the logo" checkbox if you want the text worked into the design. Leave it unchecked for a standalone mark or icon-style concept.

4. 4

   Pick how many logos to generate

   If your tier allows more than one logo per round, a counter appears with minus and plus buttons. Your batch size depends on your tier: Free gets 1 per round, Starter and Plus get up to 2, Pro gets up to 3. The counter is automatically clamped to however many slots you have left in the project.

5. 5

   Hit Generate and let it run in the background

   Click the Generate button — the credit cost is shown next to it before you confirm. The modal closes and your logos start generating asynchronously. Placeholder tiles appear in the logo folder with a spinner while each one renders. You'll get a toast notification when they're queued; logos fill in as they finish, no page refresh needed.

6. 6

   Review the results in the logo folder

   Open the logo folder panel in your project to see the results. Logos are displayed in a grid. Hover over one to reveal the Use and Delete buttons. Click Use to set a logo as the active project logo — it immediately appears in the project header. Delete removes it permanently and frees a slot.

7. 7

   Manage your 12-logo cap

   Each project can hold a maximum of 12 logos across all rounds. The panel shows how many slots are in use. When you hit the limit, the Generate and Upload buttons are disabled until you delete at least one logo. Credits are checked against your remaining slots before the round starts, so you're never charged for slots you can't fill.

Tips

• Short, punchy style prompts tend to work better than long ones — try "flat icon, bold colours, SaaS" rather than a paragraph.
• Run multiple rounds with different style hints to get a spread of directions before committing to one.
• Use the Include project name checkbox sparingly — wordmark logos are harder for AI to get right; icon concepts are usually cleaner.
• Generating logos on Pro gets you 3 per round at 20 credits each, making it the most cost-efficient tier for fast iteration.
• You can also upload your own logo file directly from the logo folder if you already have something from a designer — it counts toward the same 12-slot cap.
• If you see spinner tiles that never fill in, wait — generation can take a few minutes per logo. If they're still stuck after 25 minutes, delete and retry.

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