To help you with your logo watch the following videos.
Then watch this one about color theory.
And here is one about typography
Then go into lynda.com and find this course
Designing a logo with Nigel French
Complete all of the illustrator tutorials in Chapter 4
You will need a set of headphones to hear it properly. Otherwise you can turn on the closed captions option and read it.
By the end of this week you will have watched all the videos, sketched out 30 logos and have it ready to start in illustrator.
