What are easy ways to create these effects or graphics?

Question

Hello,
I am trying to create a logo for a new business whose product is electronic cleaning cloths for iPads, computer monitors, or most things digital.
Therefore, I am trying to find out ways of creating motifs or design elements, parts of which I might incorporate in the logo. Thus, I would like to know how to create the following digital looks. There are a lot of questions here. I don't expect anyone to answer them all, just what you comfortably know and whatever is convenient for you to spare a few minutes to explain and/or show.
Thanks!  : )
1. How can I create lines like these that glow?
2. How do I create the "stitching" or dotted line pattern in the circles and rectangle below.
3. How do I create the circuitry lines with their circlular terminals (or do I just use pen tool in Illustrator CS5?
4. Finally, how can I create these circuitry lines and shapes?

Answer 1

A word of caution here.  Yes, all of the effects you are showing can be done, either in Photoshop or Illustrator.  I'm thinking gradient mesh and blends for the glows.  A dotted line could be created in the stroke palette.  But, just because you can do it, doesn't mean you do it.  Logos are typically very basic so they can be implemented across a large area of application ( i.e., signs, vehicle graphics, letterhead and stationery, advertising, and internet applications ).  If you were to create a sophisticated graphic effect, it would not hold-up in all of the potential uses and surely would not be rendered consistently.  You will get vendor's who complain about this or that regarding your artwork.  Try to think basic lines in Black and White that could easily be reproduced on an office copier.  Later on, you can use the basic logo in a more sophisticated application where it would be appropriate.